The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1918-07-20
ZONES SUCCESS
BY JOHN GREGORY.


name to prevent 1t from being lost
In the shuttle. When the father was
appealed to he replied:
II don't care what you call III"
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 WIS victim Of govt.
and therefore his point was well taken
when he replied:
mo matter how you spell 1t, the
name rhymes with bone. groan and
moan, and that makes 1t all right"
Following the law Of chronology. II
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 q dash
in the world when he took his place
in. 1t. In fact, he didn't rune the sur
face of Lake Erie a little bit 40 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 VINO
gasped. with the words:
"Did you ever hear Of such thlnEF
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:
LANDS save US, but you mustn't
think Of It'll"
"Buts sort Of like Stephen"
you'd better let him be your grand
father thnn 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 sny:
"Afother. I read a story one time
about such a young man as Stephen
ls."
"There was girl and she was about
like me-"
"Yesr
"Someone told her that the young
man would be altogether different II
he got a sudden great shock. That
what he needed was to be aroused out
Of himself. So the girl stood on tho
railrond truck and let him snatch her
OF Just n second before the locomo-
tive would have gone over her. 1t was
nlso a close cnll for him. as the COW.
cntcher shaved the heels of both his
shoes"
"Mercyl And how did he act1"
"Why, he was Jolly fellow after
that, just ns l 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 ride In his auto. hut
would not go fishing or to lawn party
or on nm excursion.
One dry when she was three miles
from home with another girl, they dis
covered bed OF wild strawberries on
the bank Of river and near the road.
Two days later Stephen took young
man md the two girls to the spot In
his auto. There were berries galore.
and each one was helping himself
when the plan for the great shock
came to Miss lone like a flash. She
had taken notice. and she did not
doubt herself. II she could withdraw
from the party and get into the auto
and 20 whizzing across the bridge and
up the hill the shock would come.
1t took quite a bit of strategy to &C.
complain her purpose. but II was car
ried out. The first warning came to
the three pickers when the horn gave
n defiant toOt. and they rose up to-
gcther and cried out In unison.
The auto started at Its highest
speed. and was almost at the far end
OF the bridge when Its driver got
scared md checked II and backed It.
Bump! went the hind wheels against
the railing. and crash went this rail-
Ing, and machine and girl took drop
OF twenty feet down to water deep
enough to drown an elephant.
''The Internal little fooll The blith.
ering IDIOT"
Then Stephen took his dive! The
nutO Ind gone to the bottom. but the
girl WINS padding and splashing around
md screaming for aid. He landed
nenr her md soon Ind her ashore.
Miss lone was more scared than
hurt. After two or three minutes she
sat up and asked:
"Oh. stephen, are you swenringT
ayes. by thunderl" he replied.
''And did you cnll me a little foOlr'
ayes, n dozen Of them!"
'Stephcn. come here and kiss mel"
"Whnt forf
because love you and am going