Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1917-11-14

FOOLISH little bet like this interfere
with your business.
You couldn't? Why. ] propose to
make the watering Of this plant my
chiefest business, and | shall not let
anything else interfere with it,
But you are a lawyer, understand.
| What will your clients say?'
TO be lawyer you must first catch
! your client" he commented whimsical
| ly and then added with well affected
earnestness: by the way, you haven't
any troubles that | could s.raighten
out for you, have you? mean troubles
| of a legal nature"
II have no troubles of any kind" she
replied laughingly.
I "Lucky aiil. though 1t Is unlrtky for
! me, dsn't Laow but shall feal 1t iny
| duty to make trouble OF some kind for
you"
| IF you try you will perhaps find that
| can make trouble too"
| Il don't doubt it," he said bantering-
i ~ and heaved deep sigh. when it
comes to really making trouble COM
! mend me to good looking girls Of eight
cen or thereabout, especially in the
springtime.''
I "Oh, you needn't be alarmed" she
pouted.
And I was just beginning to hope
that | might be. Well, well, il you do
| have trouble of any kind that develops
legal aspect that does not require too
profound a knowledge of the law, but
/ at the same time demands lengthy con-
situations. hope you will not forget
| me. My Office hours are from 10 to 8,
| except when am yachting, golfing or
playing tennis"
/ "DoNyou do much yachting?"
Il usually spend Friday and Satur-
| day of each week on board and take a
couple of long cruises each season."
do you golf much? she persisted,
with growing mischief in her eyes.
] Il make it rule to play eighteen
holes each Monday and Wednesday. 1t
really takes a great deal Of practice to
keep oneself in form at golf" he ex-
planned unblushngly.
"And tennis?"
Tuesdays and Thursdays to that fasci-
mating game. We really have ripping
courts, and l hope you will become a
member of our little club
She laughed joyously, without an
swering his suggestion.
with the amount Of time you devote
to golf tennis and yachting am afraid
III Il 90 4
vote to any troubles 1 might bring to
you
Il sincerely hope you may never have
any more troubles than can attend to,
even in the small amount Of time that
devote to law" This was said so
meaningly that she blushed family.
But just at that point his mother con-
cluded her call on Betty's mother. and
he had to go along as her escort.
There never was flower more care
fully tended that that little waif. As
Betty Curtis had come to the town
with her mother to spend the summer
in the fine residence her father had
bought for them she had nothing to do
but enjoy herself Jack Etheridge was
almost equally blessed with leisure. for,
though. in compliance with the wishes
Of his widowed mother, he had COM
menced the-practice of law 50 that he
wou' kiot hotter hu'g to care io: b ;
wal \ ,r,n... sie ie t bin i3;r ioituur.
in y,,,lii ~ 70 Ne hlndsmne income he
derived froa tn" estate ri his father.
he did not elect 10 live a strenuous life.
After careful investigation he decided
to hang out his single in this pleasant
little town that had excellent golf links
at the rear and luxurious yacht club
on the water front. He opened offices
with southern exposure in the post
office building and fitted them up with
furniture admirably suited for lonng-
ing on and waited comfortably for his
first client In order to pass the time
as pleasantly as possible he supple
mented his library of law books with
all the latest novels and current maya
zines His mother was satisfied, and 1t
cannet be said that he felt life to be
unduly exacting. He cOnscientiously
kept regular office hours, as explained
above, so 1t naturally happened that he
frequently walked home from the links
with Betty after pleasant game. and
the first thing they always did was to
take look at the little mound that
covered their bulb. donald had been
warned to leave it alone and they saw
to it that no weed sprouted in its vi
( entity.
Il am inclined to think" said Betty
couple OF weeks after the planting
that a watched bulb is somewhat like
watched pot
Perhaps the hyacinthine Donald
threw it away because he saw that it
was dead
"Oh, I noticed that it was quite flesh
when l planted it, but l think 1t Is
! mean of you to use the word hya-
cinthne when you know well enough
that there Is no common adjective de-
rived from crUus shall have re-
venge. however. when it sprouts"
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