The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1919-03-20

pot Of sleeping Young Hyson, he ~
held fair young creature. with red
cheeks, eyes like violets, retrousse
nose, and hair Of dainty. drugstore
haxen hue.
You guessed II. reader.
II was Sudie.
| For weeks had this wonderful pic.
ture hung In Harry's mind. For weeks
had he argued the question Of mar.
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. lf4
Yet, always, before he could seize
her fair hand and begin his matrimoni-
al canvass, still small voice had
warned him that before he hitched
his chariot to a marriage license he
must needs address Satan In the terms
OF the Biblical command. eschew his
undlgnified and dangerous calling. ana
cast about him for more genteel and
desirable vocation. il'5if
He knew that already post-office
inspector was camping on his trail, and
he knew not the day nor the hour
when q cruel and untime'y govern
mental Jolt would relegate the institu-
tion of scientific Identification into ths
discard. necessarily had the sinister
vision Of the post-ofiice inspector been
haunting him. fitting Into his dream
by night, harassing his thoughts by
day.
What--marry Sadie while standing
thus upon the thin Ice Of his profess
slonal life? No. II wouldn't be right
to commit such q reckless act.
He had therefore cast about him for
a buyer upon whose shoulders to un-
load the institution Of latter-day
learning. And yesterday he had found
man who had offered him 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
youthful energies into the renl-estate
, business. place a best investment"
upon Sadle's finger. and become de-
sirable citizen beyond the pale Of post
Office inspectors and kindred worries
! Of his hitherto dangerous pursuits.
Little wonder that Harry's thoughts
r were thronged with hatirons. hapjacks.
: frying pans and fiuffy kimonos instead
q Of with the unregenerate details Of .
business taboo
n Harry pulled himself together.
q wheeled his chair about with sudden
It ness that startled Sadie. and said:
p "Sade, I've been wanting to tell yo1
. something for good many weeks"
r "What's on your mind. kiddof" asked
70 the girl coyly.
D "well.' pursued the beauty doctor,
T. i've come TO the conclusion that this
correspondents school graft isn't -
y actly the stunt for an ambitious young
Il chap like me. I've been cleaning uT
o. quite bit of velvet in It. but the fact
m is it's not precisely on the level You
know that. Sade.
A. ut amt the sort Of business that Z
Df man would like to have his wife. foI
ef instance. tell the neighbors her hus
N band was I'm. II amt what he'd like
o. to leave to his son when II came tc
nn aerial In the direction Of the sweet
by-and-by.
A. "Worse than that. there's been q
post-ofiice inspector hanging round
t. here for couple Of weeks trying tC
10 get a line on the institution. I've
ie stopped him and swapped conuersatiou
e with him a number Of times myself
At He's one Of these smooth guys. and
Mt never tipped It OF that he was inter
to ested In the schcoI at all.
d. 'But I've caught him wandering
round here entirely too often to make
he me feel comfortable. His sn0oplni
round here IL getting on my nerves
d. SADIE. and I've decided to sell and gel
ne out from under before they let some
ne thing drop on me.
no my successor takes charge tomor
ct row. Tn going to take whirl at thu
ed reaI-estate business. Sade. What d.
, you think Of thatf" he added trium
ce phnntly. with conscious blush O.
H. pride.
IS. "Oh, get out" said Sadie. "Are yor
,e, on the levelf"
ION the dead level, SADIE. And lis
&c ten." he continued, drawing his chniI
VI closer to hers. "rm doing It all foI
you, grille.
at will be hard FOR me. awful,
hard. to break into anything like thu
i'd reaI I-estnte business after being In thii
ty correspondence work so long. and Fv'
as hunch I'll have hard time gettini
re to like the new business, but I'm do
W. Ing It for you. so that can be on thu
er level and decent and look folks In TIN
face from now on.
he you've had me on the run svel
on since you began pounding out form
~. letters for me. I'm all to the psyche
to- pathIc about you. You've panhnndles
my pump for fair. SADIE. and ] wan
ct you to marry me. Gee, but love YOU
kiddo. and I've got just the coolest III