The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1918-08-22


-on your way hone stop at Dcths'
get su3e ho~ers--orchids-so
thing with q heart throb In 'e-1-tea
dollars or so--;he kind q thing yO1-d
PICK yourself for the girl you were In
love with"
The first tine B0wdel Pain received
instructions fror-1pid NJ. Clark. press-
dent of the large knoern for which be
was cashier. he felt = nttie Ike say
Ing: who Go yoR think ami Your
valetT- But he found the task q So
lectinE flowers az Debts 80 dlyerring
that the next time similar order cane
10 select the flowers that Mr.. Clark
wished 10 have sent 20 his wife as indi-
cation Of his own personal thought and
affection. be greeted the task with keen
intersE. and put 50 much heart into
the selection that old Mr.. Clark felt
the beneheisl results In his good wtfe's
disposition for 4 week to co-ne. Al the
end Of the week .s again requested
Nr. Pain 10 order flowers with q heart
throb IN EN- And Pain OutdId him
self By ordering a basket ot pink roses
and blue lsrkspur that actually caused
the dry-eyed Mrs Clark to melt into
tears II was on tha, night that Bow
den first saw Martha Jenks-
He Was particularly disarrned. for
following Mr.. Clark's instructions, be
had put himself in the mood Of the
young man In love with someone. He
IN -
point He was not In love, but he was
In q lovers mood, and when Martha
appeared and he heard that indefnable
little swish and perceived the almost
Negligible scent Of perfume that In his
mind was associated with wOraen Of
real class he promptly saccur,bea.
BE heard her order six small hSz-
quets Of lilies OF the valley suitable for
fsyors at luncheon the next day, and
took particular pains 10 attend to her
Instructions as to whore they should
he sent.
The Founders Club he heard her
say, and besides being Iilied with aL-
rniratiOn for the particular way in
which she uttered these words, he was
also aware OF the fact that she was a
member Of an exclusive city society
for TO be member OF the Founders
club one had not oaly TO be a lIneal
descendant " one Of the Colonial
founders Of the city. but one had 10
have considerable money 10 spend on
club cues and otherwise TO keep up"
with that organization.
Bowden Pain had one thing in his
favor at the outset OF the pursuit Of
his ideal. He was a member OF "the"
Pain family. and although had he ta-
ken the trouble he might have learned
that the original Hezekiah Pain was
twice pilloried for breaking the Sab
bath, and enjoyed no higher distlnc-
tiOn In the community than that OF
road mender. still ha was descended
from a founder. and was eligible TO
the club. Never In his widest dreams.
however. had he thought OF seeking
membership. First, because OF the ex-
pense that would entail; and second.
because the young men and women
who belonged 10 the organization were
many rungs higher on the social ladder
than he pretended TO be. But the idea
OF belonging first entered his head
shortly after he heard the charming
Martha mention the name Of the club
as the address To which the flowers
could be sent. And after the colncl.
dence OF meeting her second time at
Dobbs' florist shop. he went home to
figure out on paper about what the
necessary expense Of membership
would be.
The itemiz!ng ran something as fol.
lows:
Initiation fee. 5000. (BOwden be-
lieved this to be the sum. He would
verify II the next day).
ahhuhi uues ..................S $4,000
Tuxedo suit tfor mems night =. 60.OO
Swallowtail renovated ......... 1900
Evening clothes accessories. -. 1000
Rlark shoaa ,nna