Tazewell Republican. [volume] (Tazewell, Va.) 1892-1919, 1909-07-22


walk out TO the Preside Heights
where great many houses are being
built and selected our home That
is, 1t shall be ours IL you like II as well
as | do after seeing the plans. One
great advantage is that. as the house
is not yet COMPLETED. you can make
your own selections for the interior
finishing.
BY the way, I've been proving for
George lately in the capacity of watch.
dog and general utility man. much to
his secret amusement. George is an
A. No. l fellow. but he has one fault:
he can't say Ne Instead, he inyari
ably promises to do whatever peopIe
ask of him and, when it suits him as
/ invariably turns the job over to some
one else. When / first arrived he
/ began by enlistins my sympathies ia
I Miss Dargie's behalf, gradually getting
| into the habit OF asking me to do this
and that errand for her until-presto,
before l realized it | became the one
/ she asked favors Of not George Con-
/ found him.
Truly 1t has been a long five weeks
/ doing my duty without you. and I con-
! TESS am not sorry that Mrs. Dargie
/ arrives this afternoon.
You ask if the young man from
the springs is as much in evidence as
ever. More so; at least the stream OF
theater tickets. candy. and flowers has
howed steadily on ever since his ar
rival In San Francisco. Mrs. George
says he is too nice a boy and too
much in love to be played with and
then thrown aside: that's what she
thinks Miss Dargie is doing. and she
may be right, 70: there are numerous
mysterious kilograms and telephones
arriving daily
Mrs. Dargie has Just arrived. can
hear her now in Georges private
office. There's a perfect babel of
tongues. Every one seems to be talk
ing at once. 1 wish they'd leave me
out of it. But they won't; Miss Oar
gie's wants have become chronic
What is a man to do under the cir
cumstances? He can't be boor
George is calling me through the
1 speaking-tube. Dearest, that means
that l must say good-by for this time,
and l haven't even said love you.
Now, as always, your ROY"
San Francisco, Mar. 29. 1901
/ Dearest: What did you imagine my
last letter meant? Surely the March
winds must have been playing sad
havoc with your fancy. for l never in
timated that 1 desired to control your
actions any more than you have-or
ever will, hope-desire to control
mine. Why should I? We are both
free agents. Does the fact of the ex-
4 istence of our engagement give either
one of US the right to pass judgment
upon the other? No; for, as individu-
uals possessing differing personalities.
how can we grasp each others point
of view? AS lovers-ah, that's a diff
ferent story! Then, we forget and
forgive
You say, Write me all about your
clients and cases Don't I, always:
My letters are so full of my work and
the people I am working for that some
times I'm ashamed of them; still.
ramble On, secure in the thought that
you Will understand
For the past month, ever since Mrs
Dargie's return. neither she nor her
! daughter has scarcely dared move
without consulting George. The last
few days have been unusually exciting,
which accounts for the brief note
wrote you Sunday. friend tele-
phoned from Santa Barbara stating
that Mr.. Gray had started for San
Francisco, threaAening to kill both
Mrs. Dargie and Madge At that, Mrs
Dargie asked George to inform the
chief of police, and the ladies' apart
ments at the Palace have since as
sumed some of the characteristics Of
an army post. A ferret-eyed, under
sized detective does triple duty as
commandant, sentry and striker, while
the role of scout is alternately filed
by George, the young man from the
springs, and myself-when It can't be
helped. So far we haven't succeeded
in locating Mr.. Gray, though we've had
all the trains from the south watched.
We think he didn't come; but the
ladies are positive he is in the city,
hiding, lying in wait for them. Mean
while the young man from the springs,
who is fine fellow and desperately in
love, urges immediate marriage, plead
ing that If Madge is once his wife he
will have the right to protect her.
Mrs. Dargie, fearing a possible recon-
Citation between her daughter and
Mr.. Gray, approves Of the marriage
| II it can be carried out-the laws of
this state requiring one year to elapse
after divorce is granted before either
party can remarry-but Madge OBJ
iects.