The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1912-12-17
SHE GOT A
HUSBAND
But Not In the Regu-
lar Way
By F. A. mitchell

sssssssssssssssssssesseess
my dear Margaret" wrote Miss
Frances Pomeroy to her friend, Miss
Jaqueline Seaton, II have had the time
of my life. 1t has been unique. | have
not only spent chill November in a
warm climate. but have done so mas
querading. DO you remember when we
were sophomores how Bess Wharton
and | dressed ourselves as boys. went
out on to the campus kicked football
and were ordered OFF by the college au-
shorities? And perhaps you will re-
member what a good looking boy
made-to say nothing of Bess.
We'll. we were caught. as you know.
going into your room. and the whole
thing came out. The faculty notified
us that our presence was no longer re-
CURED at the university and we were
directed to repair to our homes | ex-
pected to meet with very cold recep-
ton there. and so did at first but
when told the whole story to papa he
laughed and said. i didn't believe when
you went to college that you would be-
have yourself with sufficient circum-
spection to get through. and Pm not
disappointed. Dear old pappyl | never
could do anything that would seem ter
rible In his eyes, and even If | did !
always knew how to get round him so
that it shouldn't count against me.
1T was two years ago that ! took
leave. prematurely. of my alma mater
dare say that the day will come when
! shall regret my folly. I'm nineteen
years old, and If hadn't been expelled
from college | would now be a dignlfied
senior. I'm going to tell you story
that puts that sophomore episode IN
the shade. Compared with what I've
been doing. the first was a mere baga-
telle.
Last spring | was very much run
down In health. Papa and mamma
worried about me just as If | had been
good and took me out on a farm, hop
ing | would get better. But | didn't
think | was pining for something out
Of the general run. don't you know;
bit of spice in my diet At any rate.
such an opportunity occurred. and this
is how 1t came
Mother has an old friend she hadn't
seen for years, Mrs. Varney. The
Varneys are rich and have both sum
mer and winter home. Their winter
home is in the center of an orange
grove In Florida. After we got home in
September mamma wrote Mrs. Varney.
telling her that she was worried about
my health and said she feared | would
need to go south for the winter, but
VOC know our income is small, and
travelling and putting up at hotels are
expensive. and knew well enough that
we couldn't afford to make such trip
for mamma wouldn't take me without
papa, and for the three of US the outlay
would be something awful.
Mamma. in reply to her letter. re-
ceived an invitation for me to visit the
Varneys on their orange plantation.
had been referred to as Frank, and
when | read Mrs. varney's letter saw
at once that she thought | was boy
My son Albert. who has charge of the
plantation, she wrote, every morning
rides over it and is constantly in the
open air attending to the needs of the
trees, the packing of the oranges or
some such matter. Your son can go
with him, and | don't doubt that with
In few weeks he will show consider
able Improvement
well, now, just think of riding about
with young man that way. Then the
idea got into my head what lark it
would be to go riding around with him,
not as girl. but as the boy he thought
mel l couldn't get it out. 1t stuck and
simmered and simmered and stuck un-
til made up my mind ! was going to
do that very thing
II answered Mrs. Varney's invitation
myself and didn't say word about her
mistake or that | was girl. accepting
her invitation and telling her when |
expected to arrive. The first prepare
ton l made was to have a lot of mems
clothes sent home to try on and kept
what fitted me. sending the rest back
What an easy time the men have buy
Ing their clothesl Why, to buy as much
omen's things as | bought mems in
half an hour would require from one to
two months and no end OF trouble.
Before | started mother said: Now
Frank, If you behave yourself and drop
your pranks you may catch the young
man who manages that plantation. If
you do your future win be provided
for
my goodness gracious, right on top
Of this advice was about to put in
practice the worst prank | had ever
played.
'Humphr granted papa. Frank
will never get husband In the regular
way When she snares one it will be
with a trap never used by woman be-
fore
This set me IN bit, though ] con-
TESS | felt mighty sQueamish about
what was going to do. sent my
mems clothes, Including riding suit.
by express to one Of the big hotels near
the Varney plantation and. with MANY
warnings from mamma ringing in my
ears. started on my way for Florida
When | got there | had an awful time
getting out of the hotel that | had ell
tered as a woman ip mans clothes /
escaped at night 10 an ulster overcoal
that covered me from head to foot IL
was II O'Clock when was driven Nj
to the varney plantation. and all tn.