The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1912-01-06

SeWed on the Buttons missing FroH
of His Ever Fra
seem to care for any men but Bruce
and myself, and | can't believe that
you and he are in earnest In your
brazen flirtations. In the first place,
he has no more seriousness about him
than jumping-jack, and In the sec
ond l cannot conceive of girl with
your ideals loving a man OF his pc
culiar financial practices and alley-cat
habits. Outside Of his more or less
respectable club he has no more
fixed place Of abode than has bal
loon, and I don't believe he would
be any more content to settle down
| than one.
She would toss her head. 'That is
because the poor fellow has no nome
| to allure him. Just you wait until ne
gets married. If he wins the right
wife he will settle down SO hard that
you can hear the echo"
/ would wave my hands in protest.
''But he speculates upon the board
bets, and all that, ind while do not
consider such things as particularly
/ deprayed, I know that you are utterly
against them Besides, he is f1nan-
cial hulhuorf could he support
wife :, in sry, naonsylsss Pc
RODS %
.Tm sure don't know-that would
| be his end Of the bargain. But 90
| know that If he had a wife who would
/ save what he throws away when he is
/ prosperous they would never come to
| want And am not sure, after all,
/ but that 1t is better to have a lot OF
money part of the time and none the
rest than to have only little all the
/ time"
That would quiet me for a time.
had to depend entirely upon my sal
airy, for being under heavy bonds
! could not have speculated had l
cared to and still retained my posi-
ton II the fact became known. Still,
| by certain economies | had managed
to hide away a few hundreds for
emergencies. and in addition to that
I had in the savings bank $4,000
which had come to me from my ia
theirs estate. That, however, re-
garded a good deal as a trust fund
which was to be left unused except IN
case of last resort. So would take
another tack and try and impress her
with the greater virtue of ultimate
achievement through industry and
economy rather than by moving your
way through the ranks OF your felloW
men. From her quietness Woulo
think she was becoming converted I'M
til of a sudden she would give fidget
"There he comes now, down the
walk back Of u.s." she would asser
without even a glance around. Ant
sure enough it would be Bruce,
cigar in his mouth and a bundle a!
big as a peck measure wrapped VI
in paper under his arm. ! Away
thought my physical senses were par
ticularly alert, but she would inVa1
iably announce his coming before
I knew he was within gunshot. Hear
! ing, intuition, instinct or sixth sense
I know not what 1t was, but at time
It struck me as almost uncanny. U
& TO us EG WUutA Guile WIZ
smile and audacious Hello, littl
sweetheart and nod and a
d off-hand "Howdy, old man. to me
b and standing before us with his fee
n wide apart would grin at her like
d good-natured puppy. Then | Woui
r see Clare's eyes begin to light up.
8 What is 1t this time, Bruce?' Oh
). would half gasp excitedly. With
!. studied deliberation that would kee
n her in squirming suspense he wou]
n gradually open the bundle and rails
IS it on high Then suddenly he wou1
t. pour pailful of roses, carnations
"a yiolets over her head and send the
ID tumbling into her lap and down {
h the grass in waterfall of fragranc
ID And at that she would utter a lit
cry and go down upon her knees
h she gathered them up by the handf1
g. scolding him like a magpie for his e
at trayagance, and stopping after eve
al few words for Tapturous smell
to each captured treasure. And tn
,e would be my reward. for my lecture I
the sin Of extrava pee.
It yhen. regardla pf my sene