Los Angeles herald., 1908-12-20

~ Castle and interviewed her father. Lord
We're Mowbray was amenable to reason,
right enough. He would have welcomed with wide
open arms any man who relieved him little of
the weight of his mortgages. But then, you zee,
| had taken the girls weight. If money had
passed it would have written "fnae' across my
little scheme. She girl of that sort
There had been suitors for her hand as many
as there are teeth in my jaw. Wealthy men, too,
for her beauty was not the kind that could be
hidden under bushel. Because they had money
and she was poor they were sent off with the
proverbia Aeas in their ears. 1t nearly broke the
old mans heart. Marriage, mortgages lifted, and
an heir, the trinity OF happiness that put
the rosy tint to his dreams.
Quite honestly Lima told me that if her father
had not been poor man she would have returned
me a different answer AS she SAID that she
stretched out hand and said good-by. She meant
it. | took her hand and said good-by, too. But
did not mean it. Not much. Let a treasure like
that slip from my grasp? You don't know me
She walked away, a pair of Acmes so small
that they might have fitted a fairy's feet, making
a jingling accompaniment. Otherwise all was
quiet-save the twittering of the robins on the
bank of the moat. [ looked at the red-breasted
little birds | looked at others. 1t was hard
winter, and the feathered tribe hoped around
perkily in search of food.
sighed Then | laughed The refrain of
ridiculous comic song had come-incongruousfy
enough, Heaven knows-into my head at sight OF
the birds. L started nummlnS: 1ney We all SoI
a mate but me-"
Moisture had to be hicked from my eyes
did So Sorrow and mirth are closely allied. And
it seemed painful parting like that. We might
have Joined forces, and not only lifted the load
of care from others but have been happy our
selves. Oh, woman, in our hours OF ease, un-
certain coy and hard to please-lf you only knew
how you hurt at times! If you only knew!
Well, if [ am foolish I practical | went
home. And when | had flung my hat onto
hook I took down my considering cap. I wore
that quite a while before idea worth anything
entered my head But it came at last
In four days was Christmas I had my work
cut out for me with large-sized pair of scissors
if the We're Mowbrays were to stay at the Castle
after that. And | just meant that they should
stay-by hook by crook. Their curfew should
not ring that Christmas day.
After | had wrestled with the idea | made
Decline for the timetable There train up
to London in half an hour. Inside that time |
had flung things into pOrtmanteau and thrown
that and myself into the motor I arrived at the
station just in time to board the express.
Ny most valued possession was that mornings
paper. Folded, it rested in my breast pocket
news item had given me the idea which
huTying me to London. With that paper | made
straight for Gray's Inn. Ny lawyer there lifted
his eyebrows in establishment when | told him
what wanted done. But he did it. | have
already pointed out the eloquence
of money. ~
put in busy time in London
for three days. They said I want W J.
ed such curious things done But
they did them. When | slapped Is NA
my pocket it wiped difficulties 1lI
away. 1t made me think of the %y5.
woodcutter's boy and his "Open, LV |, \
Sesame" at the entrance to the N
robbers cave. A golden roller " +
smooths most paths MI I
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