Iron County register., 1922-03-09
January's Two
Faced Child
By BARBARA KERR
9. 1922, BY Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate

come TO light sooner or later. II was
so since they were in pigtails.
Its my turn, and I'll make it a
birthday party, but January is so diff
cult. Why did mother name me jan
ice, after that two-faced old heather
godT
Gift of prophecy, 1 suppose" said
Lorna.
AHA! An idea! Well have a
Janus party and prophesy in large
chunks for the crowd Make the list
%, Lorna, and we'n fix up their for
tunes. They'll be grateful" and Janice
laughed mischievously. "We'l have
regular Janus sitting on his throne
you two will be it-and the boys can
pay their money to one face and get
their fortunes from the other"
Enthusiastically they began to work
1t out. Lorna and Net would sit back
on throne, huge wig covering their
heads to make them seem one, while
under the throne small girl would
pass out the written fortune to Net,
who would hand them to the parties
as names were called by Janice, in in
Producing them to her godfather.
Buddy Dan would help outside the
door, as the throne room was to be in
the billiard hall.
"Do they have to be in rhyme?'
groaned Lorna. ''I've fiat tire al
ready. That romantic meeting-Jan
and Professor Pen that rainy day-it
starts off blithely:
"When corn leaves rustic adown the
You'll. meet your fate in summer
rain"
"Pretty, ornate, Lorna" said Net.
"Let me fix it, adding:
"'She accepts the shelter of your um
brella
You can't escape, you are her fell
lah.'"
Janice blushed. "No fair, girls,
that's too personal" but they shrieked
so with laughter that it had to stand.
''What's Jan chuckling over?"
Reading your fortune from left to
right
You're a man of wisdom, worth and
might.
But reading from right to left,
You surely seem of sense bereft-"
'That's Jimmie's; We'll seat him be-
tween me and Nell on his right. He's
a simp or he'd have married her long
ago; she's crazy about him."
"When any one goes dippy over me,
I'll snap 'em up-believe me-"
This is Peggy's, she says there is
just one grand passion. "When fate
knocks at your door, the package will
contain a widower. Take it or leave
It," read Net.
Listen! How's this for the new
minister?
Before you enter matrimony
Be sure you've the price of alimony.
A promise Is made-like pie-crust
broken;
You're tickle lad. Janus has spoken
''But he won't come" argued Lorna
and Net. "Surely This'll be a pre-
lenten offering, that'll fix it." replied
Janice.
"What you mean offering" seornet
Net. "Your doggerel?"
'The money the boys pay for theil
fortunes" smiled Janice. "Girls for
tunes aren't worth real money, so the.
needn't pay"
''Im an enfranchised citizen an(
shall pay as my star-spangled Ameri
can right" declared Lorna, grandilo
quently. Hear this:
"Take a new deck of cards, shuttle
deal yourself II, if you get eithe
the queen Of hearts or diamonds yo'
will marry red-headed girl. Whel
shall l say? In yearf"
"Oh, no, say as soon as she over
takes you. You know jeff is ma
about Blondy," giggled Net.
Janice spoke bit seriously. "The
wouldn't get angry over this nonsense
would they?"
"Been thinking about that" admi
ted Net. Let's do this: Draw up a
oath of allegiance to James, Oldest {
potentates, as Longfellow says. Max
them all sign and then they can't G
back on his decree"
"My dear, you've got sense for OIL
whose hair looks like yours" con
mended Janice, as Nets last hairpi
went sailing through the air.
"How's this for Banker Brown
Won't he love it?
"'You are a poor lad,
And your fortune is bad;
If you ever do well, it's wonder.
But you shouldn't the nation plunde
"But I've been thinking" continue
Lorna, shat I'll not trust my fortul
to this crowd. You're accurate al
all that, but you're so cold-blooded al
Grass. want mystery and dark-o'-th
moon business in mine."
''Trust me for that. Love and dar
o'-the-moon is Blacks best featu
work. I'll write Janice's, too"
"Neyer mind, Nettie. I'm hostess
"Not on your life, shrieked ty
girls in unison. "You don't miss g,
ting up in your place at table al
reading your fortune off just like t
rest Of u.s."
SO when at supper 1t became ia