Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1898-01-20

a crazy man, laughing and crying and
making the funniest efforts to give
the college yell. Dear old Uncle Jim.
What good times we had together"
Did he die?"
Yes"
Too bad."
Thank you. We had many long
talks together before-the end and
Uncle Jim put some new ideas into
my head. We talked on this very
subject that has interested us tonight
Yes, and we talked OF you, Miss
Searles."
Mr.. Clayton!"
Yes, Miss Searles. 1t Woald lie a
liberty TO talk of you to any one cise
but it wasn't with Uncle jim. And /
showed him your picture-Lhe che /
stole two years ago, you remember
and he liked it, and sent you his com
pliments and his best love. Uucle
Jim was always a grand old gentle
man."
But | don't see
1t was Uncle Jim who suggested a
new profession Cor me- at least, he
called it a profession. He suggested
that it wasn't as overcrowded as some
OF the others and that there was gen
orally room in it for the right sort of
man. Uncle Jim knew what he was
talking about He had the keenest
head for business of any man | know,
and | never met anybody whose adj
vice | valued as highly. You seem to
take an interest in my welfare, Miss
Searles-do the details weary YOU"
! mo, Mr.. Clayton. 1t was your
your tlippancy over a serious subject
that annoyed me-a little. And this
profession-does it give you hope OF
permanent employment"
Pm sure it does. l wouldn't go
into it if | didn't think so"
And it is congenial?"
Very"
| I'm glad to hear it, Mr.. Clayton.
1t is strange, though, that we didn't
happen to mention it when we went
over the various professions.
Isn't it? This is something quite
different, though. Perhaps that is the
reason we didn't, as you say, mention
it. Would you like to hear what it
! is?"
why, yes. You arouse my curio-
sity."
1T is called-don't laugh-the pro-
fession of son-in-law."
Mr.. Clayton"
I'D thought of it, you know, some
time before Uncle Jim suggested it.
Oh, yes. But Uncle Jim, you see,
smoothed the way. Oh he was quite
taken with your photograph. He ac-
tually made conditions, verbal, OF
course, but equally binding, that l
should-well, I'll tell you about that
afterward. The other details are all
quite satisfactorily arranged, and
and, now, Aida, it only remains for
you TOTO approve the articles of
partnership"
"Mr. Clayton, what do you mean?"
"You just now asked me why j
didn't travel. That means go abroad.
| Well, I've made up my mind to go
abroad--if you will go with meas my
wife"
George Clayton, is this a proposal?''
Aida Searles, does it need tag?"
But there's father. He will never
consent TO my marrying a-a-well,
you know, George, you are not very
prepossessing financially"
you are quite mistaken about your
father. | saw him first,
You did?'
"Oh, yes. He's quite taken with
the idea Seems to think it's just the
profession to suit me, Fact is, you
know, I'm the heaviest depositor in
papa's bank. Yes, Uncle Jim left me
all his money-there's a deuced lot of
1.-THE only onditions-yerbal. you
know-beimg that l marry at once and
marry you
1T is to fulfill your uncle's last re-
quest, then, that
He was very good to me, Aida, and
any little thing
George Clayton, / hate you
But you won't stand in the way of
my entering an honest profession
oh, you--you acknowledgement
Then here's an attempt at assert
ing bears prerogatiye. And you
will be Mrs. George Clayton, wife OF
the we'll known professional man of
the same name?'
IL suppose I'll have to-"
Thank you, dear K. Rose in
| Cleveland Plain Dealer.