The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1908-08-26
TO THE DIM PAST
LOVES YOUNG DREAM TOOK
BACK The 5oSS.
Jerks stoy Of the Devious Paths
Tcose Must Fellow Who Take
Cupid fer Guide Evidently
Swcke RecoIlections.

Heu. began lie BOSS i n1r0lH
-xpectee q SO raise would affect mat
srs 50 soon ! knew you must have
'egun saving money when saw you
the park the other night and notice.
GU had developed q passion for mu
ic instead Of shooting the chuies and
opping the fops- But awhile back
bought you must have lost out. you
noked so many cigarettes and locke
. sorry for yourself"
The Young Man smiled.
That was part Of the game he
Explained
What game? Tell me all about il
" boy. and don't omit a thing And
ere. take q cigar 10 keep your hands
coupled You've bitten of II finger
ais already. Now let it come. No.
ever mind my time Proceed"
The Young Nan accepted the cigar
I'd proceeded
Well. Shiny mind has been made
p all alOng-it was her or nobody for
&c. I'm no art commission. but she
1its me for beauty And as for dis
LS-A4DA ~ WI AL
lie getting tired and blue and
rumpy just 70 have her make you
orget it
But l had strong competition. He
as an out-Of-town chap. but that only
snt him glamour When a fellow
axes a tiresome Journey just 10
lend a few hours with girl she ap-
rebates it-and she doesn't get IA
lilia- enough with him TO see his
-eak points. And when that fellow
lakes the trip often the town fellow
-ould better think. began thinking
nd concluding that the fellow had
jeen using as a trailer at first was
7ow kicking dust back al me. and that
such a cloud OF romance hung around
i'm that she couldn't see what a duff
er he was. Then | kept on thinking
Until ! hit a scheme.
4 knew her father was mighty
strongly on my side. ! had an idea
re rivals were frequently brought into
amily discussions. So l called on the
Id gentleman az his Office.
Father / said, something must
Oe done
Right, my boy he replied. but
rhat?'
Then told him my game. He got
Interested pretty soon and promised
help me
Next evening I called Father re-
9eived me colby and addressed me
h. ,.r,.oII-- c.1Ir mo Ton,
Mother, too. was distant and looked
Worried. But the girl was defantly
friendly, and we had bully time IN
81 ten o'clock. when on the floor
above us we heard a boot bump,
bump. bump.
Can that mean for me to go?'
asked incredulously.
80. surely not she replied. Bur
-wo minutes later there was a heavy
read upstairs and father called over
he banisters:
My dear II is very LATE
why, father. it's only ten she an
1wered
1T is very late, l say replied ia
her. emphaiically.
My offended dignity as ! left was
Worth seeing.
Two evenings later | inyeigled the
other fellow into attending a mis-
sionary tea There he met the Wild
st bunch Of Comanches I could col
'ect. They not only shocked him, but
Won 500 from him.
Well, TO shorten this. father and
mother knocked me, and my rival was
'ool enough to Join in. She was
loyal. spirited girl who did her own
linking and believed in me, so she
stuck TO me.
AT the proper time father forbade
me the house. Then We got 70 meet
ing each other downtown and soon
started figuring how two could live
cheaper than one. Yesterday, Ito put
an end to opposition We calmly got
married. And now everybody's hap
py-and I've reformed"
The Boss chewed his cigar.
Sixty a month isn't much to mar
~ on he said at last, but there may
be a better opening soon. Go home
now and don't show up here for a
week. Don't thank me - you've
wasted too much of my time already"
The Young Man left, but the Boss
did not Immediately get busy. He
opened his watch and forgot TO close
it for some time.
Il wish I'd had his nerve at his
age" he muttered. I'm deucedly tired
Of hotel life"
II was the back lid of his watch in.
10 which he was looking.-Kansas
City Times. :.