The Washburn times. [volume] (Washburn, Wis.) 1896-1976, 1917-11-08

SO he mentio-
ment."
"Then you must break it, Mr..
Carrick,o said the manager quite
decidedly. "Mr. Kern, who is
our president and heaviest stock
holder, will be here from the west
tonight on his way to New York.
He can stay only two. hours. We
can do nothing without his approx
al. So you see how necessary it is
that you attend the meeting"
There seemed no way out OF it.
Carrick wrote a note to Miss Wei
land, explaining the circumstances,
sealed it and rang for a messenger.
When a diminutive representative
of the A. D. 7. arrived Carrick was
smitten with brilliant idea. Why
not send the tickets so she could
go anyway? So he wrote another
note. inclosed the tickets with it and
handed both envelopes to the mes
senger. And the one containing
the tickets was never delivered.
All unconscious of this fact, Car
rick went back to the office at 8
o'clock. Fifteen minutes later word
came that Mr.. Kern was delayed by
wreck and that the board meeting
would be held next morning.
On the chance that he might yet
( be in time to escort Miss Welland
to the theater he rushed off to find
her, only to be informed by the
maid that she had gone out. He
went on home then, where he was
promptly pressed into service by his
sister Beatrice, who wanted COM
pany as far as Gladys Burton's. And
at the Burton door they had en-
countered Miss Welland.
That young lady had smilingly
cut short his explanations before
they were begun. Later, when he
heard of the nondelivery Of the tick
cts, he tried again. But Purves
Bland was now in the play, and ex-
plantations were impossible. He
never saw Miss Welland unless the
hint impervious Mr.. Bland was at
her elbow. He haunted balls and
recitals and tea fights in an en-
deavor to tell her of the meeting
that didn't come off, but in vain.
Weeks Of plotting and planning
and waiting for opportunities that
never came left him worried and
hungry looking. Why rejoice that
his carbon improvement scheme
was a 90 when the only girl in the
world-it had reached that stage
wouldn't look at him or, worse still,
looked at him precisely as she look
ed at everybody else?
But bis persistence won finally.
By the assistance Of Dick Sargent,
engaged and consequently sympa-
thetic, he was assured of a monop-
oly of Miss Welland and the bill
lard room during a dance at Bur-
toms one night. Dick promised fif-
teen minutes if he had to tie Purves
Bland with the portieres.
YMiss Welland," he began breath
lessly when Bland had been lured
away by Dick and the future Mrs
Sargent, '.you know the night Of
what a Woman Would Do p"
"But you were to teach me to
play billiards, you know" remarked
Miss Welland.
"But want to EXPLAIN" he urged.
81 got your note," Miss Welland
reminded him. "And Beatrice has
told me about the loss of the tickets.
So that's all over and forgotten
Being equipped only with the
slow going mental processes of mere
man, Carrick was somewhat dazed
by this information. For weeks he
had been preparing himself to take
the enemy's Notifications by storm.
To find that there was to be no war
was surprising, to say the least.
'You know all about t9" he que
ried stupidity.
eyes"
"And it's all forgotten?"
eyes"
forgiven too?"
II suppose So"
sThen," said Carrick, with a ra-
diant smile and a CLINT of determi-
nation in his eye, eve shall take up
the billiard lesson-and something
else" Miss Welland chose to ig-
more the remark.
s'First we will send the balls to
the lower cushion to see who gets
the first shot. That is bank"
"What a funny nameN
EYES," said Carrick. "The word
is usually applied to the edges of
river; also,o with sidewise glance,
'Sto institutions where young men
who are contemplating matrimony
hoard up their money"
Hadn't we better join the 9th
ers?" asked Miss Welland irrever-
emily.
@No; they said they'd be back for