The Greenville morning herald. [volume] (Greenville, Tex.) 1890-1956, 1910-08-09
|WHATWASO ON
THE HOOK?
BY MARY RUTH TRUESDALE
Copyright. 1910, by American Press
Association,

when Samuel Atterbury died and
left his son isaac his sole heir the
young man was twcnty.scycn years
old. He did not inherit the misery
qualities OF his father lie was
quiet fellow aud longcd Tor home,
something his father had considered
himself too poor to give him. Isaac
had not lived the life Of gentleman
and Ind no idea of meeting and court
Ing lady for n wife He desired to
marry. but had sufficient sense to I'M
dcrstund that he would be the target
for designing women His father had
scarcely been laid TO rest before Isaac
was the recipient OF basketful OF Of
fers from young women who We're
anxious to marry him He read every
one OF them. thinking that he might
see something 10y which he might de
tect genuine good sense the faculty
he most desired In wife, He did
lind one TINT impressed him with Its |
guilelessness A girl who gave her
name as Blanche Tyron and her age |
ms eighteen said that some of her |
friends were putting In applications |
for his hand and she had concluded To |
do the same, not that she had any |
hope OF getting the situation, but her |
mother who was an invalid and whom |
she supported. had urged her to do SO
She sent with her letter her photo
graph. There was such honest limo
crncc In the face that Isaac was I'm
pressed
! lsanc did not reply TO her letter but
few weeks later he appeared ut her
/ home Ms an agent for sewing ma
chine company and insisted on selling
| her machine. The girl looked long.
/ lugly ut the machine, for she earned
| her living by her needle aud needed
new machine sudy She regretted
! that she could not AFFORD to buy II and
was turning away W hen the agent
made her II proposition so favorable
that she stopped to think When
woman hcsitntes with "A salesman AZ
the door she is lost The agent, with
out waiting for her to mike up her
mind. removeG the machine from the
wagon to the house Then he filled In
the necessary blanks, and before the
girl knew what she was about she had
signed them.
Isaac had made the installmcnts to
be paid weekly ON each saturday
night. when the tirst payment came
due he appeared about o'clock In the
evening. Rlanche had the money
ready for him. but Instead of going
away he fingered to talk with her The
next Saturday evening when he came
for payment of the note he stopped
longer. Indeed. his visits grew more
and more extended and the relations
between the two more tender. Some
time before the last instalments were
due Isaac one evening when he called
to collect tore up the notes and left her
the possessor OF the machine. Blanches
gratitude kindled love, and not long
, after this when Isaac proposed under
the name of Nathan Griggs she ac-
ceptcd him
She had scarcely given her word
B when the postmnn called and handed
j her an answer to the offer of marriage
she had made the multimillionalre sew
eral months before. lie Informed hoT
i that ON receiving her letter aud her
I picture he had taken pains to learn
something about her. had seen her and
had been so fnvorably impressed with
her that he had decided to give her
the situation of wife TO him
Here was situation OF another Kind
Blanche had few days before accept
ed sewing machine agent. aud no"
u comes an offer of marriage from Il
e multlmllllouaire.
Blanche fortunately received the let
ter when her mother was upstairs an'
r. knew nothing about &c. Blanche tool
II up to her own room and hid It In he
bureau drawer, saying nothing about !
to her mother, whom she knew woul'
give her no pence Till she had broker
with the sewing machine agent au'
accepted the multimilliOnairc. lsan
called that evening. He expected g.
n find his betrothcd in nj least u state o
!" uncertainty and had but little donh
- that he would receive his dismi~sn
= He found Blanche in no different cor
. ditiou than usual except that III
- greeting kiss she give him was II trit'
-. more affectiouate.
q Isaac pissed the evening expecun
a every moment that the letter would II
. mentioned. but when he arose TO <
and nothing had been said about N Il
began TO wonder He had stood hrhn
- a tree on the opposite Side Of III
street and seen the postmnn han
M Blanche letter and knew That 1t wa
lc' his. for he had purposcly pat II IN
pink envelope He had come cypertin
. blanche 10 tell him Of her offer
~, The next day lsnac received n lcIt'
from Blanche 10 answer to his pr
~ posal, stating that since her letter
him she had received similar on
-- from one who loved her and whom 81
'ar loved and that II would not be honor
IRIS BILE nor could she bear 10 dlsnppoll
Him. She must therefore beg him
excuse her
lsnac on receipt OF this letter 7
marked 10 himself, since she "
CT reticcnt over her affairs ! viii prncii
some reticence myself" As the wc
- ding day approached he told her ih
Iti. his straltened circumstances won
au require very modest wedding. M
= since he had no house Of his own
take her to they must rcmnin IN h
own home.
The marriage took plnce In her me
lay est abode after which, her husba
Ing drove her to handsome rcsldcn'
to She did not know till then inat insic
I Of capturing sewing machine ngo
SHE had captured multlmilllonnlre.
..r,
,.a There Is more Catarrh in this 3
va lion of The coutry than all other {
see eases put together. and until the
few years was supposed TO be- inc