The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1897-09-21

Yl4e--<eAlIV 6iIeutSS Oh WO-
TGlE' man who knows
rs whatever she de-
sires must come to her.
The Winslows had been married two
years, and from the beginning-and
time for them began when they met
each other at school and were children
--lovers-they had decided to have a
homo of their own some day This
decision had not been out of their
minds n day in all that time.
One of Mrs. Winslows favorite
maxims was: you are nobody in n
rented house." This she supple
mented by such bits of worldly wisdom
as: Everyone respects man who
buys good home for his family, "and
mo woman can make real home out
of rented house"
Carrie Winslow was something of n
beauty in her way She had been the
prettiest girl in her class ut the high
school, and had been graduated in
clouds of frothy white.sl1irts, sunbursts
of bushes and smiles aud smothered
In roses. When she arose to deliver
her essay on ''What Does the Future
the audience saw than heard her. And
Ben Winslow-well, Ben Winslow,
who saw her every day and knew every
ripple of her lovely literally
worshIpped the air she breathed.
After her graduation she went East
to be polished Mt a young ladies' school.
and to play scales and learn French
aud things, to afterward forget them.
Ben went to work, with Carrie s proph-
ecy that he would become one of the
great men of the age She was quite
positive of this; for had he not already
shown mastery ability in having won
her love and promise to marry him?
But, although she gave him her promise,
she refused to wear his ring, because
1t wasn't proper for young women
away ut boarding school to be engaged
and, anyway, hadn't they been en-
gagged ever since she was ten and he
fourteen years OF nge?
Ben Winslow had plenty OF good
stuff in him and he went to work like
Trojan. He had small position in
wholesale house, and after working
hard all day, sat up half the night
thinking of the business and how it
could be made profitable. Now, that
sort OF thing tells whether man be
the president of bank or the digger
of bitches. His employers noted
after awhile-that young Winslow had
ideas to give away; that he suggested
innovations that looked queer, because
no one had ever thought of them be-
fore. And qUeerer still, when some of
his ideas were put into execution they
were found so profitable, that Win
slow s forerunners almost lost caste be-
cause they bad not thought Of them.
One day Carrie came home from the
school in the East" She was 50
lovely that Ben lost his heart upon be-
holding her. Her year or two away
from home had changed her from n
pretty girl into lovely woman. And
Ben bad, to lay at her feet promo
ton that was substantial and future
that was promising.
Carrie 'came out" aud society re-
ioiced in her. Men made onslauehts
upon her heart and these she cleverly
repulsed. But she gave Ben plenty to
think about He saw all about him
men of better positions and established
incomes, pay court to her.
Their engagement had not been an
nounccd and would not until the com
ing winter providing everything went
well. This rpurrcd Ben into business
briiliancies That won him another pro-
motion, and old fellows who lunchcd
long in the middle of the day and
read their names ON letter heads and
ign boards, looked at him in specu-
latiye way and predicted great things
for him. There is nothing like n little
uncertainty in love 10 goa1 man to
his best efforts
At length Carrie accepted Ben's
ring and their betrothal was an
nouuced Everyone declared him a
fortunate chap, and wondered whore
his luck would land His friends
said, ag friends will: "Who would
have thought that Ben Wiuelow would
turn out 30 well? Why, when I knew
him at school, hc was nothing but u
big. good boy with plenty Of
freckIes, but That big, firm under liz
Of bis is responsible for it and his
luck Of course"
Whcn they were married society
fhowered gifts upon them until they
had enough 90 fll two houses. and
they hadn't even ono house.
'This won't do, said Carrie. laugh
ing Where is the house Of OR own
we were TO bave?'
NJ sure ' don't know" answered
Zen. "I'm not prepared to build the