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ness soon disappear
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A Shower Wedding.
"And you say when the heiress be
came the wife of the foreign noble
man it was a shower wedding?"
"I should say so. The bride wore a
shower bouquet."
"Yes."
"And then there was a shower of
rice""
"My!"
"Followed by a shower of congratu
lations and old shoes."
"Well, well! And how did it end
up?"
"Yery embarrassing all round. The
nobleman's creditors came around and
presented a shower of • bills."—Kansas
City Independent.
As Good as the Zoo.
"Will you come with me to the zoo
this afternoon?"
"No, thank you; I would rather stay
at home. My eldest daughter Jumps
like a wild goat, my youngest shrieks
like a parrot, my son is as surly as a
bear, my wife snaps like a dog, and
my mother-in-law, who is a veritable
tigress, says I am exactly like an
orangoutang. So, you see, I have no
need to go to the zoo to see strange
creatures."
A Difference.
Young Aspirant—Sir, may I count on
your supporting me? Practical Citizen
—That depends, young man. Are you
going to run for office or do you want
to marry my daughter?— Philadelphia
Ledger.
He conquers twice who restrains
himself in victory.—Syrus.
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Out of-the
Frying Tan.
By CECILIA A. LOIZEAUX.
Copyright, 1907, by C. H. Sutcliffe.
"There's not much use in our plan
ning anything," said Mrs. Halsted, a
trifle petulantly. "You don't kno-w
Mary. She's too contrary to agret,
with herself, and the minute she findi
out that we want her to meet Ben
she'll go off at a tangent and every
thing will be spoiled."
"There are more ways than one to
kill a cat," replied Mrs. Markham suo
cinctly. "Why do you let her find il
out, then? Just let him take her by
surprise. I'll arrange it so that he
stops here on his way up to Wisconsin,
where he goes for his vacation. He
will just drop off for a day to see hi*
aunt, and then our troubles will be over.
There is no doubt whatever that they
were made for each other, and they
might as well have it over with. If 1
were you I'd have the wedding in Oc
tober," she finished complacently.
"Well"— said the other doubtfully.
And then: "How does Ben feel aboul
it? After all, it mostly depends on
how he takes it Is he interested?"
"Indeed he is. He feels a little shy,
I think, but he's willing to t» shown.
Says he's from Missouri. I think he't
even anxious. But. as far as that goes,
Mary is interested, too, only she is too
independent to show it Just give bet
a chance to meet him accidentally 01
unexpectedly and everything will be
all right,"
"Is that so!" ejaculated a girl la
the dimly lit hall, though she sup
pressed her voice. "So I'm to have s
blue ribbon tied about my neck and
be exhibited to this eager young matt
from Missouri, am I?"
Once In her room she turned the
lights on at either side of her dressing
table and looked at herself In the glass.
Her glowing dark face was anything
but meek, and she turned the ftght off
again with a little vicious snap and
then sat down In the open window.
She was angry—yery angry, she told
herself.
"The very idea of planning to marry
me off to a man Fve never seen and
never want to see! It's positively me
diaeval."
But presently the humorous side of
it came to the rescue, as was usual
with her, and she laughed as she un
dressed.
Early the next morning she wrote a
long letter to her best friend, who was
spending the summer at the lakes, and
laughed gleefully as she ran down
stairs to put it in the box. Early as
she was, however, some one had been
there before her. A letter was stick
ing out, and, thinking that the post
man must have passed already, she
pulled it out to see if it was hers.
"Mr. Ben Markham, Des Moines,
1a.," she read and rammed it viciously
back Into the box. "They aren't wast
ing any time at asy rate. But it takes
two to fall in love, Mr. Ben Markham,
and % can't get away to marry you
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today,' " she Sang," >
either."
For two days she watched the mall
closely, and on the third day the post
man on his noon trip put into her out
stretched hand the letter for which she
was waiting. It was in a masculine
script and addressed to Mrs. Markham.
She carried it up to the lady in her
room and then went on into her own,
leaving the door open a crack. She
was rewarded by hearing the guest say
to her mother: "He's coming Thurs
day. He has tried to write indifferent
ly, but"— And then she banged the
door.
"He probably was Indifferent He
would be if he were anything but a
petticoat man! I should think he'd
hate the sound of my name as badly
as Ido his. He would If he were any
thing but a mollycoddle!" And she
wrote another brief note to Madge,
telling her she would be down on the
noon train Thursday.
On Wednesday while her mother and
Mrs. Markham were out driving she
got a large trunk safely away from
the house.
"There is no use going down there
without anything to wear," she philos
ophized. "I shall probably see other
people quite as wonderful as Mr. Ben
jamin Markham and a great deal more
interesting."
She thought she understood the
amused glances which the older wom
en gave her. r
"They think they've got me trapped,"
she said to herself. And she spent the
evening talking sweetly to Mrs. Mark
ham until her mother came out to the
piaxza and asked her to run to a
neighbor's for something. When she
eame back Mrs. Markham was at the
telephone in the hall, and her mother
shut the door and kept her talking un
til the other came out Mary grinned
in the dark.
"They are planning some more little
surprises, I presume," she thought
The next morning no one seemed to
notice that she was dressed In her
pongee suit instead of her usual house
gown, and she strolled down the street
after breakfast slowly and carelessly,
pulte unconscious of the fact that the
two women on the porch were having
a good time at her expense.
"I hope to goodness that Ben didn't
miss that train," said Mrs. Markham.
••That makes It twice as funny for
hhn to be on the same train."
And Mary coolly entered the chair
car, settled herself with deliberate sat
isfaction. "Mary, my child, you are
too young for such deceit" she chuc
kled as she pulled down the shade.
"But think of the eager young man*i
discomfiture when he finds thcit little
Mary has flown." Then she became
aware that the strange young man
across the aisle was regarding her with
much interest in his glance, and she
lifted her chin a little and began to
read her magazine. The young man
went back to his paper, and after a
little she looked him over surreptitious
ly. He was evidently a college man,
she decided—clean cut, big and vigor-
with a clear, brown skin and gray
eyes. And presently there came to
her a haunting sense of familiarity.
She thought she must have seen him
somewhere.
The young man looked up to see her
gazing speculatively at him, and their
eyes met Again she tilted her chin.
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biffc it Was too Tate, lor sfle had been
caught and the warm rosy red tingled
In her cheeks and on her forehead.
The man lifted his hat gravely, but
with an amused twinkle-
Mary felt horribly embarrassed and
humiliated. In eheer desperation she
turned to the window to put It down.
It worked more easily than she
thought and before she could pull her
arm back had caught and Imprisoned
the corner of the loose sleeve of her
little pongee wrap. She could not pull
it out without tearing It and the suit
was new. She spoke softly to the old
man hi front of her, .but he did not
hear. And then, while she bit her lip
and flushed still more deeply, the young
man from across the aisle had reached
over her without a word, and her arm
was free.
"Thank you," she said icily, and then
in spite of herself she looked up and
caught the gleam of a pin on His soft
shirt. "Oh!" she exclaimed and then
blushed again.
He whipped off his panama and bent
down. "Please don't be formal. You
see I'm from your own college, only
Ifve been east since at a law school."
Later she asked suddenly: "Didn't
you belong to the Dramatic club?
Weren't you Benedict In your class
play? That's where I must have seen
you. The pictures are up in the club
room, you know."
It was three hours later that
train pulled into the little station at
Okeboji, and she realized that she did
not even know the young man's name.
"But Madge will remember, and she
is a Dramatic club member and will
Drobably. be able to _ulace him," ..she
thought as she sat erect and wondered
what she should say to him when she
got oft.
• When the train stopped and she rose
to go he didn't move.
**lf you wait a moment, the aisle will
be less crowded," he suggested, and
she waited. Neither spoke, and when
the aisle was cleared he rose, picked
up his hat, lifted his suit case from
the seat across the aisle and followed
her to the door. It had never occurred
to \her that he would be getting off
here too.
Madge was waiting for her, and the
two girls embraced with a sudden rip
ple of laughter. The young man step
ped to one side and waited, hat in
hand.
"Did you escape him?" he heard
Madge say, and Mary answered: "Eas
ily as you please. But they'll be furi
ous when they find out what I've done.
He's there by this time, aid"— They
turned around to go to the waiting
trap, and Madge caught sight of the
man.
"There!" she almost screamed and
stared at the young man and from
Mm to Mary. "Why, you must be in
sane! • Don't you know" — The man
drew closer, and Madge suddenly
laughed at the utter bewilderment on
Mary's face.
"What are you talking about? Yon
must be Insane yourself! Why"—
Madge wiped her eyes and held out
her tiand to the man.
"TrDu have hopped out of the frying
pan straight into the fire, my dear,"
she (Aid to the dazed girl. "Allow me
to introduce Mr. Ben Markham."
I•*♦' * ♦ • ♦
It wns quite, .six weeks before he
dared to feTf 'Mary tliaVhe tfrfici not
run away from her, too, as she had iiv
terpreted his presence on the train, bat
had been there by design. When she
heard that her mother had met the
trunk on its way to the station the day
before she left and Mrs. Markham had
telephoned her nephew she gave up in
despair.
"You see," said the man, "you might
at least have given me the chance I
was giving you. I felt as much like
a fool as you did, only I was willing
to be shown, and you—well, you were
afraid."
"I wasn't," said Mary. "But at any
rate we will not be married in Octo
ber. That would be too much. Your
aunt actually said, 'lf I were you, I'd
have an October wedding,' to my moth
er, just as if I had nothing to do witb
It. We will show them that they cant
manage everything."
"We will!" said Ben firmly. "We'll
be married in September."
The Only Convert.
For some years there had been a
Presbyterian mission at the Winiffljfc
go reservation in Nebraska, but mere
were few converts. The missionary
hit on a brilliant plan. There were
some bucks on the reservation who
nad been at the Carlisle school, where
they had studied singing. He organ
ized a quartet. The bucks liked to
show off their hymns. One of them
had a yellow dog that always accom
panied his master to church.
At first the Indians liked the sing
ing; then they grew tired of it. Even
the choir lost its religion. It became
a trio, then a duet: finally th«» wolooult..