The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-07-11

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Bye RONA$REM lMGE0 VA
NsRs HETTIE PEABODY.
.ssl WI fhrust the letter back In her
sss- ! apron pocket#andA removed
nor glasses To+ a lose observer
S#cou1d be seen by the flush on her
cheeks8 and the nervous twttchings
III. pfH hersf fingers that Sshetwas5 labortns
ia stind er lnWonted excitement. AZ
supp ersSthat evening her husband
and son 5ger ~ knocked spe echless
Shysascommonp1ace remark she made
in what she thought was q com
smonp1aceSt tom SoE voice
htndnEs bout goin down to
9ENeWton,,.s she said, gulp!ng half q,
olling coffee to / b: hide de her
sScpnfusion. Y Il; t5S 1S54- Fl. "
Iha molasses jar slipped from
Pa@Peabodys.h hand land spilled hall
ffs sticky. stri ckling contents on the
able loth before It was res
sThlnk Kin bout what, Mar he he
asksd8 dou btfu " ly, u
". Why 3 shouldn't
she go It's only thirty-fi miles
'Hand Ma hasn't been tina fa1.tf ON n
nome since she was married, III
tibet, and u s. onl u eight miles from
FL here tos the beac want her#to
SseeNtheXoc ocean. It's great.
1rss PEABODY cast a grateful
m Nee at her big son and went on
II with her planning quite naturally.
as1TBetty Compton Ii, the j title girl tn a t
81 spent last sum mer at the CEen-
Sshaws. = on renlem bera she was
getfin, soverSa spell of typh old.
ssVisits with her, athemEmillion
s; people why, she ain t asked you,
s$ has she
I%reckon rs got the letter right
III 1lsrnySp pocket snow,Eand it's the third
sEhe's written askin me in the last
She used to come over here
sssmnst every, day when you and Joe
tbesparticu1arlysgo good friend So
Sure, Isrem eInber her: She's a
s Esttys little ftri ck,' remarked Joe.
s%s9 hid IT she's asked Il you. !. ma, I'd
lJIstspfckupjandg go. She'll give you
asaSg oodI time. 4
am Ding, said. Mrs. Peabody.
her men ow quite conf ident Be
s$ssfdes,s 1sgotfn little business to at
b tend to IN oWn.
ha t was how It came about that
s the folk owing Monday the east.
bound express stopped at Clear
view and picked upsa 4trem bling, ex-
&cited slittl figure in black and hur-
the big seacoast town:
Il ont forget TO feed the settin'
kahen in#D olly'sA stall, she called
F#backa ASSN waved final good
bystoIherSson-: Fl 553 5.s5
D Settling herself in her seat, aSlit-
s III tle%fa elings pfspanic swept over her
and sonceEmoreE she wished that she
al ¬SbeenE quite SO daring. Sup
posing%Betty should not meet her
one OF those rushing.
autou obiles sh ould knock her
sdoWnsand kill her and go rushing
srfghts along I'll Az city was such
wicked place.
LIB all her anxiety was for moth
ling; fprsBetty did meet her, and In
sSsfead #ofssbeing knocked down aud
4 Srun oyer by an automobile she
SseIt whizzing along the crowded
sS4afrssts in one of the rcost5 magnlfl-
Gent luxuriously uph olstered cars
ssgsttha I'll sheGhadS even SEEN
sNdy!sAin't this fine 2 she sigh
ed, leaning back com fortably-
81 never will be able to stand the old
again. Now tell me
ahout your trouble with your beau,
ssssh oney was that upset when
NJ heard u tSFIs just made up my mind
- comeNright% on to town SOS we
enid talkSit over. 8
ssOh; It's dread full, Mrs. Peabody
fIItsa Nal off. That's all.
- sssYoumean YOU aint engaged to
Y himno more?
81 The girl@nod in answer and
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