American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-03-21

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cheeks, eyes like violets, ~retrousse
nose, and hair Of dainty, drugstore
fiaxen hue.
You guessed II. reader.
II was Sadie.
For weeks had this wonderful pic
ture hung In Harry's mind. For weeks 4
had he argued the question of mar
riage pro and con. At times he had
been on the polrt of laying bare his
SOU and begging Sadie to go with him
to the courthouse and clergy, and thus
make him the happiest beauty doctor
on earth.
Yet. always. before he could seize
her fair hand and begin his matrimoni-
nj canvass, a still small voice had
warned him that before he hitched
his chariot to n marriage license he
must needs address Satan in the terms
Of tile Biblical command. eschew his
%undlgnifed and dangerous calling, and
cast about him for q more genteel and
desirable vocation,
He knew that already q ~post-onhce
Inspector was camping IN his trail, and
he knew not the day nor the aour
when n cruel and untlmely govern
mental Jolt would relegate the instltu'
ton Of scientific Identification Into the
discard. necessarily had the sinister
vision OF the p~ost-efice inspector been
haunting him, nitting into his dream
by night, harassing his thoughts by
day.
What--marry Sadie while standing
thus upon the thin Ice OF his profess.
slonal life1 No, II wouldn't be right
to commit such % reckless act.
He hnd therefore cast about him for
II buyer upon whose shoulders to an
load the institution of latter-day
learning. And yesterday he had found
II maj who had offered him thousand
dollars for the gay enterprise, for
ever to have and to hold. He had nc
cepted the offer. and closed the deal
with impatient dispatch,
And now he had resolved to turn his
youthful energies into the reol-estnte
business, place a best investment"
upon Saddles finger, and become II he
sirable citizen beyond the pale of post
office inspectors and kindred worries
of his hitherto dangerous pursuits.
Little wonder that uarry's thoughts
were t%hronged with nntirons, lnpjncks,
frying pans and fluffy klmonos instead
Of with the u~nregenernte details of n
business tnbool
Harry pulled himself together,
wheeled his chair about with q sudden
ness that startled Sndle, and said;
"Sadc, I've been wanting to tell you
something for n good many weeks
"Whnt's on your mind, kidd0F asked
the girl coyly,
well" pursued the beauty doctor,
1--WE come to the conclusion thnt this
CORRESPONDENCE school graft Isn't ex-
nctly the stunt for nm ambitious young
] chap like me. rye been cleaning up
= quite n bit OF velvet IN II, but the fact
Is it's not precisely on the level. You
know that, SADIE.
T. at Amt the sort Of business that n
{ man would like to have his wife, for
T Instance. tell the n%eIghbors her hus'
band was In. II Amt what he'd like
+ 10 leave TO his son when u came "a
an aerial In the direction Of the sweet
by-and.by.
"Worse than that, there's been n
poat-ofice Inspector hanging round
= here for n couple OF weeks trying Ia
o get n line on the institution. I've
Q stopped him and snapped conversation
= with him n number of times myself
I He's one Of these smooth guys, and
never tipped It Off that he was Inter
o estcd In the school at MI.
"But I've caught him wandering
round here entirely too often to mnk'
e me feel comfortable. His snOoplnI
round here IL getting on my nerves
J. SADIE. and I've decided to sell and &c
Q out from under before they let some
. thing drop on me.
o "My successor takes charge tOmor
row. I'm going 10 take a whlrl at III
d real-estate business, sade. What d,
YOU think Of thnt7' be added trIun
phnntly, with n conscious blush o
J. pride.
$, "oh, get out" said Sadie. Are yoI
e. on the leyelf"
ION the dead level. SADIE. And III
r. ten" he continued. drawing his ch8l
closer 10 hers. I'm doing II all 70
you, grille.
q at will he hard for ne, awful
hard, 10 break into anything like IN
ID real.estate business after being In thl
correspondence worS 40 long. and Nv
Is n bunch RI have y hard time gettin
re TO like the new business. but I'm III
y. Ing II for you, go that ! can be on III
pr level and decent and look folks In N
face from now on.
No. You've had me on the run ey'
~ since you began pounding out for
u. letters for me. I'm oil 10 the psyeh'
o. patlilc nbout you. You've panhandle
my pump for fair, SADIE. and wal
you 10 harry me. Gee. bui ! love yo
kIddO. and I've got JUST the coolest II
~ lie fiat all picked 0utr
~ Harry rOsc. took q step IN Sadie's
Of %rectl0n. then suddenly paused.
Is strange look had come into Sadie
~ face.
u Tin awfully sorry. Harry" she sal