Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1912-03-21
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AFFAIR
1t Chilled the Love of the
Two Hated Rivals.
BY DONALD ALLEN.

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Harrington Hawkins and r. Ogden
WATERBURY We're rivals for the hand
of Miss Kate Barstow. but it was only
known to three or four people that the
aforesaid handsome young girl had al
ready plighted her troth with Burt
Rayl, manager of the big department
store. and that when the marriage
came off he was to have an interest In
the business.
Mr. Hawkins was young man or
aesthetic tastes. He was law stu
dent and wrote sonnets to himself, and
his income was 50 a week. Mr.. Win
terbury neither had aesthetic tastes
nor wrote poetry. He was employed
by Il firm publishing state gazetteer,
and he therefore called himself n liter.
airy man and tried to make his salary
Of $40 per week carry out his asser-
lions.
If Burt Rayl had been of jealous
disposition there would have been no
rivalry between the other two, but he
was not, and as Miss Kate was being
kept in caramels and roses by the
rivalry and as good looking girls are
as prone to mischief as palmer ones
she let matters go on.
She knew of the rivalry, but took no
notice Of it. Both young men were
treated alike. They had been friends
up to the occasion Of certain lawn
party, when both fell in love. From
that time on 1t was enmity. They
passed each other in the street to glare
and mutter. They sat together in the
Barstow parlor, with the young lady
making good third, and smiled and
smiled and vet wished each other dead.
If one got away early In the evening
for game Of croquet with the object
of his affections the other waylaid
him on his homeward way and hit him
in the back with stones. If Miss Bar
stow attended a sacred concert with
Mr.. Hawkins it was Mr.. Winterbury's
turn to throw missiles. Their love for
the girl was broad and deep and long
and desperate. Neither Of them stop
ped to figure on the cost of pork or po-
tatoes or the price Of house rent That
would have been abasing their love-
Things went on. Things go on even
If pepole are in love. Traverse City
decided to hold a county fair. All the
big hogs, fat cattle, old ganders. fancy
bedqults. gigantic pumpkins, over
grown cucumbers and three legged
calves in the county were to be ex-
hibited. and one enterprising individual
bought the privilege of setting up Il
Ferris wheel on the grounds.
When the fair opened, of course
everybody was there That meant that
Miss Kate Barstow and Mr.. Hawkins
and Mr.. WATERBURY We're there. 1t
also meant that when Miss Kate saw
the Ferris wheel she was much taken
make the circuit and get view of the
country for miles around
The rivalry had become desperate by
this time. Each rival felt that crisis
was at hand. Each proposed to make
that circuit with Miss Kate and to
have his fate settled before they had
left the car.
Now the law student showed his fine
italian hand. He went to the owner of
the wheel and had very private con-
versation Later on he borrowed $50
and passed the bills over to the man.
The transaction had hardly been
closed when the literary editor Of the
gazetteer appeared He spent some ten
minutes watching the machinery oper-
ating the wheel, and then he had talk
with the owner.
There We're many winks and smiles.
and more money passed. 1t was after
the last trotting race that the rivals
and the girl they loved approached the
wheel. Each intended to make the cir
cult with Miss Kate and leave the
other on the ground Each had also
planned that in case he got left the
fact should not give the other any ad
vantage. On the contrary, it should be
bad for him. 1t can't be said that the
girl had an intuition. but this much Is
certain-that in the crowd and crush
around the car she so managed that
Mr.. Hawkins had as n partner very
fat woman whose husband was nerv-
GUS little man who dared not make the
trip, while Mr. WATERBURY found a lit
tie later that his companion was an old
maid of forty or more who wanted to
fall in love.
The rivals were thirty feet high when
they discovered the miXup. and there
was nothing to do but go onward and
upward Miss Kate smiled and waved
a hand at them, but that only increased
the pain. The owner of the wheel had
been closely watching things. but after
half minute he shook his head and
muttered:
Hanged If know what to do. have
forgotten which was to keep up there.
They have gone and mixed themselves
up, and guess the best thing l can do
Is to stop the old machine right now"
The 'old machine" had made only
half circuit. Mr.. Hawkins and his fat
woman and Mr.. WATERBURY and his
old maid were right at the top when
something went wrong with the ma
chinery, and the motion ceased. After
half ii minute there We're loud demands
to know what had happend. The wheel
man told them as we'll as he could
Some cog. lever. cam or ratchet had
given out, and 1t might be full hour