Catoctin clarion., 1911-04-27
rHIIRMONT FREDERICK COUNTY, MD. THURSDAY APRIL
M you may have been ] am exceed
Ingiy sorry II nas happened. ana "
there ts ANYTHING I can do to-

"Oh. ut course u II flOt v0ui tantt.
said Brown Eyes. speaking M net
rOIIIm MONS Hpd blushinR delight ifuiiy =.
undrt npt tHADIiInR Suitm'nnrt. we
were raih-, frightened because vonr
advent was unexpected W. were
~, king .hvpf pHv-s when W. heard
the shouting ana trnmptne An0
Thought ~ ,r;lSi Il might De u tU,se
Hnin,n, Vt snrI,- sort.
"Surh M y bull" shuddrr-d one OF
The girls
"l.ania might dps,.rii~ them hatter.
ladies'" smiled IDriwtn in y tone auff
ripntiy rlra, to reach the listening
ears "Ynu spp We are mn tor u naif
holiday. We Hr- members of the ~
nah .inh and
''rh- Jonah c,nh!"
'Uh how rnnnv"
"Whar,. r. the whaieT'
I,p,win d,nigpd these ianghlnR nneS
tinis with y humorous explanation ~
the ,,rrtn,ss, 0f the nrga nizatinn After
h.. had explained that This was hts
hirthday and that the members were
pninvine th"iI rnstnnnr, haif h"iidav
an su"h ,prasiOns the girl with the
brown eyes ,ahts.d ner hntpin INTO the
tulin..ss at hpi rink bOnIlpt aud turned
10 hpr companions
"Wpll yir,s We NAV as we'll return
and tirk m our scattered ciOver
leaves II We ran tind them"
"Ynu are pi,kine clover leaves"
asked Deiwin rurto,lsiv ~ the f"rr.
teen heads dnrkth under the fence
once more. this time 10 arise on MS
side
I'VE are members of club ton"
admitted the hr,'wn eyed girl 1--WE
ARE the Glover club. and II II our pnr
pose to encourage che"rfuInesa ana
belief in g'"d lurk wherever we can"
"Yes." said pelwtn soherly ''lO
YOU know. IN, rather ashamed to think
that our Jonah club II such usnIt'ss
affair Why. all We care about II 10
to get some fnn out OF the fact that
we're unm,stakahiy hond's"'d"
~lry this. then. said the girl. ana
she placed In MIS- hand large four
Ieav-d clover which she took from the
bosom OF her gown
THANK y0u." said i>eiwin. tucking
the leaf carefully inside his card'ass.
THAT vii, ward on evil. l suplnseT'
II, will bring you great go"d inck."
said the girl
at mas already answered ms pur-
pos.. then" s,id peIwin to himself NJ
bis eyes fingered On the face Of the
brown eyed g1ri Aloud ne asked:
Ibid our coming scatter the clover
leaves TO the tour winds?"
"Somrthine like that" she smiled.
"What could you expect from Jonah
club tiIan to scatter good IuckY' ask.
ed one OF the pink sunt0nnets saurtlv.
Then we must help you pick mp the
fallen leaves said prlwiD firmly. ana.
although the girls d-inmrrpd Mt first. nj
last they permitted the hidden men,
bers Ut the Jonah club to come fOrth
and pick up the scattered clover
leaves, which took all of two hours.
"Why are there fourteen IN yOnr
clubY' asked i'riw1n OF the brown
eyed girl
"Bp,aus4 seven Ia u lucky number.
ana twice seven makrs fourteen ana 10
twice Hs mrky. she dimplrd
"tpmlnIn- rrasonlng." chirkied l,ei-
win ami then w ho IL the MlIt~t
indy with the -yeglasSrsf surely
havr seen npI tRtOre
.rhnt ~ Mrs Lester She ls the
orennizst Oi the Clover club Yer.
mn md AAI
the EDITOR ot the hudget
''Uf course know Lester ! ought
to toi NJ ~ NV tn'sS guess tNt.
tpi 90 or-i ana inttsni'icr myself TO
Mrs Lester ana perhaps she will let us
remain with vou rot awhile longer
Mrs Lester proved to be ampn,lahie
10 the charms nt the yning r-lh'ri-r.
and then fnllow-d such period OF
Int rnimctions that when Il was over
II was necessary to ImrfHkp Of s"ilie
ut the refreshments so generously pro
vidrd u, the Clover club
Irlwin H,tarhrd himself +U Marion
Rlakr. the brown eyed girl. ana the
other men,hrrs Of the Jonnh club
found ~ much IN common with the
thirteen unmarried members "f the
Clover r,uh thai Just as ih- snn was
spttinp they ai' rode home together on
the ear aud .lnit- daze.d the conductor
with chatter of good and bad signs.
hmdn@ and turky stones nntt' they
drew INTO the lighted city square.
where they dshandrd Each mrint'er
OF the Jonah rlnh found Nm "pI"'riuni'
~ to tell his fair tDmInn mon thai this
18th day Ot tune was the turkirst day
N The lif- ut hM,dn"d mnn. and
each one carried away y sprtg ~ nnr
lt.Hcpd clover IA n souvenir Of the
onr,.r"st day the club haO spent since
ITS inception
On the 18th. dav ot the following
month there was handed in the rrSig
nnimn of one member Young Wh,'e
had decided that ~ the club mad nh
definite nbitrr there WIS not anv spe
ciai advantage IN bping ninntpr.
1,ne wants tn hp uspfu, nr sonnet hing.
: yon Know - hp muttprtd Ih.'s.,,tshiy
Each month after that saw n 'psSeH-
ine nf the membership nnrii when the
new veai awned there remained one
tone member the prst while president.
Frank Newton Even PAM iRiwin
had dropped nui Tor thp charms of
Marion Blnkr had made curious
change in him RI" II was who organ
4 lied the club which was an auxiliary
to the rnrpr club and carried cheer
"a many discouraged Young man
who mad hattlrd with sickness or III
fortune
Frank Newton demolished the clnb
records and hastened to iOin the other
fOrreS