Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-01-27

too much rapid motion. and the drivers
attention must be constantly on bis
/ machine. to say nothing of bis grip be-
ing on the steering wheel. Abel and
SaIlie drove out in Il box buggy behind
| a lazy going horse. Everything per-
tanning to love In its early stages Is
zephyr-like though admit the climax
or brief period just before the climax
may be n the nature of hurricane.
1 There was jnst a suspicion of perfume
I about Sallie. so delicate that it could
only have come from articles that had
4 been kept in sandalw0od drawers or.
more likely. in mouctoir 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
4 he viii be married and hayea home.
But marriage 10 him is like old age to
4 all Of us. II isl mean ii seems-far
| distant The bachelor thinks of the
/ present. Some men do not like TO give
! up their liberty for the obligations of
I matrimony: some, who expect to do so
( in time never lind a convenient sea
son. All men must he won. Only
/ widowers or old bachelors. tired OF
their bachelorhood. marry intention
ally.
Abel Rogers was looking forward to
the day when. having accumulated a
competence. he would settle down and
/ take wife. II was the business Of
Sallie Jones to break through this fu-
| ture intention and make 1t a present
one And here. again. girls work shows
| a 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 a man whom they have got to the
waters edge.
Mr.. Rogers. having been brought
1 thus far. bid fair to remain with the
hook in his gills Topping about In the
/ water. The timid girl. having thus
I far succeeded and being baked. would
| remain In statu quo. The rash girl
/ would jerk the line. break 1t. and the
! fish would go swimming away merrily.
1 The wise girl would use landing net.
| That Is what Sallie Jones did. She
Z used a landing net But even land
/ ing net may be used carelessly or al
1 least injudiciously> Miss Jones studied
out whatever she did. After a few
months of dallying on the part Of Mr..
/ Rogers she set up a rival-not a real,
bona fide rival. but one merely to ex-
/ cite bit Of susnjcion. 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 a rival
Abel did not seem very much fright
ened- At any rate, be showed no sign
| of being brought 10 terms. Perhaps
! be was thinking that he couldn't afford
| to marry or that. after all. II wouldn't
be such a hardship to let Sallie Jones
1 go to another.
i 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
was not valid. He supposed be hap
pened to ask her at times when she
was engaged.
One evening Mr.. Rogers called on
Miss Jones and waited in the parior
while he was announced. On lounge
lay a piece of white satin. a long white
veil and some orange blossoms. While
the gentleman was inspecting them, n
vague suspicion as to the reason for
their being there breaking through into
his brain. maid entered hurriedly.
gathered up the articles mentioned anS
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 1t seemed to Mr.. Rogers
that he stood on the edge of a preci
pice and was about to topple over
When the maid re-entered with mes
sage from Miss Jones asking to be ex-
cused. since she was very busy. he
caught at the mantel for support.
| Could it be possible that the girl he
had been hanging about so long was
going to be married?
The proper thing for Mr. Rogers to
do was to excuse the lady on whom he
had called and go away He did no
such thing He sent a message TO her
begging her to see him for only few
moments.
She came. To carry out her supposed
plan she should be in sewing dress.
She knew better. She wore the most
becoming costume for ordinary wear
she possessed. When she saw Mr.
Rogers looking as II the bottom had
dropped out of the universe she re-
garded him with a gaze OF interested
surprise.