Putnam patriot., 1908-05-08
Cupid and an
 Easter lat.
By ddEY ALLEN
Copyrighted res hs Associated
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 eoit@ryutige iake eng vas treated ta tlfr.r semsatiV1s il one week
 Firsi. JaI5es Douglas fr43u G'asRow. fsstiaHd b way sf ChHHgo opened -.iIbe Fair i.ake cHys hrsi real de. fiaggaem stnre. plih red leffer" and +.sp..eiai b,ar sHiea a RieaHling soda roautain and sil fbe other features of 0p sa date shopping life
 Second ameHa tHe frgfk coated floor walkerg Installed ln this modern shop tiIng hIss wat uid mHn Douglas own g.in. Carter. late of Harvard and more reswmiy fpfufued from T pedestrIan trip through The British Isles And whai i~ uore he was cnrtiy informed by his pafernaI parent that he would te exfe I'd 10 keep fhe reguiar hours and lite of the salary drawn by other selgi4ia,n week fiogrw1ikers Of the establishment
 And thirdly. Marjorie Davis nfter prolonged aud uBsf nnpieasaBt hour wltb flie family ffwYer wilo bad found tint fhe late Henry Daris had ieft nfhing iHf ! heaFliy Bartgaged home nnI ,4,uie worthless wildcat invest sBenIs. dthed the family council ot uneIsa. aaufs anl cousins who offered hersslf and notller ths pick of various ifuEfar
 slie would make ber own way. she aaaaeaeed with spirit And tue very ne*l aay ail takr etty society was shocked t8 hear that Marjorie Bavis was behind Inc ribbaH counter nj s'fhe lar
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 4 faafih p5ty altogether iat#i.ie also faah haHd in the game of eon mefre and Atz nahe Nna tnpld He saN hI= chance nud began To choose arrows
 Al of tbeae however mlsaed The mark fnnas Douglas watched from the iafl of hia eve Mariarlcs deft scn der whIie aHeefs HHsaiaR ID aud out af the siamHeflae ftbhon hut her sanee spemel glued 10 her work A formal s6euA morning of . rrgues; fDf srni# ehraA or hiN signature oil depasll marhe9 the tinilt af tbeif con sse#iinas
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 so maftsfs stoad when her mother was sels,ta with the gtip The daeters .nier,l ealfs feal ietls whlte Erapes and eggs and sherry
 fonf days before Easter aud the ten dollars had aNlndied to ilVe She com promised en stuart sailor with three yans,d ribbon bows to match. She would tuy Il an the morrow And the next day word ramc ie the slonv that one ei fhe cash girls uiesi ie operated en q once of lose her hearing Mafierie1s name hoaaea fha subscription list
 1hls afternoon in frenzy ar aeSpaii she bought ths three tened ribbons and fhe next mnrnius The oharwnman of their little cottage sent word That her laaiy had died and ibeHe was hoi . cent In The haase Mafiarte had insi eiosesi her purse when the te9stnan hsMtisssl her squ8ne envelope address ed In ehln1gAphy whigh she veeognlRed al giaHee
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