The Birmingham age-herald., 1907-03-03

l buOCU ndu 1uily f1ull.
 So the Marriage Bell pealed merrily
 forth and the gay young Couple went ] directly from the Church to q sub
 urban Cottage and began to throw do-
 nestle Utensils at the Wolf. Enoeh took an Invoice after few
 years and found that he had here and
 there a Child and one Boat. He fig
 ured that it would require about 150 years at the rate he was going to make himself Independent, so he began
 to investigate the get-rieh quick i Schemes.
 Somebody told him he could do well
 in China.
 There you have it. The Easy Money
 in this World is always at the other
 end of the Line.
 Every man who is patrolling Bread
 way on his Uppers knows that he could make SS0,000 in three months if i he were in Les Angeles. Oklahoma
 looks mighty good to the humble Farm
 CT who owes 8 large store bill in llli ] nois and the main reason why so many
 energetic People want to get to Nome i City is that the Ticket costs more ! than they can scrape together.
 Enoch probably read some Folders | issued by the Dream Department of | a Transportation Company and he could not see anything on the Map ex
 coDt China.
 ! Before sailing away he stalled An-
 nie to modest little Shop and assur ed her that she would have no diff culty whatever in downing the big i Department Stores and beating the i Trusts at their own game, i It is not recorded that Enoch hired any Private Detective Agency to watch the House or arranged to have his ! sister-in- law write and let him know , how Annie was behaving.
 He was the genuine old fashioned
 type of Trusting Husband-the kind | that shows up in Yokohama and never suspects his wife except when she is ] Innocent
 Enoch was shipwrecked and found himself so far away from any of 1he ! lines controlled by Hartman that he : could not make Connections or touch 1 the wire for small Loan. I In fact, it was about fifteen years ! before he landed back at his birth 1 place. He hardly knew the town on ac- | count of the new Carnegie Library and ' also because the Waiting Room at the | Station had been swept during his ab- sence.
 i When he arrived at the Old Home l stead he hesitated about putting right | in. He was afraid the Joy of seeing | him again might overcome somebody. f He was undecided whether to slip ! his Card under the door or throw his Hat over the transom, and he made | up his mind to do little rubbering 7 and find out the lay of the ground. Y So he looked in through the window and saw quite a number of Children that he never had met. Also there was Philip. his old time rival, spread out on a Morris Chair.
 Annie was present, looking like l Ready Money.
 'It seems that somebody else has | jumped in and is filling my Dates,' said | Enoch. .I would go in and sort out my own Children, but I don't like to i make any trouble for them so near | Supper Time.'
 He was about to depart when Annie | who had seen him loitering about the | premises, came out and spoke to him | pleasantly.
 Tt seems to me we have met" she | said.
 i Enoch told her his Name and men | toned several Mutual Acquaintances and finally Annie got his Number.
 Now I can place you" she exelaim
 ed You are the Gentleman l mar
 ried first of all.
 'Evidently I made quite an Impres
 sion upon you, or you would not re il member me all these Years sait