| Show Fat and Forty By Dy ELIZABETH ALDEN ALDIN I by ire IrO r pCr N w pip r b U vU sera Ser SerIco Ico Ica D r Ull IU UM lC t t been himself for far digs s lie sled tI sit bath bick of oC the stO stole stOe e and whittle and ana ane let the boys all Ul mound ou nd him without ever rising to the tile b bilt tit Vonnie Donnie s an favorite of mine lies lies s so 0 darned good lookin- lookin n and id the first time he come In when I 1 was alone I asked him right out what the matter was vas How Ilow would you feel Ceel Mis lis Ilir ris it if n a girl you iou ou was lS en engaged engaged engaged to got crazy about a married man I 1 s pose s ion ou Ott mean I silt But who s the Ule mans man mau Joe I awrence a Heavenly Venly day dayl I Is that old bum bumblebee blebee still buzzin around l hy h he was as one of lICe lifes s dangers dan elS when I was as eighteen HE lie must be- be be Sure bure he s old enough to be Idella s father But nut he hes s lit 11 lived ed In Boston all these rs 1 and hes he's smooth lIe lies s got nil all the thi girls run running running running ning around in circles but Delia Della s the one he s after Just Jut happens to be In by end ind bungs her home and then they talc take 1 11 and talk And they dunce dince together a lot lot- lot Well ell l ell you arent aren't going to set still and let him get a away awai 8 with It are you But Mis Harris what hat cm can I Ido Ido Ido do 1 I considered while I put up OM Old Man lb Ilson s order If It If you could make him look ridiculous ridiculous ridiculous- I I at chance with tint that big sports model and antI all aU those these snappy clothes I 1 Or you iou ou could go to his wife ICe but that s l I 1 Ind lad of or mean I et me see lou tried pt paling Ing attention to some other girl I 1 don t want ant any other girl fry rry It anyway I advised him You d be surprised how often the theold theold theold old wort ori orl gig w s A few days ays later inter Donnie came In and hung around till we e wel were e How s things coming I asked asbed seeIng he wanted an opening Not so hot SI e s meeting him up by the Point I happened to tolie tobe tobe lie be coming home borne through the woods the other nIght lines night lines stood out along his jaw jaw- jawand jaw and I saw him kiss her Well Vert one Kiss nIss from a n married man won t ruin her life but many or of those meetings meetIng'S will go a good ways towar towards s her lion I 1 Id d like to choke him t les les and nod spank p her Amos Benson came In just then for tor some mils and I dI didn n t get a chance to ask Donnie If he d tI dated up another girl But I could see that this latest development hid hIm him set so high he wasn t capable o of much finessing So I decided to tike a hind my m self In this little game I 1 Sot bot ot out the good old law of or aver averages averages ages and figured that since waited alted In the stoic e for tor the nIght mall mail five live days out of ot six Is and Joe almost al always alays ays went ent by from the mill while she was ws there It was fairly apt to so happen hippen on any given date ditc 1 Then hen I 1 wrote a letter to dilly Barlow Barlo an old crony of ot mine who 11 lites es in s still slim and aud we weirs rs smart clothes and the fact that she s fl a ance ante Falls rails girl ho s ma made e good as a radio puts her ace high with the young crowd Wednesday I afternoon Idella and Annie White 1 bite hite sat on bo bo boxes es giggling as usual when cir Clr dro droe e up She came along niong in nn and 1 wO stood gossiping till tin the whistle ble blew and the vea weavers wearers ers began gun by Dully leaned to get a better view ot of one figure My ly heavens ens Is that Joe Why by Maud he s got a paunch 1 l Tat rat and fort I 1 quoted only he s a good ripe forty w t you say Oh Ob he be was years 5 ears 01 older er than we were l I Well Wen Well well ell couldn t teem seem to get 0 over er It Joe Lawrence fat Perhaps that s recompense for all the girls he made fools of oC Wouldn t Hattie nattle Allen Alien love lore to see him now v Poor he Hattie Rattle he did that just to broth up her affair with Chet diet didn the t the the he And she ne never neer er did get another beau Put Joe couldn t resist turn turnIng turnIng log Ing the head of any silly girl he heran heran heran ran across with that charm that didn t mean a thing Milly bully laughed rhe fhe fhe worlds world's boy boyfrIend boyfriend boyfriend frIend But I should say baY i ay there wasn t much chance of or his charm charmIn charming charmIng In ing a just now Idella had taken it all an in though she sho pretended to be be- deep In gabble with Annie Her lIer face tace was plenty red and the tho different emotions on onIt onit onit It would have bave given ghen Hepburn leg lessons sons And then fate co operated and 1 witnessed a little scene I 1 t expected I was ou on my way home when hen I 1 spied a couple on the fence under the courtin willows A couple tint that I should have taken for Cor forone forone one ODe person it if it hadn t been for the thes s flattered me protested on one oIce I I 1 didn t really care anything an thin about him 1 W hy Donnie he be s mId mIddie middie middie die aged and fat I 1 o Okay I a v replied the other oilier voice we 11 let It pa pass s But from Crom now no noon on- on onA i A didn t t see sec Donnie for several days q then one night he ho was back In his 01 old 1 place swapping wise wise- wisecracks wisecracks cracks with Bill and Charlie |
