The Tupelo journal., 1915-10-22
TESTING A !
1t Did Not Turn Out Exactly }
, as Expected.
By JOHN Y. HARMED

AVN ahaAs ~
fere exactly. That's not the right name
for it, but l am your brother, and since
YOU are going to take the matrimonial
leap In the dark l venture to suggest a
test to be applied to the girl you are
about to marry"
Mildred Huntington needs no test.
She is perfect in every respect"
Granted; but will not a proof of this
add to your comfort? l will not deny
that Mildred is perfect in every re-
spect. She may be this and yet I'M
der certain circumstances think it ad-
visable to marry some other person
than you"
What do you meanT'
"You know how hungry our Ameri-
can girls are for foreign titles"
Some of them"
Suppose Mildred should meet a Brit
ish earl, a French duke, an Austrian
or Italian prince. and he should propose
to make her his wife, are you sure that
she WOULD Stanu Dy you!
Perfectly"
""Then there is nothing to be said"
This dialogue occurred at a hotel In
Maine. Alec and Fred Winston were
members of a party that bad been to-
gether there for several weeks, and the
men were about to finish their outing
by a hunt in the vicinity of Moosehead
lake. Several of the girls were dis
gruntled at being deprived of what
they considered the best part of the
seasons misunderstanding in a wilder
ness-and demanded to be taken on
the hunting trip. The men demurred,
but SO persistent were the women that
they finally triumphed. More elab-
crate preparations were made, a chap
eron was obtained, and instead Of re-
turning to civilization the party, con-
sisting Of five men and four N
started for the wilderness.
Fred" said Alec the morning of
their departure, Il wish you hadn't put
that notion into my head"
What notionT"
about testing Mildred. l don't like
to do it, but the temptation is becOm-
ing irresistible. l shall make the test
as soon as we get home
you mean when you get where you
will find a man to play the part of a
titled aristocrat|'
Eyes"
When the party reached their camp
ing ground and had settled themselves
in their temporary canvas home. Fred
Winston, who had made up the party,
announced that they must have a
guide and he was going out to find
one. Setting out. he SOC came upon
a party of hunters who were about to
leave the woods and asked IL they had
"a guide who wished another job when
they released him.
There's a chance for you. Hawkes.
worth" said one Of the party.
A man about thirty years old asked
some questions about what was re-
Quired and when informed said that
he wouldn't mind taking the job. Hav-
ing gathered his belongings, he babe
goodby to his friends and started to
camp with Winston. Hawkesworth
was an Englishman, and Winston no
ticing his British accent conceived the
idea of using him to make the test be
had proposed to his brother upon Miss
Huntington.
How would you like" he said to
the guide, Ito play the part of a noble
man"
Hawkesworth looked up at him, but
made no reply. Winston gradually I'M
folded his scheme. Hawkesworth lis
tened to what he said without COM
ment till he had concluded, then said
that he would not pass himself of for
anything more than what he was, but
he had no objection to Winston declar-
if he liked.
That's all l WISH" said the latter.
When they reached camp Winston
introduced the guide in this wise: Per
init me to present my friend Hawkes.
worth Of London. He has the mania
for hunting common among English
bloods and is in the Maine woods for
moose. He has consented at my invi-
tation to honor us by joining u party,
and, since he knows the best hunting
grounds, will pilot us. We won't need
any other guide"
Ha~wkesworth was made welcome,
and when Fred Winston intimated that
he was the Earl of Bingleton there was
quite a fiutter in the camp, especially
among the women.
HE doesn't look like an earl at all"
said one Of the girls. Hes very ordi-
nary"
why should an earl look different
from any other mani" said his intro
Queer. Besides. how can style be
expected from one who wears a fan
mel shirt? You can't judge a man by
his clothes. They say that the worst
dressed assembly In the world Is the
British House OF Lords. They don't