The Caucasian. (Shreveport, La.) 1900-192?, 1912-12-15

tahie ~ aaeI,re Z, man I'm sr,r1
for the fejAer that asks n little Ei+cr
girl to marry him-if she don't v,ni
him whv sbs1I inst up and tell every
Tom Dick and Harry in the yi;.4,.,
that she rive So-and Z, tho mittrr'
| or cnurse thir added moro dn,bts 81,
| Cidcon's unsettled frame Of mind ~ :.
It muAR he acknowlatl,,nd that if NM.
hive hren q f,ctor il, the nr,,l,lrr, III
his matrimonial i,tputinnx
Gideon Westcott hated ruIIi, !, "
any sort He SHRINK from il
One morning in la;c winter t;jtr",,n
came down to breakfast with ~ r4'uI
firmly made up to ask Anne I."rqrl ~
marry him or to mar, Annr 1T ., =
was the way ne put il - himself I a"
night before he had r3.!,rd w ,.,,, ,,r
his housrkcrpcr's poprr covered ,u,, .
and soon had hrromc absorbed in ~,
love story Carried by Storm, or 'YM,
WAY to Win Womnts," hai Itr.n o..
title. ana when he hid fluivl.,l th.
! last chapter Gideon WIS infused ", y
new rnurag" and daring idea hal
| been suggested to him
'Yonr buck whoats arr getting coll. :"
remarked Ellen Blair as Gideon SGT
gown. II heard you vustiin' around
upstairs for the Inst hour. and got
'em ready, bein' YOU'RE particular
about havin' your breakfast on time"
II expect the chickens will like
them" said Gideon pleasantly
Miss Blair shifted seornfully and re
mov61 the plate of soggy cakes from
the table. presently Gideon heard the
hiss OF batter on the bot griddle and
| Ellen's gtlf'k steps about the kitchen
He smiled In anticipation of the tim"
when she wouW be replaced by some
Cody else-by Anne Lhrned!
81 hear Anne Prosser's @rin' to get
married again, and him only dead II
year" ventured Ellen the next time she
came into the room. She looked at Gid
con from under her pale eyelashea
| Gideon's heart stogg still 90 IN"
ment and then went on bed@nS It's nor
NAL. steady measure
THAT'S so?" he asked evenly. helping
himself to a hot cake
They say aNDther Teller from Brock
town In the one. 1t beats all hapT SOME
widders can catch a husband Why. |
know a woman that's been married
ever been married once-or ever asked.
for all know"
| "H'mY said Gideon indifferentiy
That utterance always ended the con
versation between Gideon ana his
houseAeeper.
Carried by Storm. or. The Way to
Win q Woman had told Of u brave
young man who. failing to r@sive y
| favorable reply to his proposal Of mar
| riaQe. had HE'D him TO the dispenser Of
| marriage certificates and procured one
| in the adored maiden's name Then be
approached her. waved the certificate
ip her astonished face. and before she
could say Jack Robinson" or mention
the name of any other preferred suitor
she found herself married to the 7m-
| Detuous youth and immeiia tets con-
fessed that she had loved him all along.
} Gideon weatcott had resolved to do
this very same thing. SO he had made
a very careful toilet. and perhaps it
| was the sight of bis new spring suit of
iiRht gray that inspired Ellen Bair's
remarks about Anne Larned Gideon
was beginning TO learn that EIIcn's
gossip was in a manner n conservation
Of resources she wanted to hold her
lob.
! The town clerk Mt Breakdown receiy-
! al Cideon's spplication for a marriage
certificate with covert smile. He
| raacbed for a HANK and held his pen
! no;sed above IT.
"Nnme,', no asked briskiy.
Gideon told him that AS wei, rs his
age and nj, the other necessary details
| that precede ones entrance into the
state of motrimonr Then he was filed
with manic at the next question;
"I,adv,s name7'' demanded the clerk.
| Gideon easped and growIed out
| Appe's name conscious that he was
TAKING an unwarrapted liberty.