Show 0 s T t 2 D Ds Dc J y Jo y t 1 c a ay 1 1 Z w k kl ki l i o j r C i jr P 4 ii r I I 9 w v Ti I MINE MINEi i i f c 12 if Q w i i i 1 fy I SHALL advertise for fOl sus I When Winnie Dexter Det m this I was wag fascinated as c I always alwy was w when she cursed Coned How Hoi Interesting it is he to reflect duet there th re are multitudes multitude of i nat natt Jed men melt to levy on when you have done dons with all the poor fellows fello hereabout I remarked But do you think thi that a reliable man would take any notice of ofa a matrimonial advertisement You Ton are ant aa absurd young one onee Winnie ejaculated between laughter 1 tau ter ana and petulance Yo You w I dont doat doD mean to advertise As Aa for the roof poor fellows hereabout they are not DOt de ft serving e of consideration The he wealthy wealth wealthy young y ung farmers fa are such h elf provincial pr louts bets with their everlasting well Veil fed faces and noisy nobly s manner and ana the professional men are a set of ot shallow s I Ilow low prigs Winnie as u you see was waa a disdainful dt naiden reald n in her way and at t times three bom born bombastic bastic in bur r diction Praise be Itee said oak I devoutly that kat katI I am neither a wealthy young youn farmer tanner nor a professional prot l man nor anything bul but a girl l who by nature want at atto to marry you Winnie You Y ou think me lard hard and selfish RUl h Gladys Gad Winnie said Id regarding stead steadily steadily d ily lIy the sewing in my hands bands She breathed ed a gret greit t soft sigh that melted melt me Winnie Whale something is to wrong with y you a or your train affairs today or you YOM f would H old not have ridden all aU the way up here hf this thle morning when you saw aw mein mein me mein in town for tor hours hour yesterday What is Ie the trouble Nothing more than tl c usual shin dy d Winnie replied clasping Mad and un unclasping unclasping clasping the wrists of ot the riding gloves glo gloIn ves in her lap Three of my men mea reeve never ne er r came cam home bome from their Sunday spree till this thle mon and because I veered ordered o them off 0 the place my foreman and aad I had some ome words he told td me I should not interfere with the help and I 1 die dis discharged charged him too We are dreadfully busy bc y and short of help but I will be mistress of my own at all hazards You jou with so 80 good a brother as U David Dap id to manage everything have no idea id ea wr What at It ht is to attend to the affairs a of a abig abig big estate like mine with not a ato man Dean manto to depend upon but hired help pi up Uj everywhere No Noder won wonder der I feel teel desperate enough sometimes frets to wish h to search k the wide world over ver o for fo the de theand one right man t i o hasten along and a Id help me out The bright tears tean of pain in Winnies I lovely j y eyes ey would have bae brought brough t the th one right bt man the tM of the earth without delay co could ld he be only have hae known 7 I poured out my sympathy and lid re ertly er to turn tun the hitter bluer curent t of 01 Winnies Winnie thoughts I said aid Jocularly J III write that advertisement ement Instant instanter ss and md you II be provided with a readymade ready readymade made protector before you can ta turn turnaround around anund Win WinNow WinNow Now i P It oj Po 1 happened that my visitors visitor s little cry had bad left len her a rifle pettish pettis r h and she vented v her momentary mood m cod 04 her ber comforter Oh Ob that if Is sue such h ne she ah e said HId with Ith Miss MI Dexter s drawl the same little drawl that t t had hurt ma m mII maa ay y ya a II sensitive acquaintance a who ho would woul d have liked to be the rich and orphaned eel vir real friend the save drawl that tha t had qu nahed in more thin one sincere re young Y Ung mans heart hart the happy hopes ho hoher i re her beauty and end former vi had I kne knet i Winnie perfectly She Waif fi A Athe the only child of or a ha h purse pu ice proud proui Englishman and a beautiful ful Irish gentlewoman and the tender tend heart he she had inherited from her moth motel mother er Cf was deeply overlaid with the dum dun sounding pride derived from he h bey e father who eho used to Crag ag ag his aristocratic arl c brows s at the least approach of a I plebeian Winnie and I had 1 loved d each ea h b bother other in our pinafore days day We e never r lad had squabbled a as children nOl nos no i r yoked ed each others ot ers an anger t r or re n nt t f oce or ort r t the little matt rs of o 0 liv rhe hen n growing up At AI the state ity we C had dwelt d elt in glorious harmony bad had studied and achieved together and an d beets beet I graduated ith congratulations congratulations lations We Ve were n mi neighbors once nee nc again agar agaron n on the old family famIl ids III and our ou r friendship trl wart Wall id I id o in with cur cu ir r womanhood n r V tr tl w earth alth heiress of the Dexter estate was grewing grow grew growing ing m mon n aristocratic and cynical every f day towai tOW n i all ill rest r t of or th the v world o ld bu to m tt sh h 1 l th same ir r dial frieu tad i n r e on oral t only nv ra raly tarp ly had she sh c tu u 1 to tn i j l Lt the spi sj u 1 Miss Min Dexter t mr m n Tf ft II ti i cik Q J 0 L J LI r J d tn 11 had admitted that she was acquiring aCQ hateful ut t l ways w and eid wished her dada had left her a good temper Instead of a burden hoiden dUer of property to toI I I she drawled at me after ter lter my I I i attempts at iv 1 Immediate Immediately ly put down don my JQ MW and walking j across aeme the room seated myself at my secretary and commenced CO to write After a few minutes silence aggra aggravated aggravated v perhaps by the rapid execution of a pen on paper Winnie spoke poke very civilly chilly Well little littie Gladness Gladne I suppose suppo e Ive insulted you Im ready to be forteL for forgiven given teL teLI eft eftI I rose roue and handed her the sheet of paper on which I had been writing She read re d aloud BUSINESS BUStNESS BUS NESS PERSONAL A young lady on her extensive country property desires to engage en ge the erv services icea ices of an accomplished and well wen in hi informed Informed formed gentleman unmarried to act ct as resident t manager of her business affairs In Excellent salary aJar Charming location Possibility Po of permanent in interest tenet terest If It mutually agreeable The Irish Isiah gentlewoman in Winnie rose to ute occasion She laughed ap saying You have put it together beautifully dearie dean e That is isan Isan an extremely extreme delicate hint conveyed by t permanent eitt interest so 80 delicate in Intact fact tact that I fancy taney it would not be un deNt in its true meaning at all I t L I began sitting down be before beI before fore tOft her Iter She had tad roused me by that tha t I untoward little drawl and I was tall full of ot fighting sensations Winnie you yo u J I need nothing trot so 80 much as a good busi bust business ness manager You think you ou are a famous administrator of affairs anc u could govern th United States if given the rite opportunity o But I know you don dont t understand business nor how to Jet get ge t tt I slung along aJ With people You should ge get l some thoroughly reliable and compel competent competent I entman ent man to manage all aU your concerns rent not aei t a lawyer wyer but an energetic business businessman man flan aO to live i e on the place and super superintend t intend intent everything By so 80 doing you i I would viols make money instead of losing It as you are doing now and above I alt sli you would be comparatively ly care carefree tare free and happy and have time to de devote devote i vote t to your Our proper womans life j I Here ere I paused to note Winnies Winnie s emo emoI I tern We two never having practiced practice the fe e questionable que virtue of speaking j I naked asked pers to t each other Win Winnie Winnie nie had warrant for thinking me im impertinently im imI I I pertinently frank But her innate i breeding ins stood the test roar nobly Al AI Although though there therl was a high color on he her r handsome ome face she said gently You Yo u t always were ere r Po farsighted little oracle Glad Gladys j s II Now tell me what kind of a L husband T l needs need Perched on her knee e I extemporized ed i further The business manager man r afore aforesaid said if in addition to his hiB other good goo d qualities he alto also al has the disposition dl n of a seraph Whereat we laughed in i n concert and the little tempest was u a s over After lunch hUtch Winnie said she must go goso so 80 I had Brown MAidie Ma I idle idie saddled an and d accompanied my friend frind a couple duple of o f 1 mites miles on her homeward ride On the tit summit of Mad Madrone rone Heights I stopped stop t to say fay goodbye bye As we sat eat in our ou r i sad saddles lee viewing with the loving eyes ey ea i lof of native daughters the fair and fruitful fruit fruitful ful valley alley below u us rich ch and delight delightful ful 1111 in the fresh tints of early Califor California rata nia spring sunshine Winn WinniS asked d dt What t are ait yu ru u going to do with Uv the that t advertisement ads t lady I write it to l open U fh tb the o way to a clearing of my mind to you I replied stroking Brown Maidie a neck Well Wen do insert Ins rt it in m one ont of o th the San Sat t Francisco v tiles and lot lets ha have han A litt e amusement out of o human nature said Mid sal c cLintie d Lintie Shall Shan I J make the th t matrimonial hint hire t a Ii tr trifle fie ft stronger I 1 queried mischievously u ly To no T think not said she But Bu Butoi t BuL oi re going to receive the ans answer f rs L art arent nt t you de rie t I 1 should dread dreg I fr h bring ing jn disco dis v u know 1 I am era quite w willing tiling to take the risk m my tv t Isn t as exalted as yours Win nd sad E d as p regard me as an a n i hi arious sort M it of girl any anyway wy lint on ne e prank more mon o i le wont on ont t if 1 I c Nl U h r l Out nut ut uti l n i h i 1 l it 1 i m in a ran fany i JP wC r rl 1 i I many a tragic sorrow orrow under ul er that seem seeming seemIng ing lug hilarity Gladys dear Winnie sighed at me with those won wonderfully wonderfully I tender Irish tears that had helped keep me true lute to t her through the many trials and vicissitudes inflicted on 00 my feelings by her lor ruthless ruthl j and aDd domineering do ring ways I And you have hidden your sorrows behind a strong battlement of pride dear heart I returned a trifle incoherently inco incoherently Incoherently Five minutes later Winnie and her spirited bay had bad disappeared down the road that wound in and out amon among trees and amt greasy grassy kz g I turned Brown head and cantered home IL You may if you like c cs l this the chronicle of ef one ODe verse foolish chapter in the tile lives of two to and well reared young you women womeR But as as it was entered d into in la a IL spirit of oC Innocent fun tun on Winnie Vinnie part and of fervid if Ii perhaps misguided devotion to my friends material interest on mine you jou ou may h have ve the narrative for r at least the diversion of l It Eight days after Winnies visit to me meI I drove down to her home bome in Iq the valley val valley valley ley Immediately lately on putting off my m things I handed banded her hei a package of letters These my in infant infant fant tant I said are the replies to date te teto to your advertisement ment for f r a husband tm and business manager ml a er combined Winnie laughed la b gleefully over tile the prospect p of a treat tr at in hand Wo Wi al W tied down in the snuggery in the south s lh window and fell tell upon the letters with without without out ceremony The first fleet was a stereotyped compost composition tion too pitifully full of anxiety to se m secure cure a position of or ear any kind to be laughed over and too palpably the t ap appeal appeal peal peat of an incompetent t applicant to be b e considered It contained BO no mention whatever of ot the matrimonial possibility ity sty There was wall a s zest zestful ful teJi ge epistle from a business college graduate pos nos possessed possessed su of a variety of IMming Th writer declared that he be npr never hid had pier Hd luedin in the country but should hk like th novelty of ot the change hange and ft felt U that n nt t tonly only could he manage all thc lea par r young ladys lady s extensive aT aff affairs ti i u with wit u l brilliant success but also Would fill her etc r lonely life with his devoted com corn companionship Winnie Innie screamed oer oyer r tide this th letter Both of us went into paroxysms paroxysms yams s over the next from hom a calm womans woman s woman who wh w ho o wrote that she was coming e at once to t I take the place of father and mother both to a lone and aad very evidently mis role misguided guided young woman who would other otherwise I wise ise fall tall into the unscrupulous hands hand s of some wicked debased and designing g sg man I Next ext came ame a long bong rambling letter lefts letterI r I from a clergyman without a call but butI bu t I with literary leanings asthma and a aI I knowledge of bee keeping also a s long tons ing for poetic po p tlc tic surroundings sn anti and l solace sole in his hi lonely widowhood The poor pool poorman poorman man should go to ta San Diego com I Winnie with a little mouth The next letter we went over i er in ce Then Th n to my intense nse as astonishment I my friend turned her ber fin fine e I eyes all aglow upon mine nod and in ini i I i I tones trembling tr with wonder anti and pleas plea pleasure ure use I What t a paragon In substance th the letter Jetter ran rahn thus 1 I I You desire an accomplished steward of your oui wealth und find T Z beg to leclare teeter e i myself entirely at your service M I w was horn born orn and reared on an my trey honored fathers father ather g i plantation in Gee Geet Georgia Ki t 1 I I i he the affairs of the estate and the rest reste e of or young manhood manh od led Jed ed me are to tow toi i w wander ander to the golden west Since com corn comins comin ins in here I ha have H e cast ast f about for tor a harbor harbo r u wherein hi run to anchor m my homesick self but though th ugh fortune persistently st smiles smile s upon me and new friends frH surround m me S happl i y I still stilt feel like tike a wanderer in ini Ina i Ii Iii i i a strange land The charming wordin F of if your ur advertisement seems to s sn ng a II m a erne on n of f home hom again a ain so I am tie tle tiet c t t tl to d do i what nhat I assure you it i ii IR inot s i not e easy sy y for or a gentleman to do name 1 I I iv IY 1 r to answer an advertisement for em aunt As AR I have ha said sold It is js not the tit e position it inn you vou offer but the delightful ul 1 th t of f hoar honn r which a I associate e with ith your ur that induce me m e 1 0 rat i 1 M And n I T trust y U w n wil i Il ra i l 1 i tl r if if I J j resume Q me but b I have allow allowed ed my bold bo 1 d fancy fan to weave ave avea a halo of romance around your lone lope I young life I feel f 1 like Uk a knight of old ready to guide and d end my iny fair lady Jady in her distress diet I shall say no DO nomore nomore I more herein but shall II wait until you dome the honor bonor of d time lime and place when and where I may have havethe havethe the be felicity of waiting on you to learn earn your further pleasure I beg to assure a re you IOU of my most de devoted d voted regard re ard and remain always at your service AINSLEY HUNTINGTON N BARD Colonel Disconcerted and ant anxious I l watched Winnie keenly while she perused aNt and a studied and took Impressions He to the ri right t man mans I feel it t Gladys she half whispered pored pale with emotion Our little exploiting exPloiting far 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