Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1911-08-03
TT TURNED OUT
ALL WRONG
By ELLEN BANkHURSI
Copyright by American Press Asso-
citation. ISL


nve years older than l. promised 10
bring Effie up properly, do the best !
could with her property ana see that
she married we'll She is now eight
cen. and I'm very much afraid she Is
leaning toward that beggar Lawrence
Beckwith Therefore | am going to
attempt to throw her in the way OF
Martin Sayler. Mr. Sayler Is thirty
six. well on and has All eXcellent 50
ciai position don't believe IN slrIs
marrying men of their own age A
girl needs a man older than herself TO
keep her In training
Summer has come. and ! nave
house party at my cottage at Lake u
| left Beckwith out OF my invitations
and included SayIer. SayIer Is get.
ting bald. and there are few grey
hairs about his temples. but ! don't
care tor that OF course haven't
said word to Ell about what / In
tend for ner-that would spoil 1t all
But i've told Sayler OF course ne
couldn't say anything definite. he
only remarked that 20 win my niece
should make any man very happy ana
very proud. am well satisfied with
the way the affair is progressing.
I'm propu~cd That We 20 up to the
end of the lake OH picnic we went
III boats. pulling up In the morning
having GU lunch in the woods ana
back IN ~, evening As our party
consisted OF eleven we required SIX
boats. for we proposed to have only
two in each boat When we went
down to gel INTO the boats Eftie said
that she would pull the boat with only
one IN IL herself What did she do but
get INTO II ana pun away, leaving Mr.
Sayler Standin. with me He very p"
ntely handed up INTO boat aud got IN
mmsrlt rhr others paired OF as they
liked
We nadn'I gone q mile before | saw
ti1 ahead making a landing at the
Inur where The railroad station is
tn4attd l;rture we reached her u
mau got mIu thr boat with her ana
s.ir pu,lrd ga Gp The lake. wondered
vtn H.. wi> aud what II meant. !
..u..aiu eiurG~laud Saylcrs action az
az lie dGnl srptu bt hutfy when
Ellie pu,,.d away alone OF when she
,uoN a. % uMpanluu tie uade hlm
>clt as uerrruu.c " nae as II mad been
t.ilIp I'm men have "a way OF cunceal
luc their feelings wish we women
ruuld de- that
When We reached the ruu of the lake
VITO should help me ont OF the boat
but Lawrence Reckwi:h was never
SO astonishrd IN my life
Why. eXc;aiuird. whit brought
YOU nerp?'
THE pureSl mcE It's mighty
strange uuN things Happen Sometimes
was on u tram Inai stopped at p
station Al thai mururnr your niece
rowed mp to mudiug waved m,
handkerchief TO het and called TO net
she asked me If / wouldn't like to e.
on picnic I said / would, and here
am
That's very strange coincidence
said coldy Il wonder how it could
have happened
''Strangpst thing In the worldr he
replied
Mr. Sayer turned and looked out ON
the lake
Eh went off with Lawrence. and
Sayier couldn't very well do anyrhir
els, than attend upon me You see
an the others were mere bows aud
girls, and Sayer and / were the only
elderly persons in the party was
very much mortified at Eds action
II put me in an unpleasant attitude
towards the man had told | wished
nim for her husband
However. he didn't seem to feel SO
awfully disappointed At any rate, be
made the best OF il. not showing any
displeaSure All the boy and girl con
pies of the party went Off in different
directions leaving Sayler and me
alone TO get what supplies we needed
for lunch He took The Ice out of our
''''''N "hN l'NA INV tiitAAI iuSlt anu bUt
ter ON H. and together we unrolled the
bundles containing the luncheon
was leaning over ease OF sardines
when / tril AN arm around my waist
and. turning my face. looked right
into Sayler~
What du you mean / asked. II
brought you out here TO make love to
Exile
And ! came to make love to you"
To me|
Yes 10 you
But l'm old enough to be your
mother
II wasn't aware that sons were born
before their mothers. I'm couple OF
years Older than you"
How came that Beckwith hoy
here
Your niece and ! cooked IN n nI,p
20 get bin here | sent the telegram
myself, telling him just what TO d,
Ellie aimed TO meet the train M fbe
station"
Well, upon my word! This heat,
anything | ever knew. So Won wpr.
Ia the plot"
Il certainly was have been wish
Ing for an opportunity to speak ro Won
for some time l certainly coprlp,,
have done It today If were "a ba NJ