The Lafayette advertiser. [volume] (Vermilionville [i.e. Lafayette], La.) 1865-19??, 1908-06-09
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the BRAVE
Ellie Drysdale was q peach.

Ellie Drysdale was q peach.
Put her in a bottle, and label her
From California" and o couldn't
have told her from the marvellous prod
uct of the land Of sunshine, fruit and
flowers.
There are not many like Ellie. she
had been admitted to the third de-
gree of the Order Of Man Killers.
She did things with her eyes that
old ladies' disapproved, and she did
them-well, she did them SO that it
hurt for about three months, and then
healed.
Soft eyes and soft hair had Ellie,
and, as we approach the footlights and
speak with a fitting quaver while the
orchestra sympathizes in G-flat. let
us state that her mouth was the kind
you'd bite your way through IL
miles Of dense, tropical jungle to kiss.
and she had the figure of a thousand
| dollar bank note-so fine a figure that
her princess gown made no bones
about showing it OF upon every pos
sible occasion.
| 80 uluCu 1OE ELlIO. AAAuNA' ~
haps. for she was too much for al
most everyone save Tommy Spind-
ticker. And even Tommy had Elfo
pretty bad. The minute she gave
him the housekeeping handshaxe. It
was all up with Tommy.
Then they went at it.
Now, Tommy had see girls be-
fore, and he knew the game. Violets
he Knew In midwinter. and five-pound
boxes Of chocolates. and cabs and
theater tickets. But. curiously enough.
such expenditures failed to capture
her. Ellie had her chamber wall pa
pered with love letters, and h she
didn't h.'ve time to read she gave ia
her French maid to answer.
Tommy bought . so horse power
auto, raised . Vandyke beard. wrote
for the magazines. had q scandal with
q show-girl-but 1t was no use. Elhei
pose was still the patronizing aRable
and she refused to discuss personals
ties.
Tommy went and had appendicitis
and jungle fever, but even this failed
to interest Ellie.
An old man in whom he conh4et
told him to neglect her. Tommy triet
it for q week and Ellie didn't seem {.
mind It a bit. She bought a new ha'
and went to the opera with . boz
of II.
Then Tommy made q pilgrimag'
to the far east and engaged . prayer
wheel in an old Buddhist temple
geared it to gas engine. and let
run for 40 days. At the end OF tina
time his plea was answered. He ~
rived at home Just a. Elhe's engage
ment to q divinity student was IN
uounced. Tommy waited till the v Q
the wedding.
That night, with four Of his fratel
nifty, masked and with false mus
taches, he fell upon Ellie a. she wa
coming home from church. thrust he
into a cab, and drove her to . lionel
vacant house In the suburbs. Her
the divinity student was waiting
bound hand and foot. Elfe's scream
had been mufaed in . indicated vel
and Wn00 she CAulS " 10 ~
Tommy was in a dress suit. The lou
members Of his fraternity supporte
her vigorously.
! "Wilt thou have this man Tomm
{ to be thy husband?" the divinity st'
dent muttered fearfully. prodded fro
behind with a hat pin.
Il wilt" Ellie exclaimed In . mr.
, voice.
did I do 1t all right" asked Tomm
tenderly, when the guests had depar
ed and they were enfin seules.
1T was perfect" she murmure
smacking her wonderful lips.
Then she grew calmer.
There is no girl in the who
world" she said, slowly, who doesr
? simply long to be abducted. A hu
ried marriage 10 better than nothin
: an elopement is good enough, but to
run away with against ones WILL
!, why. Tommy, Joan Of Arc would cou'
8 it an honor! Why do men kno
! so lfttle-when It is so easy?"