The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-08-30

~ Kept John Hobbs From Many
ing the Wrong Girl and Ied Him
20 Marry the Right one.

I" -s'e -a"t 'e'1H '''e-s 's'a @ 'e..>s-
lt'was Just $3.50 by the dusty clock
thai did duty IN the editors Office of
The Daily Telegram, when John
Hobbs, manager and general factotum
for thnt cnterprislng paper, from which
he derived a snug little income, sud /
denly remembered the day of the week. |
! was Thursday ana on the following |
evening tho most select concert of the |
season would take place, where the
social set Of Wrensyillc would he in |
evidence.
Now for nearly year John had been |
n frequent and more or less regular |
caller on Miss Mabclle Whitney, the
very pretty daughter of n very rich |
merchant
He had intended to invite her all
ulong, but thls delay In his invitation
might mean disappointment. He
would soon know and why not embody
I'm hts note II declaration of his affec-
tioDs. and 50 put to the test whether
she returned his love or not. This
seemed n happy thought so he began:
Ny Dear Frend-May hope for the plcbojre Of
youI company at the concert tomorrow evening
by The singers clubl J have d qucstion to ask
sou thc answer 20 which will make me either the
most miserable or happicst Of mon II ynu accept
my invitation 20 the concert, shall understand
your answer will not be "No" 10 the more mo-
/ mentou, question. and refusal OF my invitation
shall consider as q refusal of yours, with deepest
r'gard, IDus ELLIOTT IIoBBs
For mau of SO brilliant IL mind this
was really Il very lame proposal, but
/ John signed his name with conscious
ness OF having said Just enough and
not TOO much, feeling quite sure iif the
depths Of his honest devotion to her
that her answer would be what he
! hoped With this load off his mind he
| turned 90 the perusal of his afternoon
mail, with which his desk was Uttered
Another story from the pen of Miss
| Davenport Well. this one he had bet
| ter reject. for she was really getting
/ beyond her depth, or SO it seemed to
| him. To be sure, she sketched her
| characters with on artists skill and
| was decidedly original IN plot and nc
/ ton, hut tha public. lSs public, must
/ he amused ana hci h.toiG,s never
seemed happy aud wHat was more,
never married the heroes nor any one
else, for that matter. lie did not
want TO personally say no TO this
girl. IN whom unconSciously he had be-
come so Interested ana whom Ne recog-
ui2cd as a civycr writer. Sa"c 10 win
/ for herself n uame I'm the world nut
he had alreudy made up his mind not
TO accept more OF her work. and so
taking ~ the stub pen which had GER
tninly seen better days. he dashed Off
as follows
Ny Dem Nalom-Eotwithstandin our appre-
c''I"n''' n'' "''''''. W." ' F'"' ',S" w nnu
we 'lu9' '''. ."'' .'r'"'''' ''' '''' "'""',
'iu'''". Y w - 80
u'', '"''' WY '+' '''''.
II natter lhNStil thHt ~ hValIy zone,
Thought John. $50 hastily placing the
,.t. Do, ,i,,i,. ,.,.,.,,,.t,,,, ,,,..t,,,,os mud
,.,,1,....,,,,, ,l,,. ..,,n. Ia. ,,,, Cos, tho
co., bo,,
l,ril., u,,,,,ing 1,,,nod duu ond
r,ln,. ,y,0, U,,In' 'nrns,,,.n, NJ clearing
,,'.ati.o.. ami os fnI,, so, Tn h,s ofico
rt. ,.o,,,.,',n or1 .rl,.,ts vnyo nj ohb
n, =. IN ,i,,. ,,.~.,,,,lr
Iho +,,,uot,t onl not - n,on,orltion op
en-, ,,.,,.,.. ,t,d ,,on,,oI AZ tho
no, o,,,l ,,..,,.,.,1 d, - af ,,o,.,,oo,,s
,.f.I,,. con. ,,t, i,.,n and NOV nnst no
racoi,,od hy his trun
Inst mon two unstmon onened the
Idnnr Nnto I'm. from ber IN this mail
o,i, yon,,, advertisements - lin or two
mo- cords og Invitation n check,
t,,,,,i,., rar n,ot onI iost of all n snoI,
on,-,lnno IN tho vol l.uown hand.
,,,ittnr -, 1Ii.s p,,.ouno,.t ron,v
80 ht. d,,n,tss.i of ,ho d,v hoporn be
- A.,
pTNHuiheu' uh''' le"iihb W Vpch 'He
note he read:
NJ, poor NJ, IJolbs-1T,o .ontents of vouy lot
,or altho,h a vorv ,re,t surnriaa "a me have
n,a1s ma ,,rv bonnv II Is hardly necessary for
mo to ndd tInt "ncccnt" vour invitation and
shsu ,v,cc, yo,, tbis evening With r,rords from
a''a" ~ ~ ~. s,'' .s''''5 ,,7', .' '
'''' MumEp f. DAyrSponr.
What did II moan What Inylu..on
ala sbn occent oud why should his LET.
TOR p,nl,o hnr worry honnvg OuIte tha
reverse h,. had sunnosed If sounded
mo so,no p,vste,,v nf romnnce from her
vnrsptll. NON but II was ma tnstin,,
n,.tto,. b, rotectnd rnmn,pbnring tho
coucoIt md his onx,aty ~ mind con.
carpino, hj. answer from Miss whitney
Just rhon in his roAnct,on tho door
,,os 0uDg onon ana mcssenrer bov