The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1906-11-27

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that perhaps Ia q buEgy L Wo1lcl' ee
easier.
But even there. with Arabella b. his
side, words failed linn
.sWfn yOu-witI you he began
'sWflI I what, ElIery q said Arabella
very svEeetly and patiently
.sVVII you-haye an Ice cream soda at
the drug store on the way back
Certainly answered Arabe1ies
shade OF disappolntment In her voice
She liked the broad shouldered. hon
est eyed young fellow more than she
admitted to any ons save herself,
though she never had had 80 bashful q
sutton
And yet she knew EileEy was no cow
ard. his toWnsfollk had told her OF the
coura geous things he had done-how
he had stopped runaway horse at the
risk of his own life and how one bit
ter winter day he had crawled to the
edge of an lee hole In the river to res
cue the eldest Hardy child who chung
there. half frozen.
AS for E1Iery. he felt that time was
passing and he was no nearer the goal.
"Its terrible he moaned, ito think
I've gone this far and can't so fur
therr' Matters were getting desperate
Better hurry up, Ellery" bis friends
urged him. There's a fellow in her own
town wants her just as much as you
dol"
Advice came thick and fast
why don't you write it9'' drawled
one waGEish acquaintance And then
she'll be sure to get it,
Modern Invention has done good
many things chuckled old Jonas Fert.
''Its given us telegrnphs and motor
boats and automobiles. but there's one
thing it hasn't done. It hasn't made 1t
any easier TO pop the question. That's
Just as hard today as 1t was a hundred
years ago.
ElIery groaned Then his face bright
ened Modern Inventions" he NUT
tered to hfmself-"rhodern Inventions!
BY Jimmy, I've solved the problem!
I'll win her yetT'
few days later a sma11 crate arriv-
ed for him. Looks as IL 1t might be
a typewriter" said the station agent.
but as EIlery was not given to literary
pursuits this guess seemed rather inn
probable
Late that night Ellery tlptoed
through the Hardys' orchard, holding
LlEuL To a NSNGIlbuS AAAAAAAGA rSAAeA 49,
contrivauce. on which he had banked
all his hopes. The sleeping ArabeIla
was Weakened by voice beneath her
window slipping on a kimono, she
leaned out to listen.
"Ellery." she whispered, sis that
you?"
From the shadows beneath came his
answering tones swift and unwaver-
ing
!'ArabeIla. 1 love you. love you
more than any one in the world I'm
not worthy of you, know, but I'll do
everything I can 10 make you huppy-
VIII you marry me, ArabeIIa?"
Eyes. EIIery," said Arabella prompt
~. But WAITS the matter with your
voiceP AIercyr'j she calculated as
there came a sudden whir and click
''You aren't choking, are your"
IF am, It's with happiness" said
her rapturous sutton, coming quickly
into view.
That sounds more natural" said
ArabeIIa. There was a whispered col
Ioquy. and later, in a happy daze, his
photograph Rugged securely under his
arm, they stumbled along the orchard
path. shell never know IL was done
by machine he mwmwed, "and since
she loves me it's an right anyhow.
though suppose that when get
home I'd better destroy the record Or
twill give me clean away
At the edge OF the road . familiar
figure doomed IA the darkness. That
you. E1lery2~ said Jonas Fert. 'Tt'S
too black to see foot in front OF me.
And they pretend to light this place by
electricity. I tell you modern inven-
tons
Modern fnyentious.' said the happy
Ellery. are the, greatest things In the