Evening journal., 1911-01-12
Two New Years
Resolutions
By A. N. JONES
Copyright. 1910 by American Press
Association.
By A. N. JONES

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Jack Carmody couldn't meet a girl !
without making love to her, to the ter
ror 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, and the first words he said were
these:
II solemnly resolve on this first day
Of the new year not to 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 20 any girl It will be only such
person as my mother shall approve"
How pleasant one feels upon max
ing a resolution IL 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 to feel thus, for the night be
fore he had seen the old year out with
party none Of whom would have
been admitted 20 his paternnl domi-
Gle. One of them, a girl with whom
he had been training for months, Moll
Dugan, had been lying In walt for
him and during the festivities had In
duced another girl 70 suggest a we'd
ding with Moll as the bride and Jack
! Carmody as the groom. Having I'M
bibed more than was good for him, he
consented. but was saved by friend,
who put him into a closet and locked
the door.
IL was the serious contemplation
OF this escape that led Jack, waking
up at II o'clock on New Years morn
ing. to make the resolve mentioned.
To one who makes a resolution with
a saving clause, the moment tempta-
ton comes the clause looms up splen-
didly. Jack found It dull associating
only with men, so he looked about him
for some nice girl Of his own class
with whom he might pass an occa-
sional idle hour Miss Gwendolin
Kinesbury was a very ladylike young
woman to whom Jacks mother had
introduced him. trusting that the two
might make a match. IL made very
little difference to Jack who was the
girl. and he became-much 70 his moth
er's ioy-quite devoted TO Miss Kings
bury. But Just as Mrs. Carmody was
congratulating herself that her son
was about to close the deal with her
favorite her husband took it into his
head to buy n ranch. Thereupon Jack
announced his determination 10 go
/ tahr
Mrs. Carmody was In despair. and
Miss Kingsbury was both miffed and
disappointed But Jack comforted his
mother by reminding her Of his reso.
luton not to devote himself TO any
girl OF whom she would not approve
and 10 return before the end OF the
year and "hx It up" with Gwendolin.
"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 I come back I'll lead
her to the altar and you can give us
a bang-up wedding"
Jack had no sooner got settled as q
ranchman than. cantering along q
road, he met little greaser girl can
tering IN an opposite direction. She
: was about sixteen years old and pret
ty. When she came TO be twenty-five
she would probably be hag. bu
beauty is not what It will be. but wha
II is. Her costume was tawdry, bu
calculated TO catch an eye that hat
begun already to miss seeing feminine
apparel Jack doffed his hat an'
Joined the greaser girl
Unfortunately OF fortunately, as th'
case may be. the greaser girl had 1
greaser lover. Nevertheless month b,
month Jack became more and mor'
enrnptured with her. and the greasei
lover became more and more danger
ous so far as Jack was concerned
The girl was really true to the man O.
her own class, but her parents did no
propose that she should throw ava,
the chance of n lifetime and insisted
that she should throw over the mai
4 OF her choice for a gentleman and
fortune.
In November Jack wrote a letter o
twelve pages to his mother statini
, that he was about 10 marry the uausn
q ter Of a Spanish grandee and explain
ing in detail why the match was
a very advantageous one for him. Tn
missive threw his mother into fever
but she wisely said nothing about tn
0 matter to Miss kingsbury.
0 The next letter Mrs Carmody r'
I. ceived from her son stated that th
= match with the Spanish girl was Of
and he would be at home by the en-
q OF the year.
Something had interviewed. II wa
this: One morning the greaser love
met lack riding with the "danghtf