Evening star., 1935-04-27
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fiibbertigibbet like James to marry a
sensible, practical girl like Jane
Il suppose Jane didn't know her
own mind"
We'll, for PHYS sake, what do you
want for your precious James? It's
my opinion that lie could have looked
a lot further and Jared a lot worse
1t wasn't so very long ago 1 heard
you saying that Jane Northrup was
the best-looking girl in this county
any catch for any man. Now what
have you got against her? l believe
you're jealous"
She looks too much like her
mother" said the old man medita-
lively. 'and I don't like the set of
that womans jaw James fairly plump
now and pink and white. and her eyes
are so bright and sparkling that, like
an old fool. it never occurred 10 me
to look at her jaw. But only yester-
day 1 saw her walking up the street
with James and it came to me all of
sudden that she was her mother over
again. jaw and all"
Mrs. Northrup is an awful hard
generally gets the running of things
I guess YOU men let old Bill Clancy
run the Bachelors Club year in and
year out and never say boo yourselves.
And you mark my words: If James
hadn't married Jane he would have
married that flighty little Leslie Harris.
I suppose you would have liked that
better?"
II don't know. Leslie's sweet as
peach and I wouldn't mind marrying
her myself. but don't like the breed
I reckon that I'm as hard to suit as
fussy old rooster with one chicken.
But, Miss Julia, if you could have
heard James speak to the Republican
convention in Topeka last month your
eyes would have popped out of your
head. They cheered him fer quarter
of an hour when he got through-and
him just a. They called him silver
tongued, but he's more than that"
You think he's made of pure gold,
don't you?" jibed Miss Julia good
naturedly.
We'll. don't know. He's made of
something pretty fine. But he's tenn
peramental as a young colt that hasn't
been hitched. Do you know that that
boy remembers every man he meets
and his name and where he met him?
Presidents have gone into the White
House for less. What he lacks is con-
ceit-just natural everyday conceit
such as every young pup of his age is
bursting with. Miss Julia. are you sure
Jane knows how to handle him right?"
Miss Julia was very sure and grad
ually convinced the judge. Later the
two old gossips talked of Leslie Harris.
Seems to me I don't see Sam
Fletcher cluttering up her side porch
as much as he did said the judge.
mo. I don't believe he does, come
to think of it. But Bud Howard is
there lot, and like him much better
than I do that uppety Sam Fletcher.
Leslie never lacks beauX. do believe
that if there were 80 girls in town
and one man that Leslie would have
him.
You don't suppose she cared much
about James. do you?"
Moo" said Miss Julia reluctantly.
Some way she always felt a vague.
uncomfortable sense of guilt when she
thought of Leslie. "She seems just as
cheerful and happy as ever, and I've
heard her say a hundred times if I've
heard her say it once that James and
Jane were made for each other"
What Miss Julia did not admit was
that it had occurred to her frequently
of late that she did not hear Leslie's
contagious ripping laugh as often as
she had in the past.
James tries, tomorrow, to bring home
the bacon.