The Bourbon news. [volume] (Paris, Ky.) 1895-19??, 1907-07-12

But plant like this should be wa
tered every evening" she protested.
OR oftener," he pursued blandly.
"Oh, couldn't think of letting fool
ISL little bet like this interfere with
your business"
You couldn't? Why, 1 propose to
make the watering of this plant my
chiefest business, and 1 shall not let
anything else interfere with it,
But you are lawyer, understand.
What will you clients say?"
ITO be lawyer you must first catch
your Client" he commented whimsical
ly and then added with well affected
earnestness: by the way, you haven't
any troubles that 1 could straighten
out for you, have you? mean trouble
of legal nature"
Il have no troubles of any kind" she
replied laughingly.
Lucky girl, though it is unlucky for
me. l don't know but l shall feel it my
duty to make trouble of some kind for
you
IF you try you will perhaps find that
l can make trouble too
Il don't doubt it." he said bantering-
ly and heaved Il deep sigh. when it
comes to really making trouble COM
mend me to good looking girls of eight
cen or thereabout, especially in the
springtime'
"Oh. you needn't be alarmed" she
poutcd.
"And I was just beginning to hope
that l might be. We'll, well, if you do
have trouble of any kind that develops
a legal aspect that does not require too
profound a knowledge of the law, but
at the same time demands lengthy con-
situations, 1 hope you will not forget
me. My Office hours are from 10 to 5,
except when I am yachting, goling or
playing tennis"
"Do you do much yachting?"
81 usually spend Friday and Satur-
day of each week on board and take a
couple of long cruises each season."
DO you golf much?" she persisted,
with growing mischief in her eyes.
Il make it a rule to play eighteen
holes each Monday and Wednesday.
1t really takes a great deal of practice
to keep oneself in form at golf,'' he ex-
planned unblushingly.
"And tennis?"
well, l am able to devote only my
Tuesdays and Thursdays to that fasci-
mating game. We really have ripping
courts, and 1 hope you will become a
member of our little club
She laughed jOyously, without an
Swering his suggestion.
with the amount of time you devote
to golf, tennis and yachting am afraid
you would not have much time to de-
vote to any troubles 1 might bring to
you"
Il sincerely hope you may never have
any more troubles than L can attend to,
even in the small amount of time that
devote to law" This was said so
meaningly that she blushed family.
But just at that point his mother con-
Guided her call on Betty's mother, and
lie had to go along as her escort
There never was q flower more care
fully tended than that little waif AS
Betty Curtis had come to the town with
her mother to spend the summer in the
fine residence her father had bought
for them she had nothing to do but en-
Joy herself. Jack Etheridge was al
most equally blessed with leisure, for,
though, in compliance with the wishes
Of his widowed mother he had COM
menced the practice of law so that lie
would know better how to care for his
wealth when she left him her fortune,
in addition to the handsome income he
derived from the estate of his father,
he did not elect to 1--we a strenuous life.
After careful investigation he decided
to hang out his single in this pleasant
little town that had excellent golf links
at the rear and luxurious yacht club
on the water front. He opened offices
with southern exposure in the post
office building and fitted them up with
furniture admirably suited for lOunging
on and waited comfortably for his first
client. In order to pass the time as
pleasantly as possible he supplemented
his library of law books with all the
latest novels and current magazines.
His mother was satisfied, and it CAN
not be said that be felt life to be I'M
duly exacting. He cOnscientiOusly kept
regular Office hours, as explained above,
so it naturally happened that he fire.
quently walked home from the links
with Betty after a pleasant game, and
the first thing they always did was to
take look at the littiesmOund that COW
cred their bulb. Donald had been
warned to leave it alone, and they saw
to it that no weed sprouted in it's Vi
cinity.
81 am inclined to think" said Betty
couple of weeks after the planting.
chat a watched bulb is somewhat like
a watched pot"
perhaps the hyacinthine Donald
threw it away because he saw that it
was dead
ooh, l noticed that it was quite fresh