The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-05-07
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ORI5SF0RYS
Professions.
~ Helen CLARK.

k7get some MOWERS SAot 10
4 something with a heart throb
Eln 'em-tan dollars or so--tne kind OF
thing you'd pick yourself for the Elrl
lyou were in love with"
! = The frs time Bowdcn Pain receive
{fnstructiors from old Mr.. Clark. resi-
kdcnt ot'tne large concern for "
twas 1cashier, he felt little like
III: "Tho do you think ain lcu'
tGalet?" But he found the taE" Of Sc
Aecting flowers al Dohhs' 70 dive :
that the next time sir?lia" order
came to select the forc.7 it2t Nj.
CLARK w'sked u have -c1t - '.@ vie
3 as indication OF hr or rarsola'
though and affection, he greeted the
task ''y2ilh keen In,". I, ~ ~ 50
'mucl heart into the acic'i ~ 10, 2.u
NJ Clark felt the beneficial results IN
ibis good wifes disposition for a week
TO come Al the end Of the wesS, ne
again reoues led Mr. Pain to order foT,
ers with heart th.ab in en-. Ana
pain oui,i.d himself b. ordering h. :
K ket Of pink roses and blue larSspur that
actually caused the dgye%cd Hrs. Clark
to melt iHto. tecr7, Y was on tAat n'Sh-
that BoTdea first say Martha lcnE9.
He was particular'~ d.saTmod, Tor
following SIR. ClarE'5 Instructions, ne
had nut him clt in tho mood OF tHe
young man in love with someone. He
was exposed in most 7ulne"ahle
point, He vas not in love but ne was
in a lovers mood and when Martha
appeared aud lie heard that lndehnaDis
little swish and perceived the ainiosl
negligible scent Of perfume thai IN hls
mind vas aSsocisicd VITA women VI
"real class he promptly uo.anoa"'
p..w"Toejc IS
He heard her order SIX Sn'dl' 'u"
auets 81 l:Ile@ Of ne 'li''! Su','0'e I'L
fayora a luncheon inc hoA. adF' "''u
took pHrticu ar pains 10 a'tH&a . hG1
Instructions as to where they Shouio
be sent.
"The Founders Club Nc heard her
say, and besides being filled with al
miration fer Tie particular way II
which sire uttered there words, he vas
also aware OF the fact that she was
member Of an c"eus!Ta city society
fer to be q member oi TIC founders
Club GRE had rot only 10 be lmeaI
desCendGni OF one OF the C1ion:al
founder Ct the cit, but enc rad to
have considerable m51e" to spend on
club dues and otherwise to keep up
with that examination.
Bovden Pain had enc thing in his
tayor at the cutset OF the pursuit Of
his ideal. lie wa a member of the
Pain famil9, and although had Fe
taken the trouble he might have learn.
ed that the original Eezc%iah Paine
was twice pillo"icA fer breaking the
Sabbath, and enjoyed no hiGher dis
tincticn in the community tran that
Of road member, still he wa3 descended
from founder, and waa eligible to
the club. ever in his widest dreams,
membership. Ti"st because of the ex-
pense that would instaii; and second,
because the young men and women
who belonged to the organization we2s
many rmgs higher on the social ladder
than he pretended TO be, Blu he 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 coin.
cidence OF meeting her second time
at Dobb's florist shop he went home
to figure out on paper about what the
necessary expense OF membership
would be.
The itemizing ran something as fol.
lows:
'"Initiation fee, 5000. (Bowden be.
lieyed this to be the sum. He would
ferify it the next day.
Annual lues ............ $4,000
Tuxedo suit tfor mems rirhtl 5000
Swallowtsil renovated 1000
Evening clothes accessories. 1000
Black shoes 80. ..,..... 1000
$4,000
This was no sum to be thrown lightly
away. In the veins OF Govden ran the
Erue Yankee blood Of the Pains, and
sven part OF his savings we're not 10
be spent lightly on self.indulgence, He
was saving. as he convientlv could,
{or the as yet indefinite home for an
oven less definite family" But whv
save for family" Bowdcn reflected
70 himself. when the accomplishment
Of his ambitions along that line might
possibly depend on the expenditure of
part of the savingso
But even after the second vision of
Martha at Dobb's he might have let
his dreams OF belonging ia the Eornd. !