Mower County transcript., 1903-09-02

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5' 20 you stall 1oge Miss Marsh ~ s d
MeanWhile we are powerless with
all this money in our hands, unless we
can stop Randall Bin some way. 4 OF
course he will never sell us the; lots.
7 Our only use for the money would be
| to purchase some of the un burned terri
tory and tear down. But it would lie
enormously expensive. The city ought
to o}condemn and buy up all this district
and put UP municipal tenements. OF
course I know you believe in all that,
but a city government that produces
and nourishes men like Tommy Ran
dali would as soon be expected to open
its council meetings with prayer as to
put up city tenements. Our only hope
lies in stopping the erection Of those
double deckers in violation of the ordi-
nance Ill 4 4 ,t$1$% FRI s 545s&ls &{ i,zfs ag&s
Miss Andrews silently looked out OF
the window. a Over at the extreme end
of the burned area Tommy Randall
with the little group of men was still
at work la ying out measurements for
the contemplated tenement. It was
growing late in the faf ternoon, and the
men would soon be going away Over
at the other end Of the library Miss
Hammond had been busy at work over
one Of the lecture progra mmes. She
went, out as Gordon. was speaking
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Miss Andrews calmly sat looking att
! the scene from the wind dow, and ohm
| Gordon, seated atlittle back from her,
where, however, he commanded a view
of her face as the fading light from
the large window fell upon it, suddenly
made a resolve that in itself was not
really as sudden as it seemed. Some
times a}sWift action has ripened under
slow process. # ss55is $is5 s. :.ss.sg.s
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" i'll you. allow me to confde in you
something ]. feel inpelled to say. to
you especially q \, 81 q L s9
There was ia short silence; then her
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Gordon went on a little hlrriedly, as
II he feared the loss OF the impulse
that had prompted him to speak. $sf5 Al Il
~ ouS saw Miss Marsh. ~ ou know
from the newspaper accounts my for
mer relation to her ?'''
1T remember. Il se 5s3!z s11ss S5ti
ST asked her again this afternoon to
be my wife and come to live with me
here. IN She refused. Do you think a
man in my position with the life i
have chosen to live, ought to ask q wo-
man to come and live with me here, to
share all these troubles, to bear all
these burdens Is* the test I made for
her too severe ?''$ K II KS.
There was silence. Il was broken BY
the quiet voice.
3Ss ID you still love lfiss Marsh
''lra OF answered John Gordon slowly
He was seated and had put his hand
over his face.
8 The group Soffs sme en- over at the end Of
the view from ii " ind do,w separated
and went n one 81 the residents
came into the library and started to
Light the indies Whic were placed iii
an old fashioned silver candle dlestick'
which always stood IA the center of
the able vas 4 one Of Mi iss An
dreWs fancies. Candl lelight, she used
to say, 4, was more literary than elecs
ricity
lease do not light the candles yet,
Miss (, the voice j. the win.
dow quietly called
s Miss FarNye enttS out &, and
dirk ohn Gordon could feel his heart
beat heaY
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