The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-10

$50 Robert Miller is married! Well, he
will find have not broken my heart
over his fickleness. l shall accept Mr..
Longs offer OF marriage" And Polly
put down on her disk the letter she had
received that morning and proceeded to
| answer it as follows:
Dear Mr.. Long: I have just received
your letter. You may call tomorrow
evening for your answer.
MARGARET B. STEWART"
There. that is DONE and sealing it.
Polly dispatched the neat maid Of all
work to the nearest letter box with the
missive. Il don't know why 1 didn't
say right off that 1 would marry him,
but tomorrow evening will be time
enough" Then Polly fell to thinking
about the rumor about town that Rob
Miller had married a beautiful Detroit
girl and was bringing her East. Polly
was proud, and it hurt her ferry much to
have folks limiting that she had been
Tilted by Rob Miller. Before he went
away, a year and a half ago, he had been
Polly'9 devoted admirer, and their friends
had daily expected to hear of their en-
gagement But in June Rob had been
sent by the firm which employed him to
look after its copper mine in Michigan.
There was a dance the evening Rob re-
to start the next day. and during the last
waltz he had inveigied Polly out to the
veranda, and had said, abruptly: Polly.
l start tomorrow morning for Michigan,
on business for the firm" Polly remem-
bered how she had suddenly felt weak,
and had said, lamely, Tomorrow, Rob?''
And Just then Frank Shaw's voice had
said: Where's Rob? We want to bid
him good-by.' Before the laughing
young folks with Frank Shaw had found
them, Rob had hurried on: Il shall be
back in a year, dead-a year from today
and then I shall want an answer to
question 1 will ask you. Polly, will 1t be
a favorable one?" And Polly had muir
INJURED: Il will wait for you, and shall
miss you very much, and be glad when
you come back" And Rob had just time
to crush her hand in his big, strong one
before their friends bore down upon
them. And so they parted.
Oh, how her face burned when she
thought of it, She had let Rob Miller
know that she cared for him, and he had
gone away and forgotten her. or, If he
did think of her, the remembrance prob
ably served to amuse him. She had
waited for him, and June had come and
gone and now it was November and
Rob Miller and his wife Were coming
East well, 1 shall accept Mr.. Long
He is not young but he has money, and
Rob will see I didn't care very much
That evening Polly sat before the fire
so engrossed in thought she did not hear
the bell ring, nor was she aware of the
presence of anyone until she heard her
own name. Jumping up she was con-
fronted by tall young man, who held
out his hands to her eagerly. Rob,
she said, joyously; and then she thought
of his wife and her manner changed.
She ignored his outstretched hands and
said coldly: How do you do, Mr.. Mil
ler?"
''Why, Polly, what Does this mean?''
said Rob. But Polly kept silent.
Polly, are you not glad to see me?'
No answer. Polly. Polly. then it is true
what 1 heard since my return tonight,
that you are to marry Long, the bank
er? I suppose that is why you did not
answer my letter.
what letty?" said Polly, sharply.
THE letter which 1 sent you last
June, when L was In the hospital in
Michigan. When 1 went away did 1 not
say 1 would be home in year to ask
you-Well, never mind. / am too late.
Long got ahead of me. Since was too
i'll to come 1 wrote, thinking that a.
least you would answer my letter. But
you are not glad to see me, so l will go.
Polly"
Rob where is your wife?"
''Wife?' he repeated, puzzled. 81 came
for her, but find she is promised to an
other"
Polly began to cry softly. This was
too much. What could Rob do but take
her in his arms and soothe her, while
she told him that she thought he had for
gotten her, that she didn't love Mr..
Long, and-here she hid her face in his
coat-that she did love him. And then,
when she looked up, what could Rob do
but kiss the lips so near his own? By
and by, when everything had been ex-
planned, Polly said: ''Well, what about
Mr.. Long?" Hang Long" promptly
replied Rob. But Polly crossed to her
desk and wrote a kind little note to
Mr.. Long telling of her engagement to
Mr.. Robert Miller
And the next month, when the pretty !
marriage took place in the little church.
1ne of the handsomest presents shown |
bore the card of James Long.