The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1906-01-03
Chasing a
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BY G.. B. Lcw!e
Copyright, 1896. b.: Homer Eprlguc
q y G.. 3. Lcw!e
Copyright, 1905. b" Homer GDr1guc

tried the roof gardens and they had Of
frred nothing new; because he Ind in
dolcntly tried to fllrt with good look
| Ing girl that day on the street and she
had exhibited her contempt; because Of
4 dozen other reasons belonging to
bachrlorhood
! When Arnold Thompson bought hat
| IT was al event. He argued that the
fate of nation depended OH the ap-
| pcnrincc Of tiint hat Wien placed on
| his head, md he was therefore full
| hour IN making his selection. It was
MI hour Of anxiety to him and IN hour
| Of misery to the salesman who waited
on him. On this day, howcvcr--on this
| day when he stroiled into his hatters
and made his wants known something
out OF tie ordinary was to happen. The
bachelor had tried on only nineteen DIFF
fernt hats and had posed before the
glass only nineteen different times,
| when no IN lde a discovery under the
sweatband OF the nineteenth Init. It
was sdI1 Of paper. and on 1t was
written in q feminine hand:
| and gentleman. he may write to Gene
v1ove Burton.
No address was added. and as the
bachelor held the slip in his hand
thrill CT romance began to creep into
Ills soul. That's what he had been
yearntng for for years-romance. He
had had 1t from twenty to thirty, but
lost it from thirty to forty and came
to tho conclusion TINT his heart never
could be stirred again.
III the buyer Of this hat is single
man.
Well, he was single. He wns not on
Iy single. but called rather good look
ing. and he had fairly good income
-"ani gentlemun''-
Well. he was gentleman, and no
ono could be found to dispute the fact.
What should follow? He would write
to Genevicve Burton. The name pleas
ed him, and as he stood there with the
nineteenth straw mt in one hand and
the slip In the other he cciled up q
vision of handsome face and q curly
head and a willowy form. He had no
business to think Genevieve good look-
Ing. curly headed or willowy, but he
assumed the responsibility ind said to
the salesman, much to the latter's sur
prise:
I'll tnlze this hat"
But Is 1t good fiji"
y said l would take this hat. Send
It hoL.e."
AS matter Of fact, the hat was not
good fit. and the bachelor had meant
to paw over at least nineteen others,
but 1t struck him that he mnst have
the hat Us we'll Us the slip Of paper
found beneath its sweatband. The two
naturally went together.
AS soon as he reached his club he snt
down to write to Genevieve. He found
1t q hard task. She was q braider OF
straw hats; she lived far away; she
was innocent hearted; abe couldn't be
Invited to take q ride In his auto or to
accompany him to the theater and din
ner; she was coy, shy country blue
bird ond must not be startled. The
bachelor started three different letters
and abandoned them and then sudden
~ discovered that he had no address
to write to. But why write ut all?
Why not chase that hat down until the
fair bratder was discovered?
a decision was reached in an IN
stant, and half IN hour later the man
was back ut the hat store asking where
the Int was made. He was referred to
wholesale dealer. The dealer said
that tho hat wns part Of small stock
bought Mt auction and referred him to
an auctioneer. The auctioneer looked
his books over and took his time about
It and then "reckoned" 1t was Smith
hat. .".. 49,. 49,.
The. Investigation thus far hnd con.
sumed ten days, but Arnold Thompson
had rather enjoyed them. The detec-
tive instinct Is more o. Tess strong IN
the character Of every man, and when
romance Ia mingled with 1t It becomes
even more fascinating. ..'-., +
The bachelor f1attered himself that he
was student OF human nature and
that he could get IN insight into q per-
sons character through his chirogra-
ply. he sized Geneyieve up ns warm
hearted, trusting, hopeful and high
minded. She probably had been born
and reared In affluence, but owing to
her fathers too extensive speculations
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no oil, she had been obliged to turn to
straw hats to make living. 1t was a
shame, ana he sympethized with her
from the bottom of his heart. He had
always said shat he wouldn't marry,
but .,.. =; -. - }%f>~. .':.' =.
Arnold Thompson went to Dunbery.
lie visited every hltter In the hut town.
but all went back on the hat. He was.
told that It might have been made In:
any one Of half dozen, places they
mentioned, and the, only thing to do
was to give up further thought of Gene
We've or pursue his quest, :: W.. (; ih@.,
He decided Mt once to pursue" He al
ways Ind been fattered by women rum:
ming after him; now he was running
after one OF tho opposite sex, and there
was something novel in the change. He
went to Massachusetts and was sent on
to Vermont There they sent him over:
Int cen ade. snd he rea cheh Cnnnf1n To.
be told that Michigan was his likely,
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