The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-05

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The . oct or Finds His Suit
Rx JANE osBoRN

~ SodLFSJ5t ofu Ill 20 - - -
and afectionately known in TIL
ton as Dr. Godfrey. was counted
among the men in that town VINO
ssreally needed a wife. HIS Sister.
Priscilla lived with him under pro.
test. It was only because she
usually happened to select gooo
servants that the doctor 1areo ds
well as he did.
She was always showing signs
s#of carelessness and heedlessness
8Sof his REQUESTS For instance, one
morning at breakfast he spoke OF
1.-THE fact that as spring was wen
spent and summer was coming ~
would be a good idea if Priscilla
would see to it that Myra, the
second maid, would brush his Win
Il ter oyercoat and suit and put
4 them away in the cedar closet.
..They are hanging in my large
& Closet he said to Priscilla, who
was deep in the morning paper:
s$zt.sA.nd by the way" he added,
{ stopped at the Dobbinses last
night. had on my new gray
n suit. I think the Dobbinses nave
y scarlet fever. So l hung 1t on
4 he balcony OF my room. Get
James to take it to the hospital
TO be fumigated when he's finish
sed with cutting the lawn.
That night Priscilla ponnced
mon her brother when he came
IN the living room from the wing
5$5of4 the house where he had his Oh
q we've had cards to the
BIodget's for tea tomorrow AFTER
Sznoon. she said you know that
very. Charming Hilda, their cousin
from the South, is to be mere;
Yon remember how you admired
her last autumn i shoulon ~
II the least wonder If this tea parry
Us being given for the express pur-
pose OF giving you a cnance ~
meet Filda again. You were very
foolish not to have rushed her
sharder when she was here before.
IT'S so seldom you see a girl that
IN any way appeals to you.
~ cant say that she especially
appealed to me- said DR.. Godfrey
he did not say, as he might mad
he been in the mood for confess
sion, that the only woman who DID
appeal to him was young MRS.
aBIodget herself. She was no old
Ssger. than DIR. Godfrey but, follow
ling her husbands death three
years before, she had led SO Sc
d cfuded an existence that few peo-
as many mood for marrying. Be
534sides she had two sons and for
Etune-both of which might have
Bstood in the way of DR.. Godfrey
ifSheS had not been so devoted an
admirer.
S538fsaBe sure to look your best
went on Priscilla, thinking OF the
gushing cousin from the South as
s1ss possible sister-in-law, while DIT.
Godfrey thought only of Mrs.
Blodget, reserved and tantalizing.
ssslS DIR. Goofrev was sufficiently
81 aager&to follow out his sisters in
4 functions to look his best to go to
n the hospital early the next after.
4 noon to get his gray suit. 1t had
from the clothes bars
on the .veranda of his bedroom, SO
zs@l1es assumed that it was at the hos,
3fpitat. But no one in the hospital
had heard of it. We'll, it doesn t
matter. smiled Dir. Godfrey be
cause the Dobbins children didn' t
nave scarlet fever after all. But
aI# had asked my sister to have my
man bring it over, so l thought
maybe it was here.
S3 When III DR.. Godfrey returned
home his sister had already left
the house for a round of calls to
be paid before she arrived at the
B1odget tea party.
800 you know anything about
that suit?" DIR: Godfrey asked the
naid, with his usual patience.
Indeed, 1 do" said the maid.
sssMiss Priscilla and I looked the
81 things over. The overcoat and
one Of the suits we packed in
Bs1eedar, but a couple of the suits
s. Miss Priscilla had me take to the
new secondhand store.
The secondhand store?" said
DIR. Godfrey in amazement.
Don't get disturbed, asurred
1e maid. ..A11 the best people
sTi1ton are doing it. There is
Snew store just opened It's a sec
lgIoes, suits, books, furniture
81 81 hans. everything. The rich sells
y 3fheir things to% make few dol
n ~ fars now and then, and the poor
tFfoIksEprofit by it. Miss Priscilla
sgssaid3geshe'dS beeny&dying to see some
sfIings there All her friends were
doing 1t as a lark. So she sold
that old black suit and the
the gray suit out on the
81 bars
ssSsSEs9s The MAID ~ nOuoeu- ohe oiAe
you said something about putting
that away in the cedar chest, but
VI az she didn't remember the suit
she supposed it must be awfullJ
NJ old, and if you weren't wearing II
she might as well sell it,
DIR. Godfrey did not wait fol
y 4rther explanation. Where's
ssS5 that store?" he called, and while
the maid was still calling out di'
rectiops he was making tracks fo1
the front door.
It seemed imperative to DR., God
FREY now that he should wear the
gray suit to Mrs. Glodget's tea
, Hparty.sHe had been foolish enough
" to let his supply of clothes run
Town. With his winter suits dis
carded he had only the shabby
suit he now had on and the new
gray one. He could never make
gis.-s,,as+ = ,NTre R1od pat in the Sha bby