The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1913-06-24
AN ABORTIVE
ATTEMPT
By ESTHER VANDEVEER

TiageaDlc age ana snoulu De married
We are living up to our income, and
II anything should happen to her IA
Their she would have TO go to work.
That would end her chances for mar
rying in the set To which she belongs
II would take her from the young men
whom she has been accustomed 10
meet socially, and work soon spoils a
girls looks. She has turned down
three men during the past year. All
the mothers of sons are afraid of her.
As soon us she has fooled one another
idiot steps into his place"
my Bert is much the same in refer.
ence to girls" replied Mrs. Keane. ut
doesn't matter SO much about a mans
delaying marriage. but | should like to
see Bert married. He needs a settler,
and marriage alone will make man
stop prancing and bring him down to
steady gait. Suppose we shut the
two up where they can't get away from
each other and not let any one else
come near either of them till we get
them married"
ut very lHlHEs
I'VE go to our country place next
month. Come and make us visit.
bringing Jack with you"
Thanks very much. shall be de
lighted"
on the LIST of June Mrs. Keane re-
moved TO her country place, taking her
son with her. She was obliged to bride
him TO come. AS to his staying. she
depended on Jaqueline Markham to
keep him. She told him that she was
TO have Mrs. and Miss Markham for
guests and wished him TO help her en-.
terrain them. but AT the slightest sign
Of his making love TO the daughter she
would make an excuse to terminate
the visit Mrs. Markham gave similar
Instructions 10 Jaqueline. Any effort
or her part to make Il conquest OF Bert
Keane would be Il signal for their re
turning TO their home.
Since neither of the young persons
wished to pass the time shut up in the
country nj n season when the city was
still attractive IL would seem that they
would at once do what they were for
hidden TO do. So they did. and their
willy mothers knew they would. but
the latter could If they liked be for.
bearing or blind or anything to avoid
separating the two youngsters.
II was scarcely necessary to oppose
any lovcmaking between Mr. Kcane
and Miss Markham 20 bring about "A
Irritation. The mothers saw mt once
that IL they could keep Off other young
men and women till the affair was
played out there was hope for the sue
cess Of their plan. No other guest was
invited. neither man nor woman. The
koane place was not near other SINH
lar places, and the summer hcgira
from the city did not take place till the
LIST of July.
Had the mothers held TO their threat
the visit would have ended within an
hour from its commencement The
youngsters began battle royal Mt the
first moment of their meeting. Jaque-
lire was the aggresSOr Bert, not
outstanding his mothers view of him,
with women invariably stood on the
defensive, but when attacked was an
excellent combatant The two were
permitted TO walk and drive out to-
gether and often awaited themselves
of the permission They always came
back together, SO that their mothers
felt satisfied that they had found no
other outlet for playing their pranks
and while ut home were inscparablc.
Nevertheless ten days had scarcely
elapsed before Mrs. Keane on entering
room where the two We're supposed
to be ''spooning' was surprised to see
Jaqueline ut one end of il engroSsed
In novel. while Bert was at the other
reading newspaper. This was not
encouraging. few days later Jack
disappeared. She had left a note for
her mother stating that she had gone
nome and her going was Il matter of
necessity. During the day il was re-
ported that young farmer in the
neighborhood had attempted suicide.
Still later woman came to the
heancs with blood in her eye asking
Tor the girl who had broken her sons
heart.
Bert fled the same evening, and the
next mornings mail brought a note
rom country girl reproducing him
Tor not having met her Eat the trysting
place."
Ihe next few days brought news or
othcr incursions on the part both OF
Bert and IaGueline Then the two
mothers made inquiries as to how
lhoSe whom they had endeavored TO
Keep out OF harms way by keeping
them together and apart from Others
had found their opportunities. with the
following result:
they had gone out together and re-
turhed together. but there was no evil
uehce that they had remained together
curing their absence
Jack is incorrigible," said her moth
er gloomily. 1T Is impossible to do
anything with her"
I'm afraid Bert Is no better" said
her friend
strange to say, the young man. who
was mt this time but twenty years old.
alterward studied for the ministry and
hurried matter of fact woman ana
without spark of romance in her ma.