The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1911-11-16
His Rival
By FRANK B, STANTON
Copyright by American Press Asso-
citation, 1911.


Miss Lila Henderson was an edu-
Gated young woman with a decided
taste for literature. She was volu-
mlnous reader and. like many such
persons, tried her hand at writing.
There was no necessity for Miss
Henderson to take up any profession
since John Martin. a self made man,
some twenty years her senior, was
ready to marry her and take care of
her In good style. Miss Henderson
appreciated Mr., Martins worth. but
regretted his lack of education. Never
theless he was recognized sutton
and great deal at the Hendersons'
He realized the different plane from
his own on which education had
placed Miss Henderson, and the terror
Of his life was that some college grad
uate would come along and rob him
of the girl on whom he had set his
heart
One day when he called on Miss
Henderson and was waiting for her
TO come down to receive him he
heard a ring at the telephone. Pres
emily there was a click as Of some one
taking up receiver. and Miss Hen
derson said:
"Wellr
Inaudable response.
Cant hear you. Are You saying that
Adam Bede Is waiting for mey'
Inaudable response.
mot now; tomorrow"
Inaudible response. after which Miss
Henderson entered the drawing room.
where Mr.. Martin was waiting for her.
He was sure that some one In Mr..
Bede's interest had teephoned Miss
Henderson asking her TO meet him.
but that she had put him off. Never
theless Mr.. Martin suppressed an ex-
preston Of jealousy and resolved TO
await developments. He was tempted
to speak of Mr.. Bede with a view TO
drawing out Of Miss Henderson some
Information with regard to the fellow
but be bad the instincts of a gentle
man and shrank from making any
mention of what he had overheard.
AS luck would have it, on this same
afternoon some OF Miss Henderson's
friends. also with taste for books,
called her up to ask her to recommend
something for her TO read. Miss Hen
derson. hearing the bell, asked Mr.
Martin TO excuse her moment while
she answered the summons. He could
not help hearing the conversation.
"Yes. I'm Lila"
Inaudible response.
Il adore him"
Inaudibie response.
"'He thrills me-"
Inaudible response.
"Goodby. I'll see you tomorrow"
When the green monster captures
mans mind he directs that minds eye
toward one particular person. Mr.,
Martin. having heard that Adam Beds
was waiting for Miss Henderson. In
ferred that he was the man that she
adored He was sick &C heart, but kept /
an unmoved exterior Miss Hender-
son on her return from the phone
found him mentally wandering and |
making irrelevant observations, but
she had noticed before that he was
usually thinking about his business, I
and woman is not likely to condemn I
a man wrapped up In grovelng pur.
suits. provided they are profitable
Mr. Martin had made his money /
largely from possessing the faculty of /
entering a market about which others
had not made up their minds and buy
ing what he wanted before his com
petitors were ready to compete. 1t oc-
CURED to him to jump In and carry
of Miss Henderson while this man /
Bede was learning what a splendid /
chance he had. So he said to her:
Miss Lila. know that should not
aspire TO so superior woman as you,
but can at least enable you to cult
yate your tastes and In that way at
least make you happy. | wish that
you would make me happy by con
senting to marry me-"
This was the beginning of 1t. The
end did not come for some time, during
which MIR. Martin considered himself