The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-07-30
TESTING A !
|BETROTHED !
II Did Not Turn Out Exactly J
as Expected. !
By JOHN Y. HARMED

ALEC, one of the most dangerous
things In the world Is TO interfere In a
love affair. I am not going TO inter.
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 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 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 IN
der certain circumstances think it ad.
visable to marry some other person
than you"
What do you mean?'
"You know how hungry our Ameri
can girls are for foreign titles"
"Some of them"
Suppose Mildred should meet a Brit
ish earl, Il French duke, an Austrian
or Italian prince. and he should propose
to make her'his wife. are you sure that
she would stand by youT'
Perfectly"
"Then there is nothing to be said"
This dialogue occurred at a hotel in
Maine. Alec and Fred Winston were
members of party that had been to
gether there for several weeks. and the
men were about to finish their outing
by hunt In the vicinity of MooSeheau
lake. Several of the girls were dis
gruntled ut being deprived OF wha;
they considered the best part of the
seasons pleasures-camping in wilder
ness-anh demanded to be taken or
the hunting trip. The men demurred,
but so persistent were the women tina;
they finally triumphed. More elab.
crate preparations were made. chap
eron was obtained, and instead Of re
turning to civilization the party. con.
sisting of five men and four women,
started for the wilderness.
Fred" said Alec the morning OF
lhCll uCpui W hSh yOu pun
that notion into my head"
What notion?''
about testing Mildred. l don't like
to do 1t, 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 Il
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 O
guide and he was going out to find
one. Setting out, he soon came upon
q party of hunters who were about to
leave the woods and asked IL they had
q 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-
Qufred 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 he
had proposed to bis brother upon Miss
Huntington.
"How would you HIKE" he said to
the guide, TO play the part Of a noble
manw
Hawkesworth looked up at him, but
made no reply. Winston gradually I'M
folded his scheme. Hawkesworth lis
toned to what he said without com
ment till he had concluded, then said
that he would not pass himself or for
anything more than what he was, but
he had no objection to Winston declar-
ing that he was a prince Of the blood
II he liked.
That's all WISH" said the Inter.
When they reached camp Winston
introduced the guide in this wise: per
NIT 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 our party,
and, since he knows the best hunting
grounds, will pilot us. We won't need
any other guide"
Hawkesworth was made welcome,
and when Fred Winston intimated that
he was the Earl Of Bingleton there was
quite fiutter In the camp, especially
among the women.
"He doesn't look like an earl at ALL
said one Of the girls. Hes very oryii
nary"
why should an earl look different
from any other manr said his intro
ducer. Besides, how can style be
expected from one who wears a fan
mel shirt? You can't Judge man by
his clothes. They say that the worst
dressed assembly In the world is the
British House Of Lords. They don't
stand on their appearance. It's the
fact that they are peers"
Whether Alec Winston suspected
that his brother had introduced
to make the test he had
proposed. whether he believed the lat