The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1913-07-04
HIS PECULIAR WAY
Harry Weston Made Love Ac-
Cordlng to the Department
Store Plan.
BY BRYANT c. ROGERS.

II hope you will answer at once and
decide the matter"
That was the closing paragraph Of a
letter handed over to Miss Nellie by
her brother Ben one rainy day as he
returned from the village postofice.
three miles away. Fhe letter was
signed Harry"
Did Harry wish to buy piece of
real estate from Miss Nellie2
Had he made a cash offer for her
pony7
Was 1t matter of stocks and
bonds?
What was she to decide at once and
answer2
What was the momentous question
that had been hanging fire until he
had become impatient at the delayf
All kinds of things might be guessed
as the answer but they might all be
wrong. ALI men do not make love
alike. For instance. when Miss Nellie
Vane's father brought Harry Weston
home with him to dinner he had an OBJ
1ect in view besides feeding him. He
had decided in his own mind that 1t
was high time his daughter married
He had further decided that 1t was
up to him to select the man. As
widower he had no wife to consult.
Harry Weston was junior partner In
a department store. He was prim.
He was priggish. He was stilted He
was accurate In his figures and cor
rect to dot In his language. II he
had happened to get the wrong accent
on syllable, or made a lapse In
grammar. he might have had to go
home and take to his bed. He saw
and admired Miss Nellie and resolved
to win her for wife.
No, all men don't make love alike
lissrry-NVeston made love according tn.
the department store plan as nearly as
he could. There were no bargain days
with things marked down one-third,
and he didn't quite look on Miss Nellie
as salesgirl not to be praised for her
sales for fear she would strike for ten
cents a week more on her wages.
No, not quite, but as they sat alorie,s
ten feet apart, he talked to her Of the!
tariff, discount. profits and losses and
other things of absorbing interest to a
girl of twenty. He had made an ex-
cursion trip to Europe with his mother
when he was boy of ten, and he
related his Impressions at great
length.
The Tower of London had given him
a chill. Windsor Castle had warmed
him up. Paris was tremendous. The
tomb OF Napoleon had brought tears to
his eyes, though even at his tender
age he had doubted that the great
hero, II alive, could make a success OF
department store. The Pyramids OF
Egypt-ahl The Rock of Gibraltar
Rhl
Mr.. Weston came down to the Vane
manor every two weeks on Sundays
He was prompt to the minute. His
greeting was always the same, His
hand was always cold. No matter
what the weather was, he always re
marked that the country was looking
nice. There was one single exception
however. He had arrived with two
feet of snow on the ground and 6
blizzard raging, and after some
thought he observed that II 1t hat
been OF Saturday the loss of trade
to, the store would have been thou
sands OF dollars.
In due time Mr.. Harry Weston
asked Miss Nellie Vane to be his wife
But how did he do It? According t
schedule, certainly. He couldn't hav,
done 1t any other way to have his life
No holding her handl No arm aroun'
her waisti No soulful smile in hi
eyesI He was five feet away from he
and standing with one hand on tn
center table when he calmly re
marked:
Miss Vane. will you do me tn
honor to become my wife7"