Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1898-01-24

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!"
eyes, Miss Searles. It would he a
liberty to talk of you to any one else,
but it wasn't with Uncle Jim. And |
showed him your picture-ghe enc l
stole two years ago, you remember
and he Liked it, and sent you his COM
pIiments and his best love. Uncle
Jim was always a grand old gentle
man."
"But | don't see
Pardon me, | am about to explain.
1t was Uncle Jim who suggested
new profession for me; at least, he
called it a profession. He suggested
that it wasn't as oyercroWded 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 ad-
vice I valued as highly. You seem to
take an interest in my welfare, Miss
Searles- do the details weary your
mo, Mr.. Clayton. 1t was your
your fippancy over a serious subject
that annoyed me-a little. And this
profession-does it give you hope OF
permanent employment"
"I'm sure it does. I wouldn't so
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.
ISL l. IL luis ID oOlICIDAhS AAHON
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."
ct 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 |
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 ]
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 q proposal?''
''Alida Searles, does it need a tag"
But there's father. He will never
consent to my marrying a-a-well,
you know, George, you are not very
progressing financially
~ ic%-a 1yo1 hnI1t
father. 1 saw him first
''You did,"
ooh, 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 conditions-verbal, you
know-being that l marry at once and
marry you
at is to fulfill your uncle's last re-
quest, then, that
ssHe was very good to me, Aida, and
any little thing
George Clayton, I hate you!'
"But you won't stand in the way of
my entering an honest prof5osion?"
ooh, you-you aggrayating-bear!"
"Then here's an attempt at assert
ing bears prerogative. And you
will be Mrs. George Clayton, wife Of
the we'll known professional man OF
the same manner"
'tI-I suppose I'll have to-"
THANK you, dear.''-W. R. Rose in
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