Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-01-07
sBEPHERDsToWN W. VA. THURSDAY JANUARY 7, 1909.

chats with Eleanor about themselves.
She had become interested in the mat
ter of the loan, and with most un6lial
but feminine prejudice she sided with
the younger man.
1t was she who told him Of the pro.
iected trip abroad. and suggested that
perhaps the interests Of the bank re-
qulred that he follow. Dick was de-
nghted with the suggestion, and to his
greater delight his father approved.
Keep after that old swlndler until
he pays up" Peter Paulding growled.
Il have made good to the bank my.
self, and I'll keep after him and get 1t
If l have 10 sue his executors. Follow
him to the North P ole if he wants to
90 there
Dick nodded and withdrew, and
when the ocean liner carried Hiram
Pettis to Europe Dick Was fellow
passenger. As III duty bound, he re-
minded Pettls every morning OF his
Just debt. The rest Of the day he
spent on deck with Eleanor, and each
day he grew more firmly convinced
that breaking into business was an en-
rlreIy delightful process.
Dunng The return trip, some three
months later, be mustered up courage
to propose to Eleanor.
II suppose 1t viii be hard to per-
suade ouI fathers 10 be friends, che
said, when they came back to eartn
again. Il don't know how we ever
shall be able TO do IL, DICK.
Leave that to me, he aaid conf
IDENTITY. You forget that l am a
business man now, and these little
problems in diplomacy are the things
| have to meet. DO you think that We
want u house or an apartment IN some
notel2 We may have TO take to d Hat,
ior that matter, IN Case dad proves
nasty.
las long as it lie with you, dear, >
was the tender reply, and again earth
faded Into Visions OF Paradise.
A week later DICK came into his
fathers bank and laid upon the desk
a package OF thousand-dollar bills.
"Why didn't Petus give you
oheck2' demanded the elder Pauldlng.
You said that might make some
slight concessions and lett the amount
10 my judgment, reminded DICK. Il
told him tnat # ne would pay, you
would not gloat over the fact, and That
you would not even mention tue mat
Ter again. He Is paying In specie 60
that ne check Will not remind him OF
hls surrender"
Il see, was the grim comment.
Anything else 7"
"Only that l am to be married
next month"; was the calm response.
You see, Eleanor-Miss Pettls-And
| came to know each other very well
and-well, you can't know Eleanor
without loving her. l want you to
meet her.
Apparently the prediction was a
truthful one, for Peter Psuldlng re
gsrded his daughter-ln.law. elect with
approval and the marriage was quick
iy arranged.
Dick wondered when, among the
presents, he saw a sealed envelope on
which was written the injunction that
it was not to be opened until after the
wedding.
Not until they were comfortably In
stalled in Pettis' priOate car on their
wedding journey did Dick think OF
the letter.
AS he unfolded the sheet three slips
of colored paper Auttered to the Goor
of the car, and Eleanor gave a little
cry as she picket them up. Dick was
TOO deep in the letter to realize that
he had dropped anything, for he found
i, interesting reading.
Dear Dick, it ran, 81 am inclos-
ing you your own check for the mon
ey that Pettis owed. Pettis and |
are each adding like amount to get
you young people started. We feel
rather proud of our match making.
If we had been a couple Of ambitious
mothers, we might have made the er-
ror OF trying 20 force you two to mar
ry.
Instead, we invented this deot OF
5000 600 and gave it to you to COL
lect. That brought you and Eleanor
together. and the trip abroad is for
the purpose of bringing things to a
head. guess We ale able to beat
out any of the matchmaking hens that
ever mussed things up. 1t was all l
could do to keep from laughing in