The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1903-09-24


m6neY. This is not a news story. Do
1t x4Sht, hut don't buy any wires"
Etook the assignment gratefully and
weaktseut on my qhest. will not weary
YOU With the dstaifs of my experieS6es,
with the cheap, stout women and clear
thin men who preside over the mS&lisi;
mghiAl agencies. and the still cheaper
females who are listed at these places.
I p6sed Is Hiram Adams. architect, with
limited incomeand great prospects IN
seaesh Of wife with some ready money
thktFould help me get my start. Imat
attenaated school teachers, freck1sd
st9nographers and auburn haired spin
stefBaresiding at parental homes. Imet
stoNx5widOws and thin divorces and
sish3ng orphans Of uncertain age.
School teachers seemed to predominant.
ls4des appointments to call, appoint
MANS to Gdine ! all Sorts a. appoint
ments, the expenses Of which the Clar-
ion Sheerfully paid as related my story
Of progress. Really Iaccumulated:q quite
q aEsnt story, but in theemeantime I
beesne most heartily sick Of the assign
mSHS5 The womensw Ill 30 common
plaeEaand their conversation 60 fnane
thSkaf required something of draft on
mys9eportorial imagination, based on
the Experiences st half dozen years, to
ma1Aanything out of the material.
E6s about through and had. about
en9qxh material whipped into shape,
aiKas entirely tired Of the game
wA4AI met Elsie Norman, registered at
Ba1bs agency as anasorphap and an
hei{1ss worth 500 600 fl her own name,
a1dboking TOT aihusband Though tie,
ags1ay because Of eccentricity.
VHen ! stumbled into the little box
iahasd Parlor g z was totally linpre-
psie for the vision which confronted
magss Listen, and yill de
sctS til -. s.s% - ~ ~ - 1852 Z;
A, petite little person,. with wealth
of light hair. not golden nor brown, nor
yet tbw color, but of = that = peculiar
shade-well, you know what. It sts 1s4
well 1s I; broad foreheadS liis-
chfevous blue-gray eyes; dainty randi
and feet; features not regular nor
beautiful hps Interesting ami attrac-
tive because |ofsthes 5ipte1li6entS mani
fested. She VIZ gowped sl1aply, but
with exquisite taste; and in that Pc
GUITAR surroundings and in the light
oflem recent experiences, the. erect
was paralyxihg. Ii / W s5lia f;E,
I confess that I stumbled over the
frayed rug and comp ported myself al
together more In keeping with my as
suined character than had yet done
ehes smiled reassuringly and apollo
gized for the rug. The conversation
I do not pelneinbera III cry distinctly. Int
before LEFT "a date had been made
for a. little supper the next evening
at a coy Italian restaurant in an OBJ
sclire street. known only Ito. the -elett.
The queer ching about u vas ti1at@I
seemed to remember afterw4rd that
size made the suggestion, as to place.
Also yheStold me thatIlhad been recon-
mendsd to her by Badly as thu. best
thing: (for herl het had in, sight.
AS 7 went out Baidy called me aside
and eonfided to me that this girl surely
was the real thing forlme.a as#
s.she'aTich, Hch..' hessaia pounds e
his old walnut disk. sand sbeaaati ful
az: :ss s s.s, vs,I. 's g. e asas's' 81
but there's Won ting" he continued.
looking me in the eye with 10 piercing
an expression tilt Z qdaHAed SD sstaf9r
that I was; "dis tid-bit is not for :
mere2fee. ohaf secured II tor Won.
lfsyou get It., We must -haf an under;
st&nding. I must hat von-kewauter Of
the fortune. All you needs, man. "A
enough to put y6us1p - business: You
are II. luck to get such girl ANYWAY
Promise me a kewauter, and she is
yolrs'. s5SsS
shook him and led. Thai nierht.I
slept net, because Of my burning mem
cries of the fair young heiisss.E It
might have. been my horribly sexperi.
encessof the past week. but she GER
lady i my s dreams and that hat fi Il {
wholexlot for q calloused reporter. 10
say, i, Isa ss.ss.:.Tss sF fsEE IN
The following day threatened to be
the. longest adssyerxspant unatrr
J. in despair, Isresolve6 sto ko "a yss
Metro olitan agency and Ses vi t WSss
"dpinl although all interest 81. nv
asflgnmept had lapsed.
fMH dat 5bdJ; la'1sss lust sw,SatSs "a
swlnt:9 exclaimed Hobson, the man
ager. - entered. "Parlor B. and get
thealk. quick ave been a-holdin' il