Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1904-05-27

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% said: "Well, my dear Ber
k&30 Bolt, did you capture sweet
Alice that afternoon? You must have
made an effort for she showed II
plainly"
"No, did not" he answered frankly
"but made break, and as she didn't
take it amiss I feel hopeful. The fact
is sis. she Is the most proud spirited
girl ever met, and mother is the ogre
that stands in the way. If mother ap-
proves of Alice am all right, but II
she doesn't receive her with open arms
it's all day with me-"
81 could have told you that the day
after we arrived there" answered
Blanch. land am not surprised.
Now"-with laugh-"you must court
mamma for few months aS well as
your pretty Alice. 1t will do you
good, for you never have been over
dutiful."
Frank frowned. "Oh, bother these
fnicly mothersp' he exclaimed. "Why
will they turn up their noses at every
poor girl? If Alice had rich parents
she would be all right. no matter If
she were as homely as hedge fence
Maybe that's So" answered Blanch,
''but you can't change mamma, and If
you want to win your Alice you must
do as l tell you and court mamma.
Now, will tell you what to do. and If
you're good to me III help you do 1t.
In the first place you must stay in the
mountains until we go home, and do
all you can to, please mother. Take her
driving, ask her to play whist with
you, and when she makes good play
praise it; carry her wraps for her, be
solicitous about her welfare and COM
fort in all things, and treat her just as
If she were Alice instead Of mamma.
Then when she Is we'll cared for, act
downcast at times and depressed. Wait
few days before working the melan-
rholy act, and don't say much to other
girls. Dance with EIDE and me and
say sweet things to mamma for a
week. Then some day take her out for
a drive and act as if you had lost your
last friend. She will inevitably ask
what ails you, but don't tell her too
quickly. Let her coax you little, and
after awhile make a clean breast Of
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~ would suggest you insinuate the
girl has favored your suit, but has
practically said mo- because she is
too proud to marry into rich fam
lily. That will do more to pique man.
mas interest in the matter than vol
umes of praise for Alice. Don't say
too much, but If she questions you
about her answer frankly to the point,
but convey the impression that you
consider your case hopeless, and leave
the rest to me-"
Frank looked at his sister in silent
admiration. 81 didn't know you had
such wise head on your shoulders"
he said at last.
When Frank and Blanch had made Il
short stop at Saratoga, "just to be able
to say so," as Blanch said, they return
ed to the mountains, and the little do
nestle drama began. AS it progressed
Frank grew interested in watching the
effect it had on his proud mother. To
have her only son show her so much
devotion before crowds Of people glad
dened her heart. and it was soon no
ticed and commented upon. She had
known that Frank was from the first
little smitten with this sister Of his
college chum, but as he had had several
mild cases before she thought nothing
Of it. With motherly caution she took
care to ask no questions, even when
Blanch told her they had visited Alice
on their way to Saratoga. When the
denouement came she was, as Blanch
had predicted, completely taken aback.
She made but little reply to his love-
lorn tale except to laugh at him and
assure him he would soon overcome 1t,
but that night she questioned Bianch.
81 noticed Frank was very attentive
to Miss Page" Blanch said, "while she
seemed to avoid being left alone with
him q moment. She Is one Of the
sweetest and prettiest girls I've met in
q long time, and also one Of the proud
est. fell in love with her at sight and
am sure Frank has, but so far as saw
she gave him no encouragement. She Is
poor, pretty and proud, and that tells
the whole story. imagined she be-
lieved she would not be welcomed by
you"
When the last Of August came and
the Nasons returned to Boston, Frank
and his mother were on excellen.
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"What has come over FranK?" Edith
said to Blanch one day. HE has never
been so we'll behaved in his life. First
he quit idling and began to study law
as if he meant to be somebody, then
he deserted his crowd Of cronies for
us and has acted as If we were his
sole care in life ever since. What Is
the meaning Of it, Blanche?
ut seems so good to have him de-
voted to US that am not going to ask
any questions" answered Blanch.
CHAPTER xxx.
N 1RE last day Of August dawned
fair in busy Boston. Sum-
-SS mer sojourners were return
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