Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1910-11-22

OF 1t. First I'll put on the teakettIe.
ind while I'm waiting for it can
write the letter"
He lighted the oil cook stove. and,
hl1ng the shining teakette at The
pump, he placed ii to boil and returned
TO the sitting room. From n narrow
cupboard in the chimney he brought
writing materials and spread them
! forth on the table Pink tinted note
paper, purchased at the same city shop
where he had bought the kite. and a
fresh bottle of purple ink were other
results OF that secret expedition.
lothian put on his glasses. thrust his
pen In the ink and tightly linked one
foot around the other He wrote with
| cramped fingers. and his sun burned
forehead was knotted in an anxious
frown:
To the Lady That CAPTURES This Kite.
Dear Madam-The writer OF this letter
rs an unmarried man who wants n wife
I've got nice forty acre farm and a
nine room house all paid for and a tho,i-
SAND dollars In the bank. two cows and
horse that any lady can drive: also two
pigs and no end OF chickens and flowers
NO widows need apply. What ] want is
good neat looking wife that knows how
~ 'ooh anu VIII appreciate loving hus-
hand. For further particulars address p.
D. Box %. Little River. Strictly confiden-
''1L LOTHIAN REED
The teakettle was bobbing cratic
ally about the stove when Jotham fin
ished bis letter. Before preparing his
supper however. he reread his letter
nodded grave approval and slinned
1t In an envelope, which he addressed
10 The Lady That Finds This Kite"
slipping the flap OF the envelope
around the reed frame inside the kite
Jotham gummcd it securely i'm place
and laid the kite carefully i'm the closet
AS he puttercd around the rooms
preparing the meal. eating il and aft
srWard washing the dishes. .Iotham
unused on the few amatory privileges
tnat had been his. Once when he was
lutte young lie had fallen i'm love with
two girls al the same time. Mary Gray
and Sophie Trenton Uncertain which
one he really desired, Lothian had re-
sorted to the simple method OF his
childhood-hc wrote their names ON =
sip or paper ana then recited. "AIv
mother told me TO take this one" and
MS finger had fallen on the name of
Sophie Trenton
lie asked Sophie to he his wife. and
she had scorned him-not simnlv ro-
fused him. but laughed In his face
linen 1t was that he discovered thot
mary Gray was really his hearts de-
slre' ana lie marveled that he should
have hesitated. But Sophie had con.
iided the proposal to Mary Gray. and
when Jotham tried his fortune there
ne was coldly sent about his business.
while Mary Gray married somebody
else and moved away from Little Riv.
or. Sophie hadn't married ANYBODY.
she was the village milliner and was
especially pleasant To Jotham Reed.
In spite OF this unhappy result of
trusting to the god OF chance. lothian
IN his middle life once more placed his
affairs in the hards Of the deity. He
had thought Of the Rite the night be-
Tore. and the idea H,,ucalCd to him.
II was romantic: il was thrillingly un
certain.
Two days passed by before the wind
ODDLY Named.
"A Mr.. Hudson. who had made a
large fortune AS II dentist, had built n
very expensive country house near
Dublin. but OF such IN extraordinary
construction as to bid defiance 10 the
criticism OF the architect.
One day after dinner at Curran's this
angular mansion became II subject of
merriment for his guests The question
for their satiricaI inquiry was. What
was its order OF architecture? One
said 1t certainly was GrcciaD, another
commended IL was Saxon and a third
that 1t was oriental. when their host
thus interposcd:
Excuse me, gentlemen. YOU are all
wrong. 1t is l6SE.un. From the ir-
regularities of the mansion ana from
its proprietor icing Il dentist the Irish
call 1t Snaggi"tootb Hail. London An
Bwers
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