The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1915-02-05
GIR' Love DDsT
|ormed Keep 0utsids From
Beag Sweethefts
Away.
/oN LA CRANE.

NAN IL news reachef biooiiihelu
era Carter, old mid, was to
,ovo khre from Hasngs, there
Alter among the larriageable
hfe were but 81 young men
4 he low, and the girl had formed
In oftrust to prevnt outsiders
\ bearing any of then away.
Something should ? done" ex-
S med ole member of he trust.
BIZ coirse there shold!" echoed a
pnd.
Ii an man wanted % marry an old
it would be diffeent," exclaimed
iird but there's NJ one here that
look at her twce. That will
ke her mad, and SHE'LL do her best
reak up our friendships"
have heard that she has broken
no less than four matches over
e."
nd | have heard that it was five!"
i she goes and tells our fellows
8 we went on a joy-ride with "a
bmer!"
here we're shrieks of despair from
.entire bevy.
ziss Sarah Carter made her appear
! in due time, and commissions fol-
III. She owned to being thirty
n, but did not look over twenty
She had a good figure; she was
i looking. And if this weren't
enough, it was shown beyond a
bit that she had a number of thou
b dollars in cash.
tx girls shed tears of grief and in
hation. Six young men announced
they didn't even care for an in
iuction to Miss Carter, and then
I advantage of the earliest oppor-
Ity to secure one. 1t was the mar
women of the town who let the
maid understand what thin ice
was sliding on, and the reply was:
Fell your daughters to wait before
icizing me. l may think best to
married some day, but I'll give
~ girl in town a chance first"
was a query with them whether
old maid was In earnest, but she
gave proof that she was.
umber One man, who was en-
ed to Number One girl, had vowed
oxen times over that nothing but
h could separate them, was in
uced to Miss Carter in store and
ed at her home. On the fourth
he informed the old maid that If
was held to his engagement he
lid certainly commit suicide, as he
discovered that he and his fiancee
e not congenial as to poetry.
n his next call he boldly proposed
riage, and was surprised and be-
Tered when Miss Carter replied:
YOU were born that way ! sup
Q | shall have to overlook it"
[iss Carter got word to girl Num-
One that she had refused an offer
marriage from the young man
nber One, and after he was given
ad evening he returned to his 10y
v. Then came the query from a
ZEN people:
nat do you suppose is the rea-
e didn't accept him?"
bber Two young man was ready
in as Number One stepped out.
Knitted his engagement to Num-
Two girl, but doubted If there
bea marriage. His fiancee had
GU flst-footed and said she'd be
a | she'd have a cat around the
bier marriage. He being warm
howard cats, felt that 1t would
nwise thing to be Joined in
Us of wedlock with such a girl
then came a proposal. He
He loved as he had never
efore. Should it turn out that
IDved in vain the dark waters
b Erie should close over him.
YOU want me for a wife, SIS
nt or mother"
ftIess woman!"
long. sonny, and grow some
md get older!"
he returned to the girl who
love cats, instead of plunging
the choppy waters of Lake
And the cat girl was actually
ont it-mad at the old maid
sing him, and there was con-
b her tones as she inquired:
does Miss Sarah Carter think
ahyhow?"
ring machine man heard Of
and her money, and said
Nov here's where l show
lat a sewing machine man
er This old maid has been
Or years and years for an
none has come. l will sacri-
H."
his second call to see If she
int TO invest $50 in a machine
ed and tucked and rufiied and
and gathered, and did al
eyerything except the family
he drew long breath and
have thought I should never
(rylt-"
Wow you think you WILL" re-
umaidea. to help him out.