Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 299, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 December 1911 — Cupid's Veteran [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Cupid's Veteran

By IZOLA FORRESTER

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-i will marry herti 'iia’will 1 hay. ; «e, daflj ana throe l«>ilurfavk bl» head »ud> smpfc<»4 j>eo.cats\lf Y oM &N3nVraEti*£ why you object to her.” j r< f “I do not object to the lady at toy boy,”-re]olned the major~wanhw. "She is superb; batait d» v objeot^o 7 w eon of mine acting* 1 in an«Ue*How; as-freel} i ipicfcdds Stobacco t leaf, by George, sir! JTou should be' dancing with debutantes tot ten years yet before you dare to ask a woman like that to eVbr consider you, fjadtr.’ijjKliiytvl pwiUfn'uf A “I have asked her” .Jack spoke moodily. 1 as I 1 1 t "Sent you thick to the home ture, ehr ' “Oh, I say, dad, be decent I want ■ v . be trailing like a six h^^ff maw lar or so along, and hit the trail for anywhere you fancy. Stay * mouth “I won’t go until she sves me a Qna> answer ” ■* wa mm milter roMft>T war tarter-than mg MJ*M hand-; Bomer at forty-fiverhA at? twenty. “I see the~ pongee parasol in the distance, and will take the hint lad. You catch the tenAUock boatgtar Charleston and j^MSST'B e yon a halo. Jack, who knows?" lift til -with. bb'iffMMaSwer thi v pop* clad in ecru Irish ■ S Vi* * . • throbbing of ht»; heart*weihe x 'lojJke <1 down into r tictfr She was more than lovely. type* as the major would, hare exooM There was a curiously ; dusk?. WW* m her complexion, like the warm tone |Wi P*«' of coral and red velvet about her throat and be sighed. ./.OimiTi-yuifttU J| They strolled.,; down to the Sf* promenade below the -hotel ana found WTwSrtfc' note -ofce >-bedeatha blaster Vt -young palmar HPhe .VLloid hliu. tq.go awajefor awhile.” mm rimke Wfcla laggard In illiiniiiii father” JS j- * nt -" lakea hs f»* a hen 3**in»i*jiww x aMgygkbtikl ts > %ee thw mtn y° u >> a r, the word, Wiscrna. I UW aU my life itamr * .i.. Ska shot a fleeting glance at him 4find emailed ftnL a< 4ii4.,t««4 * *'.* -dp ■ '*- - * ’* **£<Uhi H U* V Yfltl W<»fl tipa l '*-»«*« »■> yt-hlvva* m jL i JsTOtbo* not turn* . ? j SpfWs*#' togmKMiH£MM£«a 4 »* mm v* wynnAisMi d/i • r*- > ';r riTfiM* ,::lP;,«li#n J»e is pardo "yfci b ® * mi e or r ' Sc^ y 'i' hW^.'Wd jglgbed »»wm g «iaiiygii3.tdtfg9a, .eolßo

* s t'Hfe'^bdat ihmhu •- ’ ot SRSM^ant “1 have reJdcU in his s-4i (-Mwyi om Vafc I assm* vtymF ' laiigttbdt /Sui f fetfad ±m head, her eyes softening In their ex!f!3® thoC.WseßiJtolkttiiiiS "H kufdiy; strange to' •‘Do bay >at ail?” Hw flickered, and she “Not in that way.**’ - The major hesitated also. their wees met. He covered. imn,nearesTjffd Cti bis fed :?csse& \ yKT Would Aid 4 j^6u’ f4 tio, dash —it allf* exclaimed! t|jfl. followed you out here this merclng meapiag to—” X! * . i J ack jmLia_ mi|chle^ pVwy- * . . . ♦ j aioo.j *T find-out If you hiltt. Winona, can you feel It In youn heart to take chn> JUke me?” ■ i;,| j to bjs, her Be for the mol“Oh, Phiufshe said sofUy, ■f 111111 l ffcftyr /Htfff anjPPP later the major strolltelephone at had left on the ten |b?sSjgSpS&M « r Charleston, thfcy bad nl<|@^S^#ep e nt his message With on his fac^f 'Hd it a year. I h4ve-hen anflwlßPWire congratulations.*? Dart/'