Show The Evening Telegrams Telegram's Daily Short Story BOBS BOB'S WISDOM By LOUISE ALICE KNOX Copyright 1914 by tho the Mcclure Newspaper Newspaper News paper Syndicate f Geraldine stood on the tho porch until her aunts aunt's carriage turned tho corner of th the village street Thon Then she sho went font back into the tho house She was now sole mistress ot of it ill illI I wonder if its it's ungrateful in meto meto me mo moto to feel such joy over my amy new independence lade inde I she wondered as she sho wandered wan dered ered from room to room Aunt Alico Alice was a a. darling to come hero after mothers mother's s death an and stay star here so long I really do tie appreciate that Yet Yet Yet- She Sho ho really could not riot repress tho happiness hap hap- that surged ed through her at the realization that she sho was at last supreme supreme su preme manager of ot herself herscH and the house There had been times when Aunt Alice Mice seemed to forget that she had reached her twenties A girl of 21 was more than capable of running a house It had been a blessing that Aunt Alice suddenly decided to marry I might have ha deteriorated into a a jellyfish if sho ho hadn't smiled Gerald Gerald- ino inc Out of sheer joy oy she fihe ran up tho the broad staircase and danced into tho the large front bedroom was This the room tb that t Aunt Alice had had Now it belonged to tho the new now mistress In a R fever of happiness ss she ehe flow flew into the small back backroom backroom backroom room which she had bad occupied and began be gan gsa taking the tho thin things 3 out of her bureau drawer l in preparation for moving themI themI them I III declare its it's like liko a pie pic piece e of fic fiction fic- fic tion lion sho ho thought aa aim she worked Now 01 all JJ that that's 8 lacking is tho the hero hAro Then her brow clouded She 1 dropped the armful of or things on the bed bcd Restlessly sho she walked to the window and stood looking down on the lawn Par For in her ber heart she knew that the tho hero W wa was 9 not at all lacking Xo No in in deed There was a hero but hero but Hes Hes He's not the kind of or a hero I want ant she ho murmured stormily I Haven't I I just escaped from o one o reign of tyranny Does ho he suppose I Iam Iam Iam am going goin to stop into another f Xo 0 o sir Bob Hartly has har a nature oven more domineering than Aunt Alice's Alices Why hes he's noted for his pugnacity Indeed Bob Dob Har Hartly JJ was noted for tor hi his fighting bloods blood In business in politic politics in in club life he was distinguished distin distin- for lii hill ruthless acts Its not m temper people said call of him Its I just that he's hes made mado that way way war willed Ho Lie walks over everyone rou rough b shod J JAnd And that's the man who ha has done dODO everything in his power to m mako ko me rae fall in in love lovo with him him said gaid Ger aldino aldine resentfully Well Wen he ho cant can't do doit it not it-not not with al all hi his offers of good j I times time and hi his flowers nail and books an and andI 5 i I candy Id I'd like him if it weren't for that famous pu pugnacity Does he actually ac Re ac- ac think F r havon haven't t heard about it DO Does 8 he think any atlY girl rl would havo hayo him nith with th such nature a as that I That afternoon when ho called caned she floated down tho the lIta stairs ls a a. little more coolly than usual now How do dp you OU do Mr r. r Harlly she smiled indifferently Bob Hartly a face foil fell He lIe had bad rather rath rath- er expected to to find her in a hers Jes formal mood after the excitement of at her aunt aunts aunt's a departure and the realization of ol becoming sole mistress tre of the 1 large house rico had come to t take Ke nd an tage tOfo of ot this moment of excitement Which is decidedly fair considering consider in ing th that tbt t I Ive I've 0 been courtin courting her for two to years care ho he ha had vindicated himself Well how do you like life being misS mis tress of this bi big place place J ho no naked asked studying her as ns he seated hint him olf behind tho the preen green vines ines of tho the porch I I I wonder if you you ou order th the servants ant around hRu the haughtily ht ly the way Tray I J did 11 hen n I returned d from rom college I wonder r If It you your youre you're re experiencing the same mo sort of at thing I 1 experienced then then the the realization that I was m my own on boss boss' Accidentally AccIdental he had found the time very Or thing that would make maice h her r drop her harrier bar har tier rier of or formality Like a a. flash she sho sat ut forwar for for- war ward card Her eyes f snapped InA I r gu guess I rim im crl cri d happily It a a. wonderful oell J t sue aup- pose most moet mn men have havo an on opportunity to experience that hut some pome women never do If It Aunt Alice Allee hadn't married ed I might never nevor have Its It's Ju Just JuU t a 1 wonderful 1 plow glow Jow o of Independence nce that you'll ouli never It let Jet Itt go of or when youve you've once experienced Bob Hartl Hartly ant sat up lie Ho looked at her keenly What hat ho he sn saw In her face taco mae maa his own eyes narrow narro a I little A A. slight smile passed parsed his lips No h ho answered swiftly that's right Dont Don't let Jet go 10 of ot It HI Iti You just hang onto that Independence Be Dc careful In forming form form- ing an any new now alliances with relations Dont Don't put yourself In close comp company ny with an any any ono one who'll try to manage you yot ot I J Itell tell toil you ou tho the slate state of or single blessedness edness Is the best one ont Shortly after this he left s e s Geraldine watched him hini disappear down tIon the street It seemed t to her that his Hen den had an quality ai as though he lie had lied forgotten something something some Mme thing thing- and ad had rushed off ort to attend to It When she thought It over It camo came bade back to her that ho hI had noel never before mado made so short a n. call Which rl really matter ml In the tho least she told herself loftily Later Lalor that evening however she was as not so o 0 loft lofty In her thoughts about Bob Hartly As she sho walked In her garden after dinner she ehe said paid to h her r stableman stableman- Did you get Iet Miss Devons Devon's ns n's trunk oft off on lIm time Tom 1 Yes Ye Miss Geraldine he lie ansi answered And I can tell you on OU she's married a good man mail your our auntie has What did ho hI do but help holp mo mn lift lilt It off ott Uio Ui carriage e. e There was Mr Ir IJ standing right there ml miss s but he didn't otter offer H ISa was as Just calling proud like to know kno If It the thc train would be on time lime Mr tr Harth there therel Geraldine Geraldino knitted hor her brows Mr Hartl Hartly Hai had not nol mentioned being belm at the tho station at the time of ot her Runt departure Do you mean that Mr Ir Hartl Hartly was there to seo see them thom of ort off she sho naked asked the man maa The answer was rather a shock No Miss Geraldine He was w there for tor sommie Iome girl rJ that was on time the train I heard him ask tho th station agent If It sh she AhA got oft off Ah yes es C raid Geraldine disinterestedly disinterested disinterested- I ly turning back to the time house But when hon she sho found h herself r It ln tn the privacy RC of or the sr great at front trant room she no longer affected disinterest In nervous net restlessness she walked up and down All 11 at t opec she felt him dont don't I J 1 dont don't love o I he lr vowed ot to herself Its It rl ridiculous to act this way Suddenly the memory of his hie hut hasty de departure de- de part came Caine over her and sho knew why he had hl left her lien so hurriedly Tho The twenty four train T I remember hearing the whistle she said Raid Then Thea she started Her c eyes es O fled fUd d themselves them- them selves t on something through tho the front windows windows- There house hour was as Bob Hartly with Harth with a O Of coune ourse our she t a was waH the time prettiest t girl Geraldine had bad c ever seen ascii and of course she was smiling up imp Into his imis face faeo with mth a confluence confidence that bespoke bespoke- long Jong acquaintance acquaint acquaint- an ance visiting his mother She's SMs engaged en- en 3 ed to hin him thought Geraldine they the had passed sho slipped d miserably out ont onto tho the porch perth und and dropped Into a 0 chair Well Weil she said Mid half aloud Now ow T I know kno how lion precious I Is In Independence how ho precious little I T care about It I TI 1 that thit so fO said all a voice olee from froni theother theother the theother other sine of 01 the th vine 1110 It wa was vaa Bob Hartly Harth He lie had haI slipped back and was hiding there In an In- In t tnt tt nt he wa was on tl-m tl the porch Ith aith the tho be bewildered bewildered be- be red girl in lii his arm arms Now r Ive I've got ot you ou ou he triumphed I And iid rid how Lm Jm going to hoes boss you rou ou But Geraldine scarcely heard It If he lie did not nt hear r she I thought th the words too trivial to merit consideration Tell me me she lM swiftly who I 1 is 1 that that that-that that beautiful girl Y Your ur sister in said ald Bob I my Y brothers brother's wife 1 |