The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1910-12-15
SALTWATER MINNESOTA, THURSDAY. DEoEMBER Is. 1910

q suitable feWdfds sue explained.
Yes," came the response, / have
about decided to either give him
that or make him editor Of the Clar-
ion. But / do not understand how
it became known
WE'LL" replied Clarissa, i
haven't mentioned to soul except
Bessie .
Huh! Might as we'll announce it
from the house-tops, . grunted James.
No such thing Clarissa defend
ed, I don't believe she told any
one"
Well, anyway the women are
gossiping and they say that Bessie
wants him to be postmaster, so that
she can read the postal cards that
travel through the mail. 2
Oh, the mean things!'' Crie d
Clarissa, and she stamped her foot
to give expression to her feelings.
Jimmie had arranged to receive
! the election returns by private wire
and consequently there was small
gathering Of his friends at the house
in the evening.
For the first houror SO the reports
were very meager and it was impos-
fsible to forecast the result. But
4 when the returns from the outlaying
districts began to roll in it became
apparent that Jimmie would be
elected by comfortable majority.
1t was then for the first time, that
he became aware of many voices
and much noise on the front lawn.
His friends urged him to 90 to the
door and no sooner had he been
/ recognized than loud cries OF
Speech Speech!'' smote upon
his ears.
Kind friends and fellow towns
men," began Jimmie, Um-er-ah
i deem it great pleasure to see be
fore me SO many loyal friends. Nc
words can express my gratitude fol
the honor that has been bestowed
upon me today by the people of this
district. But / am SO hoarse that
am sure you will excuse me from
making an extended talk and / will
deem it favor to shake hands with
!, each and every one of you," he con-
cluded. Much applause and loud
cries of Rah! Rah! What's he
J, matter with Jones? Fine! Bully
!, etc..
Jimmie was at the Clarion office
early next morning. He was leis.
urely opening stack of mail thai
b ad accumulated. just now he
wore frown over two bills which
he held in his hand. One of them
t was for $500 for Jones Club uni
} forms, ordered by Percival Mon
tague." The other was for music
engaged by that enterprising young
j man. He turned to the telephone
Hello, is that you Montague?'
Yes, who is this talking?o
: It s Jones and want to see yor
here at the Clarion office immedi
{ ately." And he rang off.
> When Percival put in an appear
ance half an hour later he was me-
! With
) What in hi does this mean
t Two hundred dollars for uniforms
Are you trying to bankrupt me
You must be crazy And he hand
] ed the documents TO Percy. Well
) hesitatingly from Percy, : you tole
2 us to go as far as we liked and
8 took it for granted you wouldns
!. object, as the club was organized
: for the sole purpose of furtherint
B your interests.
r I'll not pay 'em never in /,
: thousand years, Jimmie shouted
! And he stormed up and down th,
I office for ten minutes.
i Finally he turned to Percy will
t a twinkle in his eyes and said:
8 Percy, you need guardian.
Q had made up my mind to recon
mend your appointment as postmas
8 ter. But now / make it conditiona
+ upon your marrying Bessie and tn
sooner you do it, the better IL b
E satisfied. /"
Two weeks later there was