Golden Valley chronicle. (Beach, Billings County, N.D.) 1905-1916, 1910-05-20
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Il Story Fo, St. Pat,1ek's Day
By NORA ROURkE
Copyright. 1910, by American Press
Association.

Why do story writer's always de-
scribe the girl who is to be the hero
inc of their romances as beautiful?
My observation goes to show that it Is
more often the lomcly than the pretty
girl that catches the fellow. Pretty
girls have Il continued temptation to
vanity. uomely girls know they must
rely on their wits, and between beauty
and wits let the homely girl once get
her start and she will win every time.
But the strangest cases Of girls who
have all the lovers they want while
others go begging is she who has nei-
Their beauty nor wit. And, after all.
isn't the matter of woman's fasci-
Mating powers mystery anyway?
Kit Herman had no beauty. AS to-
her smartncss, don't know about
that; but. being an Irish girl, it is nat
ural to suppose she had her share
Anyway, she could do with man as
a visit one spring she was barely
nineteen years old, a little over the
medium height, of sallow complex
ion, somewhat bony and not past that
awkwardness often conspicuous in
girls between fifteen and twenty. Her
only good feature was her eyes. They
were Of IL dark brown, and there was
something in them to set one avon
dering.
My intimate friend Tom Shea was
bachelor and a sort of woman hatcr.
He was often at my house and used
to say CALAMITY that when he found
as good woman as my wife he would
marry, but not before. Tom was
good catch. He was in the plumbing
business, and every one knows that
plumbers have a way of melting lead
pipe down into gold. lie was thirty
years old and ran his own shop.
kit" l said, 81 wish you'd marry
my chun, Tom Shea. lie would be
married he and would have more in
common. Now, Ill tell you what I'll
do. Let me see This is the first day
of March. If you'll land Tom on or
before the 18th, st. Patrick's day, I'll
give you a check for thousand dol
lars for wedding present"
wished that could tell 10y the ex-
preston that came into Kits eyes how
she felt about it, but couldn't.
knew that the idea Of possessing a
thousand dollars was Of great impor-
lance to her, but whether the husband
that was to go with it moved her ut all
had no knowledge.
GLOW should l bcgin:" she asked.
"Nonscnse! Don't sit there looking
at me that way. asking me foolish
questions. How have you begun with
the dozens of fellows you've had dam
a Cling about you:'
II never did begin
''Thcn how do you do it,"
. II don't know" And. looking into
her eyes for information whether or
! not she was telling the truth. | saw
only an innocent look that accorded
= perfectly With her words. Possibly
she was unconscious Of any attempt to
q inveigle her admirers.
Tom was ut the house more fire.
quently than ever after Kit came. lie
affected to regard her as chit be
Meath his notice. 1t wasn't long, how.
ever, before he would chat with llel
bantcringly. and my wife and would
make excuses to leave them wit!
each other. At such times as we
all came together again Tom would
wear a shamcfaced look, as if 1t were
not quite satisfied with himself fol
spending time with SO slight a crca
ture as Kit. could understand Tom
somewhat. but Kit was as much of 4
puzzle as ever
During the last ten days of the pc
riod had given Kit to make her thou
sand dollars Tom Shea, who was tt
n he chief marshal on st. Patrick's day
9 was very busy planning for the pa
q rade In fact, lie didn't appear at The
Z house for several days. Then lie came
one evening when Kit knew my wife
= and were going out.
4 Tom came in just before we left
. manifested an embarrassed surprise
at our going, which was plainly fcign
y ed and badly feiglcd at that, said a
first lie would walk along With us t.
the shop. where he had some fignrin;
to do, and ended by deciding to stay
few moments to tell Kit about the pa
raGc. We returned home at II O'Clock
and Tom WIS still there. still tcllin:
her about what fine things We're to b.
done on st. Patrick's day.
That was the last seen of Shea til
he came riding down the street Il
the head OF the St Patrck's day pro
cession on a milk white stecd, with :
green sash hanging over his RICH
shoulder and fastened at his left sid
with a big star.
must digress a bit here to say tina
had hired window from which W
might witness the procession. Their
my wife and and Kit. with severa
other people whom we had invited I
share our perch, went OH the mornin;