The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-02-18

with her Tor the scare Of the SiayT BE.
tore. He would disar1n her three or
four times and wound her, vanity. III
was BUNNY however. who was ,pinked
and tiisarTned and driven an around
the room and made to look like so
cents. The afternoon was rainy. ana
Miss Nettie proposed billiards and pool.
Bunny began by giving her twenty on
billiards and four balls ON pool, and In
the course of three hours found that
she. could give him all that and then
win every game.
Next morning he got up to wonder
what was coming He soon found out.
There was cracking good sailing
breeze, and the whltecaps were run.
ming on the sound When Miss Nettie
proposed sail 10 her catboat. Bunny
looked at those whiteeaps for long
minute, aud shiyers ran up his back.
He followed her down to the boat land.
ing. however. and did his best to an.
pear Indifferent The girl hoIsted the
sail. took reef in 1t and then shipped
the tiller. and the visitor was asked to
sit amIdshlps and trim the craft. When
half mile out and just after the fifth
barrel of spray had struck him in the
back, he said something about having
an important engagement in the city,
but the boat did not cease to bounce
nor the spray to fy for. nearly an hour
later. Miss Nettie was also sopping
wetsand her hair flying, but she was
humping Bunny. On approaching the
landing she rounded into the wind.
held fast to the shetland yelled out as
the boat turned turtle. She was along
side of him as he came up, sputtertng
and gasping. and as she reached out a
hand and drew him to the overturned
boat she said:
Hang on here. and we shall be
blown ashore. We might as well have
a bath while we are about 1t Hope
you are enjoying yourself,
When Bunny went to his room for
the night he was almost ready to adj
nit that he was wrong in arguing that
there were no up TO date girls. The
next morning something happened TO
please him He was invited to take
morning gallOp in company with tile
young lady. and he saw his way clear
to pay OF old scores. He was given
tue best mount, but the gallop had not
covered a hundred rods when 1t was
evident that horse and man were not
agreed. At kae first fence to be jump.
ed the horse remained on one side and
Bunny on the other, while the girl dis
appeared In the distance. and didn't
seem TO miss her cavalier for a full
hour. Bunny's excuse was that he lift
Ell his horse too soon for the. jump and
that there was something wrong with
the climate of the United States.
Next day the visitor and Miss Nettie
went buggy riding. Bunny took the
reins with determination TO, show off.
He was showing when Miss Nettie.
took the reins away and brought the
runaway animal down to his PAGES.
There was one more bump in store for
the young man. Next day, after wres.
ting for an hour with his palpitating
heart he made proposal in due form.
Miss. Nettie realized what was coming
and was prepared for it She simply
handed him an advertisement she had
written and proposed to insert in the
leading papers. 1t read:
An up to date girl wishes to adopt
an orphan boy and be mother to him.
VIII teach him how TO climb trees.
stand on his head and turn back hand.
springs. All new ideas taught as soon
as they appear. A positive guarantee
given not to bore him. A cure for Ian.
guidness and the London complaint
kept constantly on hand. Address in
confidence"
That was another bump for Bunny,
but he took it like a little man. In
stead of returning to his old ways and
his old life, he went over to oldfelds
and bought the right to plant oysters,
and he has displayed such energy and
ambition during the past year that Burt
Galbratth looks at him across the club
dinner table and mutters to himself:
Il wonder why in thunder Net does
not name the day. know they love
each other and are as good as en-
gagged"