The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1901-12-30

past more than tho stipena
NJ blisfrers b)1kkespoa
, elope every saturday
IN with several gem
m, and Is he ap-
,. ence he developed dc
in generosity ecs be.tes
or ually TO throw money
away. is good lo1idrg aaG
there neyet As a generous man vac
lacked friends The girls in young Ear
lows set all thought-its question
what they're thinking now, though
that he was just just about rlst.. They
gauged him perhaps by las candy
flower and theater ticket stallSrd.
It must not be supposed flr 4 minute
that there was not many MAJ ms wA5
were ready to declare that al was goug
at too swift a pace, although not one Of
them was found ready to tell her daugh-
ter that it were wise that a lint be
thrown out to young Harlow that
American Beauty roses in December
were too costly a gift to be sent to oae
young woman twice a week. There was
only one of AIS set and she vas Only
in the set on occasion-for he other
girls declared her rather prim ami
flnicky-who had the courage born "a
conviction that AL was developing
spendthrift habits, to tell aim frankly
one day that neither she nor n.r moth
er thought it right for him to send al
he often did, the expensive hothouse
blossoms and the equally expensii ie
bonhons.
AL took this in good part and way
down in his heart he thought that M,gy
Johnson was saying just about me
right thing, and that the saylag of IL
was prompted by delicate consldera-
ton for his own good, as w-ll a. by al
equally delicate understanding Of .he
propriety of things.
II Harlow did spend more than his
salary he stuck close To- business in IL
book establishment and on lay ne
was promoted to a better position and
to more pay, an advancement hat gave
him very comfortable income AIS
down one night to figure it up. His
debts scared him. He thought TO hlni-
self that by rigid economy f9: a year
he could square up, but he was not Of
the kind to settle down of his own fr
will and accord % any economy, let
alone that of the rigid kind M of the
girls in the set knew Of All advance
ment, and most Of them thought o: Il
as meaning Just so many nor. shrysSn-
themums and so many more chocolate
caramels There were many of them
100, It must be said 10 whom this ad-
vancement gave 10 all new value. As
a matter Of fact, the majority of them
began to set its cap for Al 1t must
not be supposed, however, tGG. q great
burden of sense lay with the majority
Il could not bring itself TO % lego he
pleasures Of the sweets of candy and -.e
scents Of flowers simply because one o,
its members hoped TO lead the spend.
thrift 10 the altar Let him spere.
said the girls. When he does get mar
ried he can save money pay his dests
and become model tor the eommun-
ity."
Mary johnson did not like it whsp Al
showed tendency 10 keep on rum ns
along the road which has zig niger
post-marked Ruin" standing all along
the way There wasn't grain Of sgi-
hshness in Mary Johnson's nature.
liked the young fellow and she halrd 10
see him go the way that leads 20 great
big precipice.
All the set, All and a lot % other
young fellows included, went to ST.
Dives church Most Of the members OF
St. Dives church were so rich that they
could have each clipped in enough
without missing it to make unnecessary
the holding OF a church fair for the boy
EFT Of the poor of the outlying districts
OF the parish. They gave a church fair,
however and the young women prepar-
ei to play as sadly enough they alway.
d. at church fairs the parts OF har2..'.
The girls held meeting before the
fair and planned campaign. zach one
had little book in which ihe victims
were to put down their names pay a
quarter for the privilege and thus
secure one chance in 1000 of winning a
tidy or an impossible whisk broom
holder. One Of the girls said that It
should be matter Of conscience with
them all to make as much as they could,
and then she added EVERY girl in this
bunch must make Al Harlow pay 30
cents a chance. because he'll 10 il AMI
never wink. It's in a good cause, you
know, and he's easy, and we must get
All We can. The other boys VIII stand
for quarters, but they are not in ,hs