The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1915-04-27

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"Yes." replied Myr4 but ! think
they are dangerous"
Because Of the sparu?" innocsnt1y
demanded Lydia
well. yes, II you uss tn word
sparks In the old-fashioned sense"
.Gracious!" exclaimed LS'diA. II
had no such thought But why should
they be dangerous In that wayf
Simply" explained Myra, "because
Q crate lre ID 90 conducive to sem
timental dreamings that never knew
man and . woman to sit down before
one but straightway they would fall
to romancing: and II they were young
and unmarried ten to one they would
be persuaded, by the subtle and per-
suasive influence of the fire. to ex-
change vows, or to do something equal
ly foolish"
How absurd" laughed Lydia Did
you ever happen to know Of such q
case?
Indeed I did," replied Myra Il
was thinking of Irene Leighton and
Give Wheaton when I spoke. or
course they were both Of q sentimental
nature. and they were bit smitten
with each other before he made his
first call, but at the same time don't
believe he would ever have proposed
to Irene IL she had not seated him
before beautiful CRATE fire upon that
first evening"
Dear mel! Lydia drew nearer to
the dangerous flames. DO you mean
to say that he fell into the fire, speak
ing metaphorically, the minute he sat
DOWN."
oh. I don't suppose he proposed
instantaneously after taking his seat,
but he Is excessively literary, and he
began by recalling various scenes in
his favorite novels where the hero and
heroine had talked their affairs over
before fire, and then he asked Irene
whether she had ever read the 'Rever-
les of Bachelor"
And she had?" breathlessly de-
manded Lydia.
mo, she hadn't" went on Myra. so
he told her all about the book and
how the hero of it was a lonely old
bachelor who was accustomed to sit
before his solitary fire and console
himself for the lack of q real COM
panfon by some creature out of his
fancy and out of the ashes. Then. of
course. Give went on to talk about his
own dreary existence and to tell how
he had not even q fire for companion
ship, but that he had q picture of a
happy newly welded pair sitting be-
fore a fire and planning their future
together. This was the poor mans
substitute both for a fire and for a
WIFE"
And Of course Irene couldn't re-
sist remarks SO touching and original"
put in Lydia.
She couldn't! When he went home
that evening they had already planned
on which side of their living room
they would have the crate and whether
they would burn coal or wood"
That was lovely" sighed Lydia.
But don't you dare tell me that the
cold glare of day or the sight of the
ashes in the CRATE caused her to re-.
pent the next morning"
We'll, IL she repented she never
admitted the fact" declared Myra.
for Irene. with all her sentimental.
ity. is girl of pluck. Just the same.
! am quite sure that IL she and Give
mad sat down before a gas crate ON
that first evening should never have
oeen invited to act as bridesmaid NEXT
month"
But ! think it was his knowledge
OF literature that famed the fame OF
ner fancy" unused Lydia, as she me-
cnahlcaily took up the poker and began
10 sur the fire. It's SO unusual in
these days to meet a man who knows
anything about books or who could
recall single heroine who had evar
SAoaS q HTe, SO I'm not
sulprised that Irene was fascinated
III Ciive had sat down before her Are
ana begun to talk about Insurance.
or real estate / am sure that Irene
would not have accepted him even .,
ne had followed up such a conversa
ton with a proposal" %
Perhaps not" admitted Myra apu,
do believe that it was the fire. ,ba.
did it, enae
what KIND OF dress did Irene have
on lhat evening" demanded Lydia
You know that costume has a srea,
ueAi 10 DO with such situations. and II
sne wore the kind Of gown that lends
user to freight and if she sat near
enough to the blaze SO that her fea.
lures could be Illuminated r.,