The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-12-31
TO THE PIN PAST
LOVES YOUNG DREAM TOOK
BACK THF BOSS.
Clerks Story Of ~ Devious Paths
Those Must Folit~ VINO Take
Cupid for a euSs Evidently
ANoke Rss3leetions.

FNoNu hI14tcGtion&.
"Hem!" began the Boss. 4 hardly
expected a $40 raise would AFFECT mat.
ters 80 soon. knes you must have
begun saving money when / saw yen
al the park the other hight and noticed
you had developed a passion for mu-
sic instead OF shooting fhe chutes and
Hopping the fiops. But awhile back /
thought YOU must have lost out you
smoked SO many cigarettes and looked
so sorry for yourself.
/ The Young Man smiled
That was part Of the game. he
explained.
What game? Teu ne all about It.
my boy, and don't omit q thing. And
here, take cigar to keep your hands
occupied You've hitten9on IL finger.
nails already Now let l. come. No.
never mind my time Proceed"
The Young Nan accepted the cigar
and proceeded.
Well Shiny mind has been made
up all along-it was her or nobody for
me. I'm no art commission, but she
suits me for beauty And as for dis
posirion-why, honestly IFS worth
while getting tired and. blue aud
grumpy Just TO have hes make you
forget it,
but had strong eompftition He
was an out-of-town chap. bht that only
lent him glamour When fellow
makes a tiresome Journey Just TO
spend a few hours with a girl she ap-
preciates it--and she doesn't get IA
miliar enough with him 10 see his
weak points And when that fellow
makes the trip often the town fellow
would better think. ! began thinking
and concluding that the fellow | had
been using as a trailer at first was
now kicking dust back al me, and that
such a cloud of romance hung around
him that she couldn't see what a duff
fer he was. Then | kept on thinking
until ] hit scheme.
II knew her father was, mighty
! strongly on my side had an ides
we rivals were frequently brought intS
family discussions So called on the
old gentleman at his Office
Father | said. somethiag mus
be done.
Right. my boy he replied. 'bui
J what?
: Then | told him my game He go
interested pretty soon and promised
! to help me.
, Next evening called Father re
; ceived me eodly and addressed IN,
) as Mr.-he usually calls me Tom
( Mother. too, was distant and looked
l worried But the girl was dehantll
2 friendly and we had a bully tine un
] til ten o'clock. when on the Zoo
: above us we heard boot bump
+ bump. bump
Can that mean for me to eor
asked ineredulously.
30. surely not she replied Bu
b two minutes later there was heav
? tread upstairs and father called love
+ the banisters:
;. my dear, 1t is very late
: why. father, it's only ten, she al
: swered.
e "It is very late, | say. replied Il
t ther. emphatically
My offended dignity as left wa
y worth seeing.
Two evenings later | inyeigled 81
7 other fellow into attending a MI
G sionary tea There he met the VII
d est bunch Of Comanches could CO
D lecL They not only shocked him, b.
S won $40 from him
G We'll. TO shorten this. father an
D mother knocked me, and my rival WI
i fool enough to join in. She was
: loyal, spirited girl who did her ow
: thinking and believed IN me. so 81
stuck TO me.
Z AT the proper time father forbad
: me the house. Then we got to NEE
= ing each other downtown and soc
started figuring how two could II,
. cheaper than one. Yesterday. ito pl
: an end to opposition, we calmly Il
p" married. And now eyerybody's ha
py-and I've reformed"
The Boss chewed bis cigar.
sixty month isn't much to ma
q ~ on" he said at last. but there ma
g be a better opening soon. Go hon
Is now and don't show up here for
week Don't thank me - your
IT wasted too much Of my time already
!" The Young Man left. but the Boz
e did not Immediately get busy J
opened his watch and forgot 10 elol
II for some time.
q i wish I'd had bis nerve al h
age, he muttered. I'm deucedly tire
le Of hotel life"
II was the back lid Of his watch
d. to which he was looking .-KaRsI
le City Times.
Why he Called.
% You advertised that you bad fonl