The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1919-07-17

the chance 70 fn1rry young man
with good prospects and who loves
you. Yet you spurn him. ! had to
come ii: here tonight, for fear Roy
would 80 to sleep, your conversation
was so interesting"
1t was fine bit Of sarcasm, but Joy
did not mind. He 10 not my ideal,
mother" she said. The man marry
must be better looking than he is, and
I don't want him to have good pros
poets; he must BE enormously rich
Mrs. N sighed. It was certainly
40 use to talk to Joy.
Two weeks later, Joy went to New
Hampshire for her usual autumn va
cation with her grandmother. She ex-
pected to have better time than ever
this year, because her grandmother had
written to tell her that there was
house-party about half a mile away.
The party was chiefly made up OF
young people.
They were jolly crowd and she en-
joyed herself immensely, but all were
glad to rest for dinner. While Joy
was dressing, Christina James, one OF
her young hostesses, came into the
room.
"You.loo fine, JOY" she said, after,
surveying her guest. Il want you to
look your best tonight, because q man
has just come, whom we want&youTt TO
meet. He's the catch Of the season,
dear, and as he doesn't care especially
about any Of us, we want you to see
what you can do"
AT dinner, therefore, Joy was intro
duced to King W, the aforesaid
Prince Charming. Her heart throbbed,
suddenly, on seeing him. Where had
she ever seen such man before7 tie
was tall and light, with sympathetic
dark-brown eyes, q wonderful SMILE
and an engaging personality.
On the other hand, Joy, herself was
a bewitching little creature. She hao
quantities of wavy, chestnut hair, vio-
let eyes, and clear, transparent COM
plexion. King w., who admired
pretty faces exceedingly, Immediately
alta cled himself to her and rarely left
her side during the evening. while the
other guests nodded their heads and
smiled knowingly.
For the next few days, she was IN
the seventh heaven. Every place that
she went. she was accompanied by
King, who proved to he wonderfully
congpnial. 1t may be- added here that
he was always thus with every girl he
knew-it was this way that endeared
him to all the feminine sex.
1t developed that he had a wonder
fully mellow voice and nobody but Joy
could play his accompaniment suit
ably.
Two days before she was to go home
Joy went back to her grandmother's to
stay there for the remaining time.
King was a constant visitor, and she
became more and more enraptured.
At the end of her vacation Joy came
home. her head completely enveloped
in clouds. She did not notice Roy's ab-
sence uri,l her mother, who had walt
cd for her to ask where he was, voluD-
teer.d the information that he was
away on business.
One day after her return King call
ed. lie decOrously acknowledged joys
Introduction to her mother, and after
the latter left he talked pleasantly for
10 or IS minutes.
II came to tell you something" Miss
Joy" he said.
Joys heart fiuttered. She felt that
she could guess what he wanted to say.
He went on.
"You know" he said, 1T has been in.
evitahle that I marry some day, and
my mother promised that she would
help me in the search for suitable
wife. I may tell you now that she has
succeeded" Joy gasped as he took
picture out ct his pocket and showed
It to her. "You see, mother Is ali
rather particular and her judgment In
finally picking this girl shows her ex'
cellent taste. The girl Is dream, ia
she not, Miss joy? OF course, 1t goes
without saying that she is rich Mother
would never allow me to marry poor
girl. Why. Miss Joy, are you faint!
Your lovely color has completely dis
appeared"
"Oh. I'm all risht." Joy managed to