| Show r i c 4 9 r rs SHE KNEW WALL VALL STREET AN AND TOOK NO CK ANCES t 4 t 7 f i n Bagby sat satIn In his office office inWall in inWall inWall in in- Wall street in inja ina a very pleasant fi frame me of mind His time had come says Tom Masson in Ainslee's Magazine After Arter maturing a plan of operations operations operations opera opera- that had taken talen months to perfect per per- r feet ct the d day y before re h he had 1 I Iset s set t the YI mo moving ng In these days things go fast Twenty four hours later Upp Up- Up p Bagby was a a- aricH ricH man By his carefully planned stroke he had made mad nearly a million 1 And now said I 1 must get married I have always said I would get married But to whom I know some nice girls but how shallI shall shallI I be able to tell whether they are after my money or not Theres the rub He paused a moment in deep re reo Then an idea came to him Getting the telephone book for book for Bagby Bagby Bagby Bag- Bag by was a busy man and he had no notime notime notime time to waste in personal visits visits visits-he he rapidly made a list of eight young ladles ladies any anyone one of whom he thought I might do He then proceeded to call them up one after the other and this was about the message tl that t he he gave to each Ah how do you do This is Bagby Bagby Bagby You ber me of course What a delightful l time we we had at at Bagby filled in the Individual requirements requirements requirements re re- at this point Well you know something has happened in my life I have just made madea a a. fortune Honor bright Now you know I cannot leave the scene of operations operations operations oper oper- just at present but I want you to marry me Will you consider it Never mind the answer now But may I ask you to break breal away from conventionality this once and take luncheon to-day to with me Come direct direct di di- to my office Its It's all right Lots of of ladies here all the time buying stocks There is a real smart restaurant lant jant ant near I shall feel that your coming coming com com- ing gives me hope bope etc Something like this message message Bagby Bagby- delivered to each one of the eight young ladies 7 I At 1 o'clock or or- thereabouts they began to arrive Some camo came in carriages carriages car car- some in automobiles and some some- in cabs But they all came That is Bagby's Bagby s heart sank as he thought that the entire I eight were sitting in his his- ante But no He breathed a sigh of relief as he he- entered and faced them There Thlire were were- but seven One was missing He was saved He assumed a craven air Ladies he said raid bowing sheepishly sheepish sheepish- ly I beg a thousand pardons The fact is that little matter on whiCh I telephoned is impossible a at present It was only a joke JOIe of mine dont don't you know And he got out as quickly as possible possible possible pos pos- sible leaving behind him seven seven of the maddest girls in the republic Rushing from his office into his his- automobile he consulted his notebook for the right address And now he chuckled I fly t to to- the one honest girl who didn't come come come- who doesn't w want nt to marry me for formy my my money She must be be mine His machine sped northward un until until until un- un til he dashed up to his destination z Yes she was at home home Ah he exclaimed fervently fervent y as as- she entered to meet him you did not come You got my message you you- listened to it apparently with great attention and yet you did not come cometo cometo cometo to me Even with my new fortune you would not come No she said calmly I thought I t would wait walt until to-morrow to and see if iff it you lost it all r i 1 |
