The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1910-09-29
Paul Conover's Angel
By GERALD PRIME


a-Nlaifa Literary litAA
Cant you borrow a Iituc?" she
suggested
- haven't a friend IN the world but
you" b" declared truly enough.
'Id lot you have It myself, only !
haiu't rot IT," she said fcciingly.
Thank you. Ailrrn, I'm sure you
would" he said
II wishes wae Rshos how fun The
'ad be-" she observed pcrtinontly
No, J hanr got the money, but Pm
fun of advice Now don't you I"'
them fellowship fellows hear Of your
getting any outside job"
"I'll try to keep close" he pruH.
| iard, with a wise look.
Soc that you do. she warned, with
, an answering look which was quit" rs
| sngacious And now, Mr. Couoyrr,
| good by and good luck 10 you."
Take this, AIlcen." he said. hand
Ing her the shining quarter.
Thank You, sir she returned,
pockcting the pieces Don't forget
my advice"
Aiicen was a woman who possessed
n very elastic conscience so far as
| cxactncss Of speech was concerned
Her statement that she was prohibited
from working outside Of the college
precincts was purely imaginative In
stead Of returning home after her
conversation with Paul Conovcr she
went 10 "A little apartment in the
nciChhurhood belonging to n couple
Of business girls and proceeded 10 tdv
up tho place. as was her mldwcck
custom at an honorarium Of 20 cents
m hour BEFORE she had finished one
Of the young women. Miss Betty San.
dcrson who was a first reader Dt
manuscript In leading publishing
house. Cnmc in, weary and flushed.
and throw herself down on a couch
with a big sigh over the general
porycrscnoss Of things.
81 wonder II It's really worth while.
hilocn,' she groaucd dcspondently.
1T certainly IT, Miss Rctty-at your
salary" the old woman declared with
out hesitation
A. this Miss BETTY laughed OF
suppose I ought to be ashamed Of
myself" she admitted
"You certainly ought" hllcon
agreed giving her dust rag an extra
flourish III you was in Mr. Con.
overs fix, YOU might complain"
Mr. Paul Conoy"r'"
"Do you know him."
well, ycs-a little. I've met him
nj one or two Of the college teams
What has happened to him, Ailccn?"
Il was the old woman's opportunity
and she embraced It, enthusiastically
Although on her knees in the act u
oilng the floor Of the little parlur,
she did not let It interfere with her
exceedingly complete version Of the
dlHcuty which confronted Paul
COuoycr.
How very interesting, said Miss
Betty. Cant you really do anything
without losing the fellowship"
not blamed thing" confirmed
AIlccn cxcitedly
How peculiar"
After the old gossip had gone, and
possibly before. Betty had evolved
scheme IN her sympathetic mind that
was as generous as # was quiXotic
She had been impressed fayorahly by
Paul Conover and now that he was in
such n trying position she was seized
with a burning desire 10 help him out
Of H.
She was thrifty little woman and
nj that very moment had 500 In her
trunk Without pausing too long for
she put the money in big
yellow envelope, inclosed with It q
slip bearing the typewritten legend
From friend Of education" sealed
L, directed II to Paul Conover, called
4 mossenger-an the deed was done
After Paul had recovered from his
Nrst surprise and mystifcatlon he ar.
rived al the conclusion that the trus
tees had foreseen his difficulty and
had hit on this delicate method of
providing way out OF It. The idea
was so plausible that he accepted It
md did nothing to imperil his pos
session of the fellowship. When the
line came for the first payment Of
he stipend he was too much inter.
estcd In his postgraduate COURSE
md in Betty Sanderson-to worry I
over the identity of his unknown ,
good angel. {
II was not until five years later, I
when they had been married week, :
hat Petty confessed. I