Gilpin observer. (Central City, Colo.) 1897-1921, 1910-04-21
Made to Order
By BRYANT c. ROGERS

The house of Prof Burton, of the
museum of natural history was ruled
by Miss Janet Burton. his sister and
a spinster of 40 and it had been so
since the death of Mrs Burton. She
ruled from the garnet to the cellar.
She ruled the professor, the servants,
the expenses and everything and ev-
erybody except Miss Clara. She
thought she ruled her, but in this she
was mistaken. The young woman
somehow managed to have her way
about things. and that without open
rebellion.
The professor knew that he had
daughter, and somehow he had an
idea that she was 10 years old. She
might have told him so, or the infor-
Janet. The professor was a fond ia
Their. That is. he was fond of his work
in the museum and left the rest to his
sister. Had young man walked in
on him and held him up with gun
and demanded his consent to a mar
rage with Clara, the father might pos
sibly have been aroused to family mat
tiers for five minutes, but he would
have deplored the loss of time. When
Miss Janet had decided to take Miss
Clara and to go &c the Berkshires
for month. It was without consulta-
ton with the professor. She simply
announced:
William. we are going away for a
month and you must do the best you
can"
I1t
sigh and grunt and that was all
there was to 1t. If he kissed Clara on
the morning she went away he did not
remember it at noon.
Why choose the Berkshires? That
was Miss Janet's idea. She realized
that 1t was up to her to make good
match for her niece. Miss Clara had
been introduced to young Bakerfield.
whose father was worth three mil
lions. Young Bakerfield was going to
the Berkshires. There Is romance in
the Berkshires. Matches are being
made there every day in the summer.
Not a word to the niece about match
making-oh, no! All the talk was
about the ozone of the hills and the
lovely rambles.
The maiden aunt. who thought her
self sharper than a serpents tooth.
made her great mistake on the very
first day of their arrival. Young Ba-
kerfield was found there and she pat
ted her niece on the head and pro-
ceeded to say:
Now. dearie. ! am somewhat used
up by the journey and have all the I'M
packing to do. and for couple of
days you will have to take care of
yourself 1t is a lovely place. with
lovely people. and you will enjoy your
self"
The unexpected had been saving
Itself for their arrival. Miss Clara
started out for ramble on one of the
hillside paths, swinging her hat in her
hand as she sauntered. Young
Bakerfiield saw her go. but did not
follow. AS matter of fact, he was
talking with another good-looking girl
at the time. No one followed and
only few persons were met on the
path. After a bit the girl sat down
on a rock to watch the frisking chip
munks and had almost lost herself
when she was suddenly picked up in
a pair of strong arms. carried 30 feet
and deposited with half-tumble. She
had Just decided to scream when she
saw trees, rocks, bushes and dirt
rushing over the rock on which she
had sat. 1t was a landslip that would
have swept her to her death
81 beg your pardon, but there was
no time to warn you" said the man at
her elbow; and she turned to find Mr..
nt he, Iy,
deed. he had hand under her ell
bow and was holding her up.
That was the unexpected, and it
turned Miss Janet's cake back to
dough within a minute. A landslip-a
rescue-a nice young man instead of
an old bald-head for the hero. All
these things are furnished in the
Berkshires without extra expense. Mr..
Kennel didn't make too much of the
incident. He was wise enough to give
the girl day to find the romance OF
the thing. Then a formal introduce
tion was brought about and he stood
on his merits. Meanwhile Miss Janet
was being real good and getting other
ideas. 1t came to her that she might
be suspected of duplicity. and she
took occasion to remark:
CLARA, think ] am fair Judge
of character. and ! have almost de-
cided that MIR. Bakerfield is n Eighty
young man and hardly knows his own
mind"
you wrong him. auntie." was the
reply. HE Is very earnest young
man. think him entirely sincere"
The aunt had to turn her head to
conceal her smile OF satisfaction.