The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-11-13
WHAT. ROB SAID.
BY MRS. MOSES P. HANDY.
tcopyright. 1901, by Daily Story Pub. Col

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 the bride-eiect, thought of the difference | of age as an objection. Ethel did not sa. l yes and thank you but she felt 1t, and | her behavior on the occasion was gener- ouslx rewarded by her aunt and uncle-in-
 law. Ethel had the satisfaction of know. | ing that her trou $ eau would De all that | could be desired.
 | As for Rob Hillis. Ethel never took him l into consider ation; as she said, why | should she? Half the young men Tn kao- | woe were more or less in love with her | Rob was her brothers special friend, ana
 SO, oftener at the house than any Of the | others, but much more was taken for granted :han had ever been said. Bertha Trent, four years younger than | her sister. admired Ethel beyond meas | ure. She herself was barely good looking, and accustomed to be ovrshadowed by her brilliant sister upon all occasions, sEe was content with reflected glory and never thought to be jealous. everyone else was praising Ethel for that she had done SO well to herself. Bertha was intensely loyal, and she loved Rob better than she even knew.
 She had always taken 1t for granted that castles had all been built with that end in view. There was nobody good enough in her eyes for Ethel but Rob, and how
 could anyone whom Rob loved fail to say So when Ethel came home after six months absence. bringing her sheaves with her Bertha, unimpressed by their golden glory. asked herself and her sis ter What will Rob say?"
 The year before Rob Hills had gradu- ated with high honors at one of the first medical colleges in the country. and com ing home, hung out his shingle. But country towns are apt to distrust young men, most of all when they have
 grown up in their midst. and 1t was only the very few who appreciated the great 1t
 have made In recent years. who dared 10 employ him. Thus 1t was a godsend when the young doctors uncle having no son
 to inherit his practice, and feeling tnc need of an assistant, wrote to Bop to come and fill the post. Thus, during Eth els absence, but before the news of her engagement had reached Kaowoc. Rob had talked the offer over with Joe opinion as to its acceptance, and when Joe had pronounced a.aO fairly good income for a young man. Rob had an swered, Yes, fellow might get mar
 ried on that with the right kind of a
 wife" and had smiled at Bertha, who. thinking of Ethel. had choked down lump which, to her shame and confusion,
 rose in her throat and bravely smiled back.
 Now that Ethel had unhesitatingly thrown Rob over. Bertha felt that fur | ther protest was useless; nay. more she felt that she was on the verge Of tears
 and that If she remained in the room with her sister she would do or say something to be sorry for.
 She left the room and the house; she felt that she wanted to be alone, Tn order to recover her composure. Almost uncon- | sciously she took the path to a favorite spot with the young people of both house. holds. "a clump or willows half way be- tween the Trent and Hillis homesteads. where the boys years ago had built rustic sea.
 There she sat thinking. her eyes full of tears, her heart aching.
 "Oh, Rob, Rob-" she sighed at last aloud, If could only help you" Well" exclaimed a merry voice, not at all that of despairing lover. "'That's s good news. because you can more than
 anyone else in the world. l was just on without you, and to ask you if you think you can be happy as a poor mans wife," C AREER," by Wm. Bloss