Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-01-17
LIKE OLD LEANDER
"He Stopped Not for Brake,
and He Stopped Not for
Stone"

Mary Draper was well worth win
ming Pretty, stylish, good com
rade, accomplished, and worth 500.
900 in her own right No wonder that
Wadsworth loved her. To do him
Justice, he had fallen in love with
her before he accidentally found out
the fact of her riches, but as he fig.
ured 1t out, that was no objection.
II she cared for him, they could
take the money and enjoy life to-
gether, just the same as II he had
happened to be the one with the
money. Wadsworths philosophy
was his own. It was the philosophy
Of extracting as much happiness as
possible out of life with the least pos
sible amount of exertion.
] Wadsworth and Miss Draper had
met at a little, out-of-the-way town
on the banks OF the Mississippi. They
had boated and fished and wandered
around in the woods together. and
Wadsworth, synic though he was,
had been hard hit. He had told her
of his people, Of his profession, and
of what he was pleased to call, with
twinkle in his eye, his prospects"
He was lawyer, making about $500
year, and a lazy, cheerful existence
he was leading, as he admitted
But he promised to work harder IL
Mary would marry him, and he had
not been by any means a laggard in
asking her to change her name from
Draper to Wadsworth. His awaken
Ing to the fact that Mary was rich
occurred in this way. He was rowing
skiff containing himself and the
girl along a sandbar one evening,
when she remarked that her father
was a lawyer. Not Draper of the
L. B. c. & X. c. railroad" said Wads-
worth, inquiringly. YES" said the
girl; did you ever meet him?"
NO" was the reply, but he was
pointed out to me in the courtroom
once in Cleveland. But he is from
New York, and l thought you said
Fou we're from Buffalo"
II came here from Buffalo to visit
my aunt" replied Miss Draper.
THE fellow who spoke to me
about your father said he was a mil
lionaire."
81 guess he is all Of that" was
Miss Diapers response.
WELL" remarked Wadsworth. Il
thought l was trying to capture a
poor girl"
ITO be perfectly frank with you.
Mr.. Wadsworth, have 100000 of my
own"
We'll, cheer up, Miss Mary" was
her companions reply, ut might have
been twice as much. Anyway. 1t
doesn't make me care for you any
The less. If l win you we can browse
around on the interest of that and
i've the LATEST, dreamiest, happiest
life in the world. OF course, IL you
won't have me, I'm glad to know that
Fou have the wolf at such a disad-
vantage"
He spoke jestingly, and quizzical-
y as he almost always did, but some
how the girl liked his way. He was
undoubtedly an interesting man, and
IN accomplished one. He was at
home, apparently, with all that was
best in books, and out of doors he
was equally at home. He had taught
her to row and swim. and his gayety
was contagious and Irresistible. But
was there any seriousness and stabil-
ty to his character? Was he capable
IF any sacrifice?
They parted at the close of her
Fisit south without any understand
ing. Wadsworth had been perfectly
businesslike about his proposal, made
before the fact of her fortune had
been disclosed. He still said that If
the would marry him that he would
not be obliged to do anything so r.
iiculous as work, and that he and
she could live ideal lives.
Miss Draper asked for time to con-
slider. This he cheerfully assented to.
Il was June Is when she left. Make
i sixty days." said Wadsworth, smil-
ngly, as the train pulled out
On August 10, he got letter from
Miss Draper which read as follows:
4 am coming up from New Orleans.
The train stops at Newton for ten
minutes. VIII you take the ferry and
tome over. wish to speak to you.
MARY DRAPER"
On the night OF August TO- Wads-
worth was at the ferry landing. 1t
was a warm night. and he was
dressed in a seersucker suit which
weighed in the ounces. He looked at
his watch. II was eight O'clock
The train was due across the river at
ten. He looked up at the road on
the river bank and saw a darkey go
Ing by on a mule. What time does
the ferry come over?" he called out
Ferry done busted, boss" was the
reply. "Dey amt gwine run her till
Monday"
THE DEVIL" said Wadsworth to