Saturday news. (Watertown, S.D.) 19??-19??, 1914-04-16
Caught by His
White Hair
By MARTHA EYERsHAM

When ] WIS q girl Of seventeen
Nras far older than my years, Eoun:
1si.cms of mr. own age seemed to Mt
Nliist they really were-beardleSs boys
chez were full Of sports and nonsense
whereas was p~hiIosophicaliy Inclined
] loved to talk with men VIII knew s
-rfslt deal more than I dia-G1en who
to,52h talk iearnedly On q variety OF
S~u,,i.Tts- Thus ] was thrown ii with
thtsse. who were usually double my age,
But my intimacy with such persons
was entirely intellectual Nothing
akin to love WIS excited by any Of
GbpIn. Indeed. many Of them had
PASSED middle age and were incapable
OF srmpathizing with a gin IN her
teens While II vas true tlat ! had
intellectual cravings. 1t was also yrDt,
that I was still s yo2Gg EirA Their
were times when l wished for com.
partnership with Touuz persons. Rrt
] a=s rather Inclined 30 i,e Young With
them Than that thcy-l Tef@T " thr
u~leR-Shouid Ice young with usr What
] mean IS that there * q rHr.asn dig
Hity jn q Young man Jaat 3 Cirj hooks
for IL olae whom she w0T3ad consider
seriously As "a possible life conmpau3Dn
When was nInetre0 my JatAer de-
cided that shpn}8 fulsa my aaanaEna
by 8 trip abroad We = lei ONE Ft.-
TuarT morning for Narfcs. Intending
10 w-DrE ngr way anrfaward wirh The
opening spring. seenGlp@ ise hot SIN
gler months In Switzerland G8 rvrarb-
ing Naples. when we vrre going ashore
in the ships 1eDdeF. Z narirr-3 q yas1a-
m8n hose hair hab ~: E.ur1v i-~H-5
pTsaEEsrCreIy gray. Never 1aE, seen 80
striking d paa1ras1 te.W*--a = vwnnG
face aEA3 wbife haiT. H. zyrear-,d ia ]
be r~ecfFeTing from m IlaaS> He SAT
opposite Lac in The boat and fer the !
life ~ u9a Z could Dgt kssp lDy eyes
oil his contrasting 5ezClraz He knew
EhaI ! waS iogfiug at him. and this
aznd his attention uJ.0a r9a-
We dEaTe from tAe rEstna housg 10
tire ilatel. cur rsaTty uf tbrae IN an open
fzah laa5ed dowrs with hsEf5 baggage
On the way wa PASSED another cab
eerfain3ug the white barred young
rIsRTl, Again we exchanged gIaalces S.
ne 6rpTe By ms. sand when we brought
III 1T the hatea entrance he was get.
ring gnf OF his cab TO enter the house.
5 confess | was secretly pleased that
Es wguja be at the same abiding pisee.
Tnaf rery evening aB acquaintance
CT NY father introduced the young
HIRE 70 Us as George Caruthers. telling
us fhgt be Ind i4ssn iIl and WIS tray
cling for his health. The introduceg
wonId be grateful for err attention VIE
might sbew hts friend. Mother syrana-
fhizad with Mr.. Carufhers. a stranger
In a strange hand and not strong. She
made quite a pet Of him. and before
We left Naples, he having no definite
plans. she invited him to travel with tIs.
a party travelling for pleasure be-
comes intimate al ance. In these davs
nf form The Only way of making new
old friends, If | may be allowed the
expression. liz travel in company with
stthera. WIS during q ~soseurn in the
principal Italian cities from Naples TO
Milan ard on the railways connecting
them q constant companion Of George
G,srrfthers. 1t seemed TO me that there
wus as great q contrast In his dispose.
lion as there was la his outward fea-
fnres He had the quiet dignity. the
depth Of understanding of a man ana
the freshness Of youth. These aecord-
ed Admiralty with his appearance. lie
had. too q way Of falling In with my
moods, When ] wished him serious he
sras serious. when | preferred that he
should be youthful be was youthful.
These persons with Young faces and
white hair are very deceptive ms to
their age. ang,ed with Mr. Caru-
theirs TO draw from him his age. i
elscited certain bits of information
iron, him with the intention Of put
ING them together and thus deducing
or old he was. But he 3 OWNED
my intention and gave his answer In
a way TO defeat my purpose. Then
ne wonld laugh rt me fer my failure.
We reached northern Italy In d cou.
pie Of fssuHths. and by this time my
newly made friend had quite recovered
his strength. His complexion was
naturally fiorid, and the contrast be.
tween his face and his hair under his
improved condition was the greater. !,
He was always close shaven. but
could see that his beard did not par
TAXI Of the color OF his hair. But even
this Y q difficult to determine, for bis
beard. Wass evidently meager and OF i
Hight hug.
: ~ Is we'll nigh impossible for q young
man to travel in company with d
young girl without On affair Of the
heart, and onr case was no exception.
George carntheIs proposed to me on
Lake I.ennan Just before We reached
Geneva. III reply I told him that j
bad but q objection to him that
which was now an attraction would
one day be a detriment. When he be-
san TO grow old be would look far old
ers than be was on account OF his white B
hall. He took Off his hat with one
hand and with the other pulled of bis
scalp and an overlay Of white hair.
displaying "a head of short thick blond
hair hnrnf4h 4