Mansfield mirror. (Mansfield, Wright County, Mo.) 1908-1957, 1914-01-15

HIM THE WAY
BY HERMAN c

They said OF WIN Millington;
Must have been born lazy"
Hasn't got the pluck Of a rabbit"
win never amount to shucks,"
Been through college. but don't
know beans"
Ought to have a dynamite explo-
sion to ous him up"
And they said Of Gladys Nestle:
Funny how she eve came to take
him"
But she will never marry him"
She's q great hustler for a girl"
Some chap Is bound to come along
and take her away from HIM"
She's got more hustle in one shoe
than he has In his whole body"
They had been talking that way for
about q year. The persons meant by
they" comprised q good proportion OF
the little town Of Manchester. Both
the young man and the girl had been
born there, and were known to every
body. The couple were talked about
the first time they went skating to-
gether. There was ore talk when
they went fishing together. Win went
away to college to take the urs In
civil engineering, and the girl went to
q commercial school. and there was
nothing else talked about for a week.
What in the world does she want
Of a business educaion?"
He's o lazy to study"
2 There are people who are born lynn
pathic. This doesn't mean lazy. II
means a disposition to get along the
easiest way-to let the other fellow do
the perspiring and the worrying-to
believe that things will come out all
right in the end. Such a person rs al
ways good-tempered and always ready
to say a good word for everybody.
There are plenty Of girls who were
born to be hustlers and would have
been hustlers but for circumstances.
They have what is called the CONNER
cial instinct just as much as a young
man. They can see opportunities for
speculation Just as quickly. Given the
cash capital to begin with, they would
achieve success as soon as one of the
other sex.
Gladys Nestle didn't care for dolls
when she was a child. She traded
them OF for pins or marbles. II she
got candy it was not given outright to
a boy. 1t was sold to him at half
price. 1t was she who sold the paper
bags and made the buyer pay the high
est price. Her father had been a
grocer for ter years and yet did not
know how &c make an inviting window
display until taught by his t~welve-year-
old daughter. A year later she was
collecting on commission old accounts
that had been charged of to profit and
enough to pay her way.
For the six months that Miss Gladys
attended commercial college. Will Mill
ington didn't arm his board. He was
a civil engineer out Of a position. He
wrote half a dozen letters here and
there, but as they were not ~favorably
replied to he ceased his efforts. Some
day his chance was bound to come.
Why worry? He didn't worry even
when his best friends predicted that
no girl worth having would accept
such an easy-going poke.
Almost the day Miss Gladys came
home, from school a relative died and
left her a number of thousands Of dol
lars. Her father wanted the money.
that he might enlarge his store. She
proposed to use 1t to carry out
schemes Of her own.
The girls attitude toward the civil
engineer was a puzzle to herself. She
loved him because he was good, and
yet she was dissatisfied with his
seeming want Of self-confidence and
ambition Could he be reused out of
himself? II that were possible then,
Just how could it be done?
Mr.. Millington had been of on a fish
ing trip and therefore didn't know yet
that Miss Gladys vas home. when a
young lady called at his office n aft
ternoon. He sat there as large as life
and twice as c%omplacent when the
young lady inquired II Mr.. Millington
was in.
Why, Gladys, what do you meant"
he exclaimed
Il understand that Mr.. Millington Is
a civil engineer and l have some bust.
ness with him"
But Gladys"
Is he in or QUIT" she demanded.
"Why-why, he's in, Of course"
Are you the gentleman"
Yves"
Then, Mr.. M%illington. I have a few
questions to ask you in the way OF
business. You have Just returned from
a fishing trip and haven't got rested up
yet. Suppose I come in tomorrow at
this hour. when you may possibly feel
Gladys, I can't understand" he
began.
Tomorrow, then!"
Fifteen minutes later a friend Of the
entered the office to find the
young mar wiping the beads of sweat
from his forehead, and his collar going
limp.
Better consult a doctor at once"
was advised after a long and surprised
look.
At the same hour next day Miss !
returned. Mr.. Millington
seif.Evident DisobedIence.
Little Jack was fearful and detected.
What in the world ID the matter?"
inquired mamma.