The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-09-01
TO t. DI;l Pa
LOVES YOUNG CEEAM TOOK
BACK THE ECSS.
Clerks Story Of the Devious Paths
These Must Fellow Who Take
Cupid fer a Guide Evidently
AWoke Rscoliections.

expected a $40 raise wcu,d Affect nia
ters so o l knew you must have
b, IN saving money when l saw you
at the park the other night and noticed
you lad developed a passion for mu-
sic instead of shooting the chutes and
Topping the fiops. But awhile back
thought you must have lost cut, you
smoked so many cigarettes and looked
SO sorry for yourself"
The Young Man smiled.
THAT was part Of the game" ne
explained.
What game? Tell me all about 1t.
my boy, and don't omit a thir :. And
here, take a cigar to keep your hands
occupied. You've bitten of IA finger
nails already. Now let it come. NO,
never mind my time. Proceed"
The Young Man accepted the cigar
and proceeded.
well sir-my mind has been made
up all along-it vas her or nobody for
me. I'm no art commission, but she
suits me for beauty. And as for dis
position-why. honestly. it's worth
while getting tired and blue and
grumpy just to have her make you
forget 1t.
"But l had strong competition. He
was an out-of-town chap. but that only
lent him glamour. When q fellow
makes q tiresome journey just to
spend a few hours with a girl she ap-
preciates it-and she doesn't get f.
miliar enough with him to see his
weak points. And When that fellow
makes the trip often the town fellow
would better think. l began thinking
and concluding that the fellow l had
been using as q trailer at first wal
now kicking dust back at me. and thai
such q cloud Of romance hung around
| him that she couldn't see what a duf
fer he was. Then l kept on thinking
until l hit . scheme.
II knew her father was mighty
| strongly on my side. I had An ides
we rivals were frequently brought int
family discussions. So l called on thu
| old gentleman at his Office.
Father l said. something mus
be done
Right. my boy he replied. blu
what?'
Then I told him my game. He 60
interested pretty soon and promised
to help me.
Next evening l called. Father n
ceived me coldly and addressed M
as Mr.-he usually calls me Tom
Mother, too, wal distant and looke'
worried. But the girl was defiantl,
friendly, and we had = bully time ur
til ten o'clock, when on the moo
above US We heard Z boot bumI
bump, bump.
".Can that mean for me to 90?
asked incredulously.
80, surely not she replied. Blu
two minutes later there was q heav
tread upstairs and father called owe
the banisters:
my dear. 1t IL very late
"'Why father. it's only ten.' she q
swered.
ut Is very late, I say replied Il
ther, emphatically.
my offended dignity al l left wa
worth seeing.
Two evenings later I inveigled tn
other fellow into attending . mi
sionary tea There he met the will
est bunch Of Comanches l could CO
lect. They not only shocked him. b'
won $40 from him.
We'll, to shorten this, father IN
mother knocked me. and my rival Wa
fool enough to join in. She was
loyal, spirited girl who did her ON
thinking and believed In me, 20 sh
stuck to me.
AT the proper time father forbad
me the house. Then we got to NEE
ing each other downtown and soo
started figuring how two could liz
cheaper than one. Yesterday. ito p'
IN end to opposition w calmly g
married. And now everybody's ha
py-and I've reformed"
The Boss chewed his cigar.
sixty q month isn't much to M
~ on" he said at last, "but there ms
be . better opening soon. Go hon
now and don't show up here for
week. Don't thank me you,
wasted too much Of my time already
The Young Man left, but the Boz
did not Immediately get busy. +
opened his watch and forgot to clo'
1t for some time.
81 wish I'd had his nerve at b
age" he muttered. I'm deucedly trt
of hotel He"
It was the back lid Of his watch l
to which he was looking.-Kans'
City Times.