The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1922-12-25
Scissored From New Books

IL YOU pun ~ Wv "f >'-''
! would not. ! know, engage chaul'
four who had run only those OF an
IMPRESSIVE make You would nave
! the wisdom to iorcsee machinery
turned mulish and an engine stalled
Rul | have never hired Il gardener
; who. hccaucs OF his own garden, dln
mot have Il suOhbiSh attitude toward
winc. The worst Of ii IS that 'heSe
men are not really gardeners but
such as 'oblig me- with scant. extra
hours OF daylight. They have other
! tasks in which they exert PROBES
sional skill. employ them. more
over. as mere implements to turn the
soil. Certainly do not hire them as
advisers. as scientific producers III
crops, and least Of all as critics. Yet
| let them set foot upon my place
What a swift glance OF appralsa! Inc!
cast! What 4 look Of contented riv-
airy! The most that they can nope
to accomplish for my garden Is TO
make it approach little distantly'
the patriotic vision that shines lorta
so jubilantly from their eyes.
"To see them you might not be-
'ieve me. There Is Healey, the flag
man. All day he slumhcrs by the
station. his chair tilted In the sun
light, his cap drawn down over MS
nurple cheeks and heavy iowls. His
jnsicniaf of office droops In one lax
rand Even when he trundlcs to the
track his red flag is only halt I'M
;urIcd. Yet somewhere under his
Slouching figure there are muscles
that are firm, with hoeing. His
rounding shirtlront has been doahl"'
creased in stiff fight with weeds
| know il at least there be any JUS
tice: fur | ache III every limo, ana
TIralry's tomatoes have begun 10
tluwer while mine are but a single
stalk: lGoalcy's beans are up the
bean poles while mine have not De-
gun col. From Robin Hoods Barn.
thy Mararet Emerson Bailey.
Eide was a Dalmatian-o OF the
AGO described by some as plotting
paper and by others as plum-puddlnS
dags. Every line OF his body nat
been formed by hundreds OF years OF
tradition. You scan find his ancestors
in tapestrics and petit point in ltal'
ian primitivcS and Flemish lamll!
croups. nesting in voluminous sa'lh
rrtticoatS. or running at the heels OF
skating children moving III scdatc
Indifference beside the Cortcec "
4 pope, or barking in gay deriSion al
tho tidy Dutch snow. Not a dog or
tho dor but dog" unspecified anu
absolute. True. till 100 1t was large
~ n matter oc silhouette the llssomc
rutlinc was there. but with certain
variety Of coloring. Then the lSth
century stepped IN and made spots
lie Observation-Disclosures invaded ne"
territory. They conquered the king
dom of China and occupied a COM
handing position in coaching prints
An unaccompanled post chaise' dc'
plorable in life, became unknown IN
art, and the expression carriage dos
came into use for the first time.
"Whcr first saw him, he was
puppv--a thin lanky puppy. wal'ln'
to be- filled in by life. mere sketch
of the masterpiece he was to become
Even in those days he had heavy
black charmeuse ears. marvellous
thick rich satin they were, and TIN!
dark rims to his eycS-a setting OF
rcncilled shadow. How am | to de-
scribe his spots? The wonderful dls-
tribution of black and white, the ru'-
rIe mt the side of his arched neck
made BY the meeting of two competi'
tive rhythms Of hairs, the loosencss
Of his skin, his long 1.-the legs that
would Tie themselves into a tangled
hrap OF grace when he lay down.
at night he seemed phosphor
cscent. the dark itself WAS defeated
nv his Wilderness. His bark was low
and deep and resonant-a church
hell of q bark--it reminded you less
of clio than all 'ccllos-eXcept NJ.
Cnsal's. "--From Balloons. by Prln'
cncs RihaSCn elizabeth ASQuith).