Smyrna times., 1917-11-28
ZONES SUCCESS
BY JOHN GREGORY.


IN the shuttle. When the father was
appealed to he replied;
don't care what you call it :"
The mother did care, however She
could make a delicious strawberry
shOrtcake, but at the same time she
was romantic. She decided almost
at once to name the infant lone.
DO you like it?" she asked of the
father when she had quite decided.
Mr.. Welcome was a victim of gout,
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 it all right"
Following the law of chronology, it |
ought to have been noted at the start |
that Stephen Hope made his entrance |
into this country just two years before
lone.
Stephen didn't cut much of a dash
in the world when he took his place
in it. In fact, he didn't ruffie the sur
face of Lake Erie a 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 whs
gasped, with the words:
'Did you ever hear of such thing"
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:
Glands save US, but you mustn't
think of it,"
"But% 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, 1 Eead a story one time
about such young man as Stephen
is"
"There was a girl and she was about
like me-"
"YeS?"
Someone told her that the young
man would be altogether different If
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 off both his
Shoes"
Mercy! And how did he act"
''Why, he was a jolly fellow after
that, just as 1 wish Stephen was"
1t was accident that gave Miss lone
her opportunity. Stephen would play
crOquet with her, and once in while
take her for a ride in his auto, but
would not go fishing or to lawn party
or on an excursion.
from home with another girl, they dis
covered a bed of wild strawberries OF
the bank of river and near the road
Two days later Stephen took yOunI
man and the two girls to the spot ii
his auto. There were berries galore
and each one was helping himsel
when the plan for the great shOcl
came to Miss lone like a flash. Sh
had taken notice, and she did no
doubt herself. If she could Withdraw
- from the party and get into the aut
and go whizzing across the bridge an
up the hill the shock would come.
1t took quite bit Of strategy to az
complish her purpose, but it was cal
ried out. The first warning came t
the three pickers when the horn CAV
defiant toOt, and they rose up tt
gether and cried out in unison.
The auto started at its highes
speed, and was almost at the far en-
of the bridge when its driver &C
scared and checked it and backed 1
Bump! went the hind wheels again:
the railing, and crash went this raj
Ing, and machine and girl TOOK drO
Of twenty feet down to water dee
enough to drown an elephant.
"The Internal little fool! The blitl
ering idiot"
Then Stephen took his dive! TT
auto had gone to the bottom, but IL
girl was padding and splashing arour
and screaming for aid. He lande
near her and soon had her ashore.
Miss lone was more scared ths
hurt. After two or three minutes 81
rat up and asked:
"Oh, Stephen, are you swearingT'
"Yes, by thunder!' - he replied.
"And did you call me little fool
eyes. a dozen Of them"
"Stephen, come here and kiss me