Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1906-04-21

a MOTHERS LOGIC.

lost Mary Gafiilllu
.Oh. John, YOU don't mean it"
81 do. She's come home engaged"
Mrs. Grimshaw ,sighed. She was her
sons only confidant, and knew only
too we'll whatta blowfthis was to him.
The Worst},Of it is" he continued,
"she is thro wing herself <away on a
spendthrift.'
Serves her fright. She thas treated
you very badly,y John"
Not at ALL"
WAS she not Heading youktotbelieve
that she would marry you!'
That's badly put, mother. She vas
disposed in fnE favor, butt had not
made up her mind. Anu even if she
had accepted tme 1 should not think of
holding her toVher promise against her
inclination. Iehold that there is moth
ing amiss in IGeaking an engagement.
Suppose she should find thatfthis man
with whom shethas fallen in love were
unworthy, shousd she marry him?''
Certainly not, but she has not dis
covered that YOU are unworthy"
.'Oh. mother" The replied, putting his
arms about her- neck and kissing her,
.your woman's hogic will be THE death
of me-
1t was tale that Mary Garland had
intended to,marry John Grimsalaw, but
Il season in the city, during which
Clarence DenbiSh, a helteri SHELTER,
devil may care fellow, had ipaid ner
marked attention, had changed her in
tentiOn. John was plodder,. and. as
she expressed it after meeting Ien-
bigh. 1.-THE worst kind of u one" In
company Denbigh would sail all around
him and win uhe race besides.
Mary possessed comfortable. for
tune i'll her own right, which Size had
inherited. from iher father. he,missed
that fathers assistance, havinStno one
she couldltrust to make inquiries about
Denbigh. Unfortunately she engaged
herself to him and endeavored herself
to find out something about his char
acter afterward. But no one was rash
enough to accuse her accepted lover,
and information was shut off. \ girl
had spoken OF Denbgh in her hearing
as spendthrfft. but as Mary was sure
the girl wanted him herselfithe accusa-
ton had little effect.
John GrimSlnaw wished her much
happiness in her engagement without
between them. she accepted his offer
ing with a sober face. When he spoke
she had been back from the city a
month and something 'of the glamour
of city life had worn off. She was wor-
ried that she could get no information
about Denbighl and thought that had
it not been for Mcr past relations with
Grimshaw he would be just the per
son to find out for hertand tell her truly
what he had learned. Johns cool man
ner of taking ,his disappointment
piqued her, and, being piqued, she
chose to retort And this is how she
did it She sent for thin one, evening to
come and see her. She said to him.
Mr. Grimshaw. Lam Il woman with
no father to find out.whether my fiance
is worthy person. You are man
and can soon learn the truth for me.
VIII you do me this favor"
1T is impossible for two reasons
The first is that anything 1 might say
would be considered prejudfced. The
second is that an unfavoraible report
might endanger your good ,Opinion of
me. All l could do wosIld be to put
you Oh a way to find euttfor yourself"
please do So
do you suspect any weakness in
your lover"
only one. 1 have heard he is a
spendthrift.'
Would it be sufficient to discover
the truth of this one point of weak
ness?'
1T would. l maybe very silly, but
not fool enough to marry spend
thrift"
"A spendthrift," said Grimshaw aft
er reflection, never spares anything
no matter how sacred that he can turn
into money. | would suggest that you
give your fiance valuable ring If he
is Il spendthrift he will pawn it, which,
not living in the same city with you,
he can do with some show of safety
If he does, when he sees you again he
will rob Peter to pay Paul and redeem
it, but ring constantly worn leaves
its mark. Do you understand"
Il do
One spring morning Mr.. Denbigh re
ceived by express Il handsome snake
ring. such as was fashionable among
gentlemen at the time, with two fine
diamonds for eyes. Two months later
fiancee Immediately. He obeyed the
summons and as soon as he arrived
took occasion to hold up his ring to-
show the sparkle and his appreciation
of the gift at the same time Miss
Garland asked him to slip it on her
finger. He did so. leaving his own
brown one without the slightest trace
of mark. His fiancee accused him
of not having worn it-in fact, of hav-
ing pawned it. Though a spendthrift
he was not liar and admitted that
he bad with difficulty rescued it from
the pawnbroker an hour before leav-
ing the city.
What further passed between the Low.
ers no one knew. The next time Mary
Garland met the man who suggested
the device to test Denbigh she wore a