Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1910-12-17

tunes. Generally they Go it too"
'aThe same as youT'
"The same as me-" assented kellogg.
unperturbed. But the yaps, the JAS
pers. stay there and clerk In fathers
store After Office hours they put on
their very best mail order clothes and
parade up and down Main street. talk
ing loud and flirting obviously with
the girls. The girls haven't much else
90 do. They don't find Il so easy Co
get away & few OF 'em escape 70
boarding schools and colleges. whore
they meet and marry young men from
the cities but the majority Of them
have 20 stay No home and help mother
4 That's a tradition II there are two
children or more the boys Get che
/ chance every time. The girls stay
home 20 comfort the old folks in their
old age. why. by the time they're old
enough 20 think Of marryiuC-and they
begin young. FOR that's about the only
4 excitement they find ovauable-you
won't find n small country town be-
tween here and the Mississippi whore
there aren't about four girls 90 every
f boy"
1T 8 NnFIINIe INoU-lf
you'd tbiuk So n you know what
F the boys were Ike There isn't one in
ten that a girl with any sense or self
. respect could force herself to marry
II she ever saw anything better. DO
you begin 90 see my driftT'
! Il DO not But go on drifting"
"Nof Why. the demand Tor eligible
males is 3OG per cent On excess OF the
supply. Don't you kuow-no. YOU
don't; ] got Co that frst-that there
are twenty times as many old maids in
small country towns as there are I'm
the ciucse It's a fact. and the reason
Tor Go is because whom they were
young they couldn't lower themselves
I % accept the pick OF the local matri-
mouial market. Now. do you secT'
You're as interesting as q magazine
| serial Please continue in your next.
I pant with anticipation"
| You're an ASS. Now take a young
chsp from city. with good appear.
| ance. more or less gentleman. who
| doesn't tal5 like n gap or walk like
g. yap or dress like zap or act ike
l a zap. and throw him into such town
long enough for the girls Co got ac.
qualntcd with him. lie simply can't
/ lose. can't fail Co cop out the best loaS.
Ing girl with the biggest bank roll Boo
town. 7 tell YOU, there's nothing Co.
itr'
ITS wonderful to listen To- YOU. Uor
ry."
"I'm talking horse sense. my son
| Now consider yourself-down on your
luck. don't know how Co earn a decent
| living. refusing 90 accept anything
/ from your friends. ready Cou saw Co
do almost anything Co get soma mon
ey And think OF the country hcIr
esses with plenty OF money Tor
two, pininE away in-in innocuous
! desuetudc-h hundreds OF them. fine.
straight. good girls. girls you could
! easily fall in love with. signing their
lives away FOR the lack Of the likes OF
you. Now. why not Ca So one. Nat-wheu
you come 90 consider So. it's your
! duty marry her aud her bank roll.
| make her happy. make yourself happy
and live Coutcutcd life on the sunny
side OF Easy street for the rest Of your
natural born daysi Can't you sec il
nowf"
yes" Duncan admitted, half per
suaded OF the FEASIBILITY Of the
| scheme Il see, and / admire i'm
mensely the intellect that conceived
! the notion. Harry, but can't help
thinking there must be a catch In it
somewhere"
4 s.N-ot - ,-o.,, fo11,,,- mn fr,s.-,,.tf,,, %
! Duncan drew a deep breath. sat
back and looked kellogg over very
| critically.
If l didn't know you so well. Har-
| ~" said Duncan slowly, I'D be Ger
tain you were mad. I'm not at all
sure that I'm sane It's raving idiocy,
and it's a pretty darned rank thing
| 60 do TO start deliberately out 20 mar
! ~ a woman for her money. But I've
been through a little he'll Of my own I'm
my time, and it's not anuring 10 con
template a return to IL. There's moth
ing mad enough nor bad enough Il
stop me. What've got TO doy'
Kellogg beamed his triumph. You'll
| try IT on. them"
TN try anything on. It's a con
| temptible. low lived piece Of business.
but good may come OF It; you can't
! tell What've l got 20 dof"
Slipping back. Kellogg knitted his
fingers and stared at the ceiling, snail-
ing family TO himself as he enumer-
: ated the conditions that first appealed
TO his understanding as essentials to
ward success.
First pick out your town. one OF
1000 OF 1900 inhabitants. no larger.
I'd suggest at a hazard guess some
place In the interior of Pennsylvania.
Most OF such towns have at least one
rch man with a manageable daugh-
! ter-but Wen make sure OF that before
we settle on one. OF course any subur-
ban town Is barred"
4 How SOP"
'-Oh. they don't count The girls al
ways know people in the city-can get
there easily. That spoils the game"