Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1911-05-06
Matchmaking
By LUCY M. ROE
Copyright by American Press Assoc
citation. 1871.
By LUCY M. ROE

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don't mean going out in the evening
after you have come home all tired
out. but some one to come in and chat
with US or play cards"
well, my dear. all | have to say Is
that I'm content as it Is. but IL you
care to invite any person or persons in
here so that / won't have to go out
and see them don't object"
II have plan all laid out. There's
Ralph Eldridge. He's thlrty-fve. and
1t is time he was married. Now, my
old school friend Margaret Shaw
would be just the woman for Ralph.
She's twenty-six. What do you say to
getting them in occasionally to dinner.
with game Of bridge or FIVE hundred
| in the evening. II may be great ia.
vor to them TO bring them together
They may make a match"
do anything you like, my dear.
provided you don't put me to any
| trouble
So Mr.. Eldridge aAd Miss Shaw
were invited to dinner. with cards in
the evening Mr.. Edridge Of course
played with Mrs. Vandeveer. Mr.. Van.
deveer playing with Miss Shaw. II is
singular what little thing will start
! persons on n different track. II WAS
all I'm the cards Mr.. vandeveer and
Miss Shaw held all the court cards in
| the pack from 0 o'clock. when they
This made Mrs. Vandeveer a trife IT.
ritnble. II produced corresponding
exhilaration In Miss Shaw. Further
more. seeing that Mrs. vandeveer was
irrltated. Miss Shaw. moved by per-
versity. became very enthusiastic in
! her expressions to her partner. giving
him glances that his wife. being in an
| I'll humor construed unfavorably. This
led the hostess to say a number Of
! nice things to Mr. Eldridge.
| When the evening was over and the
guests had departed Mr.. and Mrs.
| Vandeveer went TO bed without
word. Mrs. vandeveer suspected that
In introducing Miss Shaw into her
house she had warmed a serpent in
her bosom. Mr.. vandeveer, for the
| first time In his married life. felt q
spark of jealousy Of Mr.. Eldrldge. who
was an extremely good looking and
attractive man.
The next week when Mr. Vande-
| veer came home one afternoon from
business his wife told him that Miss
Shaw had invited the party to dinner
and for cards in the evening. Mr..
vandeveer. fearing that If he declined
to accept his wife would think he
wished to keep her from again meet
ing Mr.. Eldridge, consented. His wife
was much surprised and set down his
willingness TO a desire to again meet
Miss Shaw.
At this meeting the cards ran more
evenly. but Miss Shaw seemed to be
even more en- rapport with MFR. Vande'
veer than before. while Mr.. Eldridge
| treated Mrs. Vaudeveer with a defer
ence that was. TO say the least. ex-
| tremely noticeable. Not for the world
would Mr.. Vandeveer show that he
noticed certain glances with which
| Mr.. Eldrdge favored his wife, but
within him he was burning with Q
smothered fury. and part of his irri
tation was for his wife that she did
not resent such treatment instead OF
seeming to he pleased with 1t.
! The four continued to meet once
week at the house of one or the other
Mr.. Vandeveer would have been glac
TO give up the meetings. and his wifi
made no objections to doing so. bur
MIR. Eldridge and Miss Shaw were SO
IL hnt fVfrV IN dn
| the entertaining that the Vandeveers
! felt obliged 10 yield Mrs. Vandeveer
attributed Miss Shaw's persistence 10
a desire to meet her husband, and
Mr.. Vandeveer attributed Mr.. FL
bridges persistence to desire to meet
! his wife.
"Your plan. my dear" said Mr.. Van
deveer one evening before one of these
meetings. "for making match be
| tween Eldridge and Miss Shaw doesn't
seem to work"
"H'mr was the retort. Miss Shaw
seems TO be predisposed in another di
rection."
IT don't know anything about that
snarled the husband, but it's very
| pain iudt 10 ptCoNNhlitus
1.-THE next time | attempt to make
match" rejoined the wife. "I'll see
that there is no one about to lead the
lady In the case from her suitor.'
Half an hour later the party was
at Mr. Eldridge's bachelor quarters.
where the meeting was to take place.
| When the game commenced for the
first time Mr.. Eldridge and Miss Shaw
refrained from any jealousy inspiring
glances at the Vandeveers. Mrs. Van
deveer who was more observant than
her husband, detected a tender look
passing between the unmarried cou
| Pile When the cards were put aside
Mr.. Eldridge got out light luncheon
and a bottle of iced champagne was
brought into the room. There was a
| cork salute, and the host filed the
| glasses and said to his guests:
"Many thanks for giving me the love
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