The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1916-02-22
THE NEEDED SPUR
BY MORRIS GRAHAM.

rive collars looks mlgnty DlB When
o fellows only earning eighteen q
week. Ted figured 1t out after lunch
until even Uncle Chris commented on
his abstraction at the office. Where
upon Ted sat up and took notice, for
Uncle Chris was absolute Judge and
arbiter temporarily over his actions.
He heard from sigma Lawrence that
Amy was back. sigma corresponded
with her regularly and was well aware
that Ted paid far more attention to
her comings and goings than he did to
the sun, moon and stars all put to.
gether.
She'll be here for at least a month,
so you'd better be making hay, Ted
dy," Sigma had advised. Make hay
when he only had q sure thing Of
eighteen per. He wanted a good
whacking salary now. big enough 30
he could 60 to old ]. c. Burnham and
tell him he wanted to marry Amy and
could take care of her.
Deep in his own musings, Ted stared
before him on his desk stool behind
one of the bank windows and failed to
notice Putney until he had spoken
twice. Putney, just at that minute,
looked to Ted's, troubled vision like
the perfect pattern of the sort OF
man he wanted to be himself Putney
was a partner in the best automobile
concern in town.
Hello, Ted!" he called genially,
laying down his bank book, deposit
slip and nice full pad OF yellow.
backs. Just slip those away for me.
will you 1? Going to the Dorrance
dance tonight? ..'
Maybe he was. Ted said rather
gloomily. He wasn't sure. Then al
the morning he meditated, finally de-
Gliding to take the plunge and Co.
When he went out to lunch. he took
the five he had decided to squander,
went over to the best florists in town
and ordered the roses.
Amy was slim and dark, with eyes
Of warmest, deepest brown and skin
like jasmine flower. So he chose
the little. close, dark red Jacks for
her. and had them sent with his card.
And Just as he watched them being
placed in the box he heard Putney's
voice behind him order orchids
twenty-five dollars worth of lavender
orchids.
That night he went to the Dor.
RANGES dance. Polly Dorrance was
specially nice to him. but he watched
for Amy. She would wear orchids,
and he would want to die on the spot,
yet some deadly spell held him And
all at once he saw her. Put was
dancing with her. Just as they passed
whore he sat with Polly she looked at
him and smiled.
Polly" he said hurriedly, was she
wearing red roses or orchids, did you
seer"
jacks, said Polly, placidly
"Why?"
But Ted had excused himself and
was moving away in dream. He
found himself inexplicably beaming
on people and getting ecstatically in
everybody's way until he found her.
Putney stood talking to her, and she
asked him to go AID dance with poor
Polly, left all alone.
you wore them" Ted said under
his breath. Amy, you darling!"
"Somebody'll hear you-hush! OF
course l wore them. I-why. I'm very
fond Of Jack roses, you know"
HE sent you orchids"
They were beautiful" she flushed
ever SO slightly-"but I like roses
best"
Ted drew her away from the hall
room. He knew the Dorrance house
knew there was a window seat undel
the big stained-glass window in the
side hall, and he led her there out Of
sight.
"You know and I know" he told hel
in his funny, frank. boyish way, "tha
I'm up against 1t with Uncle Chris
I've got to make good or don't get
sou out Of him. But I'm making good
he says. and / Just want to say thi'
much: I've loved you ever since W.
went to High together. and it's the big
gest hope of my life that some da!
! maybe I'll be making enough to asl
you to marry me-"
Amy's lashes hid her eyes. She I'm
!. gered the close duslry petals Of tn
J little red roses. *
I'm not asking you to promise ever
. to wait for me-" he. began. It's Put
ney's race 20 far" sd
''Putneys race 70 over" Amy inter
= posed gently. "I-I never did prefe,
orchids. He knows It now. Ted, you'll
laugh. but who do you suppose cam,
to see father todayi Your uncle. snt
!. after he had gone father sent for me
What do you think they managed 4
; tlx up between them?"
Pass" said Ted. "What?"
Z He told father that every man
needed feminine influence in his III,
in order to be real success and n,
didn't see why you failed to fall II
love. He thought It might be tn,
!. needed spur"
Il guess I've found the needet