Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1914-06-03
THE MAN SHE WANTED.
BY laura kirkman.
Dopys,gh. 1914. by the Mcclure News
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When John Daniels had gone EIsia
Clayton veent up to hes room and stood
before her bureau. Thare facing her, were
pictures Of the men she had known an
her lifsI1ames Hardy, Seldom Grafton.
Elton GSeeH and q host Of others.
IT'S a man like one of these that I
must marry" she told herself, LOOKING
over the line of handsome faces. Men
who simply conkin't. d startling things in
public as J6hn Daniels does / could
never have stood Johns western ways.
did right in refusing him"
Elsie had indeed been tried by Johns
exotic western manners. She remem-
bered, her feelings on her first-and last
walk with HIM down Fi1tb avenue. when
he Had worn a great cowboy hat with
raWhido wound about the crown. His un-
restrained aughter On the night when he
had taken her to the theater had drawn
the eyes of the entire audience toward
them.
He's always doing such strange
thlnss, she meditated. her eyes on her
rather pale reelection in the mirror. mo,
even though l do love him l couldn't
With which declarations she endeavored
preparing to so to the Grand Central sta-
ton tO/meet her girl chum, who would
arrive on the 3 o'clock train.
sa sSas pad dsjestsd # along h5a R Reosawsay. was
The game is up." he was telling him
sell; sadly "a Shall ! make it the East
ElVcI " the tAlFU Ia1l.
But he was not coward enough to make
1t either. Deep down he knew that he
would plod on through life; happy or UNI
happy.
like me-" he remembered. as ne crossed
nlrty.fourt street and came face to
race with q red-eyed, pale-faced young
girl, who might have been an ex-shop girl
or an ex-stenographer.
After giving her two or three chances.
Johns great western heart was toI1cheS
since ADlS first hour tn New Vnrk bo han
never been able to pass .an unfortunate
without Offering heln It had become a
habit with him. Now, heswas glad he had
formed that habit.
Almost forgetting his own trouble, he
turned rne, and followed the girl along Thirty
course down Broadway.
If only l could get some money into
that little iimp purse on her Wrist" he
the two reached the cornor of
Thirty. fourth street and Fifth .avente the
gfri turned sharply and began to retrace
Has she Gst something, or does she
ae ~. a,opping a E shop WINDOW to OBJ
But But apparently the girl had neither lost
tNlah.z head down, she pushed her way
whep they reached Herald Square, how
ever. John guessed her reason for turn
IN bet she's put an ad in a paper for
employment and Is going to see If there's
an answer for her. Maybe she thought It
wasn't 'mch use. but decided to try once
more"
Evidently this was her reason. She went
stEseaght 70 a want ad answer window and
nom TIE e. clerk who who s ea1Fn ID f her n giip'
John could have killed that CLERK.
Ineir next course was up Sixth avenue.
Hang conventions" he muttered as che
fellow ear otter his wad to a Woman
Fopsy-fras street. the girl took a sudden
cut ACROSS the park. h came out.
S Sss ssa. Firth Avenue and walked tin she
she seemed to be in doubt about some
thing
c. lsrh' 5, h so ss,, tt%s to soy sessk h to her." de-
BNt ne got no chance. AS he reached
her side, he was forced to halt by an
Grand Central station. In that instant OF
delay: the girl got away.
Where did she so?".
ha vi yf fT,e an % SPEAK xk To h har soen for not
he asked htnfaen.
any direction. he decided that it musk
ave been the station. He hastened intG
the building.
w.aIh.ing. swiftly toward the rest room.
Tha 9oodnsss!" he exclaimed. Nov
! can get the matron 10 hand her tho
B1; when ha had found the matron and
vas standing At the door q the rest room
salkt9s to her, he discovered that his
psp1em was not to be 80 simply solved.
srsed the wom, aa'i incgyed daio k''' 1w fas' I
se sag b seen 'ameeTins with a sIrl''
Then explain 70 her that'I've been fol-
owing her and want to help her." he per-
m woman they up her hands: Her
'o Il h ssa p aa as,,n .W NE va are n yoa from S,a1I :? :"
she answered TN onder bat the girl
~ooulan,t take it@she would not dare,S'
,: Soin drsw himself up with a look of
I'D Ihe III 60 N n persuade her ny
+ this rest room NJ have to GO to jail for
Then he TUNED swiftly. He had heard
fhese, staring at him In horror, was
Another Of his atrocities" her eyes
But John paid no heed to the shocked,
a'. sEssse,@ he eoe e.s ea her s:yd 5ais. do for tb,,
3oh. Here; take this money in and give
there n, the corner. She's q down.and-
ing her for blocks trying to pass it to
her" e in a lower tone he pleaded,
Elsie, II you can't make me happy. at
helped another down-and-outer."
10 ms surprise Elsie put her hand on
his arm and drew him to q nearby seat.
IN wonder she looked into his face. She
moments.
Then. still in a voice Of wonder. she
said: ~
"John Daniels. h a wonderful man
you are! Yes, you are different from any
other man l ever saw-but different in the