The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1931-03-05
Cupid at a Rummage
Sale
By JANE OSBORN


y said Ted Fenwick. as he re.
garded his own pleasant, somewhat
freckled face in the mirror over the
fireplace Then he sank back In
his second hand morris chair and
pulled at his pipe. THAT is, I'm
going to take Daisy Jones and
you're going to take her cousin.
Mary. I'll get Daisy to ask Mary
If you're SHY about it. Daisy's
keen about having her go, because
Mary has had spat with Rod
Titus and Rod is asking another
girl, and they wanted to show Rod
that she could 60 even if he didn't
ask her. Knowing that you were
hard up to find a girl"
"Shut upl" shouted Dick Lamont
from the other side of the room,
where he was unpacking his suit
case, and tossing socks and ties
and other accessories in a rather
random manner into the chiffonier
drawers. II don't need to have
your Daisy Jones find girl for
me. If she can't come I'll stay
nome. A senior dance isn't so vast
ly important anyway"
Ted Fenwick and Dick Lamont
had shared the same suite of rooms
two small bedrooms and a sit
ting room-tor two years, and up
to now the rather snub .nosed Ted
had been general manager of the
partnership, while Dick took such
benefits as they came, devoting his
own time to the winning of ath
letic laurels and the maintenance
of what Ted considered an I'M
necessarily high scholarship. Ted
had arranged the furnishing of the
rooms. having attended numerous
rummage sales in the town In
search of lamps, pictures and bits
of bric-a-brac which, he thought
gave the rooms a look of nominees
During the course of their eve.
ning of study together Ted man.
aged to discover that Dick had seen
the girl of girls 1t was on his way
back from the city where he had
spent the weekend. He had mere
ly sat on the opposite side of the
car and admired and finally adored
He took away with him nothing
more than an indelible mental pic.
ture OF girl in a blue frock with
sky-blue eyes and golden hair and
a little felt hat rakishly trimmed
with poppy and daisy or two,
cornfl0wer and a blade of wheat.
Ii seemed to Ted as if he had
never seen anything so clever and
enhancing in the way of hat trim
ming as that bunch of field flowers.
The next afternoon If happened
that Ted and Dick went down the
main street together, Ted intent on
a rummage sale, Just opened, where
he hoped TO find few new pictures
to deck his rather bare walls.
The last thing In the world that
Dick ordinarily would have done
would have been TO go into one of
these rummage sales. But he saw
something laid on the edge of the
Show window that Iured him in. 1t
was perky little blue felt hat
trimmed with q poppy, daisy or
two, some cornilowers and blade
of wheat He looked around after
he had entered hut did not see the
girl whom he had seen wear it.
lis this hat for sale?" he asked a
little falteringly of a young woman
VINO approached him. The girl
laughed and said she thought so if
he wished TO pay the price.
"You may have it for ten dol
lars" she said. IT'S nearly new
and this is an excellent cause.-the
day nursery, you know"
Dick dove into his pocket and
brought forth ten dollars he had
set aside toward final examination
fees. just then appeared from the
back of the store a lovely golden
haired young girl, blue-eyed and
rosepetal skinned-none other than
the girl of his dreams.
"Oh, you mustn't sell my hat"
she said to the girl with whom
Dick was making his transaction.
Il just laid it down there, but it
isn't for sale"
"Be a good sport, Mary" laughed
the other girl. "The young man
wants it. He's willing to pay ten
dollars for it."
"That's an outrageous price" said
the girl called Mary. "The hat
only cost three dollars and the
flowers aren't worth fifty cents.
got them at the ten-cent store"
"But | don't really want to take
the hat if it is yours" said Dick,
becoming quite coura-
geous. I'D much rather see YOU
wear it," He was looking intently
at Mary. "I'll leave the ten dol
ars for the cause, but | won't take
the hat"
Just then Ted, who had been
pickering over some framed pic
lures marked forty cents apiece
that he wanted to get for thirty.
1lnsheed his way to Dick and the