The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1912-05-25

daughter. He went OF the handle.
at once.
"Are you there, Myrtle?" he bel
lowed as he trotted around.
Yes, father" was the dazed reply.
who is with your"
ga young man."
MY heavensI see the whole
plot! Say, young man. whoever you
are, you cannot escape! We have
you surrounded and 1 have just sent
for the police. If you rob my daugh-
ter you cannot make of with the
plumber"
"Are you talking to ne, sir?" called
the indignant architect.
81 am. You are good for term in
prison. Myrtle, dear. don't be afraid.
If 1 can borrow a gun anywhere 1
think can find hole and train it on
him. Is he a ruffan?"
"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 it, young man-stop it! 1
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 a robber and ruf1an- Get her
out and arrest the man"
You'll have to get fremen for that
job" was replied. The man may be
a ruffian. but how do you know it?"
81 heard him curse when we
bumped the roof" called the girl
"and now he's glazing at me-"
"All right. A cop shall be left here
to take care of him"
1t was three long hours before that
elevator consented to climb up few
feet and give a hysterical girl and a
very indignant architect their free
dom. During most of this time Old
Mason was calling the young man g
thief and blackleg, but at the same
time bidding the girl not to fear him
Mr. Holmes was led away a pris
oner, but was not detained long. The
tenant he was on his way to consult
vouched for him, and the girl had tC
admit the facts as they have beer
recorded above. Therefore, the
father did not follow after and saiC
he regarded the incident as closed
and two days later Miss Myrtle wai
sent to the country on a visit.
Mr.. Lincoln didn't regard the Incl
dent that way, however. He had beer
called bad man and given the collar
by the police Two days later he be
gan suit for $50, 900 damages, and alsC
started for the country. He had beer
commissioned to design villa. Whc
can doubt that Fate sent him int
that elevator? Again. it is plaiI
as day that Fate sent him next doc
to where Miss Myrtle Mason, visiting
her schoolgirl friend, was paying 4;
visit When they met. which the!
were bound to do sooner or later
they did not recognize each other
There was no screaming on the par
of the girl, and the personal looks
of the architect did not cause her t
regard him as bad man.
If two young ladies are wandering
around the fields in the country
swinging in hammocks- culling flow
ers-paddIing in brooks and having
a lovely time generally-and if al
architect is looking for the best sit
to erect a villa to harmonic witt
the surrounding landscape and ha
romantic ideas, it isn't much Of
task for Fate to bring about a meet
ing, an Introduction and all that. l
couldn't be called love at first sight
because there was the elevator ept
sode, but meetings in the gloon
shouldn't be allowed to count
The architect hung around for
week longer than he had first planne
; for. and during the next four week
. he made opportunities to run down t
''Ravenswood" every three or fou
; DAYS. and it was only when he cast
ally mentioned that he must be i
a the city at a certain date to atten
a lawsuit that Miss Myrtle said:
, "Why, I must be there, too"
! my suit is against a rich man"
! my father has been sued becaus
got stuck in an elevator with
D bad man"
! SCI am that bad mani"
e you can't be. He glared at M
!. He muttered. He sassed father. Tn
+ notice said he was a tough one. Will
i you-you-"
I 1t took q whole year for Mr.. Maso
e to make up his mind about 1t, but b
t did at last, and the $4,000 LAVISH
8 was dropped for a marriage Ger
K mony. He saved his money an
s gained a son-in-law, and has bee
s heard to brag about 1t as a goo
s deal.
raus he did not find among any of II