The Van Buren press., 1912-07-06

If | can borrow gun anywhere
think can find hole and train 1t on
him. Is he a rufian?"
"He-he looks like one!"
why don't you tell your father
that you followed me In here and
then fooled with the cable and started
the carr" asked the young man
Fathers, he's talking to mel" half
screamed Miss Myrtle.
stop 1t, young maI-stop II! I
forbid you to address my daughter!
Oh, why don't the police GOMEZ"
Give the police time and they will
get there. On this occasion they were
not over twenty minutes behind the
time table.
Elevator stuck" explained Old
Mason, "and my daughter Is in it
with robber and rufian. Get her
out and arrest the man"
You'll have to get flremen for that
Job" was replied. "Ths man may ba
a rufian, but how do you know IT."
Il heard him curse when we
bumped the roof" called the girl,
"and now he's glaring at me-"
"All right. A cop shall be left hero
10 take care Of him"
1t was three long hours before that
elevator consented to climb up a few
feet and give hysterical girl and
very indignant architect their free
dom. During most Of this time Old
Mason was calling the young man a
thief and blackleg but at the same
time bidding the girl not to fear him.
Mr.. Holmes was led away pris.
oner, but was not detained long. The
tenant he was on his way to consult
vouched for him, and the girl had to
admit the facts as they have been
recorded above. Therefore, the
father did not follow after and said
he regarded the incident as closed
and two days later Miss Myrtle was
sent to the country on a visit
Mr. Lincoln didn't regard the Incl
dent that way, however. He had been
called bad man and given the collar
by the police. Two days later he be-
gan suit for $4,000 damages, and also
started for the country. He had been
commissioned to design a villa. Who
can doubt that Fate sent him into
that elevator? Again, It is plain
as day that Fate sent him next door
to where Miss Myrtle Mason, visiting
her schoolgirl friend, was paying a
visit, When they met, which they
were bound to do sooner or later,
they did not recognize each other,
There was no screaming on the part
Of the girl, and the personal looks
Of the architect did not cause her to
regard him as bad man.
II two young ladies are wandering
around the fields In the country
swinging in Misunderstanding flow
ers-paddling in brooks and having
a lovely time generally-and IL an
architect is looking for the best site
to erect a villa to harmoni2e with
the surrounding landscape and has
romantic ideas, It isn't much OF a
task for Fate to bring about a meet
ing, an introduction and all that. 1t
couldn't be called love at first sight,
because there was the elevator cpl
sode, but meetings in the gloom
shouldn't be allowed to count,
The architect hung around for a
week longer than he had first planned
for, and during the next four weeks
he made opportunities to run down to
"Ravenswood" every three or four
days, and It was only when he casu.
ally mentioned that he must be In
the city at certain date to attend
lawsuit that Miss Myrtle said;
"Why, | must be there, too"
"My suit is against a rich man"
"My father has been sued because
I got stuck in an elevator with q
bad man"
~ am that bad mani"
"You cant be. He gared at me,
He muttered He sassed father. The
police said he was tough one, while
you--you--"
II took n whole year for Mr.. Mason
to make up his mind about It, but he
did at last, and the $4,000 lawsuit
was dropped for marriage cere'
mony. lie saved his money and
gained q son.inlaw, and has been
heard to brag about 1t as a good