The Cooperstown courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., N.D.) 1902-1913, 1905-09-07
A Misplaced
InfutuQtion
By WILL REED puhRoY.

T Owe is a very orange thing,
u whether it be in novels or Just
here in plain, prosaic Chicago. There
is no telling how it is going to affect |
those who catch the disease, II it is
disease. as some scientists affirm,
and the antics It makes people do are
legion. M
To some love comes like sudden
burst Of sunlight, and after that the
world becomes perfect heaven or a
perfect place Of torment, according as
to how the one loved treats the one
loving. Some learn to love gradually
and there are those who say this is
the Jest plan, as love thus developed
lasts the longer. Be that as it may,
the story. following is one that deals
with the sudden sunburst love and
tie attendant melodramatic conse
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Walter Graham 10 the hero Of the
tale, and in this case he happens to
bc = young clerk with q salary which
Is barely adequate for his own neces-
stiles and the few destinations in
which he INDUCES. Once in awhile he
takes . trip across the lake of Sun
day, and it was on one of these trips
that he fell in love.
She was on the boat. The rude
wind tossed her hat from her pretty
brown head and with q little scream
she turned to young man beside her
and exclaimed: MY hat has gone
into the lake; oh, what shall do?"
Now, the young man standing by her
side was Walter Graham, and with a
gallantry born from the fash of her
brown eyes he hurried to the side of
the boat and found the hat had caught
on . beam near the waters edge.
He hurried below, and after deal
of strenuous fishing with. q long pole
he rescued tie millinery, End with a
very red face, with it in his hand, he
came on deck.
She thanked him profusely and that
was how the trouble began.
From that time on Walter Graham
had no eyes for any other woman in
the world. He had ascertained her
place Of residence, but what was more
to his purpose; the place in which abe
was employed, and he began to lay
eiege to her heart with all the ardor
of q youth attacked for the first time
with an affection Of the heart.
The girl was besieged with invita-
tions to lunch, with opportunities to
see the reigning theatrical productions
and all sorts of other things that are
supposed to be alluring to the feminine
mind. and had she been Of q coquettish
nature might have had no end Of fun
at his expense, but she was not alto
gether of that sort, although, as events
will show, she was not averse to play
ing trick or two In order that she
might further her own fun.
The girl was engaged to young
man of whom she was very fond, and
SO she tried in every manner to dis
courage the attentions Of Graham, but
to no purpose. The young man would
never take no for an answer. He was
persistent in his attentions in season
and out of season, for he had q bad
attack of what is often designated ~
puppy love-"
No amount Of cold water that the
young woman would throw on the
young mans affections seemed in any
manner to cool his ardor.g The more
she rebuffed him the more determined
he was. 1t was truly a case in which
true love did not run smoothly, and
the girl was not the one to forget any
obstacle she might put in the young
mans way. # Il
Things went on this way for some
time. The girl did not like to hurt
the young mans feelings, and yet she