Waterbury evening Democrat., 1903-12-31
{ REyTov WILLIAMS

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 SA ORA SHERMAN was the most profound mystery Joe Mason had &xAK felt called on to solve The longer kS triad the more hopeless he found ma sclukicn He found his standards ke Inadequate and the surrounding NAnditipns so unfamiliar and bafling thHt hie characteriatic assurance de- Nefted him entirely and he groped in <he greatest perpIexity.
 was typical city-bred boy. You
 not throw him into any situation
 great city where he would not land
 hIa feet And this made it all the Aoxe humiIiating for him to acknowl- sH8a himself downed, awed-almost tefYifed by this single country maiden. 8nt Joe was learning faster than he knew
 e was splendid type of the pro, Hisck of great city. Born of good par xnkAza but thrown upon his own re- sf5tlxnah ha had made much of himself
 sxh but little opportunity for school Ing his education had been picked up ,fcngh the activity of his keen wits f2 course. it was superficial, butwas suf- Ni&Nf for business purposes and to '4a hiln good presence and carriage a lad gone into a great wholesale ssEaa early in life and by industry, Nts@f&g and enterprise had been ad- snced rapidly His habits and morals
 fe good-for the city. Partly &f;fough a fortunate heredity, partly FA8Fough his sturdy common sense, he aa avoided the great pitfalls of drink Ing and gambling. the two Molochs of ziae city born and bred youth. To be ITe no was no white-winged angel 1a took an occasional fly at the Sas and had an occasional night .th che boys But he avoided ex- #sHs and attended strictly to busi- HNss Hence his advancement
 a had the ipevitable contempt for ana eountry jay'' common te every NEs# Iad and regarded the farmer as F2 of half developed hiped, designed M 4n all-wise Providence for city peo- &se ko prey upon.
 ze knew all about girls. too, in his kn estimation He had experienced ke AdoIeseent yearnings and gone through the various stages He had sl6s kae city girl of his station, admired h.s sought her And her worldly
 e mind had appealed to him and he fske1 her immensely But he bad Rhsed at the thought of entangiements &na while he was ever delighted to meet Inc fair sex and exchange pas &sRes of wit and repartee he never M@a baan seriously tempted to tie him #F4 down to married life.
 7.,,<,.,5 yo,..1,,,@.l eEea girl with her maidenly reserve, her sixnple dignity. her wide range of in 0rnaatlcn. both of nature and books, Eud bar habit of looking 50 straight ss,s of her clear eyes puzzled him. He had nawer known girl that talked so %ariously and 90 intelligently and the I;zkas absence of anything resembling slsnper, nystified and hewIidered him. hNn. too. Nhe SO often put him at so nnI Hating disadvantage by her ac- S1Teta knowledge and education, which nou uIfpsted 30 strongly with his super fclal Information and fippant wit. that MH began to feel uncomf fortaDle and to bS3 his superabundant and over-de- ga1oped confidence in himself as "the nniartast ever" xEia tranalation from the busy cisy fFfe ko the quiet farm in the far west had been sudden and unexpected. The loNfuf had told him one day that he MYsst give up business for a long time zN 9st away from the city in a dry 1l!Eaafa and live out of doors--work HiI< of doors if possible. or he would &l& H0 he had resigned his position Hd hurried westward. armed with a ftffes of introduction to Daniel Spell m2n. who had agreed. with true vest sfn hospitality. to take him as q boaraer on the big ranchA Spelln1an wAs not in the business of taking parders. but q letter from mutual ffisnss coupled with the natural lovs n eosupanipnship, had gained the Msaon had not noticed Dora much at Fsf She was not a girl of striking ap- anee and her manners were dis
 kfIg retiring and unobtrusive. She
 but recently returned from an
 63@xn college and had assumed her
 & as hougskeeper for her widowed
 ke After the frst novelty had zz om Mason began to notice the M Mnxe and tho more he noticed her x: ! so1e worth while iS appeared. She sSz 6IstincfIv pretty if not striking. ss zasss Ssea | p4fspnaIity that could
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