The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1911-07-15
BY NJ. i. Phillins.


Literary Press.)
Jerry" observed Uncle Tony. its
time you were married.
You think So uncle?"
Il certainly do replied Unble Toby.
"'iow Old are your
Twenty six! You surprise me. Yes.
sir. you should be married. No young
man should pass that age and remain
single"
You did, Uncle Toby" grinned
| Gerald Mcintyre. Tobias Brenton
was a confirmed bachelor of many
years standing.
That's all right, boy" returned his
| uncle. I'm the exception. But you
should be married. Tell you what.
Jerry
What Uncle?"
The day you get married III give
| you a thousand dollars for wedding
| present"
You will"
Il will--with one rroviso. If YOU
/ marry anyone but Patience Allone
| Truesdale."
.Who2"
| Patience Aliene Truesdale."
who's Patience Afiene Truesdale.
And why couldn't | marry her. And
where does she live?"
Il didn't say You couldn't marry
her" replied Tobias Brenton.
haven't anything to cay concerning
! her. ! believe she is now at College
VILE. What did say was that II You
! married anyone but her. | would gave
! You a thousand dollars
but. Uncle, ] don't know this
! 11uesdale. and there's no possibility
Of my marrying her. or anybody else.
/ Its nearly train time, observed
xuE
/ don't know Miss Truesdale. and SO
vhat l said may seem foolish, But
/ You can't say haven't put the propo-
4 sitton up TO you. Think over this
setting married. Jerry. A thousand
I dollars Is thousand dollars, these
days. Let me hear from YOU.
The rest OF the day Jerry gave his
r,uscia to the hardware store ~here
he was employed. but not his mind.
for that was elsewhere.
He was he knew, Uncle Tobys raw
orite relative; and his uncle wanted
him settled in a home OF his own
Uncle Toby had no prejudice against
matri,nony, only so far as IL applied
10 himself. That part Of his talk was
reasonable and understandable.
Rut rs to Patience Allene Frues-
dals--rather a pretty name, theush
an odd one
Who was Patience Alilene-
Patience Ailene: 1t was quaint sweet
name-against whom his uncle seem
ed SO prejudiced so,
After supper he changed his
c,orbas tried on four neckties. and
went TO Collegeviile.
A rickety trolley line bumped and
,erked him TO the normal town. Jerry
,ot off the car at the corner or Nor
nal avenue and Main street, feehng
as foolish as a man searching for the
rainhow's end.
IL Iprrve felt like afa alien 81 h@ js'h-
Cd the lelsurely procession ON the
streets for all the talk was or semes-
ters and textbooks and discipline. re
went on up Normal avenue 10 the
campus.
buildings he came to house over .
enw;ng with femininity The bland
moon shone down on haif-score oi
girls grouped Turk-fashion o'i
cushions, on the porch
There was chattering and laughter
ara an undercurrent of plaintiVe
tinE,ing for three OF the party III
tsa center had stringed instrum en,a'
from out of the pleasant babel az
Gerald passed the gate a voice salo :
Lead My Sweetheart Was rover
Patience Atlene .,,+
.erad tho Young man to himself. "Have
raa,lv found her--so soon3" he cross
ad the street at the first intersection
doubled back on the other size aho
halted beneath friendly maple oppo-
site the group. :, ~
From up and down the street cams
appreciative hand clapping when Wy
selection was ended. Jerry joined
heartily in the applause but his tri.
hufe was to the soprano voice tnal
had led the roilcking college song.
moment later he regretted MS en-
thusiasm: n contralto, bubbling WIFE
little rills OF laughter, fioated over
to him. -.
| ".Peek boo, you rascal, you. ses
YOU hiding there'"
Jerry suddenly remembered II was
time to catch the car back nome.
He met Patience Ailene Truesdaie
/ presently: the girl II the suprHrfo worry
was really she. II took five trips te
Colegeville and three Ice cream So
Gals before he accomplished an IN
PRODUCTION. ~
Then he made UP for lost time. he
called an Patience Arlene as often as
Normal convention and the girl nersei'
would permit; patronized soda Ioun.
tains and confectionery stores. as Wei
as the two moving picture theatres, hp-
orally, and otherwise followed the PAIR
which his uncles words should nave
barred. He fell heels over head In
love with Patience AiIene.
AS for the girl, he could not deter
| mine whether she cared for him, any
more than he could be sure her eyes
were blue instead Of grey. She was
capricious And yet beneath It all
Jerry knew there were depths in her
nature.
He puzzled still over the mystery Of
H his uncles dislike for Patience Ailene
She came from his uncle's home town
h Long Rapids; and when he had craft
\ lily introduced his name into the con-
N versation one night. she had spoken
N rIowingly OF Mr.. Brenton, who was
her fathers best friend. she said. II
! was Mr.. Brenton who had advised hes