Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1911-04-14

do YOU THINK ANY GIRL WIFE a mlLr
LION WOULD TAKE CHANCE ON ME-
follow the rules l lay down. I'll guar
antee you'll be a rich man inside Of
twelve months"
RULES. Man. I'll follow all the rules
in the world! Come on. I'm getting
palpitation of the heart, waiting. Tell
it to me, what've l got to do?'
Marry" said Kellogg serenely.
"Marryr' Duncan echoed. aghast.
MARRY" reaftirmed the other with
unbroken gravity.
Marry who" .
"A girl With 4 fortune Ynn see
can't guarantee the precise size of her
pile. That all depends on luck and the
locality. But it'll run anywhere from
several hundred thousand up to mil
lion. perhaps more"
Duncan sank back despondently.
"You ought to be ashamed of your
self. Harry" he said duly. "You had
me all excited for Il minute"
NO, but honestly. l mean what I
say"
"Now look here. do you really think
any girl with a million would take a
chance on me"
She'll jump at it."
Duncan thought this over for
while. Then his lips twitched. "What's
the matter with her." he inquired.
I'm willing to play the game as it
lies, but | bar lunatics and cripples."
There's no particular her. yet. You
can take your pick. I've no more idea
where she is than you have"
Now | know you're stark. staring,
gibbering"-
Not bit of it. I'm inspired. that's
all. I've solved your problem; you
only can't believe it"
How could |? What the devil are
you getting at. anyhow?'
This pet scheme of mine. Lend me
your ears. Have you ever lived in
one horse country town. Il place with
one unspeakable hotel and about TWEEN
ty stores and five churches?
y
NO"
81 have. | was born in one of EN-.
Have You any idea what becomes Of
the young people of such towns|
Not glimmering."
"Then FL enlighten your gorgeous
density. The boys-those who've got
the stuff in them-strike out for the
cities to make their everlasting for
tunes. Generally they do it too.'
1.-THE same as you?
1.-THE same as me-" assented Kellogg,
unperturbed. But the yaps. the JAS
pers. stay there and clerk in fathers
store. After Office hours they put on
their very best mail order clothes and
parade up and down Main street. talk
ing loud and flirting obviously with
the girls. The girls haven't much else
to do They don't find it so easy to
get away. A few Of 'em escape to
boarding schools and colleges, where
they meet and marry young men from
the cities. but the majority of them
have to stay at home and help mother.
That's q tradition. If there are two
children or more the boys get the
chance every time. The girls stay
home to comfort the old folks in their
old age Why. by the time they're old
enough TO think of marrying-and they
begin young. for that's about the only
excitement they find available-you
won't find small country town be-
tween here and the Mississippi where
there aren't about four girls to every
boy"
"It's horrible thought"
YOU'D think so If you knew what
the boys We're like. There isn't one In
ten that girl with any sense or self
respect could force herself to marry
If she ever saw anything better. Do
you begin to see my drift?'
81 do not. But 60 on drifting"
No? Why, the demand for eligible
males Is 800 per cent in excess of the
supply. Don't you kcow-no, you
don't: I got to that first that there