Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1921-12-20
Detour: Follow
the Arrows
By r. RAY BAKER
}. 1921. by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate

g. 1921. by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
When May Rathburne returned
from Chicago she felt much like q
Cinderella.
Only there was no glass slipper,
or cruel stepmOther, or fairy god
mother.
But there was prince, and a Won
derful ball, and u hurried flight.
No chime of the midnight hour
caused May 10 take her hasty de-
parture from the Nottingdon dancing
party. She had no pumpkin carriage
in waiting, and there was no fear that
her raiment would change into rags.
She was just afraid that was all.
Frank Humphrey was the prince,
and he had been seeking Mary's COM
pany with more than fair success)
since the night they met, which was
two weeks before the ball. Mary
was visiting her cousin, Mrs Alfred
Jenkins, and Frank, who was Il buSi-
ness acquaintance Of Mr.. jenkins, had
been invited out to the home TO meet
May. No matchmaking was intended.
Frank would have received the invita-
ton If May had been a boy.
The nrince looked the part, beyond
any doubt. He carried a noble head
on his shoulders, and he dressed like
a prince. as far as modern custom and
costumes permit. He quite captivated
MAY, although she would not admit It,
and she was constantly on her guard.
May was reared on farm in
Michigan and the city OF Grand Haven
was her idea of q metropolis. 1t was
not fair, in the first place, to keep
May in rural seclusion, because hers
was a temperament that required
travel and mingling with people.
But Mays parents, who were city
dwe!lerS, were dead and her srandpar-
erts had taken her under their care,
They were hard-wOrliing people, but
they lacked vision. They had lived
always on n farm and could not see
why their granddaughter should de-
sire other environment. They did not
realize that the city WAS in Mays
blood.
The girl tried to make the best Of
1t. She obtained high school cduca-
tion i'm seminary located in strict
religious community, and that ought
10 suffice. her grandparents decided.
But she pOrcd over books on travel
and read romance, and she ycarned
for experiences of her own in th"
world. The visit with her cousin was
her first invasion of the wide world,
and she was now twenty.
The grandmother's last words to
May when She left for Chicago were:
"rake care Of yourself and be a
good glrlic-and above all, don't fall
in love with any city men. They're
not sincere, especially with country
girls. They never mean what they
say, so be on your guard or you'll
come back with a broken heart"
May tried to obey this mandate,
and that was the reason she fed
from the dance. Ii was because
Frank proposed marriage To her while
they were SlltlnS ouJ ddllce' LII
rified, she sprang to her feet ana
dashed from the house. Down the
street she ran. At the corner she
paused, q wild-loOEing creature in her
Cousins evening gown. 4 street car
came along, and with the assistance
of n kind-hearted conductor and an
elevated train, she managed to get to
the Jenkins home The princess had
fled from the prince; for May was OF
the nobility, too, when it came to
looks and personality. The culture OF
her parents was inbred in her.
Next day May took boat for home.
She had left her cousins cloak at the
NottingtOn residence, hut Mr.. jenkins
said ne would have no trouble in re-
covering it,
AS a matter Of fact the prince
took care of the cloak in lieu of Il
glass slipper, and returned it I" Mrs.
Jenkins. At the same time h" pleaded
10 be told Mays address in Michigan,
but tie e:girl had sworn her cousin t".
secrecy in that regard. and tie poor