The Cairo bulletin., 1910-06-17
WHATWAS ON
THE HOOK?
BY MARY RUTH TRUESDALE
I Copyright. 1910 by American Press
Association.

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something his father had considered
| himself too poor TO give him. Isaac
had not lived the life of gentleman
and had no idea Of meeting and court
ing lady for wife. He desired to
| marry, but had sufficient sense to I'M
derstand that he would be the target
| for designing women. His father had
scarcely been mid 10 rest before Isaac
was the recipient OF basketful of Of
fers from young women who were
anxious 10 marry him. He read every
one OF them. thinking that he might
see something by which he might de-
tect genuine good sense, the faculty
he most desired In wife He did
find one that Impressed him With its
gullelessness. A girl who gave her
| name as Blanche Tyron and her age
| as 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
cence In the face that Isaac was i'm
! pressed
Isaac did not reply to Der letter. but
few weeks later he appeared al her
| home as an agent for sewing ma
chine company and insisted on selling
her a machine. The girl looked long
ingly vt the machine, for she earned
! her living by her needle and needed Il
| new machine sadly. She regretted
| that she could not afford to buy ii and
! was turning away when the agent
| made Der Il proposition so favorable
/ that she stopped to think. When q
! woman hesitates with Il salesman at
| he door she Is lost. The agent. with
out waiting for her TO make up her
mind removed 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 installments TO
! be pad weekly on each Saturday
I night When the first payment came
! due he appeared about y O'Clock In the
evening Blanche had the, money
ready for him, but instead Of going
away he fingered to talk with her. The
next Saturday evening when be came
| for payment OF the note be stopped
longer, Indeed. his visits grew more
i and more extended and the relations
between rhe two more tender. Some
| time before the last insta ailments were
| due Isaac Que evening when be called
I to collect tore up the notes and left her
the possessor Of the machine. Banche's
gratitude kindled love, and not long
after this when Isaac proposed under
the name of Nathan Griggs she &C.
cepted him. .51 be
She had scarcely given her word
when the postman called and handed
her an aHsw to the offer Of marriage
she had made the multimillionaire sew
eral months before. He informed her
that on receiving her letter and her
something about her, had seen her and
had been so favorably impressed with
her that be had decided to give her
the situation OF wife TO him.
Here was Il situation OF another kind.
Blanche had few days before accept
ed sewing machine agent, and now
comes an offer Of marriage from
mutimilIlonaire.
Blanche fortunately received the let
ter when her mother was upstairs and
knew nothing about 1t. Blanche took
1t up to her own room and bid 1t In her
bureau drawer. saying nothing about 1t
to her mother whom she knew would
give her no peace till she had broken
with the sewing machine agent and
accepted the multimillionaire. Isaac
called that evening He expected to
find his betrothed In at least state OF
uncertainty and had but little doubt
that he would receive his dismissal.
He found Blanche in no different con-
dition than usual. except that the
greeting kiss she gave him was trifle
more affectionate.
Isaac passed the evening expecting
every moment that the letter would be
mentioned. but when he arose to go
and nothing had been said about 1t he
began to wonder. He had stood behind
tree on the opposite side Of the
street and seen the postman hand
Blanche a letter and knew that II was
his. for he had purposely put It in
pink envelope. He had come expecting
Blanche TO tell him Of her offer.
The next day Isaac received letter
from Blanche In answer to his pro.
p0sal. stating that since her letter to
him she had received similar offer
from one who loved her and whom she
loved and that 1t would not be honora
BILE nor could she bear to disappoint
him, She must therefore beg him to
excuse her.
Isaac on receipt Of this letter re-
marked to himself. "Since she II so
reticent over her affairs will practice.
some reticence myself" AS the wed
ding day approached he told her that
his straitenad circumstances would
require a very modest wedding. and