The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1910-02-18
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4 Story For S. patriek', Day
By NORA ROURKE
Copyright. 1910 by American Press
Association.

more 0Ittb the uVihttf N""h e"N fANe'~
girl that catches the fellow, Pretty
girls have continued temptation to
vanity. Homely girls know they must
rely on their wits. and between beauty
and wits let the homely girl once get
her start and she viii win every time
But the strongest cases Of girls who
have all the lovers they want while
others go begging Is she who has mel
Their beauty nor wit. And, after all,
isn't che matter Of a woman's fasci-
mating powers a mystery anyway
kit Tiernan had no beauty. AS 70
her smartness, ! don't know about
that; but, being an Irish girl Il - nat
ural 10 suppose she had her share
Anyway. she could do with q man as
she liked. when she came 70 make US
a visit one spring she was barely
nineteen years old, 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 dark brown, and there was
something in them to set one avon
dering
NY Intimate friend Tom Shea was
a bachelor and a sort Of woman hater.
He was often at my house and used
to say CALAMITY that when he found
AZ good woman as my wife he would
marry. but not before Tom was g
good catch. re was m the plumbing
business. and every one knows thnt
plumbers have a way Of melting lead
pipe down into gold. He was thirty
years old and ran his own shop.
kit I said Il wish you'd marry
nv ehum. Tom Shea He would be
better of with a wife. and Il be were
married be and ] would have more IN
COMMON. Now, III tell you what III
do. Let me see. This IS the FIRST day
Of March. If you'l hand Tom on or
before the 18th, St Patricks day, III
give you check for a thousand dol
lars FOR wedding present"
j wished that ! could tell BY the ex-
preston thar came into Kits eyes how
she felt about it. but couldn't. !
knew that the idea Of possessing q
thousand dollars was Of great impor-
lance to her. but whether the husband
that was to 70 with II moved her at an
j had no knowledge.
How should | begug she asked
eNonsense4 Don't sit there looking
At me that way. asking me foolish
questions How have sou begun with
the dozens of fellows you've had dnn-
Cling about youW
Il never did begin"
eThen how do sou do ~"
4 dont know. and. looking into
her eyes for information whether Of
not she was telling the truth, ! saw
only an innocent look that accorded
perfectly with her words. Possibly
she was unconscious u any attempt to
invelgle her admirers
Tom was at the house more fire.
queutIy than ever after Kit came, He
affeeted To regard her as a chit be
meath bis notice. 1t wasn't long how
ever. before be would chat with her
banteriugly. and my wife and / would
make excuses to leave them with
each other At such times as we
all came together again Tom would
wear q shameface1 look, as If It We're
not quite satisfied with himself for
spending time with So slight a crea-
ture as Kit ! could understand Tom
somewhat. but Kit was as much Of 9
puzzle IS ever.
During the last ten days Of the PEE
Rod / had given Kit TO make her thou
sand dollars Tom Shea, who was to
be chief marshal on SIT Patrick's day.
was very busy planning FOR the pa.
rade. n fact, ne didn't appear AZ the
house for several days Then he Gang
one evening when kit knew my wife
and ] were going out
Tom came In just before we left
manifested an embarrassed surprise
at our going. which was plainly feign.
ed and badly felgned at that, said al
first be would walk along with us %
the shop. where be had some figuring
10 do, and ended by deciding to stay g
few moments to tell Kit about the pa
rade. We returned home at u o'clock
aud Tom was still there, stll telling
her about what fine things were % be
done on st. PaTick's day.
That was the last seen OF shea till
be came riding down the street Al
the head Of the St Patrick's day pro.
eession on q milk white steed with q
green sash hanging over his right
shoulder and fastened at hls left side
with q big star.
must digress bit here to say that
| had hired a window from which we
might witness the procession. There
my wife and ] and Kit, with several
other people whom we had invited to
share cur perch, went on the morning
Of st patrick's day. There was no
evidence that Kit had won her $1,000
and no evidence. judging from her ar
pearance, which was as unreadable as
ever, that she had lost il She carried
d handkerchief with her Of green sils
20 wave at the paraders
when Tom Shea appeared half q
block away / saw him looking eagerlg
up at our window As he came nearer
Kit waved white handkerchief at
him. A look Of terrible disappoint-
ment came IN twinkling He came
opposite the window and gave one re-
proaehful look. when Kit drew her
green handkerchief and waved It
knew .in a twiukiug that the green
was 3 signal OF his acceptance, and
SO It was. She married Tom Shea