The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1920-02-27
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no good you must discharge jim"
Willie shrugged his shoulders. III,
had once visited France.
Easily said," he observed, but
don't care to tackle June. She's to<
much In the habit of having her owr
way, and she's too much of a spitfire
The first thing she would do would b.
to marry Jim, IL she hasn't done thai
this afternoon. And / can't discharge
Jim. He's too good a driver-and be
sides, 1t would make her care all the
more. No, there must be another
way"
Mrs. Weatherby stroked her double
chin, and presently her eyes sparkled
with happy thought.
81 have it. Well get Mr.. and Mrs
Sparkwell to invite us for q cruise on
their yacht. That will give June q
chance to get in with Charlie Spark.
well, their nephew. You know we've
often talked over with the Sparkwells
what a good match 1t would be, and
they'll be glad of the opportunity
Naturally, we wouldn't take our chauf.
feur on boat cruise-and June is just
crazy about the water. Perhaps she'll
fall in love with Charlie and forget all
about Jim, once she's away from him. "
June returned late in the afternoon
with no evidence Of having eloped and
fell unsuspectingly into the trap that
had been laid for her, and two days
later Mr.. and Mrs. Willie Weatherby
and daughter. and Mr.. and Mrs. Saxton
Sparkwell and nephew set sail on the
yacht Clover Leaf for two weeks
cruise on the Atlantic. In order to
prevent June from fathoming their de-
signs, her>parents had kept from her
the fact that Charlie Sparkwell would
be one Of the party.
June and Charlie seemed to get along
swimmingly, much to the qualification
Of the four more elderly members of
the party. who, while the young couple
strolled the deck In the evenings,
played bridge and seven-up and dis
cussed the future happiness Of their
respective daughter and nephew.
One evening Willie Weatherby COM
planned of being out of sorts and re-
NAMED In his room while his wife and
the Sparkwells partook Of amusement
according to Hoyle. In the midst of
their game. however, Mr.. Willie
breezed in on them, his lank form fair.
ly quivering with excitement and sat
isfaction.
"Come quick-all Of you-to my
ROOM" he whispered, as though fear
Ing The walls might develop ears.
"June and Charlie evidently forgot
where they were and they're seated
outside my window-and they're max
ing love. 1t may seem live eavesdrop-
ping, but you've just got to hear It..
It'll do you all good-like It did me-"
Swallowing their compunctions, II
they had any. the four conspirators
hurried into the room In question, ar
irving just In time to hear Charlie say !:
"One thing Is certain: our folks
won't have any objections"
OBJECTIONS !" laughed June. Rather
not. They've wanted us to get mar
iiCu iOi VIC iOhSCSt IiiuC,
folks never dared to come right out
and ask me. They know / have ideas
Of my own"
"The same with me-" said Charlie.
"Uncle and aunt never did anything
more than drop hints about how nice a
girl you were. They even kept 1t from
me that you would be on this cruise,
although, Of course, know about 1t
already, from your telling me, the
same way you knew would be in the
party"
There was silence outside for few
moments, during which Mr.. Willie
Weatherby looked at Mrs. Weatherby
somewhat sheepishly. and Mr.. Saxton
Sparkwell looked at Mrs. Sparkwell In
much the same manner, and all smiled
rather sickly.
"It's been lots of fun, anyhow"
sighed June, "this falling In love of our
own free will-without being told to.
And isn't II fine for the folks to ar
range q honeymoon for us?"
The conspirators listened with bated
breath.
"Yes," agreed Charlie, "this Is a reg
ular honeymoon. Here the folks invite
us on a cruise to get acquainted. and
we've been married three days already.
BY the way, how did your chauffeur
come out with his love AFFAIR.""
June laughed.
"Oh, he followed my advice and
made up. and pretty soon the little
black-eyed girl In the tinware depart
ment Of the five and ten will become
his wife. He was terribly worried
that day he drove me down TO meet
you-so we could ret married; but I
told him how to fix II, and he did II.
In order to soothe him told him
something about my own affair with
you, and 1t was great fun confiding in
the chauffeur for we were both in
love- you know"