The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1915-01-15
WHEN ELIZABETH
SCORED
Or q Case of Zoo Many
Lovers.
Bv AGNES G. BROCAN

IL az uO AA6
editor Richard West had never faced
80 peculiar a situation. The "
young men had burst IN upon us PR.
vacy. accusing and gesticulating In III
incohereut manner After much ques
tiOning their cause VI complaint was
found to be the recent publication VI
the following astonishing cOmmunica
ton:
Mr.. Robert Wells and Mr.. JOIN Glegg
Of WoodbOrOugh announce their engage
ment to Miss Elizabeth Thornton OF this
city
Twice the I,erpIexed editor read the
paragraph. then rubbed his eyes.
This is out Of my province" be re-
marked at last. but III sec the socie
ty editor about It."
mo use" snapped Robert Wells
I'VE went to her first. and she says
the clipping was inadvertently copied
from the marlborough Suburban. ANY
joke goes in that home town paper.
but hOw a thing like that could get
by in II responsible daily
Such blamed careltsSneSS m!-hl
bring a pretty suit against yuur pa
per-" holly interrupted John Gir1"'
made things no enough for us ~
marlborough. but 1t was rather To"
much to have it repeated when we
came to the city
In a spirit Of relief the managing ed
ltOr turned to answer his telephone
Editor Daily News?" questioned an
aggrieved feminine voice. Well, this
is Mrs. William Thornton. | called
up to ask explanation Of that vulgar
notice regarding my daughter which
appeared in last nights paper Yes:
unfortunate mistake no doubt, but !
will call to see you personally this aft
ernOOn-at 4 O'clock
ViciousIy Richard West banged the
receiver into it's hook so there Ia II
Miss Thorntonr' he exclaimed,
There is indeed" Mr.. Glegg remark
I'd fcelingly
And you have both. perhaps. been
paying her attention"
"Well. rather" this from Mr.. Wells
Il can only express. then. my regret
for the occurrence and suggest n pub
Tic contradiction"
"Contradiction." groaned the blond
one OF the two. "Gcod heavens. It's
been rubbed In enough now!
III anything Of the kind happens
again. vaguely threatened his com
panion. and the door closed with an
eloquent slam.
Suddenly the editors annoyed expires
sion changed to n Of irrepresSihIe
amusement The smile still fingered
as be returned to his work But as the
hour of 4 drew neal and his clerk IN
nounced u visitor be- glanced appre
hensiveiy toward the door and .
stiff1y 1t was only u girl who con
fronted him. however. not the dreaded
Mrs Thornton. whose important name
figured SO largely ~ social circles
just II slip Of a girl with appealing Tin"
eyes and a sensitive mouth
ARE you the editory she asked
~naively and. uninvited. settled herself
in the editors chair II amt nI"ul,
that engagement notice Had IL get
here before mother. who will probably
make ~ fuss | mn Elizabeth Thorn
ton
Bowling. the editor waited 1T WIS
| who wrote the announcement. SIN.
calmly stated
YOU lie swung about IL uni".
lief The yirl nodded
1T was one of my jokes. she >alu
ruefnlly They always turn out lln
wrong way She leaned forward COZ,
tidentially do you knnw what u
means t. have reckless impulses. Nh
WeSt-dOin2 or sa yin2 Il thing ar.
bound to be desperately sorry for urX'
day: Well. that's me Let me eXInal,r
about that foolish announcement
Miss rhornton's suddenly embarrassph
g;Ze sought the toe OF her foo,
You see. | have known tiIo>t. tw"
boys. BObbie and Jack. for some time
and we've gone around a tot together
more Or less One afternoon unrx
pectedly and right out OF d clear sky
Bol,bie asked me when We were 60
ing to be married. Why. I'd neve,
even thought Of net Il thing. When
| tried to tell him SO he insisted quite
s%tubbOrnly that the marriage question
mad always been understood between
MS: said when ne talked about It I mad
never cOntradicted him Miss Thorn
ton raised aggrieved eyes to the edi
tor Now. wasn't that unreasonable.
she demanded. Ito be expected to mar
~ u man just because one had no
gone round denying being engaged to
him: And that very evening" SHE
paused 'mpressiveIy LACK l;legg
comes walking owe to mSk me when
I'm goin. to marry him: declared !
knew all along that the house he was
building was for me ...
Il had encouraged .JAck IN tie
Ouiiding.' Miss Thornton admitted.
because hes naturally idle. and ! like
TO see him busy But II Seems Jack
mad told me the roor would never 20
On his hOusp until he mad the promise
Of a wife to occupy 1t. and. Of coune.
any One would have advised him to
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