The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-02-05
JACK WILSON,
 TRUST BRE KER
BY EDWIN J. WEBSTER.


 Copyright, 1904. by Daily Story Pub. co.)
 Perhaps the young men of Abbeyvilie. relying on the fact that they had known the girls of that pretty village since child hood, had grown somewhat careless and inattentive. Possibly the girls of Abbey vile were too particular and demanded more than was their due-though an un- prejudiced observer would have said this would have been almost impossible in the case of such attractive girls. What ever may have been the rights of the case originally. the girls of Abbeyville, under the leadership of Laura Hopkins, decided that they had not been treated fin a sat- isfactory manner. Something must be done to cause the young men of Abbey vile to repent and to remorsefully regard and regret their lost opportunities. Clear ly an offensive and defensive league of the prettiest girls. in -Abbeyville would quickly bring about this much o-be-de- sired result And this was the reason for the formation of the Abbcyyifie Bachelor Girls trust. f.F
 Laura Hopkins, as the leading spirit In the movement was chosen president of the new trust Laura had just quar- reled with the man who thought her as near perfection as a giri eau be-Swhieli, in his opinion was very, very near7and in whom she had taken more than a sis terly interest. Perhaps this was the req son. why she plunged into the work of forming the Bachelor Girls trust in such an eager. not to say vindictixe manner. needless of the fact that all the evils claimed by the opponents of man-madc trusts would be small compared with those which would be wrought by this new one If 1t should become firmly estab- lished throughout the country.
 We can have club as well as the men," declared Laura, in ste;eier tones than one would have expected from so pretty a girl. I've can have our own dances. little parties all by ourselves. and all kinds of fun. We will show the men of Abbeyville that they are not one little bit necessary to our scheme of life. lib- erty and the pursuit of happiness"
 They did. From the first the Bachelor Girls trust had a career of triumph corn- pared with which the careers of man made oil. coal. steel. rubber and other trusts were checkered. The trust had scarcely been started ere it's victims were anxious to capitulate. They pleaded that manufacturers and producers who were crushed by other trusts were at least allowed to take stock in them. But the Abbeyville Bachelor Girls trust was dif- ferently managed. It would hear of no IcompTOihbSe. US NlctlnS must De cFuBneQ and thoroughly punished for their previ- ous neglect of the fair members of the trust. Soon the poor victims were ready to listen to any terms. And then. just when the trust seemed to have every thing in its own hands. when a complete and unconditional victory seemed assur- ed the trust was ruined. and ruined by the treachery of Kettle Williams, one of its prettiest and most prominent mem- bers.
 Nettie had originally regarded the trust project with much favor. But with the advent of Jack Wilson in the village of Abbeyville things had gradually chang ed. Jack was a distant cousin Of hers. She had met him at a college commence ment two years before. She had watched him plunge through the Yale line in the big football game. Even before Jack de- cided to pursue his profession in Abbey vile it must be. confessed that he had ocuried larger piece in Nettie's thougsts and day dreams than was safe for such an ardent member of Bachelor Girls trust.
 While Jack was deciding on the situa- tiOn for his office and apartments he stayed at the Williams residence One must be civil to cousin. even if he Is a distant one and you are a prominent