The Irish standard., 1913-07-05

When l come to figure It out what
have ! got to offer that girl?" -
Miss Winnie's Aunt Mary lived In
q city 50 miles away. She was fairly
we'll oil. and had q big house and kept
three servants. One day when the girl
walked In on her. she held up her
hands and exclaimed:
Goodness, but l was thinking of
you two minutes ago! Why didn't you
write or telegraph"
Didn't have time"
''Is grandma sick OF dead?"
Neither
'<You just took notion to come.
chr
7 have come to stay with you until
know how to run house. Then I
may get married and have house
OF my own. eaa speak French, but
I can't cook an egg. know Latin,
but l hardly know beans. can
make beautiful bow, but l can't
make bed"
"And you've no show to learn there
at grandma's? Well, you can take
hold here and Ill put you through"
Young Hardie didn't stop thinking
after the first half hour. He kept it
up for two or three days, and the long
er he thought the harder he criticized
himself. He finally went to his To-
Their and asked;
Look here, dad, doesn't It strike
you that I'm a sort of dodo?"
Il never saw dodo, but think
you must resemble that bird more or
less" was the reply.
why haven't you said that long
ago?"
Il was In hopes you'd get around
to make the discovery yourself"
well, l have. Will there be any
money coming to me when start out
for myself"
EYES,"
us it where 1t can't be lost until
them"
1T is. What's up Douglass?"
IF l can get over being q dodo
can marry one Of the incest girls in
. year or go"
Want to go into business?"
mot now. want to increase my
stock of common sense. can play q
fine game of billiards, but l can't run
lawn mower. l can beat most of the
boys at pool, and more than hold my
own at bridge, but don't know why
they put hair in mortar, and can't
tell you how brick la made"
Good boy-go seek!" laughed the
father. If the dodo wakes up he may
amount to 80 cents yeti"
Douglass Hardie dropped out Of his
clubs. He dropped out Of society. He
was not to be found at his rooms or
, on the street. Some Of the newspapers
limited about the mysterious disappear
ance Of a well-known young man, but
they failed. to locate him. Fifty miles
away he was serving an apprentice
ship. He learned to plow, to plant, to
hoe and to reap. He learned the usea
of the ak, the spade and the rake. He
learned to milk a COW and drive
a horse.
Every day he asked dozens Of ques-
tons. and every day he learned some
thing new. He got robust health. He
got muscle. He got confidence in him
SELF He learned the value Of time and
money, and he was taught that econ
omy was watchword.
One day. when nearly q year had
elapsed, Miss Winnie's Aunt Mary
came upstairs to her where she was
i sewing and said:
There's man downstair to see
you"
"A man? For met"
Eyes. guess he's working man."
Miss Winnie went down. She had
to look twice before she held out
her hand and said:
why. Douglass. what does this
mean?"
1--WE been doing as you have" .
"But-but-"
"And l can at least do the market
ing and run the lawn mower when we
are married."
And l can boss the servants and
spend the house money wisely" she
proudly boasted.
"Then- ahem!"
And an hour later she was telling
her aunt that she was engaged and
must go back to grandma's to get
ready for the marriage.
Copyright, 1913. by the Mcclure News
naner 4vndicate.l