Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-09-02
I'm gong TO ran IN love with rnas

I'm gong 10 ran IN love Win tnas
girIr'
1t was Mt New England summer re-
sort. and THAT young man from Bos-
ton had been there less than an hour
when he had his first view of Miss
Minnie Haddon. Young men from
New York ard other places had ar.
rived Il weel. ahead of him and uttered
| the same words, but as Paul Dillon
didn't know 1t he WAS not diSmayed.
To fall in love property with the
handsomest girl nj summer resort
there should he Il formal Introduction,
and IL formal Introduction may be hard
| to achieve under certain circumstances.
There mus, be mutual acquaintance
| to bring ii about. Miss Haddons
mother WIS Il widow aud an invalid
aud kept to herself most of the time.
Paul Dillon looked The crowd over
| twice II day for sight of faces he knew,
| but looked in vain. Four days passed.
and the hotel did non take tire the
mountain behind it didfnot slide down.
aud there WAS no strike of walters to
| give him an opportunity 10 play the
| hero and present his card. Then he
| decided TO take u spin in the auto
which had been shipped up to him.
When undecided what to do i'll a
case of love, trust TO the auto. 1t has
Il hundred possibilities.
MIR. Dillon had driven fifteen miles
| and stopped at Il hotel to refresh him
| self. when he WIS pleased and sur
| priscd to see Miss Haddon and an
| other young woman drive up in an
| other auto. They had followed him
from the hotel. They alighted and dis
| appeared BY indirect Information he
| learned that Miss uaddon had brought
back the other young lady to her ho-
tel and was to make the return trip
| in care of the chauffeur
| In the course of an hour Miss Had
| don reappeared and after thirty or
| forty goodbys to her girl friends took
| Il seat in the tonneau and moved Off
| Three minutes. later Mr.. Dillon was
travelling the same road. All went
| well for five miles. He was follow
| ing so closely that he could see that
| the other machine was holding any
| thing but a straight course. There
| were wabbles to right and left to sig
| nifty that that tract on intemperance
| that he had seen the chauffeur reading
hadn't quite cured him of his thirst
| for highballs
BY and by two things happened in
the same minute. The chauffeur sud
denly increased his speed, and a COW
| suddenly started 10 cross the highway
in front of farmhouse.
The best mechanical engineer could
not have planned things better. There
! was a whoop. a scream and smash,
and then an auto brought up against
rail fence and sent the splinters fly
ing.
Fate was with the young man from
Boston. He stopped his machine and
Ieaped out and over the dead COW ana
the unconscious chauffeur lying on bis
back. and his strong arms were extend
ed to the half fainting girl i'll the ton
neau She fell into them just as the
farmer came from the house with
milk pail in his hand and cried out:
Now, by crickety. but this is nice
state of affairs. amt it, what III
Jericho have you folks been doing
This auto struck your cow. brleI-
Iy explained Mr.. Dillon as he piaceu
the girl Oh her feet on the ground.
Struck my COW. Why, it's killed
her as dead as doornail! BY gum
but you've got yourselves into nice
scrape. Yes. sir; gone and killed my
COW and smashed my fence. anu Tue
two things together will send you u
Jail for at least thirty days"
! 1--WE shall pay all damages. OF course
Please let this young lady go to TN
house. She isn't hurt. hope. but III
accident has shaken her up
"Oh. she can go to the house. Lool
at that COW lying there, Only sever
wears old and giving ten quarts Q