The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-04-30
LOVE, SALARY
AND MARRIAGE
"oid Cerpen Graham" Pork
Packer. Chicago, Writes %
Nis son ftsffepont


4 concluded
q I slipped out early. but nekt
! ayenlnH. when l was Sitting IN
h nay attia smoking room, jack
\ came charging Ia, and. without
\ any spafrin8 ror an openlnHi
\ burst out with
Isn't she "A sumner. MI Ora
hami
d / allowed that Miss Cursor
Y was aomethtgE az a stun,
''Mlaa CURSOR. indeed. he
\ shifted. she's we'll enough la
\ a bis. hlaeN way, bat Mlaa
e Churchill aud he began tu
\ paw the air faf adiectiyeH.
3 nut how MAS | 90 know that
b you meant Miss Churchilif I
3 answered, aItH Just a fortnight
y now sInea you told me that
4 Miss cursor Was n goddess, aud
4 that she Was goihE 10 reign Ia
N your life aud make it a heaven,
4 hr something OF that sort
n fuFgat lust the words. hut they
q were mighty beautiful thoughts
= and IT'D you credit"
\ Don't remind me of a." Jack
u gruanad II makes me sick
eANAN ftths thAhA NhAA ~ -
q I've been
b allowed that ! felt a little
\ nausesu mYHen. but / told him
y that this time. a least he 4
, shown some sense. Miss
q Churchill WAS n mighty pretty
= giri ana rieh enough 80 that
. her liking him didnt prove
y anything waFea against her
y than bad Judgment. aud that
y the thing for him 10 DO was 70
q quit his reellshness. propose 90
q her. and dance tho heel, toe.
j aRd a oba. two. three with her
= foF the rust Of bic natural days.
= Jaek hsnmed aud haNed =
\ littia over this, but finally he
\ came out with its
d That's the deuce % Il" says
= he. I'm In a beabtiy meas
y want To marty her shes the
y only sirl In tbs world for me
y the only one I've ever really
. loved. and I've proposed that
u IL. l eant 10 prnpoae g. her, bat
= I'm engaged 10 Edith CURSOR on
the quiet
. a rrgkon you'll marry her.
a then. | said. because she
strikes me aa a young woman
Whoa not going 10 ose q mil
lion dollars without putting a
y tracer after g.
= And that's not the worst %
4 H. lack vent on.
y Not the worst % iti what
d 90 you meant You hAysn't
married her on the quiet. too.
n have yuu 2
. NE. Bat there's Mabel Moors.
, yuit know
] dltn't knaw, bot guessed
You haxehst been Huch a dea-
bie-haFr~led d@nksy 40 10 Etyo
her an aetion oa yavrpsit. t0of
No. no. but I've said things
j 10 her Nhleh she may have hnis-
construed, II Ahs's Inclined e
y Be- literal.
= yen bst shs b. I answered.
y = never saw . nic.. fat. blonde
J EiFt sha toak miiiion-dollsF
, offer as = practical 1oke. What
Il Il you've astt 60 bert y love
j you. darling nr #omashina
ahon, as fa3y and non-commit-
J tai
= Not that not that ~ AT
but she may have stfrtchss.i
J Nhat I said - mean that
J Well. sir. fust laid into THAT
} s@= when i heard taa1.
j fhnukh I eauid see that No
j dhinft thiak u Vas refined ~
me. He'i never made n any
secrst that ~ Thought me >
j pretty euaFss old mar. ana kis
y face showed me- new that
49, ....ss.s. .t.,..iAss... ..s....s.
flners~t. he said. hut must
str | ennasstast aaEnsfhiuE ar
fsfent ffun you. after enrulns
eut this waY and owntng 90.
- OF cour~s. n yea don't care %
u help me auf@~
cut him short theirs. I've
! rot 20 help yaa Hut want
J yon tell EN- the truth. HosF
. have Yau fuanased 90 hssp thia
y curean Eift fron announcing
= hsf engagement O. roo p
Welt ant there vas a
j scared KFta - Jacks face nos
u \ told her that you. az trustee
under fathers Ntil. hsd certain
UNPLEASANT powers ever my
faonsy-in fact. thas rpo@t ~ IL
would revert Ia sis n married
j against POUR wishes. and that
u yeu disliksd her ard that she
uaast Safs herself into your
good EFaee~ before ~ could
think q Announcing our en-
= sassmeHt
= 1 na~ rishf of thA, NJ has
tod Mattel Moore the sarne
J ihluk. and that vas Why thasa
j two girls haf been - hiametf
! polite to fne the night before.
From Letters frrsa a Self
y Made Merchants o. tfia Sem" ~
u George Horace fsoftmer. Hmau.
J Maynard q Co. Bonton