South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1920-05-24

/ daughter. Mrs Wharton, sat on the
I veranda in close and confidential
+ chat and Agathy Wharton, / 9 years
/ cd and the daughter OF Mrs. Whar-
ton. was swinging IN the hammock
/ under an apple treee.
Il want 10 ask you, queried
/ grandma. what's the matter with
! Agathy2 Here she is Is years old
and a goOd-lOoking girl, and | can
| understand why she hasn't had an
! offer OF marriage vet? Doesn't she
] like men. as a rule
I "Agathy is a very hard girl in some
I respects" the mother replied. she
takes likes and dislikes at almost
/ the first glance. There are plenty
/ Of young men around here who
would oe glad 10 call at the house,
+ Aut she dislikes most Of them. i
4 sometimes have 10 laugh about IL.
! She doesn't like one for wearing a
mustaChe. and another for not wear
I ing one. In one case. the young
mans eyebrows are too high, and
! an another she doesn't think his nose
I is set on right There are whims,
! Of course. and / hope that she will
\ get over them by and by; but l see
no signs Of il yet"
Daughter. YOU know it's all ar
ranged for Agathy to go down 10
I Cuba with me. l wanted TO talk
/ with you about the question Of love.
I Suppose she should meet on the
! steamer a young man who filled her
! ideal-a young man whom l could
/ recommend in every way. Would
I you oppose it if she fell in love-"
{ Mo-" was the slow reply But
! I should want YOU to be sure that
= he was all right"
Then, / will tell you something
/ which l have kept back. l have "A
/ distant relative whose name is
/ Charles Burton. In fact, he has
n ade MY home his home tcr the last
! year. while getting ready 70 gradu-
ate as a civil engineer. He is
model young man in every respect
and about p years of age. / like
him so well that / am going to leave
| him something in my will. You
know / am going TO leave Agathy
something. and, If they should fall
I in love and be married. they would
have quite a fortune to start life
on"
That would be nice. but how will
they meet?"
Why, he's going over with me.
You know l am going on business,
and shall not stay long. | don't
q
him until we have sailed; and then
/ will introduce them, and give him
a good character. / know enough
about Agathv to know that she
would hate him if she thought we
had put up a plot. What do you
think OF it, daughter"
You Will have to take your
chances, mother. I think she has
ideals about men, although she won't
4 admit it. If Mr.. Burton is the ideal
she has been waiting for. it will be
oil right; if he is not, she won't give
/ him ten minutes OF her attention,
no matter what you say in his IA
vor. Does he know he is going TO
meet herr"
Il have thrown out hints to that
effect"
We'll you can throw out some
more hints that he can be prepared
/ for humiliation. and thus not be too
much disappointed"
When the day OF sailing came
/ Grandma Nelson and Agathy Whar
/ ton were almost the first persons TO
go on board. Grandma cast an eye
around and she discovered that Mr..
4 Burton was also an early bird. He
did not come up and address her
Z because she managed to give him
I sign in the negative. Miss Agathy
/ let nothing escape her eye, and soon
detected the young man. but her
/ eyes rested upon him for only a few
seconds.
! 1t was the second day out. and no
/ introduction had taken place yet.
J when Grandma Nelson got ready to
? spring her trap. She was going 10
have the Introduction come about in
a very logical and natural way and
4 with a little romance mixed in
! While Miss Agathy was seated on
1 her steamer chair on deck with the
/ Atlantic ocean rolling over and over
around her. the crafty old fox took
| from her steamer trunk n watch she
[ had provided for the occasion. 1t
/ did not take her quite half an hour
! TO wind il up and see that il started
/ off in good fashion. Then she made
/ several experiments as 10 how far
away the ticking could be heard.
| When satisfied about this she went
on deck end hunted up Miss Agathy.
/ IL gave her quite a shock To find
| her talking rather Familiarity with
: good looking young man whose age
was about % He was both good
! looking and entertaining. ana. he
was evidently pleased with the girl
| beside him.
Only three chairs away sat Mr..
/ Burton He was looking very sol
emn. He ought TO have been in the
place of the other young man. but
/ he wasn't. and the situation made
/ him sad. He was wishing ne knew
not what. when Grandma Nelson ap-
peared and gave the girl a sign to
! follow her. When they had reached
the cabin. she held up her finger
and whispered:
Keep cool Agathy! We are in
very great danger. but keep COOL"
We'll. | am cool" was the cool
reply Are we going To- be blown
up by a submarine"
LAS bad as that. Agathy Some