The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1915-03-19
The PLOTTERs
BY LAWRENCE A. CLAY.

On her twenty-ninth birthday Miss
Fanny Blake had a party and cheer
fully announced to her guests that II
was her twenty-first anniversary.
It's mere trifle for an old maid tC
knock eight years off her life at a
single blow. Miss Blake went about
among her guests with shippers and
giggles and "girlgirl' shrugs and said;
Mother contends that am only
twenty years old, but l am letting II
go at twenty-one, so as to have nc
dispute about it."
There was one guest who was par.
ticularly interested in that question OF
age Stephen Nash had been shining
UP to Miss Blake for a year. He was
twenty-eight years old and, though
somewhat smitten, he worried consid'
erably about her age.
MIR. Nash heard some of the whis.
pered doubts, and next day, when he
happened to meet Miss Louise Win,
chester in the street, he said: do you
think Miss Blake is over twenty-one
years old?"
why don't you ask me if l don't
think she is over thirty!"
Can you find out her true age for
me?" asked Mr.. Nash.
1T must be recorded in the family
Bible
Very likely"
"And when used to call there the
Bible was kept on stand in the par.
lor''
But it isn't row. At her party last
night she claimed to be twenty-one."
"Wen?"
How many chocolates can you eat
in week."
"a pound day!"
'"You copy the record of her birth
from the Bible and the chocolates are
yours"
I'll do my best to earn them"
Miss Fanny Blake had a brother fit.
teen years old. He was head over
heals in love with the girl of nineteen.
1t was his first love.
Mss Louise took occasion to meet
the calf-lover at an early date and tc
say: frankie, is it true that your folks
have no Bible in the nouse?"
who has been telling such story
as that?" he demanded.
But a person who calls there has
looked around without being able tc
see Bible"
"And why not? Because sister Fan.
ny gave me nickel to carry it up in
the garnet and say nothing about it,
"Oh, she did, Ell? frankie, would
you like to so fishing with me tomor
row."
"YOu bet!"
did you ever read the story of az
arus in the Bible?"
Il never did,
IF had Bible I would read the
story while you fshed."
That will be bully! l can bring ours
along"
And that sacred book was sneaked
out and taken along on fishing trip
and while frankie fshed for bull
heads and suckers Miss Louise read
him the story of the beggar. She also
turned to the family record and cop
led it.
AS soon as the record was copied
Miss Louise remembered an important
engagement that must take her home
at once.
And off the girl went to place the
record in the hands of Mr.. Nash, an6
receive her chocolates-seven pounds
full weight.
And then Mr.. Nash did mean thing
He gave the old maid the mitten OF.
course, he tried to ease his conscience
on the ground that she had prevari
Gated ABOUT her age, but suppose she
had?
In due time Miss Blake learned OF
the conspiracy, and no matter what
she vowed to do to get even with the
mink she kept it to herself and bideG
her time. When man wants to gel
even he goes out and punches tbs
other mans head and has it over with
When woman seeks revenge she has
the patience to wait until her oppor.
tunity comes.
But-in time the tangle was IN
tangled and bliss Louise Winchester
became Mrs. Reddick, Miss Fanny
Blake was married to Deacon Spencer.
Mr.. Nash married a girl of twenty and
she used to throw coffee pots and
other things at him, and frankie
Blake got over his calf-love and be
came head bookkeeper for a sand anG
lime company.
Copyright, 1914. by the Mcclure Newspa.
per Syndicate.)