Show A Theory That Was Proved I I I I I I B By N H. H IRVING KING Copyright CAROLINE CAROLINE had hod a theor theory and end set net out to prove It Her Tier theory was RI love lore at first sight She was wasa a i sprightly young ludy lady and was in In the habit of ot falling tailing In love with 1 bewilder lug Ing ng versatility There was young Silas Watson She sure she was In Inlove Inove inlove love ove with Silas until she saw him wearing a horrible purple tie Then there wai was Raymond Caruthers Ra Raymond Ray Bay mond mend was WAI so 10 perfectly correct In his attire attire his manners were so polished his hie Is black eyes eres so expressive that Careline Caroline Caro- Caro line ine when she was Wal Introduced to him told old herself that she had surely contracted con con- a case of love at first lint sight But tut when she knew him better and found found out what outrageous grammar he used her love 8 was swept away Then cam came into her Mr ken Thomas Williams the schoolmaster He Re bo warded boarded ed with the l Farmer Farm Farm- er r I lived near the village and nd was wa well to do But h hs he was Will a thrifty soul and took occasional board board- ers eeL rs Tom Williams was just lust out of ot college coUre and was WI teaching for a while preparatory to entering the Institute of Technology He lie was wu rather long and gawky and sparing of speech Caroline looked him and decided that he be would never do at all aU for a She was a little piqued however that hat Tom paid so 10 little tittle attention to her ber H lie Re was always polite to her of course but there was wu an aloofness about him which nettled her h. and she aile found herself putting forth nil all the little arts of which sh all she was master malter to attract the tbs admiration of pas paI board board- Sr And sh she he succeeded Tom In la fact soon found that h he be was In la love lor with her ber ier but lie he knew bew Caroline's Carolines reputation for Inconstancy la In love lore Tom and Caroline however as the they came to know bow each other better became became be be- came very good rood friends friend About this time thus there then arrived In the village a young man who seemed to Caroline to be ba all that she bad had dreamed of of all that she Ibe had been searching for He lie was wu said mid to be the agent arent of a big New York Tork firm that intended Intended In in- tended establishing a summer resort on the shore three miles mile away Caroline Caroline Caroline Car Car- oline bore bora down on OD the fascinating stranger like Uke a beautiful yacht acht under lull full sail saU and threw out her grappling Irons The young mans man's name ns as he gave It out was Percival Sommers which name added just the right touch as a finisher to his perfections Soon after Percival's arrival Tom and he be met In the village street Both Doth stopped and stared at each other saying sayIng say lay Ing simultaneously You here Percival seemed accrued very much disconcerted discon dimeon- at the meeting and said You wont won't give an old college mate away will wUl you Tom 7 I am down here lying Iring perdu for tor a while One of ot my little escapades Nothing very bad but thought it best to keep out of sight for fora a while I will not give you OU away aWRY Ben Den replied replied replied re re- re- re plied Tom If It you behave yourself But Dut the very first time I see you yon up to any of your old dodges or hear 01 of your being I will denounce you And An he be passed on with a scowl on his face Ben Den career at college had been disreputable and his career after atter leaving college had been beeD more so Tom knew all about him Pretty soon Tom saw that Caroline had become become be come enamored of ot Ben Den RIngwood alias alln Percival al Sommers If It he told Caroline what he knew new about the Hie man she would simply laugh at him and attribute It to jealousy He Ut resolved d to go 10 to Ben Ren and tell him to hi t leave town Sure Ill I'll leave town sold said Ben Den Ive had bad all I want of ot thi hole bole And just to show you that Im I'm still sUII In the ring I might add that It If 1 wanted to 0 I could take along with tot tot- that pretty daughter of your our landlord old lId lE And he ht handed Ton TonI Tona TonIa a letter tin In which the foolish girl bad had offered to elope with her Percival making an appointment for tor that Vir ten night In a woodland glade lade Dout Bout B D out of this t lawn wn tomorrow morning said laid Tom and went home That night when Caroline came t to 10 the rendezvous It was not Percival but Tom TOlD she he found waiting for herShe her herShe She gave Kayea a little scream when she Ibe saw maw him Tom told her all that he be knew about lien Ben Ringwood and of ot what shat hat ba bad taken place between them that day You are Jut just as al horrid as II you JOU can I. I be both of ot you sobbed Caroline Coroll p HI never speak pe k to either of ot again and IDd ran tuck lIck to the hour bout j. j The next nut morning Ben Den Ringwood alias aliI Sommer was Will arrested II by officers from New York Tork charged with lIh embezzlement There were other bigamy charges bigamy and a s few tew Unit Unit- things thing like hike that thaI Two days darl later eliI Cam are areline line lint nr very pall pale serious ruin ti to Tom and until all Tom TIm I ran never thank JI you enough for saving tare inc r. r train Jilt ibe results Milts of if my M ID roily hlll- t Caroline IUD said raid Tom ruin situ ilo y yi-i yi MIll ji j u 11 i tike ii er Ilk me m. a I little Sl She II gated l N a lit him sl ru fur title hll und nod then sold Mild Id Tom 10 you y U o air one one- nor n of or tbt IhO r. r few w. w user tut-ii 1 III Mute hate that I h did not IWI tail It lt 1 t wit la tit at fist t t sight night I f f.- f. fr f you JIU IU t II has t fM loam l 0 o of a a sf 1 Jr I II rk think It ii must bv o It il r. r f And L be he replied m hare J a r o t vo F you stIl State first I taw caw III you Well Mid add Id she h h with a w there I It hi north h II a thing as sa I love hose at rut fir tre al after all Ton T have hu P proved w a. tl II ay Tam f take uke me tf It wit u M d be tie e fe tier I r. r f C |