The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-05-28

4 pot of sleeping Young Hyson, he be-
4 held fair young creature. with red
cheeks, eyes like yiolets, retrousse
nose, and hair Of dainty, drugstore
faxen hue. ~ rs
h You guessed 1t. reader. Sg".
/ 1t was Sadie. a.s 9f8s.isg =.
For weeks had this wonderful pic
ture hung In Harry's mind. For weeks
had he argued the question OF mar
4 riage pro and con. At times he had
been on the point Of laying bare his
soul and begging Sadie to 60 with him
to the courthouse and clergy, and thus
make him the happiest beauty doctor
| on earth. s.
Yet, always. before he could seize
her fair hand and begin his matrimoni-
al canvass, a still small voice had
warned him that before he Mtched
his chariot to a marriage license he
must needs address Satan in the terms
| Of the Biblical command. eschew his
undignified and dangerous calling. and
4 cast about him for a more genteel and
desirable vocation. -~~4- --ae-,- ..* - .
! He knew that already a p0st-ofiice
inspector was camping on his trail. and
he knew. not the day nor the hour
when, q cruel and unttmely govern
mental jolt would relegate the, !nstitu-
ton of scientific; Identification, into the
discard. necessarily had the sinister
| vision Of the, post-ofice inspector been
haunting him, fitting into his dream
by night, harassing his thoughts by
day. --.. .sy .--sy-.,-------~t~-..- -.
| What--marry Sadie. while standing
| thus upon the thin ice of his profess
sional life? No, It wouldn't be right
to commit such "a reckless act.
| He had therefore east about him for
4 buyer. upon whose shoulders to I'M
load the ~ institution OF latter-day
learning And yesterday he had found
a man who had offered him a thousand
dollars for the gay enterprise, for
ever to have and to hold. He had ac-
cepted the offer. and closed the deal
| with impatient dispatch
And now he had resolved to turn his
business place "best investment"
upon Sadie's finger, and become a de-
sirable citizen beyond the pale OF post
office inspectors and kindred worries
of his hitherto dangerous pursuits.
Little wonder that Harry's thoughts
were thronged with ffstirons, ffapjacks.
frying pans and fluffy kimonos instead
of with the sunregenerate details Lss..o. Of "a
business taboo!
Harry ..,- pulled himself together.
wheeled his chair about with sudden
ness that startled Sadie, and said: Is
"""Sadc, Eve been wanting to tell you
something for a good many weeks"
whats on your mind, -kiddo9 asked
the girl coyly.
"Weil,7 pursued the beauty doctor.
1--WE come to the conclusion that this
correspondence school graft isn't ex-
actly the stunt for AN ambitious young
chap like me. I've been cleaning mp
quite a bit Of velvetafn II. but the fact
Is IT'S not precisely on the level. You
know that, SADIE. = ,$*#
"Tt amt Tie sort Of business that q
man, would like to. have his wife. for
Instance. tell tire neighbors her RHs-
band was in. II amt what he'd like
to leave to his son when II came to
an aerial in the &lirectjon' Of tire sweet
byand-hy. s
r. Worse than tliat, there's been q
!. post-otlice inspector hanging round
here for couple',of weeks trying to
get line on the institution I've
stopped MIN and snapped conversation
with linn Il number of times myself.
Hes one Of these smooth guys. aud
never tipped 1t of that he was Inter
ested in the school at all
But Eve caught him wandering
round here entirely too often go make
mo fee. comfortable. II His snooping
round here, Is getting OH my nerves.,
SADIE amt Eve decided to Sell ana get
out from untrer before they let some
thing drop. on me: 3&&
My successor takes charge tomnr-
row. Tn going to take whirt at the
real-estate, business, SADIE. What do
YOU thiuk Of 'thatr' he added tr'um-
DnanttF, WIN ~ IbHStio"' ''A'A' ~
pride.
con, get OUT said Sadie. ARE you
on tile levelg' a7' If
"0n the dead level. SADIE. And lss-
| rem, he continued, drawing his chair
| closer to hers. TIN doing IL all for
| you, grille s..
at will he hard for ME, awfully
| hard, to break into anything like the
| real estate business after being in this
correspondence work so long and I've
a hunclt, I'll have a hard time getting
to like the new business, hut I'm 30
| ing il for you, so that | The on rfs
level and decent and look folks in ms
face from now On.
"You've had ME on the run eVel
since you began pounding out form
letters for me. I'm all to the psycho
pathic about you. You've par,fnRndle'
nv pump for fair, Sade. and wan
YOU to marry me. Gee, but love you
kiddo, and Eve got just the contest lit
tie fiat all picked o,lt!"
Harry rose, took step IN Sadie's m
rection, then suddenly paused.
strange look had come into Sadie
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