Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-01-30
WHO HAD THE SIXTH?
BY Jane Osborn.

%h~ 49,, V&AOSO oIlCld L WAS
he GS a OF Owls. 1t is a great thing to
It nee TO membership of this society.
can Ven. mat after You leave college you
MeaI the small enamened min o, vo1,r
Maistcoat-no too consnicnoIs1w b AZ i,'st
W Wiure ~ may show when YOU take out
anotber IN. 1t means that when you see
inc. - O"l anywhere in your Wander
tmss you can impart to him fhro,,eh son,e
handsh piessures and intricacies of your
sirable as b ,nat you are as socially de-
y yo, meet a pretty girl that as soon as
that van conveniently let fall the fact
medisteIlv are nna a Stanton Owl, She will i'm
s .,ye a little wider and smile a ,itt,e NOR, ona
1ihaetousIy. IT by chance Won fan q Vic.
delight he's slnlies it means that you can
"Sai your Owl pin for Vol. NsA'i'e "ei ~
stSsooM, Martin Jones had been ont of
discovered ii tbat for fer 10 years and he had
knnrlsn s ana social world there were mn
norant of htS'l and women who were ig-
that sor oe hne value of Owl membership
NAV soiletlmes in his work as a LAWYER y
man needed to know more of of bis s Kite
anl SIMPLY the fact that he was an Iuly
soned Owl ii o hi'nra,a1es even AN old and sea-
sme BOSOM of his family sinnniv be na NV bo
,'n ~ Al oWl But one Illusion of Martins
NAMED iii intact. T TlyS w resp eel Owls re,
membership among the pretty girls h Nv
happened nal to meet. They woHlo s: alwa ns
tthev s sawl up two or three pegs when
me result OF this was that ON save,.a,
ueeGastons Martin. had in a moment of ln-
pm as a pledge of his affectioos ~ T T0mi
c nI al"ays more at headquarters that
member fNA "l''lAcalion IRON a
one morning when Martin was opening
nh mai In his small bachelor apartmentt
s shapfa by his chum and another Owl from
heaaqliarters of the Owl society.
NM mioeher hcldup from the Owls" said
a aa check 1fa IAN c i at the envelope. 1T sent
pose they want me to help them hl,;ld .
I1analns place for flying machines now
ih no Tom. a man might as we'll be pay
ihs ail,nony as to be an Owl. s
It'll. t. you'd look at the notice you wouldn't
Rac so hard" said Tom. II got one
a a h ,iHIe ho1 ice this morning, too. 1t isn't
can't give their pins @: away VT to ' girls o any
nor unless they are engaged or married.
g ahe, or y Two OF the men have been reckless
outstanding pins nave got to come in !,
Penalty OF a heavy fine. The records tell
now now d tbsv many any each man has bought, and
are either lost or in proper hands. IFS p
good rule, but, of course, it doesn't hit
Johnn lies t they h nome be OF t 5anIe.g in
tnat would give their pins to a girl"
+h Martin tin, blfnked rapidly at Tom, and
was serious. yes. of course. migbt f fine me
rule" he said. "No, it wouldn't hi v vn
or me. 1t is a sort of nuisance to have |
to swear you lost all you have ordered, |
though" ''eo'
II don't, see Why" returned Tom, .If
you e AYE ", lost them you've lost them and
that S all there is about it. No one would
enough"
it is all right" Martin had op 1ene 1'' hIa
notice and a special slip dropped out with |!
the statement from headquarters notify
ing Martin that he would have to account
1Or SIX pms which from time fn fipno 1o 4
had received from headquarters. 1T must |
have lost a good many" he said to Tom.
II ought to have had one of those patent
fasteners nut on mine"
When Martin came back from his Of
nee that nigh to spend the evening with
that ran thus:
s;s .one - AMI am swesa1r sg Two I ave my
son to get eve with my sister. Write
1or it, w -Four gay y , the h little ed br3Ynette in
we apsrreled ! gave It to yivien Lanoe.
jules initials on the back. Good as lost.
Six /! gave to-forget her name. ASK
At dinner Tom suggested to Martin
that they while away the time at a new
play, but Martin hesitated. 81 have one
r %om two i l eught to Witt Write to 10 M H,I sis aenig for
one ~
An hour later Martin was still sitting
to t.; w write t. Those letters" said Tom, "yoa
drawled. say. by the way. I was Mia iust
thinking what a great time we had last
year we went to Maine; never saw such
"WRat about it?'' said Tom, somewhat
annoyed at the oointlessness of Martins
I'm, { was just speaking to a client
was that boat we had. would you say?'
Nice girls there were, too.h ssiii' "a
tin, with a studied mood Of reminiscing.
iinnliyss il III, tie City during the win.erS
like mad for a month n then came back
and never gave her ANOTHER thought"
not of her name. Besides it was just
after ] s got ba Sa to saa the city that that !, va
t got back-but that's got nothing. to
do with it. BY the way. what was her
Nancy Dacy. They live at the Clay;
port rorsn ~ the , w intel t SAID SAID I add.es VINO bd nad
sThe fact is, Martin It that winter when
you were in Europe I used to 60 to see, see
any more conceited than you are. but I
thought at the time that She was rather
hurt at your neglect of her"
cealed interest. II must look her up.
Don't alarm yourself. old man." said
Tom. SCI saw her the other day in a
box at the theater and she was, wear
ing an Owl pin, SO / take it she has
found another Owl to her liking"
$50 you don't think there is any hope
watch. well, just to find out who the
lucky Owl is whose pin she is wearing.
I'll drop around to see her myself. l have
been intending to look her up all win
ter
later, after his short call at the hotel