Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1919-02-28

.,ot OF steepng Young Hyson. he he
held fair young creature, with red
cheeks. eyes like violets. retrousss
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
had he argued the question Of MAP
riage pro and con. At times he had
been on the point OF laying bare his
soul and begging Sadie to go with him
to the courthouse and clergy. and thus
make him the hsppiest beauty doctor
on earth.
g 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 marriage license he
must needs address Satan In the terms
of the Biblical command. eschew his
undignified and dangerous calling. and
cast about him for more genteel and
desirable vocation.
He knew that already n post-office
inspector was camping on his trail, and
he knew not the day nor the hour
when a cruel and untimely govern
mental Jolt would relegate the institu-
;tion of scientific Identification into the
discard. necessarily had the sinister
vision Of the post-office inspector been
haunting him. fitting into his dream
by night, harsssing his thoughts by
day.
what-marry Sadie while standing
thus upon the thin Ice of his profess
sional life? No. II wouldn't be right
to commit such reckless act.
He had therefore cast about him for
buyer upon whose shoulders to I'M
load the institution OF latter-day
learning. And yesterday he had found
man who had offered him a thousand
dollars for the gay enterprise. for
ever to hava 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 real-estate
business place q 'best Investment"
upon Sadle'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 iatirons. hapjacks,
frying pans and fluffy kimonos instead
of with the unregenerate details Of
business tabool
Harry pulled himself together,
wheeled his chair about with a sudden
ness that startled Sadie, and said
"Sade. I've been wanting to tell you
something for a good many weeks"
whats on your mind, kiddo" asked
the girl coyly.
SWELL" 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 IKE me. I've been cleaning up
quite a bit Of velvet in It, but the fact
is it's not precisely on the level. You
know that. SADIE.
at amt the sort Of business that q
man would like to have his wife, for
instance. tell the neighbors her hus-
band was In. 1t amt what he'd like
to leave to his son when II came to
an aerial In the direction of the sweet
.by-and-by.
Worse than that, there's been q
post-offlce inspector hanging round
here for a couple of weeks trying to
get line on the institution. I've
stopped him and snapped conversation
4 >f
He's one of these smooth guys. and
never tipped 1t of that he was inter-
ested In the school at all.
but I've caught him wandering
round here entirely too often to make
me feel comfortable. His shopping
round here is getting on my nerves.
SADIE, and I've decided to sell and get
out from under before they bet some
thing drop on me.
MY successor takes charge tomor
row. I'm going to take a whlrl at the
'real-estate business. Sade. What do
you think of thatf" he added trium-
iphantly. with conscious blush OF
pride.
"Oh, get ont" said Sadie. Are you
on the level?"
"On the dead level, SADIE And lis
ten" he continued, drawing his chair
closer to hers. I'm doing 1t all for
you, grille.
"It will be hard for me, awfully
hard, to break into anything like the
reaI-estate business after being in this
correspondence work SO long, and I've
q bunch I'll have hard time getting
to like the new business, but I'm do
ing It for you, so that can be on the
level and decent and look folks in the
| face from now on.
you've had me on the run ever
since you began pounding out form
letters for me. I'm all to the psyche
pathic about you. You've panhandled
my pump for fair, Sade. and want
you to marry me. Gee. but love you.