The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1918-07-24
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| Clip-slide-fall!
That was May Palmer and she had
fallen on the icy pavement on hands!
and knees.
"Heigho! Got fall, have you'll" ;
That was Joseph Farlow, a partner
In a wooden house downtown.
eyes, I've had fall" replied Miss
May as she looked up. !.
"Come, now, but I shall help you
up" he said as he extended his arm.
There you are, but you can't take 81
step alone. Do You live anywhere
about here?' % !
Fright there" said Miss May as She
pointed to the steps.
ooh, that is easy. I shall put ami
arm around your shoulder and you
lean on me, and we g6 up the steps All
safely as you walk q hall floor. Here
we are, and I'll ring the bell for you.
Good evening, madam. I've got to rum
Tor it or shall be two minutes late
at the store. See You again sometime
perhaps" FL
Miss May entered the house to play
baby for while, and when she came
to explain the accident to her father
and mother the father replied with q
laugh: VI
"Say, I'll bet you any money that
man was Joe Farlow. he passes
along the street twice every day exI
cept Sunday. They call him the Hu-
man Clock because he is always 0nl
time. II he Is one minute late at the
store there is almost a panic. Yes, Il
must have been Joe who helped ypul
up, and you had better look out 1T
tie. Joe is a nice looking fellow, and
he is making more money than any!
young man I can mention. I shOuldn't
object to having him for son.in-law."
"Well, he didn't laugh at me, and!
that was good Of him." replied Miss
May as she went to the medicins
chest to find the bottle Of arnica. 1
Out Of curiosity, Of course, she post
ed herself at window about the time
she figured Mr.. Joseph Farlow would
be due to come along next evening.
Mr.. Farlow came along. He was on
time to the second. There was al
smile on his face, as he passed the
house, but he didn't turn his head to
see II anybody was at the window. He
knew there was, and that he did not
even give a glance was a mark in Ia
vor Of Mr.. Joseph Farlow. /.
a Some days passed and Miss May
started in her car one day to 60 to her,
dressmaker's. When the vehicle had!
traversed several blocks, some heavy,
trucks got the chauffeur in q pocket
ana he lost his head for a moment
He ran the machine into a grocery van
standing at the curb, and there was q
crash and a scream. Joseph Farl0wi
was passing at that moment. BE had
gone to the grocery store on q bust,
ness errand, and he had given himself
lust so many seconds to get back To-
his woOlens. It Is doubtful Il the
trumpet Of an elephant or the roar Of,
q lion would have made him halt, but
the scream Miss May gave stopped him
dead In his tracks. he saw her trying
to open the door Of the auto, and IN
| three jumps he had the door open and
was helping her out saying:
'It's you again, is It? Well, your
chauffeur is not up to the mark. You
will have to walk the rest Of the way.
mo Ice this time, and you won't get q
fall. By-by. I'm due at the store. :
And OF went Mr.. Joseph Farlow, and
more than one pedestrian got q dig
from his elbows to make up for lost
time. Maybe 1t was month later
when Mr.. Palmer, father Of May, sat
in his office one afternoon and young
Mr.. Farlow burst in exclaiming: Z
"Say, Mr.. Palmer, know You by
sight and by name, though we never
shook hands. You can ask any busi-
ness man about me. / just called to
say that want the privilege Of call
ing on your daughter. It has happened
that I met her on two occasions, but
we have not exchanged names. am
a very busy man, but I will try ana
spare ten or fifteen minutes some
evening to call and make her acquaint-
ance." II
It was serious matter, but Mr..
Palmer could not help smiling over It.
he replied that Mr.. Farlow might call
any evening and remain is minutes OF
three hours II he would. Il Miss May
happened not to be at home they
could talk over the state Of the
market and smoke a good cigar to-
gether. Mr.. Farlow thanked him and
rushed out so impetuously that he up
set an employee who was coming in.
In about week Mr.. Farlow called,
He didn't look at his watch as he sat
down to see IL he could spare IA or 10
minutes, but he was soon SO interested
that almost half an hour glided away.
Miss May did not know whether she
liked Mr.. Farlow or not, even after he
had made half q dozen calls. but he
kept calling SO many times that she
finally decided he was the right man.
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