The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1913-08-01
Her Prize
Story
Thrilling Tale Of a lnag'
NATIVE Typewriter

ut II a misit."
''It II q miscarriage"
1T is q misdemeanor."
"Misdemeanor? oh. why, no."
"Wait-now wait. l expected to be
Jumped on by both Of you at once. but,
I repeat, it 10 a misdemeanor."
Indignaticn was flashed at the speak
q from two pair Of 6ne eyes. respec-
lively brown and gray. Said Brown.
II move that Miss Theodore Cum
mings be called upon to substantiate
her very grave charge"
Said Gray, Moved, seconded and
carried, II that 10 the proper thing to
do to q move"
Said the misdemeanor girl: "Resolu-
ton entirely uncalled for. That IL what
I intend doing as soon a. I can get the
door"
The door being granted, Miss Cum
mings proceeded judicially: You, limo
rem MarDden, call 1t q misht. L pre-
sumo you meal that this darling little
Dat, with its wide park outlook, giving
one such q comforting sense Of being
In the country, ID q decided misf1t to
the lean purses Of three petticoated
breadwinners. Our vaulting ambition
o'erleapt itself when we rented It,"
The misft girl nodded a mournfu'
acQuiescence. Defendant turned upon
the third. member Of what was known
In the apartment house 10 ''the bache-
lor maid trio"
"And you, Letitia Copeland, called 1t
q miscarriage, I suppose because all
Of our big plans for cooperative house
keeping have resulted in what threat
en- to become cooperative starvation"
"A dreadfully unsatisfactory predic'
ament."
mo one denies that 80 there We
are"
mo, there we are not. 1t 10 not GUS
tomary in these open Avenue days for
women to whimper because they have
not q mans chances. It has just been
half an hour since our landlady dunned
a.. A whole month must elapse before
she can repeat the offense. Much can
happen In q month. Something must
happen to this aggregation. We must
do something out Of q beaten paths."
FOR exampler
Lets write q prize story" suggest
Cd Imogen, typewriter.
ITO be declined with thanks" snap
ped Lefty.
"who knows7 Not II you go about it
in the right way"
And l, Theodore Cummings, parti-
csps criminis, pronounce it a INSIDE
meanor for q harebrained typewriter"
pointing the finger Of scorn at Imogen;
n trained nurse with only occasional
cases." whitening Miss Copeland with
q glance, "and a miserable little sheep
ish Newspaper reporter" pecking VI
ciOusly at the buttons on her own shirt
waist, Ito be faring sumptuously on
sardines and chocolate eclairs with
three months rent due and a threat Of
ejectment hanging over them"
Then iced tea was poured and sugared
with eve energy. Lefty Copeland,
your levity Is misplaced and displeas-
Ing. Shall we get OutY"
mot until a writ of ejectment IL
served on U.S."
That lmogen should be missing from
the supper table perhaps a week later
id not excite any surprise in the little
nat. She was the fortunate possessor
of a married cousin living in Harlem,
and invitations to spend the night with
her anne frequently to the typewriter
girl. never to be declined. Therefore she
was missed understandingly. Doubt.
less she had phoned her intentions, al
she always did, but no n had been
on hand to receive the message. They
were always sorry to have her vacant
chair confront them. More emphat1cal
" than the other two, she was the
homemaker. Absence from the supper
table meant absence from the break
fast table and, a. dinner was . down
town function for all three, reunion
could be only the next day at suppel
time. Therefore when. contrary K
precedent, shs walked IN upon them be
fore they had left the breakfast table
thslr surprise was quite natural. ehl
hughed In . strained, nervous way q
she nung herself Into her chair at tAble
ANY co6ee lsft, Theo7 Give n,
soma. hot and strong. please"
"Why-but"-
Dent talk 10 mo yet girls. Give n,
Some colbse. hot and STRONG. ! hav,
bssa SHAKEN ali - piscss. I know 70,
ars wondsEing why I did n0t take =,
bceakfnst At Nags1siA I-Is- Sha
shuddseed II win tell you ~ q sool
q ! 60 control my foolish nsryss su1
nc1sntiy. ! did not core homs fEon
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