Putnam patriot. [volume] (Putnam, Conn.) 1872-1962, 1915-11-05
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4r- el..-- uese ~ ahe lHttoa
.g8 Heu s5t DOWN asaln 6< before.
TosFa-ar I=e rte ettlx and oliedient
l. roa..n.s'el he ire while Cyrus
3tarttg rNidded his keYs and small
chance iu rs trousers pockets. When
7olmy5p's stir back had disappeared
tbr5ngh the doorway he began again
on another tack.
~fod6 here. Mary he demanded in
franker tone. Il want your help
you ean help me if you will. and If
vou benefit by ii yourself. why sc
,,rah the better. Pitch in and catch
Rodney if you want him. | should be
clad n il. Only there would be one
condition" 81 81
Beneath this direct attack the girl
All finally blash a little She gathered
herself together again, however, and
folded up her hook by way OF recap
turing her composure.
+Why,s Mr. Martin, she said, what
aa idea.Tt
tWhy isit such an idea? Is there
pahing 10 attract a young fellow and
2 good looking girl like you to each
otbef: You're too modest, Miss Mary.
ann not a judge of thai. Mr.. Mar
tin" said Mary.
sob. yes. you are!" retorted her EN-
ployer Ana I'm not SO sure you're
moi quite willing myself"
'sBat l think you're very unkind 10
me. protested Mary, taking another
cue You appeal TO my woman's
euH6sity. Surprising. for the sake Of
argument, that youIs son and + are
n-a3liF in love with each other, what
are your conditions z ~
we'll" siiid her employer Il tell
you frankly IadoH't want to lose that
/ s3onao to John Clark, and | do want
to Stir Rodney up, He needs an in
4 Centiqe. and I've been ransacking my
brains to find the right one. And l
think I've found it. think it's YOU
Il Mr.. Martin? Do you really think
so?f she expostulated demurely.
Yes. do really think so, Miss Gray
SON. he mimicked.
Don't you think it's just perversi-
#ty?s persisted Mary s'Do you think
*Rodney would really care about me if
8e could have me just for the asking?
4 don't -hew-l-eeia- help Won NJ 'fft
oh yes, you can And I'll tell you
kust how" went on Old Martin trefch-
&ntly Il want Rodney to work, for
bis money and his wife together. I'm
eong to turn him ont of here sss
Turn him out. Mr.. Martin? What
fver do you meanY
y Just what / say-turn him out,
throw him overheard. Didn't you ever
lear Of the old admiral who taught his
&htdren TO swim by throwing them
i yerboard? The girls as well as the
1oys. If they didn't drown they swan,
n said But they usually swami
q But they might have drowned OBJ
etel Mary. with pretty siludder.
"No.s said old Cyrus. with VII
ms chuckIe. I've got it all doped
I'll turn him out, right enough.
find good excuse for it, I'm mad
lough with him half the time. Look
Ire, Mary, has Rodney proposed to
~ yety'
Well, really, Mr.. Martini stammer-
the secretary. do you really think
Il Well. the next time he proposes
ure to accept him. See? You're to
him you'll have him if his father
nsents. and then send him to ask
Thatll be my big scene
You'll say yes-you'lI refuse?" slut
Z led Mary. showing some concern in
success of the plot, despite her eff
Its to be detached and business
%consent? No, That's my cue for
fning tim out of my house forever"
red the stage father, working him
II up into quite am advanced Acondi-
b of parental fury, Let him marry
pewriter? Don't let that hurt your
Pings, my dearl let some design
womdn get her hands on him for
u ich mans son? Business. Of lndig1
ion, my dear.l ri turn him down
out in proper fashion. Upon my
RI ! feel like doingt it this minute-
But there's eneschanee, yos've over
ked, Mr. Martin = resumed Mary,
sing her pretty mouth slightly at
corners. AZ
WHAT'S thatY,
lhat he may not propose to me
in-I mean at all, she corrected
&Nell, then. I'll disinherit him for
roared the soap king. Now
pf with you, too, before lose my
ser"
pt as Mary turned to go he called
a her again (what a fiat, pretty
81 she had. he thought, subconsci-
y, as he watched her lay her hand
khe doorknobl:
E q dnr't ,pc vat u,harasc ono thing