The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1907-01-09

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MAXI. l.ir"r,on ,,,d her mother had
come intn Tue rtty rom their rountry
hon" to 10 somr shopping. ana ic,4luse
the ,aliuau ovcr,iu,sed Them did be.
cause Maize turned indignant ana said
she wnnld 20 IL ! ln,i.,c station before
She would submit 10 abe swiHuIed IA
crowd hogan to gather 80,
Harry Fiuchly wds ~ Tin, crown. lie
promptly ,.sputs,vl The ,-ausr 81 the
wOnn'ii aud was struck toy ,nbby S
whip IL r.tuin liz pulled cahby on
the box anu runE hun ulinut In the
dust until the man looked Ike bundle
OF lost rags, Then. no policeman hay.
ing aplcarrd 70 interfere WIN The mt
ural course o. events. the women were
escorted 20 d hn'ri
Cards WE'RE rN,hauSed and thanks
returned. aud "alI> we'll tint ends
welI'' would la,, i,,.n tie sassh h4d
not Young Mr. f'iurliy dei-ided that
Miss Mazir was an extremely fine look
Ing girl. II lad lrtn NJ least year
since he had met her equal Within
two hours lie Vas longing Tor another
look into her lruwn .y,.S and RECALLING
with satisfaction What i wealth of hair
she had. how white and even were her
teeth and what cute diinple orna.
mented her chin. IL the end 81 TWEEN.
ty-four hours romance and love were
at work. -.-.-
OF course Harry had been invited 10
call II he ever found himself in West.
chester county Miss Maize. who did
most Of the talking 10 him as wen az
to the cabman. couldn't do less than
issue this invitation. but she hadn't
the least idea that her rescuer would
ever take the trouble to travel their
way. 4 surprise was In store for her.
He made call within a week. and be
took pains 10 thoroughly identity him.
self.
His trip into the country was made
in his automobile. and il soon became a
regular thing Tor him to be seen skim.
ming over the roads once a week. Mr..
Jefferson liked him. Mrs. Jefferson
thought he was very proper man In
decd. and Mazie-wcll. she wasn't tell.
Ing her thoughts hut II they hadn't
favored tie YONG man in a general
way lie would haze found her confined
TO her room with a convenient head.
ache.
An acquaintance begun in April had
progressed 70 September without a
thing 10 mar Il. Ii had ripened into
friendship at least. and there were
signs that L yrs nearing the critical
point. Then ore day Harry Finchly
did an unwise thing. In his guiIeless
and inacceu; way he mentioned that
he had given q ii;:le dinner to q little
actress the night lefore. In an instant
the brown eyes Tat bad been full Of
laughter heran 10 harden.
He saw thar he had made a mistake
and he hegan 10 hedge-that Is, he
explained that the mother Of the littn
actress was at the dinner. The point OF
Miss Mazie's nose seemed to turn MP.
Mr.. Finchly further explained that
two aunts and two uncles OF the &c
tress were also Mt dinner. Half min.
ute later he was protesting that be
would Meier have given the dinner but
for the fact that the little actress
seemed to. be hungry and be felt sorry
for her. II had not been much OF a
dinner anyhow. He had sat at one
end or the dining room and the actress
at the other. and they had chewed
olives and drunk poor clscet and eon.-
nnsd their conversation to the weather.
In fact. Mr.. Flnehly dId al possible