The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1920-03-26

young chap just out of school, Ii 4 LIZ
began in Western New York. and
some of you know the hero I'm
morally certain. l reckon it'll be j
safe to tell his right here in ~
the buzzum of the family, bus to be
on the safe side. III call him Stan
ley. He manufactures something
that's advertised In all the big mag
azines. and most Of the ladies use
1t to help out their complexion. Any of you that
have been to guessing school finish out his
for yourselves
"Oh, 1 know" little Mrs. Smith twnkled al
always buy his dental Bill won't let me
put the massage stuff my face. Says my
skins good enough, and he
you're next, all right" Jones assured her.
Stan used to be the liveiest fellow in crowd.
Folks said nothing less'n cyclone or having
leg cut off would ever settle him down. He had
lots Of sense and could learn anything he set his
mind to. Trouble with him that things came
too easy. He liked to strum guitar and dance
and skate and ride wheel and make love to the
girls When 1 met him last February couldn't
believe he the same chap There's nothing
like smashing mans heart to settle him down."
II find that the cares of family have the same
effect" Bob White said solemnly whereat the
other members of the club laughed.
II like the family but I've sometimes thought
1t would be a good scheme to take the cares by
proxy the way you do" Briggs remarked "Your
sisters kids and the kids Of the club have made
quite a serious decent man of you
"Stan didn't have any kids any nieces
and nephews, to poster him. If he had 1t wouldn't
have gone hard with him." Jones averred. He
was the only child, and his mother died when he
was about fifteen He and his dad and an old
maid aunt lived together and reckon he had to
tear around good deal to keep from dying Of
of slow stagnatlon in that house. He couldn't
have been more'n % when two girls came to
town. He'd run the gamut Of all the old girls, and
he wasn't the sort to fall in love with girl he'd
grown up with Not but what he could have had
any of 'em for the asking oh. he wasn't what
you call flirt," as he caught the look in Mrs.
Johnson's eyes. "Stan didn't break any hearts.
He took to let the girls know 1t was all play,
and | suppose he would have got In dead
earnest II 1t hadn't been for the two strangers
that dropped In the same week One of em
was tall girl, with serious dark eyes and rich
contralto voice She'd been studying art In New
York and her folks were all In Europe for the
summer, and she didn't want to go along, so they
sent her out there to visit her uncle and do some
sketching
"The other girl tiny bit of thing, with
yellow hair and big brown eyes and complexion
like peaches and When she sang 1t re-
minded you of Baltimore oriole. When she
danced she made you think Of trick pony in
circus. She could cut more dainty little capers
and do amusing things'n any dozen girls
I'd ever seen. I met her the night Stan did,
and we'd both met the other girl a couple Of
nights before. l saw in second that there was
going to be something doing in the old town that
summer And l didn't miss my guess can tell
you. Half the boys were dead crazy about the
little girl, and she didn't make any bones of her
preference for Stan. Well 1 woke up to the fact,
starlight night. that the tall one in love
with him. l had yearning for her myself, and
that's how came to surprise the secret from her.
Stan had paid her lot of attention. all right,
and 1t was clear case of the little vixen cutting
her out, for the fun Of showing that she could.
But he didn't get up his to propose til al
most the end Of summer. and then she led him