The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-01-25

Mabel mis- wife She likes him. but
she aocsnt love him Still there's
the money. YOU see. Vance
Weston is also rich' suggested.
Well. know that snapped Can.
niugton. testify but he's an absent.
minded bcsgar who lives in the
clouds along with his bally airship,
and won't come up to the scratch. l
say" he broke off. don't secure a
paragraph for your confouuded trans
pontinc play by running over that
clild."
Little BEAST the child in qucs.
tion was playing Who's across
first" and had considerable dfri.
Guilty In dodging Him. However, | just
managed to avoid coroners inquest
and swung the machine along the
straight Roman road. while the cs-
capped infant shouted nsultIngly be-
hind
Canuugtou gigglcd, but | was 700
much taken up with steering the Rip
pier through - somewhat crowded
village street to tell him that he
was several kinds of ass. { had
known the boy since he was q for
ward brat at Eton. and We wcr"
intimate friends. as can be- Judged
from the way In which he confided
In me. At the present moment was
conveying him from Gattlingsauds g..
Mmchcstcr, as n had been storp'lg
at the former !i1"c for 'Omc idia
and now sought his own Mcss pr,.
viously | had motored from ;cndon
to remain the night at Tarhu, en-
which H. four miles from Gattlng-
sands. and thus was enabled 30 saw
Cannington train fare COnsidcrinL
that me- aud Lady Mabel had about
sixpencc between them. he was truly
grateful, although pointcdly saucy.
, | was always sorry for CanningtOn' s
healthy minded sporting boy. who
/ k,enly enjoyed such good things of
this life as he could lay his hands
ON \ paupcr commonnr is an oh
B icCt To he met with everywhere,
but a pauper lord is more unusual
spectacle. Certainly the boy was not
yet knocking at the workhousc door.
hut for his position. he was assur.
cdy desperately hard-up. And think
ing of these things, | made a re
mark when clear OF the village
You must marry dollar heir
css. Cannington'
20 Lord. What rot Who'd marry
pauper, with tumble down family
mansion next to nothing a year, and
several hundred waste acres?'
You have forgotten one asset" /
said dryly; your title"
Huh, Who cares for that In these
democratic days."
Heaps Of rich spinsters. Ameri.
can. Colonial. and otherwise. Be
sides. you're not altogether as ugly
as sin, though YOU might he better
looking"
Thanks, awfully. hut would you
mind being less PERSONAL"
Kicked his ankles. II am to
advise you | must quote your looks,
your title, your qualities. and all the
rest of il. You've got precious little
money, and as gunner subaltern
! /, will be ages before you get pro-
motion Why not use what adyan.
for an income? A rich wife"
Not much.' interrupted the boy,
with flush. II fancy see myself
living on woman. Besides. I'm hay
ing Jolly time now. and see no
reason to tie myself up. When do,
it will be a girl can love, no end"
Didn't know you had got that
far"
Well. haven't, But one never
knows
II agree. At -four and twenty one
never knows"
"Oh, stop your rotting, Vance,
said he, GROSSLY Il haven't been
through the shop and out in the
cold world for nothing One would
think ] was an idiot, which / GER
tainly am not. Don't YOU bother your
silly head about me. It's Nab I'm
: thinking about She wants money,
as ! do but ! should hate to see
her marry a fellow old enough to
be her grandfather, just because he's
rich. l wish you'd see her and drop