Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1912-01-12


Wells. The Wheels Of Chance"
What's 1t all about?" Daylight
asked.
"Oh. it's just a novel. love-story"
She stopped, but he still stood wait
ing. and she felt 1t incumbent to go on
ITS about little Cockney Diapers
assistant. who takes vacation on
his bicycle. and falls in with a young
girl very much above him. Her moth
er Is popular writer and all that
And the situation In very curious. and
sad, too, and tragic. Would you care
to read it,"
Does he get her?" Daylight de-
manded.
mo: that's the point of it. He
wasn't"
And he doesn't get her. and you've
read all them pages, hundreds of them,
to find that out?" Daylight muttered In
amazement
Miss Mason was nettled as we'll as
amused
But you read the mining and finan-
torted.
But l sure get something out of
that. It's business. and it's differ
ent l get money out of it. What do
you get out OF books?"
Points Of view. new ideas, life"
Not worth a cent cash."
But life's worth more than cash"
she argued
"Oh, WELL" he said, with easy mas
| nj HeN
Joy 1t. That's what counts. suppose;
and there's no accounting for taste"
Despite his own superior point of
view, he had an idea that she knew
a lot, and he experienced a fleeting
feeling like that of barbarian face
to face with the evidence OF some tre-
mendous culture. To Daylight cul-
ture was a worthless thing. and yet,
somehow. he was vaguely troubled by
sense that there was more in culture
than he imagined.
Again, on her desk. in passing. he
noticed book with which he was ia
miliar. This time he did not stop, for
he had recognized the cover. 1t was
a magazine correspondents book on
the Klondike, and he knew that he
and his photograph figured In it, and
he knew, also, Of certain sensational
chapter concerned with a woman s
suicide, and with one ITO Much Day.
light" After that he did not talk with
her again about books He imagined
what erroneous conclusions she had
drawn from that particular chapter.
and 1t stung him the more in that they
were undeserved. He pumped Morri-
son, the clerk, who had first to vent
his personal grievance against Miss
Mason before he could tell What little
he knew of her
she comes from Sisklyou County.
She's very nice to work with in the
office, of course. but she's rather stuck
on herself-exclusive, you know"
How do you make that out?" Day.
light queried.
We'll, she thinks too much OF
herself to associate with those she
works with, in the Office here, for in.
stance. She won't have anything to
do with fellow. you see. I've ask
ed her out repeatedly, to the theater
and the chutes and such things. But
nothing doing. Says she likes plenty
of sleep, and can't stay up late, and
has to go all the way to Berkeley
that's where she lives. But that's al
hot air. She's running with the Uni
versity boys, that's what she's doing
She needs lots of sleep, and can't &C
to the theater with me, but she car
dance all hours with them. I've heard
tpretty straight that she goes to al
their hops and such things. Rather
stylish and high-toned for a stenog
rapher, I'd say. And she keeps q
horse. too. She rides astride all ovel
those hills out there saw her one
Sunday myself, Oh, she's q high
flyer, and wonder how she does 1t
Sixty-fivs month don't go far. Then
she has sick brother. too."
Live with her people?" Dayligh,
asked.
No; hasn't got any. They were
well to do, I've heard They must have
been, or that brother or hers couldn
have gone to the University of Cali
fornia. Her father had a big eattle
ranch. but he got to fooling with mines
or something. and went broke before
he died. Her mother died long before
that Her brother must cost a lot o.
money. He was husky once. played
football, was great on hunting and be
ing out in the mountains and sucl
things. He got his accident break
ing horses. and then rheumatism ol
something got into him. One leg IL
shorter than the other, and witheret
up some. He has to walk on crutches
| saw her out with him once-cross
ing the ferry The doctors bave beer
I experimenting on him for years. ans
I he's in the French Hospital now.
think"
All OF which side-lights on Miss Ma
I son went to increase Daylight's inter
est In her. Yet. much as he desired
: he failed to get acquainted with her
He had thoughts of asking her t