The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1910-10-03

young people needed some spice to
move them toward each other. and she
concluded to try her husbands plan
She called her daughter to her one day
and told her that she was not to take
any interest in Howard. since on no
account could she marry him. She
would have said the same to Howard,
but It IS not a very pleasant thing to
tell a young man that he must not
think Of marrying ones daughter. es-
pecfally when that young man has
Mrs Hathaway had given Ef11e this
bit Of Information she told her bus
band what she had done. At the time
be was shaving.
PA" she said, 1--WE warned Efie."
about what?'
mot to fall in love with Howard"
"How did she take it?''
"She acted kind Of funny"
"What do you mean by thatr'
"She caught her breath"
THAT would indicate that she has
already cast covetous eyes upon him. :"
"You mean that the poor child is so
young and innocent that the very men
ton of her falling in love puts her in
a f1utter. You must remember that
Ef1e's only sixteen, and Howard is but
nineteen-two children. We ought to
be ashamed of ourselves to talk about
marrying to either of them"
"You mean you ought to be ashamed
Of yourself. I've had nothing to do
with it,
'You know Just as well as / that
when Howard comes Of age he'll have
100000"
''Wel. my dear. hope you'll get him
for her. I'm going downtown"
A few days later conversation on the
same subject was reopened by Mrs
Hathaway. Mr.. Hathaway was read
ing his evening paper.
Pa" she said. ''those two children
make me tired"
whats the matter nowT
"Oh. yesterday I told them they
might take Bob and the box wagon
and 20 for drive together. Effie said
she didn't like driving. and Howard
said he had a baseball match on hand
You needn', tell me that two young
things like them would decline an Of
fer to be together for a whole after
noon IL they weren't Indifferent to each
other"
II thought you said it was bashful-
ness"
well. l don't know but it is. When
told them they might 60 Fife turned
red and Howard looked kind of queer
l mean they looked as II they wanted
to. but didn't dare"
"Well. my dear. If you can't manage
them l can't"
And Mr. Hathaway went upstairs to
bed
Their bashfulness or whatever 1t
was seemed to increase instead of
diminish. The "children" didn't seem
to get together at all. II Mrs. Hath
away went into the room where they
were she would find Howard reading
book at one end Of the room. while
Fife would be cutting out pictures at
the other end. Then she would wonder
If the child would ever grow to be a
woman. If Howard was ever at the
house to a meal he and Effie would sit
mum on either side of the table, never
venturfng remark except to one OF
the older people. On one occasion
Howard said something and Ef1ie cor
rected him. Howard averred that he
was right about 1t. Effie offered to
bet him. She was thinking what to bet
him when her father. winking at her
mother, said:
Bet him kiss. En-"
Eff1e colored to the roots Of her hair
and Howard looked as If he were
going to bolt
There" said Mrs. Hathaway to her
husband. you've spoiled erything.
Those two children will never be easy
in each others company again"
The next time Mrs. Hathaway had
anything to say to her husband on
this subject--it was but three days
later-her tone was changed.
PA" she said. Il must have some
money"
How much do you want. my dear. u
Il think about $500 will do. though
really l ought to have more"
What Is 1t to 60 for"'
why, you see. Efie hasn't had any
thing new for a long while and she
hasn't a respectable costume to her
name"
1T isn't for a trousseau. is it?'
'Yes. It is
You don't mean those two children
are engaged?''
NO. | don't"
well. what do you mean?"
IL mean they've been married ever
since I first spoke to you about th=m.'
Phew.