The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1913-03-08
people they would be stiT and IN

tisement-it really was the way you
put it. my dear-l knew wanted a
young. well-bred. well educated. we'll
read. tactful girl. speaking French
bridge, football. baseball. automobile
and golf. to settle down in the bosom
of my family and help me hold the
horses"
sat there and held on to my chair
wondering If hadn't bitten off more
than | could chew, when up went her
hand suddenly, and felt like the mo-
ment in the play when you're afraid
it won't go on and you know it will.
And now | have come to the part
that's intricate and unusual"
JOS eyebrows took on an astonished
slant. and my mouth inelegantly
dropped open again. I snapped 1t shut
and propped my fist under It,
My son has started out to settle
his matrimonial future, and, Of course,
he has started out wrong My daugh
ter, although she has been on the mar
ket officially only very short time.
has started out the same way. She
is all eyes and ears for a bucolic gen.
In literature on the side, although 1t
may be the other way round, dabbles
in the farm on the side. She really
doesn't know what she wants. and
she's such butterfiy-it's In the
blood | guess-that life with the bu
collie gentleman would spell disaster
In six months. Now, | want you for
sort of social pace-maker for her"
Pace-maker | mentally added to the
list. And you may be sure she won't
be blind to the eligibles when she
sees them fluttering around candle
set directly under her nose"
OIL" l exclaimed. as If some one
had jabbed me suddenly with pin
| kept thinking about the baseball
too. We seemed never to be coming
to that. "And the SOM" I asked.
He's in love, or thinks he is, with
a girl six years older than himself
and totally unsuited to him And the
trouble is she's about to be in love
with him, for he's persistent lover.
Perhaps opposites attract, but they
don't keep out of the divorce courts.
She's languid, ethereal, / believe 1t
Is considered; anyhow, she hasn't
enough energy to brush away a mo-
squito She doesn't get up until noon,
has her coffee and rolls in bed; and
that's not the kind of wife | want for
my son. poured the coffee for my
husband every morning of his life,
and | "ant to see my daughter do 1t
for her husband aaa nv sop'a -ifo 30
it for him Moreover. she doesn't
know a baseball from a football, or
a football from a tennis ball. or a
golf-ball from any of them and has no
1esire to learn. Now. you've heard OF
Hap"
! nodded Yes, had heard Of Hap,
and all those athletic honors he
brought out of Harvard
why, he'd be neglecting her before
he year was out" she almost
noaned
so you want me" l began
II want you to put Hap on the right |
rack"
I looked at JOS back. 1t had grown
'igid, like Mrs. Fiske's does when the !
horrible moment comes, and / was
where Mrs Maria Crown
nshield Hazard would be when the
cyclone struck
n w y70n I
began again.
Eyes, my DEAR" Mrs. Maria Crown
nshield Hazard smiled as I paused.
/ bit shocked. I'm afraid that's what
do want"
But what shall do with him when
get him." l cried. Il haven't the
highest wish to get married."
Good gracious!" exclaimed Mrs.
Hazard you don't have to marry
lin! Just get him on the right track.
ret him turned around SO he can see
'ther girls. There are plenty of 9th
r girls, too, suited to him If he will
,nly turn around and look"
oh" breathed. relieved, and JOS
Jack settled into place. But per-
laps I'm not capable of all that. I've
lever had the least experience in
ove"
IAN the better" she answered
eartily.
And perhaps. being a pace-maker,
nd there being so many eligibles. I'll
ONE a cropper MYSELF"
She looked little startled at that,
hen she chuckled.
Then again, perhaps not" she ar
ued. You might pick a plum from
he social pudding. I've no objection"
he shook forefnger playfully. But
O dark corners while my social
Kings need. attention. And you must
OF hold me responsible for any LAGER