The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-05-11

HER CLOSE.
thing nice and coy and comfortable
for him when he comes home tired
out in the evening"
you've got the ideaP' cried Roger
somewhat excitedly. why don't you
pick out the kind Of place that you
want so that you'll have it all ready
when you find the kind of man that
you want? I'll tell you what wen do.
You pick out your prospective home,
and I'll pick out the kind Of place
want for my wife. Then well COM
pare them"
"All right" laughed the girl gayiy
and ran from the lawn, where they
had been talking, up the path to the
big stone house where she lived.
Pursuant to their plan, the young
man met the girl the following after
noon.
Ibid you find your homer" he asked
gayly.
"Oh, yes, l didV' she cried. tits
the dearest little place imaginable. ]
fell in love with it at first sight.
can hardly wait for you to see it. And
did you find your home tooT
II certainly did," replied the man.
TITS dandy-a cozy little place back
among the trees. Now all we need Is
the right man and the right girl. By
the way, you may be interested-I saw
girl this morning that looked to me
as If she would make just the right
kind of wife for me-"
Clara did not smile so much at this.
"You aren't really thinking Of mar
rying her?' she gasped.
ooh, 1 think So" the man replied
easily. "She looked very capable to
me-"
81 hope you'll be satisfied with her,"
the girl said after piqued little ST.
lence. 81 know l shall be satisfied
with my husband He's mighty hand
some"
"What?" cried Roger. "You haven't
gone and picked out your husband,
have your
Clara demurely surveyed Rogers
countenance. which did not look quite
so Indifferent now, but betrayed decid-
ed annoyance.
eyes," she replied. II only realized
today that he's the only man want.
Something something brought my
feelings for him to a decision all of a
sudden
"WeI, I neverP' CALCULATED the man,
panied tone evident in his voice. II
Il never suspected that you were real
" In love, Clara. Who-who is this
manT
A bright light came into the girls
eyes as she surveyed his perturbation
but, nevertheless, she laughed gayly.
81 may tell you-some time" she re-
piled, "but I'll not tell you now, for
here we are almost at my house. Isn't
It the dearest little placer See wha,
big veranda it has, and there's an
other big one in the rear, overlooking
the sweetest old fashioned garden"
The man gazed at the house once
and at the girl two or three times.
'Is this the house that you've picked
out?" he asked finally.
EYES," said the. girl.
"Well, see here" demonstrated he.
sIts rather cool Of you, you know.
This is the very house that l picked
out for myself"
Some few minutes later the man and
the girl were seated on the rear yeran-
da. rather close together.
'You say you won't give up the
house to my wife and me?" Roger
asked.
"sillyp' replied Clara. "of course
I'll not"
"And, naturally" went on the man,
'G'll not give 1t up to you and your
husband. Consequently there's only
one way out Of it that can see."
"What's thatY' asked the girl, some
what TREMENDOUSLY.
"Why, marry each otherP'
A slow flush spread over the girls
face.
"But that's Just what we don't want
to do. Every one expects us tor
At that moment voices came to them
from the interior of the house. While
they had been seated on the veranda
some one had entered. Roger turned
to the girl suddenly.
'It's our mothers" he whispered
The girl nodded.
I'm SO glad that we've secured the
lease on this dear house." one Of the
voices said. "It's an ideal place for
Clara and Roger to begin their lives
together"
The other voice assenteds then went