The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-01-22

him. That was the time before auto
mobiles came. | am not In favor OF
iutos for counting purposes. There is
TOO much rapid motion. and the drivers
attention must be constantly on his
machine. 10 say nothing of his grip be-
.ng on the steering wheel. Abel and
.;nliie drove on in II box buggy behind
a Lazy going horse. Everything per-
tanning to love in its early stages is
| arphyr-likg. though | admit the climax
or Il brief period Just before the climax
may be in the nature of Il hurricane
There WAS just II suspicion of perfume
| about Sallic. so delicate that il could
only have come from articles that had
been kept in sandalwood drawers or,
more likely. in Il mouchoir case. 1t
was very enhancing to Abel. and as
they rolled slowly over the smooth
road. the reins lying loosely on the
horses back. Abel had nothing to think
of except the girl beside him.
Sallie had by this time come to the
most difficult part of her work. Every
man doubtless thinks that some time
he will be married and have II home.
| But marriage to him is like old age to
| all of us. 1t isl mean it seems-far
| distant. The bachelor thinks Of the
| present. Some men do not like TO give
up their liberty for the obligations of
matrimony; some, who expect to do so
in time, never find Il convenient sea
son. All men must be won.. Only
widowers or old bachelors, tired OF
their bachelorhood. marry intention
| ally.
Abel Rogers was looking forward to
the day when. having accumulated n
competence, he would settle down and
take wife. 1t was the business Of
Sallie Jones TO break through this flu
ture intention and make it present
one. And here, again, girls work shows
% similarity to mems work Many men
who have good address and are excel
lent takers fail in putting through
schemes because they cannot bring the
person on whom they are working to
the point Girls also often fail in land
ing man whom they have got to the
waters edge.
Mr.. Rogers, having been brought
thus far bid fair to remain with the
hook in his gills Hopping about in the
water. The timid girl, having thus
far succeeded and being baked. would
remain in statu quo. The rash girl
would jerk the line. break it. and the
fish would go swimming away merrily.
The wise girl would use landing net.
That is what Sallie Jones did. She
used landing net But even land
ing net may be used carelessly or ut
least injudicously. Miss Jones studied
out whatever she did. After few
months Of dallying on the part of Mr.
Rogers she set up Il rival-not Il real,
bona fide rival, but one merely to ex-
cite bit Of suspicion. Indeed. by this
time she was considered by the young
men to belong to Abel Rogers. and ii
was not easy for her to secure Il rival.
Abel did not seem very much fright
ened. At any rate, he showed no Sign
Of being brought to terms. Perhaps
he was thinking that he couldn't Il ford
to marry or that. after all. it wouldn't
be such II hardship to let Sallie Jones
go to another.
The experiment having failed. Miss
Jones resolved upon another. She be-
came suddenly very gracious to Mr..
Rogers. At the same time he noticed
that whenever he asked her to go out
with him she made some excuse. 1t |
did not occur to him that the excuse
xvsn nj 10 h.. l.atN
pened to ask her Mt times when she |
was engaged.
One evening Mr.. Rogers called on |
Miss Jones and waited in the parlor |
while he was announced. On lounge |
lay piece Of white satin. a long white |
veil and some orange blossoms. While |
the gentleman was inspecting them, Il
vague suspicion as to the reason for |
their being there breaking through into |
his brain. II maid entered hurriedly, |
gathered up the articles mentioned and. |
with look at Rogers indicating that Il |
had not been intended he should have
seen them, carried them out of the
room.
BY this time it seemed to Mr.. Rogers
that he stood on the edge of a prcci-
pice and was about to topple over
When the maid rc-cntercd with mes
sage from Miss Jones asking to be cx
cuScd. since she was very busy. he
caught at tile mantcl for support.
Could ii bp possible that the girl he
had been hanging aboat So long was
going to DC married: