The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-10-14
THE EVENING STORY
The Happy Pair.
(By lola Forester

(By lola Forrester.)
81 shall take the credit for the en-
| tire affair." said Mrs. Ted, with a
sigh of absolute relief She leaned
bridal carriage move 1eisurely away
from the curb before the church.
| Through the open window she caught
a glimpse of Rosamond's head, with
its yelling of old rose point, and
| orange blossoms for crown. "She
hasn't a thousand dollars to her name,
and he thinks she has millions
| Cousin Dexter did not smile. In
the first place, he was too well bred
ever to smile at any of Mrs. Ted's
it did not appear to be a comic mo-
ment to him as he listened.
80 Charlton thinks he is getting
an heiress7" he Queried innocently.
II have told no untruths." Mrs. Ted
gested things. You know the way.
She was my guest. and so was he.
And it will be splendid for her."
WY Dexter Dexter's tone s.y was s., odd;
80 Charlton has fortune?" Dex-
ter merely repeated her words as
though they amused him, and it
irritated the lady.
He is Stephen Charlton. is he
not, of Nevada? What more do you
want to know. After the senator, his
father, died, he went out West and
turned into a marvel at silver min
ing, and has reaped a fortune. 1t is
a splendid thing for them both. He
with money, so she would be happy,
and while I don't pretend to under
stand what he meant, OF course, I
knew as long as he had SO much it
almond had any or not, and they
love each other dearly, so there you
are"
Clever cousin mine laughed
Dexter sndde emil as . tneg c6 dToye
awaiting the happy pair.
What do you mean?" Mrs. Ted
demanded quickly.
Nothing at ALL" smiled Dexter.
Rosamond had tossed his quit over her
with no regard for his feelings or
bank account whatever, and had
chosen Steve Charlton as her prince
of dreams And Dexter knew the
truth about Charlton.
| A strange silence had settled
over the happy pair as the train
whirled them out of the Grand Cen
trail on their honeymoon. Mrs. Ted
had even loaned them her bungalow
up on the Cape Cod coast, and all the
verse happenings away from them.
but the two sat facing each other in
the parton car. and neither spoke.
How beautiful you looked under
that rose point veil," Charlton said
suddenly. 1--WE will treasure it, dear,
| won't we?"
| Rosamond smiled with a flash Of
her old whimsical self.
1--WE cannot treasure 1t. Steve" she
answered. at was loaned to me by
Mrs. Ted"
Steve said nothing. It seemed odd
that the heiress to many millions
should have to borrow rose point
lace veil to be married in, yet he fan
cied there might be some sentiment
about it too deep for the mind Of man
to fathom.
Are we going straight out to Me-
vada after Cape Cod. Steve?" she
asked presently. as the train turned
out of Mount Vernon towards the
sound. Mrs. Ted had painted pictures
of the Charlton lodge in the noun
tains that had cost close to 5000, 900 to
build, where the waning days of the
honeymoon would be spent Steve
I'm afraid the life would be too
rough for you, Rosebud mine, there
in that old shack of mine. Wen take
a place at the springs for while,
until you get used to 1T all. I can
ride back and forth once or twice q
week.
But I want to go with you.
Steve"
TT would be too lonely for you"
| "Oh, I suppose it would" She said
no more Why couldn't he under
stand that no place on earth would
| be lonely where he was, that she
would gladly wear doeskin and moe
casins and tramp the wild ways with
| him? But she wondered how a pal
ace of a 100000 lodge could be lone
some.
A telegram had been handed her by
Mrs. Ted at the depot. She had crush
| ed it her hand, unopened, but now,
as Steve took up a magazine, and
actually started to read it, she remem-
bered the envelope, and tore it open.
1t was brief. and from her only broth
er in Seattle.
| BEST love and congratulations to
the happy pair"
| Something in the message made the
quick tears spring to her eyes. and
tremble on her lashes. The happy
pair How could she ever be really
| had deliberately invited her to Beau
voir, in the hope that Steve Charlton
would take fancy to her, and marry
/ her? He had seen her portrait first
that, so Mrs. Ted declared. and it
was good match. Rosamond hated
| the word-a match, a bargain, and
excellent sale! She looked up, and
met Steve's troubled glance. He saw
| the tears, and reached for her hands,
| in spite of the rest of the passengers.
'Dear, don't cry, don't can't stand
it. If anyone has made a mistake, it
| it I, and I'll stand for it. I should
have known better all around. But
knew it was what you had been used
| to, and as long as I couldn't give it to
you I thought 1t didn't matter. We
| loved each other, and my cousin is
bully good to me e out gafts at the
1.-THE other Steve Charlton, you
know. The millionaire kid they call
him out there. I'm only the under
study. I'm chief mining engineer at
tho Dominic Coalition, that's all