Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1907-04-08
Hates Fin0nciering.

know OF one, I. a real estate agent.
discovered within cold. prosaic real
estate transfer the threads of most
narrowing case OF duplicity. crafti-
ness and romance. Tying these
threads together and showing them
to the guilty person--my cousin
obtained full confession after prom
Using never 10 tell The best OF II Is
that the other interested person does
not suspect the romance in which he
figured.
About year before these events,
my cousin Kate had, TO prove her in
dependence, obtained position as
stencgrapher for an architectural
firm In town. Here were employed
several young draughtsmen. who
promptly became interested in Kate.
but she treated them an imperson-
ally. except one. La this matter.
among many others. Kate showed
her Queerness OF taste. for Kate the
fly-away, Kate the fiirt. Kate the
conqueror, chose to adopt" Billy
Th1ine.
Billy Thorne was a quiet. hard
working fellow, generally considered
rather prosaic. He got fair salary
and saved most OF It. never went
anywhere and was never known to
talk 10 girl. Hence, there was
great wonderment In the Office when
one morning in walked Billy Thorne
with the stenographer He repeated
this performance several times in
the next few weeks, and even went
out TO lunch with her. He carried
on H. this way until he became a reg
ular caller on Wednesdays and Sun
days Then Billy began to think.
Billy had ideas on certain matters
He thought that a man ought not TO
propose to a girl till he owned
house; that a man should never get
in debt was another axiom.
Inasmuch as bis bank account
grew slowly he could see no possbil-
ity OF further progress in his love
affair, and he knew that he must go
either backward or forward. Hence,
he was not at all smiling when he
rang the bell at Hates home on one
balmy Sunday afternoon. nor did
Hates proposition TO take a walk
cheer him greatly They had taken
walks before and Billy had found
that contemplation of admirable
building sites one could not buy was
del ressing.
Although Billy had never spoken
of building sites In a personal way,
nor expounded his ideas on debt and
marriage to Kate, she, being observ-
ant, had put this and that together
and got fairly good idea of the state
of affairs Hence she understood
Billy's Guinness and let him walk
alont at her side, seowling and ST.
lent
AS they had done before, they
stopped and read a certain sign on a
certain lot. Billy laughed-a little
bitterly-and said: IF we could
only have an earthquake I'd be
happy
Kate looked puzzled and he ex-
planned: IAN uncle of mine left me
200 acres of rocks on the Maine
coast. and nice. accommodating
earthquake might, In the general
mixnp, set few acres down here,
where ! could use them
What part of Maine are they in?"
asked Kate.
Other side of Calais. I've been
trying to sell that land for several
years, but nobody wants It,"
Did you ever advertiser"
YES" answered Billy moodily.
Nothing doing"
Then they walked on. Here's
where come into the story. Just be-
cause I had proposed four or five
times to her-and been rejected
each time-Kate used me for all
sorts of errands, so | was not bit
surprised when Kate came into the
office and sat down.
Well" asked. what is 1t now?
Want me to circulate a petition for a
municipal theater or restore a lost
dog?"
mo, John; have you met Mr..
Thorne?" She even blushed.
mo, but I'd like ton a dark
night" l answered. looking as fierce
as I could.
Don't be silly, John; I want you
to go to Mr.. Thorne and buy some
land he has for sale. It's near Calais,
Me. I'll buy It from you-you know
Aunt Emmy left me some money
so you won't lose
what in the world" | shrieked,
ARE you going to do with land up in
that place; start a fresh air hospital
or a summer hotel?"
John" she answered severely,
"you we're always too inquisitive.
Now do as you're told. And John,
don't mention me at all. Pay him a
good price. must so now. Good
by"
AS usual / did as I was told II
was throwing money away, but II
was Hates money.
And now I go out of the story, for
the next day Sunday-after ]
bought the gold brick. Billy Thorne
ran up the steps to Hates house and
I hardly got inside before he an.
nounced joyfully: Sold the rocks
in Maine to some fellow name:
NARROW millionaire. guess. for he
paid me a big price And now I've
cot something else to say" The rest
Kate says. was personal
Some time later Kate car
imagine her look of innocence at the
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