The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1902-09-20
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JOHN DOYLE MATCHMAKER.
From New York Sun.

When Louise Doyle entered the Office
of Delaney & Griffin, architects, in the
humble capacity of copyist, the soul of her
father rose in angry rebellion.
Two years previous John Doyle had re-
tired from the grocery business with tidy
income. a substantial brick residence and
chronic rheumatism Whenever the NAL
adv loos ened its grip, Doyle wandered
back to the scenes of his commercial
achievements. His successor always gave
j him cordial welcome, and comfortable
/ chair back of the cashier booth was at his
disposal. When too lame to walk as far
as the store, he consoled himself by play
ing innumerable games of pinochle, in the
rear of Simpson, cigar store, just across
the street..
1t was from disastrous defeat at PIN
echle that he came home to hear that
Louise was 'sgoing to business. = The
moment was inauspicious.
81 never heard tell of such tomfoolish
ness. My girl going to chase downtown
six days in the week, like the daughters
of that no account Tom Saunders? Peo-
Pile Il be questioning my credit next And
she won make enough to pay for the new
feathers and fixing she'll want, to say
nothing of the shoe leather she II wear out
traipsing back and forth in all kinds of
weatherl
Mrs. Doyle, who in spite of the fact
| that she never joined Mothers club nor
studied household economics, had succeeded
in making John Doyle comfortable and
content, camly set gusset in her hus-
band new shirt as she replied
II don't know about that, John, [
think that if more girls knew how hard it
is to earn money, and to make success
in business, we'd have fewer shiftless and
grumbling wives.
Mr.. Doyle groaned at his wife's deser
tion to the enemy.
sAnd as for her wasting her money, |
dom t believe Louise Il do anything of the
sort. She's got too much of her father 5
blood in her. Besides, she's s going to pay
her board d-says it's only right, seeing that
she won t be home to help me with the
work >
Mr.. Doyle fairly gasped in his fury.
'sPay her board Minerva Doyle, have
you gone daft ? Or are you turning mser,
like your Uncle Sam? Ny daughter
shan pay her board so long as L m here
to prevent it.
But Louise had her way. Every Sat
urday night she paid her board, and every
Monday morning Mr.. Doyle carried the
money straight to the savings bank and
deposited it to the credit of Louise Doyle
Three years rolled round and Louise
failed to fulfil any of the dire predictions
set forth by her parent She did not take
pneumonia from facing keen northwesters.
She did not catch smallpox from riding in
ill-ventilated cars. And she refused to
elope with the junior partner. But she
had risen steadily in the estimation of her
employers, until, when George Shaw came
to the city, she was confidential secretary
to the senior partner of Delancey & Grif-
| fin.
In his secret heart, John Doyle was
wonderfully proud of this self possessed,
capable young woman, and when young
Shaw from up-State, vigorous, well set-up
and well-poised, appeared on the scene,
Mr.. Doyle groaned afresh.
eff Louise hadn't that business bee in
her bonnet, there the man L pick out
for her husband. Why on earth any SEN
sihle girl would rather take dictation from
snarling, bald headed old crank down
town than to make nice home for fell
low like George Shaw, | don't see. -
But as matter of fact Mr.. Delancey
was neither bald nor ill-tempered, and
George Shaw had come to the city with
but one well defined ambition-to gain a
business foothold. John Doyles success
sor in the grocery trade being second cou-
sin to George Shaw mother, he had taken
the first thing at hand, position as clerk
in the store where Doyle had once ruled
with an iron hand.
Perhaps the happiness of Louise was not
the only thing at stake, in Doyle's mind.
He might have cherished secret longing
to maintain even distant family connec-
ton with the scene of his commercial sue
cess At any rate, Mr.. Shaw was in due
time invited to call, and Mr.. Doyle fairly
hugged himself when he saw the admira-
tion in the young man eyes on meeting
Louise.
But for six months matters progressed
no further. Mr. Shaw called at irregular
intervals, and was courteously received by
I4ouise--in the presence of her presents.
From his point of vantage behind the
cashiers booth Mr.. Doyle studied the
young man whom he coveted as min
law, and decided that an occasional cigar
could be offered his idol with impunity
In the meantime George Shaw was study
ing the uncertainties of customers and
markets, to the profound satisfaction of his
mother second cousin.
When Mr. Shaw invited Louise to ac-
company him to the theatre, John Doyle
went into the seventh heaven of delight
The calmness of Louise irritated her exu-
berant father.
The theatre going became an established
weekly event, and Mr., Doyle beamed,
even when defeated at pinochle Each
day he spent less time in the rear room Of
Simpsons cigar store, and longer visits
were made to the grocery store He
bought better brand of cigars, too, and
proffered them at more frequent intervals.
But when Louise imperturbably an
nounced that Mr. Shaw had invited her to
see Bernhardt in ~ Algion, and followed
up the information with the prosaic obser-
vation that her rainy day skirt needed a
new binding, the vials of Mr. Doyle s
wrath were again uncorked As the door
closed on her retreating form, he turned
to his wife:
"Well, that beats me I'll bet George
paid every cent of S25 for those two seats,
and she takes it as cool as if she was used
to such treats every night in the week.
do believe she more interested in Delan.
ceys contract for that Newport palace
than in getting husband
'Like as not, responded Mrs. Doyle,
gathering the butter scraps for the cooking
jar. can architects contract is easily
filed, but marriage is uncertain and it,