Show Daily Short I Fiction Story FECKLESS FANNY By MOLLY l 1 Copyright h by tho thu McClure Newspaper News paper Syndicate Fann Fanny was waa lovely to look 1001 upon charmIng charm charm- lug Ing nn as to to disposition and most inott attractive in Iii every way war But BuL you arc are what wo call all In iii Scotland Scotland Scot Scot- land laud feckless her rich uncle from tho lie heather hills told 11 her 1 and until you can ron cando cando rondo do cool cook sow sew manage manago a household or lr nil any mortal thin thing that la Is useful you'll not net et Ct a n. farthing of ot the fortune fortuno your om father luther put putt mo tue In trust of 0 lie IIo glowered undo under heavy brows bro at atthe atthe the tho pouting girl an and Ull tried not to soften when she sho slIpped her aims anDR about his neck I L 1 can lovo 10 you sou ou though Fanny told tola him with an alluring smile so zo what whal doca doc it matter whether 1 can bake cakes cales and knit socks ock Loving is Js all vet very Cl well young lassie until my socks require darning or my tnt shirt buttons and you cant can't help mo mc out I would have hac to go goo shirtless and s sIt If It I 1 were a poor man depending on your our capabilities He refused to bo be cajoled and glowered still more darkly at Fanny Until you ou have o learned to mako make perfect shirts for mc me arid and presented mo me with ahalt a a. half halt dozen of oC which you OU have 0 mado made every o stitch I 1 will not trust you ou with your our in In- In hen lance Why Uncle Sandy Sand I 1 couldn't couldn t make mako a wearable shirt In a thou thousand years years- Then it Il will bo 00 a thousand years be before bo- bo fore tore you OU get another farthing from rom me Ho lie drew her ber roughly but with great affection lion tion down onto his 1119 knees you arc a good for nothing feckless doll 1011 tie Dolls arc very cn useful in their o own n Fanny place suggested Aye but Aye out not so essential as shirts Uncle Sandy reminded herBut herBut her But BuL I 1 dont don't oven know who to go SO to in order to learn lear how to make mako skirts walled wailed Fanny dolorously Tho Thio more moro shame to you ou scolded her I 1 tm- tm m- m uncle Youre moro more feckless than I to In the end Fanny did find some fomo one teach her the art of ot sowing Little Mrs Irs Hollywood camo came from tho the Womans len league ue and her duty It was was was' to help Just such feckless creatures creature as DS was ninny Fanny delightful lit little little lit lit- Mrs Irs Hollywood was a a. most tle tIc widow who quite charmed Uncle Sands Sandy's Sandys San San- dy's dys heart with her intelligent handling handline of ot othis his niece said to line fino typo of or woman ho much worse than Fanny anny you could do yourself after her pattern I can cnn about will be n as feckless as I 1 1 learning earnIng to sow sew Laughed Fanny anny with turned full till upon her dis- dis mischievous eyes C uncle Site She spout spent many wear weary hours bending but It really seemed as IlS asif the needle over ver fashioned for if Jr f her fingers lingers had not been tho hc Plying of or tho needle It was weeks that did not before she sho could stitch a scam seam look ook liko hilco the laborious work of ot a child chUd of 6 years tune time waiting wait wait- Sandy will bo ba a long Ins ing ng for his shirts she sighed to Mrs Hollywood and goodness only knows when I 1 will ever evor get set my inheritance Mrs Irs Hollywood wood looked askance askan o at her pupil upIL S Uncle Sandy T I tell leU yo you that has as refused to gIve u i me mc a R single lo penny until I present him with six shirts which I have o a made all aU b by myself Fanny laughed and her soft ort white linger finger for or the third time In five min mitt minutes utes What That a tyrant your our uncle uncIa must be bo Mrs Hollywood 00 1 said Id with lowered eyelids Indeed he la is I not flashed Fanny quick quickly But he certainly does docs believe c in girls being useful as well velt as orna orna- mental lb Ho Is the tho best est undo uncle In tho the world she so added warmly un and l went desperately to work ork on tho thio white silk of ot Uncle Sandys Sandy's shirt Mrs Hollywood smiled Perhaps after acter all all it Jt would be the thc better plan plait to go o straight to tho the girls girl's undo uncle and tell him those thin things s that had been In her lit mind for several se days das past Do to you OU think ho would mimi l ng a little chat with me mc she asked d Fanny in her shy manner r Fanny looked up ea eagerly orl Oh It If you 1 0 only would havo have a talk talle with him and impress upon him my utter stupidity stupidity stu stu- so pa o far as sewing is concerned d. and tho tb hopelessness ss of trying to teach me mc I r will be grateful to you OU for life 1 Fanny told her and her eyes sparkled at the bare thought of to tossing her he needles and thread ad and shirts out of or tho the wm window ow Mrs oIlS Hollywood ca cast t. t a swift glance e into tho the mirror to ascertain whether wh or dr r not this was ono one of or her fair fall days so BO far as aa the arrangement of her brown hair hall was concerned Satisfied she alto turned again to Fann Fanny I If l ho Ito is not too busy I will go JO right now and b cak with wit him she ho said smut smil In Fanny Lanny Jumped up precipitately precipitate knocking knock knock- lag ing her sowing basket to th the tho floor and rushed to Uncle Sandys Sandy's library lIbra Vh When n she sho returned she pulled Dulled Mrs Hollywood to her feet and pushed her toward towar that same samo library door Uncle Sand Sandy turned swiftly from the tho mirror when he heard a soft knock lIe He had wondered as 33 to the set act of his tic tie and tho the twist of oC his sandy mustache I hope I 1 am nm not noL intruding suggested sug sug- SU suggested te Mrs Irs Hollywood and nn being satis- satis fled that the thu visit was n. n pleasure beIan began be be- Ian gan her appeal toward Fann Fauns Fanny's s 's ces cessation cessa lion tion of or sowing sewing Your niece is one o of those girls and aM there thera are arc man many who aro are really pot not able ablo to sew It makes her frightfully nervous I have c noticed a shocking change In her disposition since Inco she ha has tried led vainly to master the arL an Uncle Sandy twirled his mustache and glowered ered at Mrs Hollywood from beneath heavy bro brows s Realizing the ground around round she had lund gained the little continued quickly Besides Bo Be sides IJes your OUI niece Js s so 50 charming so o alto alto- gather gother complete In h her r makeup that one ono I hardly expects her to bo be more moie than her own lovable lo self No doubt sh aha does docs her hen portion of or good In the world without making shirts Tho last word was spoken with a little UlUe upward Inflection of oleo that quito quite captivated Uncle Sandy lie Ho smiled and drew nearer to Mrs Hollywood Hol Hol- lywood lie lio smiled a R second time but less open openly at tho thu soft sott color that flow flew into her hOl checks s I told Fanny Fann she was feckless reckless he began the while he watched Mrs Irs Holly holly- Hollywood's Hollywoods woods wood's taco face keenly but Its It's evidently I Iwho Iwho Iwho who deserve that title I dont don't know v much about except to feel when I want ono one of them thorn to marry me rue and talo care rore of oC my 01 niece until she finds a man to do It for her I I wonder wonder wonder- Uncle Sandy drew still sun nearer tho blushIng blush- blush lug Ing In happy little widow Then I am to tell teU Fann Fanny that sho she need not nol l learn rn to sow or or- or Not so Quick quickly laughed laus Undo Uncle Sandy stopping his guest gu when sho she w would uld have made mado good h her r escape but If you first tell me you Oll love lovo me and will marry me within a month then you may tell teU my feckless reckless niece anything you like Mrs Hollywood looked up at the tho sandy haired Scotchman His eyes O R were in infinitely infinitely m- m finitely appealing as ns they mot met her own and she sho smiled shyly up at himi himI him I do lox love you she told him And in the tho sewing room Fanny smiled at th the prolonged absence of Mrs Holl Holly Holly- wood |