The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1911-01-13
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ett?"
Everett is the man who wants t
marry me-" Cynthia said, wit
knitted brows. sBut I'd rather teach
Goodness gracious" cried tn
other woman, why don't you MARI
him? Any woman can teach, but
! isn't every one who has man
love her."
Cynthia laughed. 'T believe In
half in love with him. But he ism
broadminded. He's perfectly con
tent to stay in that little town an'
stagnate."
There are worse things" said th'
wise companion, than stagnatihg
Think twice before you turn Everet'
down"
Il am perfectly contented as am
said Cynthia, "and since l met you
am beginning to enjoy the tomps ana
the Tuileries."
"It's the same with me; but you
are young, and shouldn't feel tnat
way"
In the midst of their satisfaction,
the elder woman fell Ill, and, In
uuerulous fashion demanded home
cooking.
Cynthia, rising to the occasion, dis
missed the French maid, and. after
some difficulty, found an English
girl who agreed to follow American
recipes. BY means of much depend
ence on canned goods and dried prod
ucts, menu of baked beans and
clam chowder, of Goldfish cakes and
corn bread was made possible.
The days were cool, and, with the
magazines from home, and some sim
pie sewing, the two aliens spent their
days happily.
Il don't seem to care for art gal
leries and things" said Cynthia; ut
is SO nice here under the lamplight." !"
In her letters to Everett, however,
she still kept up her semblance OF
sightseeing enthusiasm. 'I'm not go,
ing to let him crow over me" she
decided.
But he did not crow over me, for
suddenly his weekly letters ceased
and Cynthia began to realize, after a
month Of silence, that it had been his
letters that had kept her content.
II can't understand" she said one
night, what has become of Everett" /"
"He has probably found somebody
else. No man is going to stand being
treated as you have treated him"
Under cover of darkness Cynthia
wept a little. She began to under
stand what Everett had really meant
to her. She knew now that the
vision of her future had always
shown her In a circle Of friendly
faces In her home town, with Everett
by her side.
He was SO much in her thoughts
that when he walked one morning
into the Paris apartment. she met
him without surprise.
"Oh, dear, have wanted you So"
she said
81 knew It," was his sympathetic
response. you and 1 belong to each
other, Cynthia. and even the seas
couldn't really separate u.s."
After the first raptures, Cynthia
him to her companion.
81 have had her in training" the
matron stated. II wish you could see
the way we live. We sew and read
and eat American dishes, and If 1t
wasn't for the fact that we can see
Notre Dame from our windows in
stead of the Baptist church spire, we
wouldn't know whether we were in
Paris or In Pixies Corners"
"Why-so we wouldn't" Cynthia
cried. II don't believe am as broad
minded as | thought, Everett"
"Well, you are broadminded
enough for me-" Everett stated, "And
low, If you don't mind. Cynthia, we
will get married. and continue this
oreign tour together"
"And I'll go home and get things
eady for you" said the other. Il
wanted an excuse and this is the
,est ever, and l guess Cynthia and
Will have, more fun talking over our
experiences on your front porch than
n living them In far country"