Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1910-08-05
' By ESTElLE MARSH

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! am In a quandary. | had supposed l
would marry Donald Chase, and now
comes OSCAR Richmond to mix me- all
up. Donald is steady, honorable, has
excellent judgment; Oscar is hand
some, full otsentlmeut, fascinating,
know 1'snouId remain true to Donald,
but Oscar carries me right of my feet.
The question OF money does not en-
ter intof the matter. Donald ia: doing
very. well, earning fair salary and
with a prospect of being partner.
Oscar is out of business just now.
don't exactly understand why. He is
very reticent. like reticence in a
man; it bespeaks self control Oscar
can talk with me by the hour without
revealing any of his affairs. OF course
if he proposes to me shall expect that
he will tell me everything.
I have tried to get Donald to tell me
LILY uC ulStl OoSdl. LIZ o0S A>
doesn't himself know why. 1t is quite
likely that his distrust is due to jeal-
ousy. Donald is So honorable that he
would not like to believe himself capa
bic of doing a rival an injustice. He
is unconscious that be is moved by
jealousy.
wonder who is this Girard Roberts
be has brought to see us. He has
known US but few weeks, yet it seems
that we have all been friends for years
It's strange how some people have q
faculty of 1nsinuating themselves at
once into ones good graces. Already
l call this man by his first name, and.
though l have known Donald since |
was sixteen years DID, still call him
Mr.. Chase.
have sounded Girard Roberts as to
what be thinks Of Oscar Richmond.
His reply was, Hes bang up good
fellow" That doesn't help me. But
It's the most can expect from Girard.
who is all on the surface. Those peo-
pie one becomes familiar with on short
acquaintance seldom have any depth.
1 asked Girard what he thought Of
Donald and received the same reply.
Hes a bang up good fellow too" l
was served right for relying upon the
opinion Of such lightweight person.
Girard Roberts seems to have plenty
- roc iovro1
~. The other day Aunt Aida was
showing him diamond she wished to
turn into funds. He told her to 60
among the jewelers., ask them to fix
a price on 1t and he would give her
$40 more than the highest bid. She
did so and got a bid Of 1910 for the
stone. Girard told her it was cheap
at $500 and he would give her that for
1t. She accepted the offer. Oscar and
l were present when the sale was
made, and Girard laughingly told us
that he would rely on us as witnesses
in case aunty backed out. He didn't
have the money with him, but said be
would bring it the 2ext afternoon at 5
O'clock
When he called aunty was oct. o.
car and l were in the library. Girard
called to me to say to aunty when she
came in that she would find the money
for the diamond under a vase on the
mantel in the parlOr. l promised to
do so. Oscar asked me to 80 to walk
with him. l consented; went upstairs
to get my hat, and we walked to the
park. When I returned I had forgot
ten all about telling aunty that the
money for her diamond was on the
parlor mantel Indeed, l never thought
Of it till just before going to bed; then
l told her. She went downstairs to
get it. 1t was gone
Everybody is dissatisfied with me
and l am dissatisfied with myself for
being so thoughtless as to have left
$500 so long in an exposed position
1t has upset the whole household The
servants who consider themselves un-
der suspicion are going about looking
very GUM. Aunty Is furious with me.
l expected Girard would show his feel
ings toward me very decidedly. What
a lovely fellow he is, after all. He
told me not to give myself any con-
Germ about the matter: that doubtless
the money would run up, but if it did
not there was no one to blame but
himself since he should not have left
so much money in such a place. He
explained that he did not leave it with
me because | was "firting," as he
called it, with Oscar and he didn't like
to intrude uron us.
| asked him who he suspected, and
he said that. since the front door stood
unlatchod ;a6 any one might have
come in While we were at dinner or
during tAr evening when we were all
upstairs. doubtless some person enter
ed, possibly for an ordinary purpose,
snd, seeing tie money, appropriated it
and skipped
I have had a stroke-an awful vista