Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1910-09-08

Nav! Switzer Is what was born
with. Say 1t slow and 1t sounds like an
air brake, don't it? never won a bet
as long as packed 1t around, and Fra
ser hasn't got it beat by more than q
lip"
"Well!' Boyd breathed deeply. "You
are the limit"
Speaking Of clothes, I notice you
are dressed up like a fruit salad. What
is 1t? The yacht?"
YES
you'd better hurry; she sails at
high tide"
"Sails!"
ALTON told me so, and said that he
was going along"
Thank Heaven for that, anyhow,
but don't understand about the
other"
Boyd voiced the question that was
foremost In his mind.
Did you know Cherry in the upper
country?'"
Nope"
"She said you did"
"She said that?"
Yes. She though you had told me
who she was"
Hell! She might have known I'd
never crack. It's my own business, and
I've got troubles enough with this
cannery on my hands"
II wish you had told me-" said Elmer
son.
Why? There's no use Of rehearsing
the dog-eared dope. Nobody can live
the past over again, and who wants to
repeat the present? It's only the future
that's worth while. guess her future
IS Just as good as anybody's."
What she told me came as a shock. y
| "Ffngerless" Fraser grunted. ''I don't
know why. For my part, can't stand
for an ingenue. II ever I get married,
Cherrys the sort for me. I'm out of the
kindergarten myself, and I'd hate to
spend my life cutting paper figures for
my wife. No. sir! II l ever seize a
frill, want her to know as much as
me; then she won't tear away with
the first dark-eyed diamond broker
that stops In front Of my place to
crank up his whizz-buggy. You never
1 heard of wise woman breaking up
her home, did you? It's the pink faced
dolls from the seminary that fall for
BERTHE the Beautiful Cloak Model"
Fraser whitfield himself a toothpick
as he went on:
"A Teller in my line of business
don't gather much useful information,
but he certainly gets Jerry to the fe.
male question in all Its dips, angles
and spurs. Cherry Malotte is the
squarest girl l ever saw, and while
she may have been crowded at the
turn, she'll finish true It takes thor
oughbred to do that, and the guy that
gets her will win his Derby. Now,
those FLIES on the yacht, for instance,
warm up fine, but you can't tell how
they'll rum"
We're not talking OF marriage
said Boyd, as he rose. When he had
gone out, Fraser ruminated aloud:
Maybe not! amt very bright. and
we may have been talking about the
weather. However, il you're after that
wild-f1ower dame with the cold storage
talk, instead of Cherry Malotte, swhy,
hope you get her. There's no. ac-
counting for tastes. certainly did my
best to send you along this morning.
Turning to the Jap steward. he re-
marked sagely: my boy, always re-
member one thing-if you can't boost,
don't knock"
Wayne Wayland was by no means
sure that Boyd would not make good
his threat to visit the yacht that even
Ing, and in any case he wished to be
prepared. A scene before the other
passengers Of The Grande Dame was
not to be thought Of. Besides, II the
young man was roughly handled, it
would make him a martyr in Mildred's
eyes He talked over the matter with
Marsh, who suggested that the sight
seers should dine ashore and spend the
evening with him at the plant. With
only Mildred and her father left on the
yacht, there would be no possibility OF
scandal, even If Emerson were mad
enough to force an interview.
And what Is more" declared Mr..
Wayland, II shall give orders to clear
on the high tide. That fellow is men-
ace, and the sooner Mildred Is away
from him the better. You shall go with
us, my boy"
But when he went to Mildred to ex-
pidu LIE HdIuIo VI his arrangements,
he found her in furious temper.
why did you announce my engage
ment to Mr.. Marsh?" she demanded,
angrily. THE whole ship is talking
about it. By what right did you do
that?"
Il did it for your own sake" said the
old man. This whelp, Emerson, has
made a fool Of you and of me long
enough. There must be an end to It,"
"But don't love Willis Marsh" she
cried. "You forget am Of age"
ITO be Continued.)
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