Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1917-11-16
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The mother did care. however. Dh6'
could make q delicious strawberry
shOrtcake. but at the same time she
was romantic. She decided almost
Mt once to name the infant lone.
do you like it?" she asked of the
father when she had quite decided.
Mr.. Welcome was u victim of govt.
and therefore his point was well taken
when he replied:
mo matter how you spell It. the
name rhymes with bone. grOan and
moan. and that makes 1t all right"
Following the law of chronology, 1t
ought to have been noted mt the start
that Stephen Hope made his entrance
into this country just two years before
lone.
Stephen didn't cut much of dash
in the world when he took his place
In it. In fact, he didn't ruflle the sur
face of Lake Erie little bit as he
grew up. He was placid.
Had Miss lone been boy she would
have been into mischief half the time.
She wanted to be on the go.
And when this girl and this sober
sided and placid young man became
acquainted there were people who
gasped. with the words:
did you ever hear of such thingT
There is no sense in the old saying
that OppOsites attract, for you can't
make oil and water mix. but for some
reason Miss lone Welcome and Mr..
Stephen Hope were attracted to each
other and got along very well. 1t be-
came a case of love on his part, and
he finally proposed. She ran away with
out answering him, but she told her
mother and her mother exclaimed:
LANDS save us, but you mustn't
think Of I'll"
But I sort Of like Stephen"
you'd better let him be your grand
father than your husband. You
wouldn't live together three months.
Miss lone went away and thought OF
the matter for an hour. and then re-
turned to say:
Mother, / read a story one time
about such a young man as Stephen
is"
There was q girl and she was about
like me-"
"Yes?"
Someone told her that the young
man would be altogether different IL
he got a sudden great shock. That
what he needed was to be aroused out
of himself. So the girl stood on the
railroad track and let him snatch her
off just a second before the lOcomO-
tive would have gone over her. 1t was
also a close call for him. as the cow
catcher shaved the heels of both his
Shoes"
Mercy! And how did he actr
"Why, ne was jolly fellow after
that, Just as I wish Stephen was,"
1t was accident that gave Miss lone
her opportunity. Stephen would play
croquet with her. and once in a while
take her for ride in his auto. but
would not go fishing or to lawn party
or on an excursion.
One day when she was three miles
from home with another girl, they dis
covered a bed of wild strawberries on
the bank Of river and near the road.
Two days later Stephen took young
man and the two girls to the spot in
his auto. There were berries galore.
and each one was helping himself
when the plan for the great shock
came to Miss lone like fash. She
had taken notice, and she did not
doubt herself. II she could withdraw
from the party and get into the auto
and go whizzing across the bridge and
up the hill the shock would come.
1t took quite bit of strategy to &C
complish her purpose, but 1t was car
ried out. The first warning came to
the three pickers when the horn gave
defiant toOt, and they rose up to-
gether and cried out In unison.
The auto started at its highest
speed, and was almost at the far end
of the bridge when its driver got
scared and checked 1t and backed 1t.
BUMP! went the hind wheels against
the railing, and crash went this rail-
ing, and machine and girl took a drop
of twenty feet down to water deep
enough to drown an elephant.
"The Internal little fool! The blith-
ering idiot"
Then Stephen took his dive! The
auto had gone to the bottom. but the
girl was padding and splashing around
and screaming for aid. He landed
near her and soon had her ashore.
| Miss lone was more scared than
hurt. After two or three minutes she
sat up and asked:
"Oh. Stephen. are you swearing7"
"Yes, by thunder" he replied.
sand did you call me little fool?''
"Yes, a dozen of them!"
"Stephen. come here and kiss me -
what for?"
Because l love you and am going
to marry you! Oh, Stephen, It's SO
gOod-sO gOOd!"
"What in the devil Is so goodr
"YOur being like other men. I want