The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1910-03-24
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John WinSloW'S
Surrender
How a Young Man Saved a
Fortune and Got
the Girl.
BY HELOISE BRAYTON
Copyright, 1910. by American Press
Association.
BY HELOISE BRAYTON
Copyright, 1910, by American Press
Association.

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John Winslow, head Of the house Of
WinslOw e. Co. one Of the largest and
wealthiest engineering firms in Amer
lea, while sitting at his desk in his
private Office was handed a telegram,
which he read eagerly, and his eye
sparkled with joy. He had been bid
ding against the Eureka Bridge com
pany for the building Of large sec
tion Of a western railroad, and the
message was an announcement that
his bid had been accepted. He expect
ed through this contract to double his
fortune
His first thought was to communl-
cate the good news to the person he
loved best-the only one he loved in
the world. Mr.. Wlnslow was a wild
over with one child, daughter.
Kennedy" called Mr.. Wlnslow, toss
ing the telegram on his desk.
A young man responded to the call
TO find his employer scratching a note.
When finished Mr. Winslow handed 1t
to him, telling him to send 1t to his
daughter at once. Kennedy went out
side and looked for an office boy to
carry the note. Not finding one, he
put on his hat and went with 1t him
self. His ring was answered by a
maid, who told him when he said he
had note for Miss Winslow that he
would find her In the drawing room.
She was practiclng at her harp.
A pretty girl sitting at a harp is an
attractive sight Ned Kennedy was at
an age TO be affected by such a sight
and possibly magnifed Its beauty. At
any rate, he saw the vision Of his life
Years have passed since then, but to
| this day he treasures 1t in his heart
the heart that in twinkling passed
to the girl at the instrument
And she? Before her stood young
ster a few years her senior, with a
bright, honest face, a pair of ruddy
| boyish cheeks and smile that seemed
to her enhancing. He was holding
OuA u hpNS W IDhC dlbHtg tOOh Jut
note, recognized her fathers writing,
opened it and read his announcement
that he had secured the contract on
which he had spent most OF his time
for the better part Of a year.
"Oh, Pm 50 gladw she exclaimed.
''But pardon me. Won't you be seat
edY
mo, thank you | must get right
back to the Office"
did papa tell you he'd got the con
tract?"
"Oh, no; he doesn't tell me things.
I'm only his employee But I'm very
much pleased to hear that he has sue
ceeded. I've done lot of figuring for
him on that contract"
Are you an engineer?"
"Yes. ] was graduated last year In
the scientific school Your father ap-
piled for one Of our class, and | was
assigned to him"
The young man looked happy, and
the girl looked happy and tried to
think OF some more pleasant things
that her father had said about him.
Though he declined to be seated, he
asked her If she would not play just
one piece on her harp, and she did, or,
rather, she sang annie Laurie" ac-
cOmpanying herself on her instrument.
Any one who has heard that song ac-
companicd by a harp knows of the
depth of feeling there is in It, From
that moment y? Ned Kennedy Annie
Laurie" was none other than Elsie
| WinslOw.
When the engineer got back to the
office he discovered that he had been
with the young lady an hour. thinking
he had been with her ten minutes, and
his chief was impatlcntly awaiting
him. Mr.. Winslow asked him where
he had been so long, and he replied
that he had carried the note himself
since none of the boys was at hand.
Then he threw out danger signal in
a blush, but his employer failed to un-
| derstand It,
Three months was the time specified
for the beginning Of the contract work.
During this period Winslow & Co.
spent a fortune in materials and other
preparation. While this was going on
| Ned Kennedy and Elsie Winslow were
making all sorts of excuses to meet
and within six weeks mutual con-
fesSlon had been made and the lovers
Were In terror lest Elsie's father should
| discover the extent to which matters
| had gone, for Elsie knew that she
would not be permitted to marry any
one, especially poor young engineer
earning $50 week.
Such cases always run the same
course. The lovers think they are en-.
| during no end of excrucinting torture,
but they are not. When love tortures
end prosaic marriage begins, and as
husband and wife the couple take in
| finite pleasure in reading Of other cou-
pies love tOrtures The denouement
came in time Ned Kennedy sent a
| note to his ladylovc. not knowing that
| her father was at home Mr.. Winsow
received ii ana took It to his daughter.
This time IN, danger signal was in
tcrprctcd Then Elsie threw herself
into her fathers arms and confessed
| all.
No one likes to be deceived. The fa.
ther should have realized that stolen
fruit is the sweetest and had compass.
sion Instead he blamed his employee
for what he termed diShonorable con-
duct and blamed his daughter for keep.
ing from him such an important mat
ter She tried to excuse herself on
the ground that she was afraid to tell.