The Washington times., 1920-06-13

there was a man on earth good
enough for her. And then to have
her take up with that good-for-noth-
ing young Harding" who was trying
to establish his "trifiln'" little paper.
and keepin' about three jumps ahead
OF the sheriff-sometimes less! 1t GER
tainly was exasperating! 1t would
have made any father mad! And the
nerve of this young upstart-why, he
was actually calling on Florence
quite often! He'd put a stop to that
II wasn't so easy. He questioned
Florence. She admitted liking young
Harding-and admiring him a little
too. Really, you know. one had to
admire his grit. And in spite Of
Amos King, the friendship grew.
Just watch Amos Killing.
Florence even dropped into the news
paper office occasionally. and young
Harding found her sound business
training extremely useful. He found
her advice in business matters well
worth listening to. No, they weren't
exactly engaged. Amos King would
have had apoplexy at. the idea. But
there was an understanding.
She Ran His Paper
While He Was Sick.
~ was hol Until Nht youHE pun
Usher suffered a nervous breakdown
that their little world in Marion be-
gan to realize what a serious under
standing it was. He was ordered
Southland even protesting that 1T
couldn't be done-he went. Then to
the scandal Of the gossips OF Marion,
and to the disgust of her father,
Florence King took hold Of the pa
nd n for him In his absence
ran II mighty well, too.
with the result that the Star was
still shining in the armament of that
section OF Ohio whom. in due course,
Warren q. Harding came back, ever
SO much better. and quite openly in
love with Florence Killing. And Flor
ence King found herself more inter
ested than ever-and more than ever
an ardent admirer of his grit.
Whereupon Amos King exploded
all over the place'--in fact, IT is told
that the noise thereof could be heard
over several counties, IL not in the
adjoining States. He offered Florence
all sorts OF other play toys" IL she
would only give up that impossible
young man.
He'd send her anywhere she wanted
to go. And. finally. when she wouldn't
listen, he told her that she had to
choose between Harding and himself
between this upstsrt beggar of a
boy and her father. her beloved Dad,
her very best OF pals And she chose
in spite Of the warning-"If you
marry Harding. I'll cut you of with
out a dollar
Quarters Were Crnmped
In Barty welded Days.
Well. young Mr.. and Mrs. Harding
hadn't much to bless themselves with
except one another-when they set
up housekeeping "over on the other
side OF town" Their quarters were
rather cramped. Lots OF her friends
thought Florence Harding was crazy.
Some Of them looked at her ask
ance; some of them managed not To
look at her at all when they met
But she survived. And with her help.
he survived--even "A second nervous
breakdown, which came when his cir
culation manager left. or course, IL
was imminent: that alone wouldn't
have precipitated it.. 1t was simply
the last straw.
Then Mrs. Hsrding's business train
ing stood them both in good stead.
she assured him II was no trick at
all to be circulation manager; and
the one they were losing hadn't been
half as good a one as she intended to
be. And there was absolutely no oc-
casion for him to worry; he must just
20 off and get a rest and pull him
self together n bit.
Shed go down and run the paper
for characterization department and
all-until he was better. And she did
it-and made good. until the editor
got on his feet again.
Literally she ran the whole paper
from writing editorials on national
and international--and still more ex-
acting. on county sffairs--to writing
society notes about her former