Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1914-09-11
A Scotch
Marriage
How q Man Was Caught In
Ills Own Trap
IBy 2. a. NIrcHA

window in her city home and won
deEed why the world defers Its annual
hegira b the country an July, leaving
cut the most delightful month IN the
year for en- outing. There wal before
heR nothing but brick and stone houses,
while from the street below came q
confnDod clstter Of horses hOOfs on the
stones. trolley songs. auto hORks and
ether such city nolso2
rT'm going 70 get into the country Il
I have 90 10 by trolley saad MIas
MaFywoather. ~Aftsr a1, wOuldn'e q
trolley r1do b nice this beautiful mora
tng3 It certainly would, and that's
what I'm going 10 do" And Miss
MaryweatheP straightway got down
some maps owing the envIrons OF the
city and marked out q routo. ~IIl 90
from here 70 Arlington, that's -four
mileg; get q transfer % HammOndVille,
that's twelve miles IN ell, and from
Hammondvillo back home / can get
back to luncheon ~ / wish 20, or / can
90 farther"
Not long after this sol1oquy Miss
MaTyweather stood on tho front gtOOD
quitting on q pair Of white silk gloves
and waiting for q trolley car. When tho
hight OnO came along she boarded Il
There was no vacant seat but q hand
some young man in q new spring suit
gave her bis seat with q profound
bOw, which was interrupted By the
starting Of the car ana threw him on
to her lap He apologiEed and thence
forth became 9 strap hanger til the
car reached the crossing Of the trolley
mo with another at Arlington. There
Miss Maryweather alighted and took
an open car on the other lima
It 90 happened that the young man
who had given up his seat was going
In the Same direction. At any rate he
boarded the same car, taking q seat In
the rear where he could smoke. Miss
Naryweather did not zee him get on
and aid not know he was there When
the car reached HammondvillA, which
was little more than a trolley crossing,
she was told that the cars ran at nf-
teen minutes interval and one had
Just passed. 80 she concluded 20 walk
and let the next car overtake her.
She had not gone far when she came
TO an attractive country plaza Tue
grounds were very highly cultivated.
and there was q garden IN which Miss
MaRyweather could sec flowers Of ali
kinds nodding under q Hight breeze in
the sunlight I'D give anything to 60
into that garden" she said. II wonder
what kind Of persons they are in there
whether they r so selfish az 10 wish
to keep their flowers for themselves or
whether they would like to have others
enjoy them too"
Coming to the gateway, she saw a
man eating the grass and asked II
there would be any objection to her go
ing into the garden provided she didn't
take any OF the nowera.
II think not MISS" was the reply,
~stnce you're alone. Couples sometimes
come in here 10 spark, and Mr.. Summers
doesn't like that: but be hasn't any OBJ
lection to other persons enjoying his
groundA."
Thus encouraged, Miss Maryweather
entered the grounds and proceeded 70
the dover garden There she RECALLED
herself with her beautiful surround.
ingB. Wishing sho might take even q sim
gle rose but refraining. She had been
there only q short time when she saw
a man coming In through q rear gate.
What was her surprise to see, when
he came near her. the gentleman who
bad given her his seat In the trolley
car. What . singular coincidence that
this beautiful place should be bis home.
beg pardon" she said. 'Ths gar
den looked 90 attractive from the road
that ] couldn't help coming into It But
] asked the gardener u there would be
any objection. and be said he didn't
think there would"
Now. this young man. Bob Shackel-
ford. having been born rich and having
nothing 20 do wa always searching
tor an adventure He had been struck
with Miss MaFyWeatheT's appearance
when be had seen her get on the troll
ley a and, without any definite puFe
pose felt inclined 10 keep her in gight
for awhile. Hs had therefore taken the
same a az she to Hammondville. but
when she walked on from there he had
waited for q a TO take him back TO
the city. When she stood looking into
the grounds be passed on the car.
Alight1ng. be saw her talking with the
gardener and then enter. Naturally be
inferred that she was not at home Tho
hea occurred 20 him 20 60 around 70
tho back gate. enter the plaoO and per
senate To- owner. Only q man Of con.
siderable assurance and confidence IN
bis resource would have dared do such
q thing.
"YOu are quite welcome, I assuF0
yOu." said the young man. Il am very
proud OF my n0werG ana nothing
pleases me 90 much a 70 have others
enjoy them"
',ThAt d very nice Of you don't
wonder that you object 10 couples
making use OF your gFounda The gar.
dener told me about that He SAID
since ] was alone there would bo no
objection to my coming In"
"Dtd the gardener say thatP asked
chs Vnumo man nrfah1nS nm hla &C.