Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1913-01-09
MOLE AND 4 SCAR.
One Look at the Former and One
at the Latter Starts a
Romance.
BY ALLEN.

Mr.. George Carney was q young
man who had charge OF the gents
furnishing" department in a clothing
store.
Miss Kittie Parker was a young
woman who had employment in u
cloak and suit house.
Mr.. Carney used the subway to get
to and from his boarding house up
own as free as il he owned the outfit.
Miss Parker did the same.
Mr.. Carney. when luck was with
him. found a strap to which he could
hang during his five-mile ride.
Ditto Miss Parker.
Mr.. Carney boarded at a house
where there was a gentleman with a
cork leg.
Miss Parker boarded at a house
where there was a lady who had lost
an arm.
Mr.. Carney was sized up at the store
and at his boarding house as a gentle.
man who could not be bamboozled by
the wire-tappers.
Miss Parker was sized up at the
cloak house and boarding house as a
girl who would have 10 be shown II
a man came along and claimed to be
worth a million and proposed mar.
riage.
Mr.. Carney's uncle had died, as all
uncles must sooner or later, and left
him a diamond horseshoe pin. Such
pins are scarce and unique. Mr.. Car
ney didn't prize his pin for the value
Of the diamonds, nor in memory OF his
uncle, but because he had been told
that there we're only two more like 1t
in the whole world. He wore the
jewel day and night. and whenever a
customer took notice of it he was
given a discount Of ten per cent.
Miss Parker's aunt had died, as all
aunts in this world are bound to do.
and left her a small gold watch. 1t
was one of the sort that is worn
pinned on the left side over the heart.
1t wasn't scare o unique nor val
liable. 1t was wcrn altogether In
memory Of Aunt Sarah and the de-
licious mince pies she used to make.
Behold now of an evening, hero and
heroine are hanging to the straps in a
subway car on their way home. They
happened for the first and only time
to be standing side by side. They were
not kicking. They were only too thank
full that The guard had not showed
them on the roof instead. or course
there were other strap-hangers, thou
sands OF them.
NJ. ror,a,, eoIJnn, nNtinal n foIlnuu
passenger. He was too busy thinking
of collars. cuffs and neckties. He just
happened to notice Miss Parker be
cause she had a mole on her left
cheek. She would have preferred tc
have had it on her right cheek, but as
her Aunt Sarah said. it had a distingue
look where Nature had located 1t.
Miss Parker happened to notice Mr.
Carney because he had a scar on his
chin. 1t was one he got while playing
shiny as a boy. but as most every
body thought he got it while follow
ing Colonel Roosevelt up San Juan
hill he had let It go at that.
No talking-no flirtation-no mash
in! One Just looked at the mole. ant
the other Just looked at the scar. Tney
might have bumped together when the
cars swayed. but subway passengers
bump and think nothing OF 1t. I's
what they call unconscious humping
BY and by the guard threw open the
doors and whispered the name OF &
station and announced that all pas
sengers who were dissatisfied coult
20 ashore. Among those who did Sc
were Miss Parker and MIR. Carney. A
the top Of the iron steps they sepa
rated to meet no more. She forgot the
scar, and he forgot the mole. Shit
went to her room to put her hal
straight before descending for dinner
He went to his to see II the fool-kno
in his tie had worked loose. Ten sec
,onds passed and then: