The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1907-07-25
WHEN HE
HUSTLED.
Br Abbie F. Ransom.
Bv Abbie F. Ransom.
Copyrighted. 1907. by E. c. PARCELS.

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She stood by the window watching
| the retreating figure Of the young man,
| too much absorbed to notice the en-
trance of her father until he was by
her side. Without speaking she leaned
her arm upon his shoulder and thus
they watched until the young man was
no longer In sight. Then her father
spoke:
ut won't do, Elsie You've got to
tell him I said so. He isn't the one."
The hand which had been caressing
his hair was thrown out with indig-
nant protest and the girl faced him,
panied surprise in every curve Of the
dainty lips.
whats wrong, father?' she de-
handed. Why haven't you said that
before?'
The gray eyes gazing into her own
held far more kindness than his words.
They were full Of stern decision.
Because 1 haven't been sure. Now
I am. Fred Denton can never support
q wife. BE isn't able to now, and he
never will be. You've got to call 1t
off,"
"But, father" she began.
Its no use, Elsie" he interrupted.
1T isn't in him. A young man to sue
ceed nowadays must get out and hus-
tie, and that's something Fred Denton
will never do. He spends his time In
his Office reading, reading, reading, and
that never brought patient to doctor
yet
"Why, the other night there was an
accident at Cedar Glens. kensett was
mixed up in it. Had a drunken chau1-
feur, and the whole car came precious
near going over the cliff. Would have
gone if it hadn't been for young med
who understood sprinting and who
saved it in the nick Of time.
"As it was, Kensett got OF with
broken collar bone, friend OF his came
home with a smashed hand, and-well,
you read it in the papers. That saw
bones is fixed for life just because ne
happened to be on the spot and knew
what to do and how to do 1t. But 1t
wasn't Denton. he was in his office
reading up the microbes Of leprosy or
some other outlandish disease"
Erred was just telling me-" began
Elsie, when her father cut her short.
"Then. too, he had little money IN
one of the banks. Where's that? He
wasn't content to let it stay where It
was. He asked me what thought
about Aurora stocks, and I told him
thew weren't worth the matches to
burn 'em, but he invested in them.
Where are they now? Whew! Now
you see 'em and now you don't"
Father, if you would only listen
Listen to what? The same old story
of love in a fat and your $500 a year?
I've got a deal on hand and won't be
home before tomorrow night. In the
meantime you just give me that ring
on your finger and I'll return 1t 70
Fred Denton, NJ. -.
Slowly his daughter drew of the
ring, a curious expression growing In
her eyes, one which her father was
quick to observe.
"See here, Elsie" he said as he took
it from her. IT want you to promise
that If he calls you won't see him until
I give you permission; that is, If l
ever do"
"You are very unjust, father; if you
would only listen'-
'I've waited too long already" he re-
sponded, starting off. Mind your
promise, Elsie; there isn't to be any
more Of this nonsense"
"Perhaps there'll be more instead OF
less she murmured as the door closed
behind him. Then she went up the
stairs to her room with tread as full
of decision as his tones had been.
It didn't take long for her to reap
pear dressed for the street, and fifteen
minutes later she surprised a certain
young man who was very busily en-
gagged doing nothing at all in pleas
antly furnished Office Of downtown
business block.
"He wouldn't give me a chance to
say single word" she concluded in
dignantly.
Fred Denton smiled complacently
into her flushed face. There was no
trace of the respondent lover about
him.
I'VE won't try to explain" he said.
Suppose you take this trip to New
York with me this morning? You look
very bride-y," he answered. white
dress, white hat white shoes and
gloves. Really, Elsie, one would al
most believe that you had dressed pur-
posely for a wedding trip"
Fired Denton, you don't believe"-
she paused, crimson to the very ears.
Then she added irrelevantly:
"Father ran away with mother; I've
heard him tell about it time and time
again"
"Come on" Denton cried.