Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1913-06-27
By ESTHER vANDEvEER


come near either of them till we get
them married"
''The very thing"
1--WE 60 to our country place next
month. Come and make us visit.
bringing Jack with you"
Thanks very much. l 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 to Jaqueline. Any effort
or her part to make conquest of Bert
Keane would be signal for their re-
turning to their home.
Since neither Of the young persons
wished to pass the time shut up in the
! country at season when the city was
still attractive it 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.
| It was scarcely necessary to oppose
any lovemaking between Mr.. Keane
and Miss Markham to bring about q
Irritation. The mothers saw at once
that If they could keep of 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
Keane place was not near other SINH
lar places, and the summer hegira
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 at the
first moment of their meeting. Jaque-
line was the aggressor. Bert, not
withstanding 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 at home were inseparable.
Nevertheless ten days had scarcely
elapsed before Mrs. Keane on entering
room where the two were supposed
to be "spooning" was surprised to sex
Jaqueline at one end Of it .engrossed
in a novel, while Bert was at the other
reading newspaper. This was moi
encouraging. A few days later Jacl
disappeared. She had left a note 70,
her mother stating that she had gone
home and her going was a matter Of
necessity. During the day it was re
ported that a young farmer in thu
neighborhood had attempted suicide
Still later q woman came to thu
Keanes with blood in her eye asking
for the girl who had broken her s0n'l
heart.
Bert fed the same evening, and tn
next mornings mail brought not
from a country girl reproaching hin
for not having met her "at the trystinl
place."
The next few days brought news o.
ether incursions on the part both O
Bert and Jaqueline. Then the two
mothers made inquiries as to how
those whom they had endeavored t.
keep out of harms way by keeping
them together and apart from other,
had found their opportunities, with tn
following result:
They had gone out together and re
turned together, but there was no evi
dence that they had remained togethe
during their absence.
"Jack is incorrigible," said her moth
er gloomily. 1T is impossible to d
anything with her."
'T'm afraid Bert is no better" sal,
her friend.
Strange to say, the young man, VIII
was at this time but twenty years old
afterward studied for the ministry an
married a matter of fact woman an
without spark Of romance in her M
ture One might as well have attempt
ed to firt with telegraph pole. A
for Jack. she married man of bust
ness twenty years Older than hersel
and occupied herself for the rest 0
her life bringing up large family 0