The Ontario Argus. (Ontario, Or.) 1???-1947, 1917-03-29
HOW SHE
WAS WON
BY ETHEL HOLMES

marry Bob stewart instead Of increas
Ing your social distinction, you'll feel
thc pinch OF poverty; if you marry
Towne you1l be n swell leader lat
or ON"
AREN'T you rich enough to keep my
position for me, papaT
81? oh, we'll you see that what
have will be added to what you get by
marriage"
"i'll think about It, papa"
She concluded 10 refer the case Co n
contest between the two suitors So
she sent word 60 both OF them that she
woull the next morning he driving her
car within the limits of Marion coun.
ty--l region full Of excellent roads.
crossing one another like the wires Of
n twisted grldrun -nnd would marry
whichever of the two mon who pro.
posed first
Both suitors received tho informa.
tlon about 10 o'clock NJ night. the con.
test 10 take place the next morning.
Neither had any information ~ to
whnt point tho lady would enter the
chosen district. The county line was
many miles IN length. nn1 she might
enter at any point Even n caudl-
dntc entered near her he would not
know which direction she would take,
and he might set on IN the opposite
one. Both men made their prcparu.
tluna before turning IN for the night.
Tuwnc went 30 hIs garage. where he
kept several ears. and ordered his
chauffeur tn prepare the one best suit.
Cd 10 his royds for the contest lie
was not driver himself and expected
10 usp me- chauffeur fDr thnt purpose,
Stewart uu receiving his notification
mt down ~ % fob ~ thinking ON the
ml..r He could 500 uu hope ~ hls
securing an advantage over his rival
hy ordinary methods of trnusrorta
tom 10 would hc purply,A matter OF
UaG. the man having tho best luck
winning. ~ midnight hr had solved
tho problem.
Before duylisht Miss Harrison start
cd wish n sluglc attendant, FOR the
trinl ground, ANA 10y the first peep of
day st' was w iig rrutcr ready 10 take
amy course her fancy dictated, At
no starting hour Tpwnc passed the
line AMI began to follow route he
had laid down ou the map which he
Thought would give him the hest
chance ~ meeting Ills ear was
cnrahlr ~ making sixty miles mn hour,
nnd when on long stretches his chauf
feur was instructed to get that speed
out ~ her
Miss lnrmon. being IN the ccutcr ~
the county. worked from That outward,
whereas II was supposed that she
would enter Ht the outside and work
Inward. ToWuc began 0y making u
s.c.lg ,lszas ,un, f.llowlns the trend
OF the line. hoping TO come upon The
prize soon after she entered. Of
course be completed the circuit with,
ont m'ctiug her Nevertheless he con.
tluucl on The same plan, which was e.
make shorter and shorter circuits till
he arrived at the center
Miss lIarmon's plan was something
like this though she did not make
regular spiral from the center 10 tho
line, She saw nothing of either Of
her suturs, Mr.. 1'oWnc passed her
on his Inward. her outward. move on
the opposite side ~ the ground NJ cou-
test When they came round again
he was within, she was without,
though they inssed within quarter
of mile of each other.
All this lime nothing was seen of
Stewart, Miss Harmon had been ON
the road three hours and was begin
ming Ia tire. At first she assumed that
she had missed both her suitors, In
deed, when she came Ia think of IL
calmly IL was quite likely that she
might ride all day over so large field
without meeting either OF them. As 20
Towne, lac had not yet reached the cen
ter point.
Ahuut / o'clock iu the afternoon Miss
Harmon was driving along "a stretch of
road iu which there was mo- turn when
an auto pWmwd Itself from side
path into the middle of the road right
before her She had barely time 10
stop within few feet of il when Bob
Stewart jumped out of the obstructing
car sprang On Ia the fOOthOard of Miss
Hamon's car and, seizing her hand,
asked her To marry him.
Suspense was ended, The man she
loved had won.
"lou scamp" she exclaimed through
smiles. Il don't believe you have won
fairly"
II have taken no illegltimate adyan-
tnge," was the reply.
How did you do itl'
Hut bob wouldn't tell--at least not
then. Indeed he never told Till after
he wedding, He had been doing some
thing ia air travel and had kept both
ais rival and his girl in sight all day
from the clouds. When they got as fsr
spart as possible and in favorable
position for him TO reach his auto ne
had descended and-won.
Papa" said Miss Harmon 10 her ia
ther the evening of the contest, I'm
sorry l can't please you by marrying
Ernest Towne."
"Why not, Dottyf"
"lioh Stewart il the smarter man."
How do you know thatr s.