Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1910-12-29

'diplWtlon OF the neart, WhltiuS' lei
II to r,e. what've I got to doT'
M 2rry." said Kellogg serenely.
"Mnrryw Duncan echoed. aghast.
Marry" rea flirmed the other with
unbroken gravity.
Marry whoT
"a girl with a fortune. You see.
can't guarantee the precise size of her
pile. That all depends on luck and the
locality. But it'll run anywhere from
several hundred thousand up to a mil
lion, perhaps more"
Duncan sank back despondently.
You ought to be ashamed of your
self. Harry" he said duly. "You had
me all excited for a minute"
NO. but honestly. mean what I
say"
Now look here. do you really think
any girl with million would take a
chance on meT'
Shell jump at it,"
Duncan thought this over for a
while Then his lips twitched. whats
the matter with herr" he inquired.
'Tm willing to play the game as it
lies, but bar unatics and cripples."
There's no particular her. yet. You
can take your pick. I've no more idea
! where SIZE is than you have"
"Now ! know you're stark, staring.
/ gibberinG"-
/ Not bit of it. lin inspired. that's
all I've solved your problem; you
only can't believe it,
How could i? What the devil are
you getting at, anyhow"
This pet scheme of mine. Lend me
/ your ears. Have you ever lived in a
one horse country town, IA place with
one unspeakable hotel and about TWEEN
ty stores and five churchesT'
no"
II have | was born in one Of EN-.
Have you any idea what becomes OF
the young people of such towns"
Not "A glimmering."
Then I'll eulighten your egregious
density. The boys-those who've got
the stuff in thcm-strike out for the
cities to make their everlasting for
tunes. Generally they do 1t too"
The same as you?'
"The same as me-" aSSented Kellogg,
uIperturbed But the yaps. the JAS
pcrs. stay there and clerk in fathers
store. After office hours they put on
their very best mail order clothes and
parade up and .nWn Main street, talk
ing loud and flirting obviously with
the girls The girls haven't much else
to do. They don't find it so easy to
got away. \ few Of EN- escape to
boarding schools and colleges, where
they meet and marry young men from
the cities. but the majority of them
have to stay at home and help mother.
That's 4 tradition If there are two
children or more the boys get the
chance every time The girls stay
home to comfort The old folks in their
old age Why, by the time they're old
enough to think Of mlrrying-and they
begin young for that's about the only
excitement they find available-you
won't find small country town be-
tween here and the Mississippi where
there aren't about four girls to every
boy"
ITS horrible thought"
1 on IllNk so IT you Knew Wnht
the boys were like There isn't one in
ten that girl with any sense or self
respect could force herself to marry
# she ever saw anything better. Do
you begin to see my drift?'
II do not. But go on drifting"
no? Why the demand for eligible
laales is 800 per cent in excess OF the
supply. Don't you know-no, you
don't: | got to that trst-that there
are twenty times as many old maids In
small country towns as there are in
the cities? It's Il fact, and the reason
young they couldn't lower themselves
to accept the pick of the local matri.
monial market. Now, do you see?'
You're rs interesting as a magazine
serial. Please continue In your next.
l pant with anticipation"
You're an ass. Now take a young
cnap from city, with a good appear
ance. more or less a gentleman. who
doesn't talk like Il zap or walk like
n zap or dress like a zap or act like
a zap. and throw him into such town
long enough for the girls to get ac-
Quainted with him. He simply can't
lose. can't fail to cop ont the best look
ing girl with the biggest bank roll in
town. tell you. there's nothing TO
it,
ITS wonderful to listen to you, Har-
ry"
I'm talking horse sense. my son.
Now consider yoursplf-down on your
luck. don't know how to earn a decent
living, refusing to accept anything
from your friends. ready Wou say to
do almost anything to get some mon
ey. And think of the country heir.
esses with plenty of money for
two. pining away in-in innocuous
Observation-Disclosures 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 take one, Nat-when
you come to consider it, it's your
duty marry her and her bank roll,
make her happy. make yourself happy
and live contented life on the sunny
side of Easy street for the rest of your
natural born days? Can't YOU see it
now"
yes Duncan admitted. half per
, suaded OF the plauslbility of the
scheme II sec, and | admire i'm