The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1901-04-06
GRAND MARAIs, MINNESOTA, APRIL 1901

such sister, and if it were not for the
here he broke off in an agony OF
deception which made him temporarily
.oblivious Of the merits Of the raspberry
roll 4.
You amt eat bite!'' avowed
Hanora.
Tobias made a sweeping gesture
across his Adams apple. Clear to
here" he declared with delicious men
dacity.
@ After supper they went into the par
lor. Hanora played on the organ
yes, and sang, too, in sweet thin lit
tie voice. She sang ..The Meeting of
the Waters and 1.-THE Kerry Dancing
and the Wearing of the Green" No
rag-time for Hanora.
She's a jewell commented Dennis
when they parted on the sidewalk.
Ain t-ain t. timidly, there any
wan a-cOortin'!"
.Niver a wan!" returned Tobias.
He felt SO guilty upon his return he
could hardly make the proper re-
sponses to the decade which Hanora
was giving out" He did not come
home until 10 o'clock the following
night-nor yet the next. He explained
his absences by mysterious illusions
to "caucuses" and primaries" there
by soothing Hanora and stultifying his
conscience. 1t was not until Hanora
found a rose in the buttonholle of his
o0of 1iff7a
trimmed handkerchief in his pocket
that her direst doubts were aroused.
But even these Tobias explained away.
"Sure the flower cost notn1n', Han
ora. Twas from bush I was passin'.
And the handkerchief was on the side
walk. I thought belike you could
make use of it, :
He was rapidly becoming beautiful
liar. g. L.
A week later he refused to go out
with Hanora and Dennis on account of
the night being damp. He had rheu-
matism, he said So his sister and his
friend went to the theater and Tobias
settled himself to the composition of a
long and fervent letter, the accomplish
ment Of which necessitated frequent
reference to the pocket dictionary he
had bought for this purpose. To make
a long story Shorthand it was not
such a long story when all was said
Hanora married Dennis Mcguire. To-
bias was desolate-diseonsolat He
might go to live with them. Dennis
had won treasure. Yes, he might go
to live with them after awhile. For
the present he would take his meals
at a restaurant until sure what could
be done with the furniture-and so on.
All through her wedding Journey,
which lasted full three weeks, it troub-
led Mrs. Mcguire to determine what
was the matter with Tobias She told
her new made lord all about, his even
ing absences, his mild acceptance of
| distasteful viands, his abrupt and eager
hospitality toward Dennis-even about
the rose and handkerchief. It was not
until she had returned to Chicago and
went out to the fiat where had been
passed her years of mature maiden
hood that she really discovered the
truth about Tobias. ssr. ~... >
For the flat into which she let her
self with her latch key was altered,
decorated, illumined. There were cur
tains of rosy swissoline at the win
dows. There were lot of flowers on
the table. A canary sang in a gilded
cage, and-what was that? A parasol
in the corner-a hat on the sewing ma
chine! Such a frivolous hat-all chif-
fon and daisies! Hanora turned quite
faint. Could Tobias
: 60" cried a radiant little creature
car apartments which serve as bed
rooms in the modern fat, "I did not
know any one was here. Take this
chair. You are Mrs. Larch, I know.
Tobias said the wife of his friend in
the shipping department. would call.
We are not really fully settled yet.
Our wedding was quite surprise to
our friends. but really we had been
considering it for some time. / was in
theSribbons, you know, and became ac-
quainted with Mr.. Ryan while at the
store. But it seems he had an old
maid sister living with him, and hav-
ing a girls natural distaste for rela-
tions-in-law-though doubtless some
of them are kind enough, suggested
to Tobias that it would be better to
marry her off if possible before why
what
For Mrs. Dennis Mcguire had risen
in aghast and stately discomposure
II am his sister" she said.
Dear, O. dear! I'm SO sorry! I
didn't know--nor suspect wish I
had kept still! Take off your things!
Stay to supper! There-there! You're.
sweet as you can be- and I'll. love you
if you let me- indeed, I will Chi
cago Tribune.
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