The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1912-05-30

,-fscn .y~tie. dear. tont BE afraid
II can borrow \ gun anywhere
shsak czn End q hcle and train L On
him l. he > rufsan.-
~He-he looks like ore'
Why 6ont yoa tel Jour father
that you followed me In here and
then fooled with the cable and started
che carr asked the young man
Fathers. he's talking TO met bali
screamed Miss Myrtle
Stop IL. young man-stop IT. !
forbid you TO address my daughter!
Oh. Why don't the police COME
Give the police time and they viii
get there. On this occasion they were
not over twenty minutes behind the
lime table.
Elevator stuck" explained Old
Mason. ~and my daughter IL IA IL
With a robber and a rufisan- Get her
out and arrest the man"
You'll have 10 get fremen for that
job" was replied. The man may be
a ruffian. but how do you know it,"
II heard him curse when we
bumped the roof" called the girl
land now he's glaring at me-"
"All right A cop shall be left here
to take care OF him"
II was three long hours before that
elevator consented to climb up a 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 a
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 lie 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 a bad man and given the collar
by the police. Two days later he be-
gan suit for $50, 900 damages. and also
started for the country. He had been
commissioned to design 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.
If 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 if an
architect is looking for the best site
to erect a villa to harmonic with
the surrounding landscape and has
romantic ideas, it isn't much of
task for Fate to bring about meet
ing, an Introduction and all that. 1t
couldn't be called love at first sight,
because there was the elevator cpl
scde, but meetings in the gloom
shouldn't be allowed to count.
The architect hung around for
week longer than he had first planned
for, and during the next four weeks
he made opportunities to run down to
"Ravenswcod" every three or four
days, and it was only when he casu-
ally mentioned that he must be in
the city at a certain date to attend
a lawsuit that Miss Myrtle said:
why, | must be there, too"
My suit is against rich man"
NY father has been sued because
| got stuck in an elevator with
bad man"
II am that bad mani"
You can't be. He glared at me.
He muttered He sassed father. The
police said he was a tough one, while
you-you-"
1t took a whole year for Mr.. Mason
to make up his mind about it, but he
cid at last, and the $4,000 lawsuit
was dropped for a marriage cere-
rony. He saved his money and
gained a son-in-law, and has been
heard to brag about it as a good
deal.