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Show Large Car and Little One Compete for Widow's Hand IT was Brower's little roadster that 1 caused all the trouble. Brower was head engineer of a. lumber company and had become greatly great-ly in love with a widow, as had also the wealthy Mr. Parsons, a retired re-tired rancher. It was hard to decide which the widow favored most, but when Brower Brow-er appeared in his new roadster things turned in his favor. The wed- j ding day was set. j The night before the appointed day was stormy, but the wedding day ! dawned clear and bright. 1 At the appointed hour came Brower ! with the little car, and In the happi-piest happi-piest frame of mind they started to the minister's house ten miles away. The storm of the night before had not left the roads in the best condi- 1 tion and Brower, not being an expert driver, experienced some trouble. Finally Fi-nally the car struck a mud hole and turned over, throwing the widow out in the mud, but Brower landed on a nice soft grass plot. In the meantime, Parsons had not been wasting any time, nor did he show any signs of being greatlv disappointed dis-appointed when his friends spoke of his rejection. Tnstead, unknown to any of them, he had bought a large car and had become expert at driving. driv-ing. He rounded the turn of the road just in time to see the accident and to help the poor bedraggled widow out of her undignified position in tho mud. Without a word to the crestfallen Brower, but with one withering . glance that spoke moro than words, the widow departed. The next day there was a wedding at the parsonage parson-age with the widow as the bride and Parsons as tho happy man. Rocky Mountain News, |