The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-01-02
Two New Year S
Resolutions
By A. n JONES
Copyright, 1910. by American Press
Association.

JuNh AAlluoug NNuANu iletL EtEl
without making love to her, 10 the ter
TOR Of his father and mother. who were
always in dread that he would marry
some one far beneath his social status.
Jack woke up one New Years morn
ing, aud the first words be said were
these:
II solemnly resolve on this first day
OF the new year not 10 pay the slight
est attention to any girl for the whole
twelve months. But" here comes a
saving clause, III do pay any atten-
ton 10 any girl it viii be only such
person as my mother shall approve"
How pleasant one feels upon max
ing a resolution! 1t seems as II all
past weaknesses are dead and buried
and a new pure life has opened up be-
fore the resolver Jack had especial
reasons 70 feel thus. for the night be
fore he had seen the old year out with
a party none Of whom would have
been admitted to his paternal domi-
Gle One of them, a girl with whom
he had been training for months, Moll
Dugan, had been lying in wait for
him and during the festivities had in
duced another girl TO suggest a we'd
ding with Mol as the bride and Jack
Carmody as the groom. Having i'm
bibed more than was good for him. be
consented, but was saved by a friend
who put him into closet and locked
the door
1t was the serious contemplation
OF this escape that led Jack. waking
up at IL o'clock on New Years morn
ing, to make the resolve mentioned.
To one who makes a resolution with
saving clause, the moment tempta-
ton comes the clause looms up splen-
didly. Jack found it duh associating
only with men. SO he looked about him
for some nice girl of his own class
with whom he might pass an occa-
slonal idle hour Miss Gwendolin
Kingsbury was a very ladylike young
woman TO whom Jacks mother had
introduced him. trusting that the two
might make a match. II made very
little difference TO Jack who was the
girl, and he became-much TO his moth
er's joy-quite devoted TO Miss Kings
bury. But just as Mrs. Carmody was
eongratulating herself that her son
was about to close the deal with her
favorite her husband took 1t into his
head TO buy a ranch Thereupon Jack
announced his determination to go
west and become a ranchman.
Mrs. Carmody was in despair, and
Miss Kingsbury was both mifred and
disappointed. But lack comforted his
mother by reminding her Of his reso-
luton not TO devote himself to any
girl Of whom she would not approve
and to return before the end Of the
year and FIX it up" with Gwendoin
"You see. mother" he said where a
man thinks of marrying a girl he
should be sure she is going to be con-
slant If Gwen is fancy free, except \
for me, when come back I'll lead /
her TO the altar and you can give US
q bang-up wedding
Jack had no sooner got settled as a
ranchman than, cantering along a
road, he met a little greaSer girl can !
tering in an opposite direction. She
was about sixteen years old and pref
ty. When she came to be twenty-five I
she would probably be bag, but
beauty is not what It will be, but what
st is Her costume was tawdry, but
calculated TO catch an eve that had
begun already to miss seeing feminine
apparel Jack dotted his hat and I
Joined the greaser girl
Unfortunately or fortunately, as the |
rase may be, the greaser girl had a
greaser lover Nevertheless month by
month Jack became more and more
enraptured with her, and the greaser
lover became more and more danger
Gus so far as Jack was concerned. +
The girl was really true to the man of
her own class. but her parents did not
propose that she should throw away
the chance of a lifetime and insisted
that she should throw over the man
of her choice for gentleman and a
fortune.
In November Jack wrote letter OF
twelve pages to his mother, stating
that he was about to marry the daugh-
ter Of Spanish grandee and explain
ing in detail why the match was
very advantageous one for him The
missive threw his mother into a fever,
but she wisely said nothing about the
matter to Miss Kingsbury.
The next letter Mrs. Carmody re-
ceived from her son stated that the
match with the Spanish girl was of
and he would be at home by the end
of the year.
Something had interviewed 1t was
this: One morning the greaser lover
met Jack riding with the daughter
OF the Spanish grandee." Love and
jealousy long pent up burst their
bounds, and the grnaser opened fire
on Jack. Jack drew and wounded the
greaser. whereupon the girl pulled
pistol from her holster and opened fire
on Jack. In the scrimmage all three
were wounded. though none of them
Since the girl preferred
the greaser Jack was disenthralled,
Jack arrived at home on New Years
eve. went to bed at 10 O'clock and
woke up the next morning at !. His
arm was in sling and a scalp wound
was bandaged. He made the follow
Ing resolution:
II solemnly resolve that I viii today
propose to GWendolin kingsbury and
that If she accents me I will ask {