Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1912-12-13
SHE GOT A
HUSBAND
But Not In the Reeu-
lar Way
BY F. A. mitchell


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MY dear Margaret" wrote Miss
Frances Pomeroy TO her friend. Miss
Jaquellne Seaton. Il have had the time
Of my life. II has been unique. / have
not only spent chill November In a
warm climate. but have done so mas
querading. DO you remember when we
were sophoInores how Bess Wharton
Hnd | dressed ourselves as boys. went
out on to the campus. kicked football
and were ordered OF by the college au
thoritiesg And perhaps you will re
member what good looking boy
made-to say nothing OF Bess.
We'll. we were caught. as you know
going into your room. and the whole
thing came out. The faculty notified
us that our presence was no longer re-
quired al the university and we wef,
directed to repair to our homes. ex
pected to meet with very cold rerep
ton there. and so ! did at first. hi
when told the whole story to pata T.,
laughed and said. 1 didn't believe whci
you went to college thar you would hi.
have yourself with sufficient circuni
spection to get through. and I'm nr
disappointed. Dear old pappy. nese
could do anything that would seem tsf
rible 10 his eyes. and even II did
always kEew how to get round him =
that II shouldn't count against me.
1T was two years ago that toni
leave. prematurely. Of my alma natri
dare say that the day will come whei
i shall regret my folly. I'm uinetce6
years old. and II hadn't been expelled
from college would now be diguiiied
senior. I'm going to tell you stnr.
that puts that sophomore episode III
the shade Compared with what I've
been doing. the first was mere baga
telle.
Last spring was very much run
down In health. Papa and mamma
worried about me just as II had been
good and took me out on a farm. hop
ing ! would get better. But | didn't
think | was pining for something ou
OF the general run. don't you know;
bit Of spice in my diet. AT any rate
such an opportunity occurred. and this
is how II came.
Mother has an old friend she hadn'f
seen for years. Mrs. varney. The
Varneys are rich and have both a sum
mer and a winter home. Their winter
home ss a.. tho eautor - - 80,
grove In Florida. After We got home il
September mamma wrote Mrs varney
telling her that she was worried aboui
my health and said she feared | woulC
need to go south for the winter. but
you know our income is small. aBe
travelling and putting up at hotels arc
expensive. and | knew well enough thai
we couldn't afford to make such trip
for mamma wouldn't take me without
papa. and for the three of us the outla,
would be something awful.
Mamma. In reply to her letter. re
ceived an invitation for me TO visit the
Varneys on their grange plantation
had been referred to as Frank. ane
when | read Mrs yarney's letter saw
at once that she thought was a boy
My son Albert. who has charge OF the
plantation she wrote, every morning
rides over 1t and is constantly In the
open air attending to the needs OF tht
trees, the packing Of the oranges OF
some such matter Your son can e.
with him. and don't doubt that with
in few weeks he will show consider
able Improvement
"Well. now. just think Of riding about
with a young man that way. Then the
idea got into my head what lark II
would be to 20 riding around with him
not as a girl. but as the boy he thought
mel 1 couldn't get 1t out. 1t stuck and
simmered and simmered and stuck IN
til ! made up my mind was going t0
do that very thing.
Il answered Mrs Yarney's invitation
myself and didn't say word about her
mistake or that was girl. accepting
her invitation and telling her when
expected to arrive. The first prepara
ton made was to have lot of mems
CLONES sent nome 70 'ry on ana kep'
wnat ntteu me. senuins Tue resi- paeA
What an easy time the men have buy
ing their elothes' why 10 puy as 'h"'u
"omens uhings as ! pousnt men > N
haiI an nour Won'u REQUIRE rom que !"
TWO inohths anu no enu Oh 'roup'e
before ! started inoiher saiu' NOW
Frank II you peiaSe S"ul'se'i ano ur'l
your pr'ihKs you may eaten .he young
man VINO manages that p'an'''ioh, u