The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-27
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by Martha Observation-Disclosures
) FE.syoa Know the things you want
there's always the chance of get
ting III by hook or. crook or ODD
lfchanee !. But IL. you do not know
;fvEsiI, there is quite another storS,l
~ Squire Jim Lewis, poor sentis
man, vas to prove. He did not JACK
either possession or occupation
he suffered an en-
1sbarassm ent OF riches-a big tarm
fulI-stoeked with the best OF every
thing that walked. wa1loWed, ne"
and ate fine substantial mouse
cram full of plenishinss as me
good name, money in BANK aug ~
fpaetations. There did seem no.u
Eng lett reasonable man 10 s1sh
Yet-there was. Just what, he
did not know. acuteiy az ne -
conscious of duly aching VOC.
& AM Keziah. who kept house Tot
him said shrewdly. she d1dn :
4 know what Jimmy needed Wust-
ret a wife or religion. ReHs}of
4woliId be safest-you could always
sShackslide IL the collar galleo-anu
t4sare Won were. Divorce cost
sIaGnev.-hesides folks rememberep
#tTesn 20 long. worst risk, though.
- ssTg8lof things not going that far.
Stpoze Jimmy tied up with "o.
I sT3aT VINO tried to make him cal pS
Sfhe book cold bread and heaitn-
fruck Tor breakfast-and no PIE
sWfaateyer,% no time at all
r. CALLED Jimmy, even srouShso
min, this puzzle with no ahs%si
asThe answer was not Won 1laau
mat WAS the surest thing pc ~
nothwithstandins he was d nc M h.
sSnan-b ater, rather one VIZ for the
B IA. !, vast and vague IL
gsh;IIed warmer feelings.
thwart this bewilderment tlasn
\ "A RAINBOW wise. human TIL LIZ,
- Nv name Llye GTayson - -
s 49,, ~ safe. conventional way;
n. .ithar hit by, the conjunction -
& - 80 md stalled car and PEI.
sst,,stiy beautiful young man
~ spotlsss he seemed out
81 sss1n1ace packing "a glass shaoe
VI 80 = y. s protection. Titularly he was
Sssd riving. but the girl beside hin,
sss ~ eeyi IDENTIFY been doing the reai
ss ,st,ss,..y Ger rose was mudged, one
ME- wrist deeply scratched, ner
eTes pools of alteration mixed VIZ" ~.
sseonc Germ. She hailed SQUIRE jim
IgrtIy at sight, asking help IN .ne
4 fifst words. Need OF II was Wy
elaarS to require expiatha tio ~.
Come here and make TINS car 81
Z through your red mud, she az
gut dema nded. lists new !"
IS US: we're strangers you KNOW
3tsHoneymooners, the sQulte
was somehow bold enough 70 aus
ss.1ar THE girl smiled deliciously,
SAVING with frank pleasure NO.
YET but soon-proYlded you se1 20
out..s,'s
sePretty deep" the rescuer: com
vented 2dismounting at the edge Of
me puddle. eff you had drove
ssuranse through the middle. you
s & ight a-made it safe---it's deep
.ssest and thickest by that far bank.
ssJeyerHmind about that - the
Ting IS to get through it-some-
how e the girl said &impatiently.
1--WE are quite helpless. Arthur
N never tried to elope
Ill orsrun car until this morning
e ought3to be game for wad-
ia %red mud" Squire Jim com
mented L won't let him., Lyle
4 said sweetly.<"H hasn't any other
Clothes 3alon g-you don't think he
wants to be married looking like
& s. hod -carriar?'
stsVoudn't care how I looked
if I got my girl" Squire Jim coun-
tered thereby amazing himself.
Somehow this girl had melted
thingS inside-he had lost the
sense sof futiIity-life was no lon-
ger sapless but teeminS with high
adventure. He was in mud half
thigh deep, in spite of wearing his
second best suit. But that didn't
n othing mattered except
TO hear further that bewitcllins
oiceIt said, "Oh, thank You SO
much as he stopped to test the
sf,slIRde pth and stiffness of the
mud Li ghtening loads the only
chance, be ssaid, lookins up.
tssHand out your traps-I'll take
fem to dry land then come back
gforsFou:''
g b. we can never get out of
4 the car Lyle exclaimed in dis
d Jay. It least can't-have to
drive, you know. But if you think
sou cansmanage with .Arthur-not
sIet him fall" there she stopped
perforce--the sfuire had somehow
ranked her from her seat, and
was carrying her over to firm
Sroad side. As heasat her down he