The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1907-02-08

| say. OF course wouldn't tell you II
| thought that there WAS any posSim:i-
ty Of your re"onsidering the answer
yon gave Bob in the spring. You car /
! blame the boy for seeking consolation
and they say that she is very wealthy"
| The girl forced herself to eat he.
salad calmly. So that was the reason
/ he bad taken her Homecoming so east
| ~. Another woman had captured his
fancy. Well. she would keep her Sc
cret
| The next day Rob came over to the
house for conference with her father.
Meeting him in the hallway. she CUES
! toned him as to the day Of his de
parture. although she hated herself for
doing it,
"Oh. in about a month"; said Bob In
differently and hurriedly.
How different from the way he used
/. to speak to her, she thought
During that month Bob made many
! trips to the city, and each morning the
girl woke up to gaze from her windows
ut the signs with Il deep accentuation
of the hatred with which she had re-
garded them on the first day of her re-
turn. To her they began to seem the
persOnifcation of the woman that had
taken Bob from her-the cold, calculat-
Ing business spirit. How she hated
those signs! 1t seemed to her as If
she would do anything to get rid Of
them. Must she live within their sight
all her life, constantly reminding her
of the love she had lost? The thought
was uncomfortable, and she appealed to
her father.
Il can't do anything" said he. "Bob
has contract with the Chez Rup COM
pany, and he must live up to it, If
only you had been kind to him this
wouldn't have happened To my mind
it only shows what good sense Bob
has. This place has no more attrac-
tons for him, so why not make it yield
an income|
The evening before the day set by
Bob for his departure he called. The
girl was seated on her veranda as far
as possible from the sight Of the sign
boards. Her parents had gone out for
the evening, and she received Bob with
a strange, sinking feeling. This might
be the last time he would come to see
her-alOne.
Bob" said she when he had seated
himself at a safe distance Bob, now
that you are going away, probably for
ever, can't you do something about
those awful signboards?''
He regarded her quizzically.
II wish 1 could" said he, "but you
see the CheeRup company's contract
runs for ten years, and the advertise
ment has proved to be so good that
they would not release me unless l
paid sum Of money that would absO-
lutely break me-
Ten years! a life time!
Bob" she cried impulsively, II would
be willing to do anything to get rid of
those dreadful signs!'
Bob looked at her quickly. This was
his hour Her father and mother had
even encouraged him to hope, but he
hesitated at wagering his happiness on
a short sentence Nevertheless he must
make the plunge some time. and the
present moment seemed as propitious
as any.
$50 you would really like to get rid
Of them?" he asked well. believe
we could arrange that with the com
pany satisfactorily if you could recon
slider your decision of some months
ago.
She looked at him unsteadily.
"Why, Bob" she said. II believe that
you are asking me to marry you
again.
That's just what l am doing" he
said excitedly. whats your answer?"
But that other woman she cried.
He gazed at her in well simulated
amazement.
what other wOman?" he asked
THAT wealthy one in the city-that
business woman whom my father said
you had on the string"
Bob smiled broadly.
you evidently misunderstood in what
connection I had her on the string. We
are going to sell her the business"
The girl looked at him happily.
IF that's the case" said She II sup
pose might change my answer to that
question IL you are sure about taking
down those signs. You mustn't sacri-
flee lot of money to those people,
Bob. Well need some"
"NO. I'll not" said he as he folded
her in his arms. You see. your father
and l happen to be the Chee-R up
Breakfast Food company. although we
are on the point Of selling the business
to that woman In the city. and so, l
guess, there will be no trouble about
having that contract annulled."