Show PARSON NEVINS' NEVINS DARNED rt Mystery of Mo Solved and Romance i Follows A DARr DARNER ER WINS PREACHER Content on Oil for fOI Ministers Minister's Jin ml With I l Original a n Hot t I is I Parson Frank Ne Kevins Nevins I arson has discovered I who darned his socks s and all Duck Buck port Mo Me Jui is in the throes of a sensation sen sen- allot MUon grater even than that caused by the mystery of or the ILl Identity en tit of the theIrl girl Irl nys a dispatch to tho Chicago Ti Tribune The fact that the minister pastor i of oC the thc Duel port Union church a bachelor r who lived Jived In fn the little t parish pariah h cottage wore wonderfully darned socks although h he i ced he lie cl could not darn them himself cIC created cre a a great disturbance In the vil vil- lage a e Accusation after accusation was ma made e. e prominent women and girls who w wre rc of the best families were wen accused and there hero talk tall V was stron strong nf of calling the tho pa pastor tOl before tho the trustees trustees trus trus- tees tec and demanding an explanation ey The gossip spread and grew stronger strong strong- er ct until Rev H Mr himself elC heard tit the entire story and then and there added to the mystery and the excitement by lIy declaring not on only I that 4 he lie did not know who I was ivas darning his socks sock but that until he heard the gossip he ho did not know that thc they were darned To add further to the excitement the rite minister who Is considered one ono of the most desirable catches catch's In It the village e. e publicly stated that he would ho bo willing to take the thc girl Irl who could darn SOCI socks 5 until ho could not tell the they were wort darned HI as ns his wife wife providing providing of course that she was free Cree white while 21 l years old and unmarried Furthermore Furthermore Fur Fur- he declared that under favorable fa favorable fa- fa conditions he would not In Insist Insist In- In on the thc age limit Secret Is I 1 Oft Oh the same afternoon that the thc minister made mae his sweeping proposal of or marriage e the tho whale hole secret came out Miss Lila Ella Ramsey who had been visiting over in it Sedalia for two weeks weel s. s wrote to her chum Miss Lida LIlIa Rawson Raw Raw- son sun and told tho the whole story Sho She confessed red cd that It was she who had been ICIl darning the pal parsons parson's ons on's socks She lived Jived right back of the parsonage re and aUlI one da day noticed Mrs Irs Kate Reilly who docs doc the thc ministers minister's laundry work worl han hanging out some clothes and she went through tho the back gate and into t the ithe V J yard ard behind the parsonage to I speak to M Mr 1 Reilly about having ha her hc come to lo their house houle the following Thus day to do some cleaning As s. s she was eur r rough ough the yard sho she noticed four or live five pairs of ot parsons parson's parsons parson's par par- sons son's socks hanging on the line an and observed ed that CI C every ono one of ot them wa wee out either at tho the heel or ot the toes So pitying pitying- th the tho bachelor sh she had taken talen the thc socks sock home and darned them thorn returning them to the tho line lino that tha same afternoon Thereafter she had made It part par ministers minister's of oC her church dut duty to take talce tho the Ister's socks sock off orr the lino IIno and darn dar them taking care that no one saw herShe her She had no idea that it was going t to create creato any comment J Knew It All ll Along Ion long Miss Rawson hardly I could coul contain the news until she got out of or the tho post post- postoffice office after reading her friends friend's letter and and when whoa Miss lIsI Ramsey's Ramseys confos confoR- slon and tho the ministers minister's proposition were pu put together c everybody said al 1 that tha ho suspected nil all the tho time Ume that Miss lIss Ramsey was was- the girl rl Miss Ramsey If is ono one of or the prettiest pretties girls In the thc town town town- town and and nd she meets al althe all aJl the ministers minister's requirements except that she Is Js only 20 years old oil Sho She Is s a brunette small alert and determined de de- de- de and she is admittedly h one of the thc best young oun housel housekeepers In the town own The mystery solved everybody tool took It for or granted that lint Parson would woo and amI win vin Miss 1198 Ramsey When 1 tho the ml mi missionary society metat met I at Mr 11 Newtons Newton's hou house e Parson Kevins Nevins dropped In and Instantly all tho the women began joking him hint about proposal l. Forced to Stick to Offer Is la tho the offer still open asked Mrs Young Toting Really ladles ladies said kill Mr Ir Nevins I spoke only in jest jest jest- Youre not going to hack back out now I are aro you nu they demanded In chorus Of or course not of course not ho lie replied But nut I r consider matrimony too loo serious r io a matter to settle in any such fluch manner I spoke lightly more lightly than I should perhaps and while I have ha no doubt that an any of the ladles would make makl a a. delightful wife wrel I had no thought of ot being taken seriously You Soave been taken seriously remarked re re- marked Mrs Rickman Half HaIr the girls Sills In town are arc practicing darning You Hatter Halter and embarrass me mc Mrs l Rickman man said mid ilia Llla hue blu blushing minister minis minis- ter tel cant can't back bacle out Well ell anyhow you ou now now no I have no desire to ta Eal said Bald the min min- ister And An I would su suggest cst that we wc arrange m the thc darning contest to be bo held In tho the church Then we can charge chane admission and al apply ly the thc proceeds tu- tu to towards wards purchasing a new carpet The line ilea Idea met with instant approval in 11 the thc village V and the darning contest contest contest con con- test was arranged At first t there was wasa a a. noticeable amon among time the women to enter but finally Miss Jane Grove who admits admit she Is at least 37 announced that i ho she would c Lord Loral knows its it's m my last lost chance chanca sho said lau laughingly I Ive I got to win this or Ol or give I up all hope After that candidates were advanced a d steadily The committee In charge of or orthe the tho affair announced that the tho winner I should have haye the privilege lIc e of oC refusing to marry marr the thc minister and then several several sev sev- eral of the shy ones agreed to com corn pete fete HI Right ht Girl Enters I While the preparations were going forward ot Miss Ramsey returned from prettier than ever and heard the news of tho the contest The first evening that she she she-Avas vas at homo tho the minister called on her Hc He was blushIng blush- blush ling Ing a and 1 stammering i lC He no- no noP apologized P profusely ly for hl his hiR hasty words and amI thanked her warm warmly for her kindness In darning his socks for him A And after long explanations and Rev TIe Mr Ir Nevins apologies tho the proposed proposed proposed pro pro- posed to her Ho He told her ho hat had loved her for many months and that he had Intended to ask her to be bo his wife vUe Then ho told her how he ho had been beAn tangled Into making his foolish Coolish offer olTer to w wed ed the girl who could darn his socks rocks best Just what Miss Ramsey said Mid iid to him is unknown but tho the next morning she ahe he announced publicly that Bh she In Intended intended In- In tended to enter the contest She made the announcement calmly and wIthout without without with wIth- out a blush lush and she added proudly And Ind if if I win I wont won't return the lie prize prise Half Halt the tho men in town are arc pulling for or Miss Ramsey to win and those who bet hot arc are putting up a little money moncy that She sho- will bo be the tho mistress of oC the pa parsonage The Judges juges will be three married men who have been wearing darned arned socks for years Also alrea already and this three weeks before tho the contest It Is hinted that lint the tho judges are arc prejudiced But Dut whether this is true ot or not both Rev Mr Nevins and Miss lIss Ramsey Hamsey arc serenely confident |