The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-11-11
The Globes Daily Short Story

/ would also make superb wife and if
Dexter could win her that doctor BUSH
ness might go hang.
I brought him home with me when
ever I could find pretext and fancied
that he was beginning to be his old self
again. In fact, 1 had even heard him
singing snatches of songs in the office
and was chuckling to think how I had
outwitted Molly when my card house fell
in sudden ruin.
1t was on a raw, bleaksday in March
that it all happened. The boy came into
my private office with queer drawn
look on his face.
"Mr Norton he began quietly enough,
81 am leaving town for long time, per-
haps forever. We had better strike my
name from the firm,
leave town?"ssI exclaimed aghast
II see what you are thinking Of He
moved to the window and looked out
mechanically. Standing there with his
back to me the poor fellow told me all
about it, 1t was neither love nor money.
Until last summer he had believed
homself an orphan. But he was not. Out
in one of the Western states was a gray
haired man serving long sentence. He
was his father. He had seen him for the
first time nine months ago. The ques-s
ton came stern and abrupt.
you will agree with me, sir, that +
have no right to offer my stained name
to that superb woman. No love on earth
could atone for OF excuse the insult.
mo, he was right agreed. Bitter
and bad as it had all seemed there was
nothing for it but to fill up the grave as
best we could and go son.
1t was al. this juncture that Molly came
in to see about a check I had forgotten
to indorse.
"Gracious, what solemn faces" she.
laughed. rs the world coming to an
end?"
'.Yes, my world Isl Dexter answered
her. And then to my astonishment ne
told her the, story.
..Wel1, Upon my SOUL Molly broke out,
Indignantly, ST think you might at least
let her have some say SO in the matter.
Here you have been making love to Helen
for six months, and you propose to walk
off without a word! You men may call 1t
honorable, but I call it dastardly. Take
your hat, young man. and go straight up
to the hoase. Don't you dare to break
that grand girls heart unless she gives
you leave to. Not IL you have num-
bred fathers in the penitentiary q pom
my soul, EDWARD, Sne coHtlnueu, DIS Do<>-
ter caught up his hat and went out,
here 1 have been breaking my neck
for year to keep you from talking
forgeries and penftentiaries In that boys
presence, and now when he is fairly safe
from being embittered for life, you must
go to work and upset everything With
your tomfool honorable IDEAS
Molly" 1 said, with a gasp Of hui
mility. 81 didn't know, lido you think
she will marry him?"
'She can't very well unless he asks
her to dc it,
"oh, he will ask her. saw 1T in his
eyes,
I'm glad you have seen something"
"There now, dear. I've been blunder-
ing donkey. But do you think She will.
overlook that forgery business?"'
"She has known about that forgery
business all along. For my part, l don't
see anything so terrible about it.
suppose, the old gentleman needed the
money, .or heswouldn't have taken it,
Then, with a sudden softening, ..Don't
worry, dear. A little common sense will
save the situation. She win marry him
before the year is OUT
And she did.