Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1912-01-26
Young MIR. Wells
BY LAWRENCE ALFRED CLAY

came he would melt but not to-
hastily.
Not at home" was the reply Of a.
butler.
But they must be-"
mo. sir. Went to the country thr,.
days ago."
But they left letter for met"
mo. sir, and none Of Us lnov
where they went"
Mr.. Wells and his dignity and fc,>
giveness turned away. II he lookss
'bossy' as he assembled the steps 4
had fallen from him like a mantle a
he descended He first declared thai
he did not care cooper's maledio.
tion--that he was actually glad Of Il.
that he had had narrow escape from
marrying a girl with a dreadful ten
per-epe who would have driven hin.
from home after few weeks. Ana
then he decided that he did care. but
that he would be the boss or perish
The third decision was that he haa
made an idiot Of himself and couldnf
ask forgiveness any too soon. Give 4
donkey of young man time enough
and he viii strike the right policy.
Mr.. Wells wanted forgiveness. hut
where to go for It? He had a pull Il
the bank and got four days OF. He
had crisp tendollar bin for the but.
Ter, and the butler proved disloyM To-
his mistress, Just as she had figured
that he would.
A grip was packed and the 'bossy'
young man hied him to mountain 70.
sort. He hadn't planned that 10
would, but some one had planned for
him. With a railroad time table and
a lead pencil and thirty minutes to A.
ure In she was sure even Of the train
he would arrive on. And half an hour
before the arrival Of that train. Miss
Dora Thurston took to the woods. b
other words, dressed for a walk on to
hills, she left the hotel and took 4
path leading upwards among the trees
and powders and outcrop.
Mr.. Wells tried to arrive with Bic
dignity, but It was rather failure
He hunted up Mrs. Thurston and ex-
| planned that he had been granted
few days OF TO cure his hay fever
and that he had arrived at the Bald
Eagle quite by accident and she had
the courtesy not to smile. 1t was al
Of three minutes and a half before be
carelessly inquired for Miss Dora and
learned that she had gone for walk.
Then he carelessly said he would lcok
her up, as she would probably be quite
anxious to know that the weather IN
town was SO hot that truck horses
were falling like autumn leaxes b.
fore its fiery blast. Young ladies %
take vivid interest in these thingsI
Miss Dora met boy and she met .
man, and she net two romantic girls
and she took pains that they should
see her take a path marked: Dan
gerous-Beware OF Avalanchesl" %
that path to a spot where there bad
been a slide OF rocks week before.
and then she dropped her handlEers
chief, removed her hat and tossed i
from her. and then went mo hiding.
Miss Dora had figured time as close
as a train dispatcher. She had not
been in hiding ten minutes wher NJ.
Wells came up on the run. He saw
the hat and handkerchief and uttered
a groan and a shout He was not iiD
on avalanches. and be took this for .
new one. Under It would be found
the dead and mangled body OF the Slrl
he had tried to boss!
on came the coat and hat and vest
OF the frantic lover. and he went %
work like a dog digging out Woo.
I chuck. Help could have been haa
half a mile away. but he felt he could
not stop to summon 1t. No hero e'e'
toiIed harder for quarter OF an soaf'
and he was still at IT when Miss DOT.
: slid gracefully down to his feet ana
: scrambled to remark:
Now, then. II you haye changes
your mind about cads anc osns.
things we will sit down and tax y
8 you work any longer yoy WIN have 7
lame back tomorrow"
"Oh, Dora. I--I---!"
: "The girl bosses before narFi.s.
. you know, and the husband ai'e
wards"