The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1906-07-25
a Love Potion
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The great scientist sat reading his
morning paper before going into his
laboratory.
aPlease, SIR said the butter there's
young woman to see you, sir
The scientist always accessible. d.
rected thet she be shown in. A well
formed, rosy checked young English
girl entered with evident dlffidence.
"What can I do for your asked the
scientist In kindly reassuring tone.
She replied In one Of those well nodu.
lated voices for which the daughters OF
Britain are conspicuous m
five heard. str. that you're great
halchemyv
The scientist smiled. 9
lis IL astrologlst you areT7 she has
tened to add by way Of correcting q
possible mistake.
I'm a chemist
We'll, sir, I'm Molly Baine. poor
girl that dances for livln. One O the
girls has taken my young man away
from me, and I thought you'd be 50
kind AS 10 give me a-a love draft to
bring him back"
The scientist smiled again.
He's a good young man is Tommy"
the girl went on, 1and I'm not bad
girl. Indeed I'm not, sir. though they
say al dancing girls lis. Tommy's a
scene shifter. SIR
The great man, whose discoveries
had made his name famous throughout
the world. pondered. Presently he rose
from his seat, went out aud returned
with flstful Of violets.
my dear little girl he said, these
flowers need only be displayed before
your young man TO put him again In
your power. R4t ! warn you that II
you tell him who gave them to you the
spell will be broken
The girls face lighted with pleasure.
You don't mean II, sir7 Is II in the
smelling, sirss
Never mind where 1t is. DO as |
tell you and sou will have your de
sire"
The girl took out pocketbook and.
selecting half dollar from among
some copper coins. offered it to the
chemist I'm sorry, sir. i've no more
TO give =. FOR the spell. but only
gets1T-.
Never mind the pay. The violets
came from my own conservatory and
cost nothing | hope you win find that
they will work well Good morning"
The great man bowed the girl out
and. proceeding 10 his laboratory. soon
forgot everything except his crucibles
and test tubes
just twenty-four hours from the time
Of his first interview with the dancing
girl he received second visit. He lay
down HIS paper and, looking up at the
girl standing before him. saw that she
was in tempestuous mental condi-
ton.
"Well. my dear" be asked, didn't
the spell work."
"Oh. yes, sir. II worked. but the
wrong way, sir. When the ballet was
called last night / went on with the
violets ia my girdle. Tommy bad Just
rolled palace on when he caught
sight OF EN-.
Who give v the violetsT he asked.
What's that TO your told him.
TITS a swell. knew one OF 'em
'ud GIT you, says hc
Never you mind who give 'em,
says l. mlndin' what you told me TO
keep from him At that / danced on.
When came of he wouldn't speak to
me, turned his back on me- and. after
we all went OF and had our supper
tried to net kind word from him, but
be hacted orrid, sir. So I, thinkin'
you might ave made a mistake and
given me the wrong spell, ave come
back for the right one
The scientist pondered for awhile,
then said.
TELL Tommy the flowers given you
contain an antidote for love.
The girl went out wondering but
with full confidence IN the chemists
ability to do what he IIked--that Is. II
he didn't get the wrong potion mixed
up with the right one.
The next morning the scientist re-
ceived a third visit, this time not from
the dancing girl. but from Tommy.
Please sir, Ia II YOU as give my
sweetheart a hantldote for lovln' meT
She told me you had gone Off with
another RI"
$50 tsh slr. but" looking down
and picling o. Ills cap that he held ID
bis hand. when see she'd got some
violets, SO Inexpensive as only swell
could afford EN-, I, thlnkin' I'd lost 'er,
wanted err