The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1911-08-25
the BROKEN
ENGAGEMENT
How a Rusybody In:erru;otei
a Love Match.

July lowell. it his come at last.
Waiter came out from the city yeSter.
! day. aud utter ten we climbed the hill
and sat In the summer house. There
be proposed to me. haven't the
slightest idea what he said. He hld Il
bard time III getting II out. aud
| didn't help him Il bit. He made sew.
eral attempts before he was success.
fu: thea 1t came out ilcohereltly. AS
soon as he began | knew what WAS
coming. and that was all cared about
it. He talked on. while was in Il de
lirium Of Joy aud neve, heard a word.
| don't believe he col,!,! repeat q sch
tencc Of what he said. and I'm sure
couldn't.
When wc went back to the house we
felt obliged to 60 into the library,
where the family were. felt SO hap.
ny wanted to tell them all about it
then and there. but Walter looked as If
he had been stealing sheep. l can't UNI
derstand why men are SO ashamed OF
giving way in public to their gentlcr
emotions.
July lS.-Miss Graves came yester.
day. She Is to be with US a week. |
wish she had stayed away. She liz.
tened peevishly to all had to say
about Walter and our engagement.
then threw Il bucket Of cold water over
meat least she might as we'll have
done So She said sh" had heard OF so
many cases where men had deserted
the girls they had protested to love
that she had at last kept record Of
engaged couples and found that out OF
twenty cases only five resulted in mar
rage.
In the Others 1t was the mans fault
every time.
| I wonder how she knew that the m:,l,
was always to blame.
Sept. 1O.-We came home yesterday.
Walter is unfortunately away on busi-
ness. I'm sure lie Is away on business.
though Miss Graves says tina: the lrab.
ability is he has gone to the country to
see some other girl. What nonsense!
But wish she hadn't said 1t.
/ Sept COL am very miserable
was suspicious Of Walter wlle:, he re-
turned and showed it by being cool to
hin,-that is. wasn't ut all demon.
strative I am not satisfied with the
reason he gave for his absence. Ee
admits that he spent one night at the
se:shore and that an old friend of his.
! Laura Goodwin, was there. Walter
and parted coldly.
Sert. c2.-Aiiss Graves told me she
had heard that Laura Goodwin and
Walter had once been on the eve OF IN
engagement. She has convinced me
TINT there is something In this matter
and that Walters visit to the seashoro
was for a purpose. Miss Graves has
no faith in men whatever and advises
me to be very careful what do. She
kindly took me into her confidence and
| told me that she had had lover who
treated her exactly as Walter is treat.
| ing me-that Is, as she thinks he Is
| treating me- Her lover walked off de.
liberately and married another girl.
| This was ten years ago. suppose ]
ought to rely on her more than ! do
she IL so much older than I and has
had so much mol< experience. Still at
times distrust hcr
Nov. l2.-lt is all over. Our engage.
ment is broken. Walters visit to Laura
Goodwin last September did it. At
least that started 1t. Besides. Walter
has been very Jealous Of Amelia
Graves and has warned ne repeatedly
| to keep away from her. If his con-
science was clear he wou!dn't mind
how many fricr1s I ini".lt have to
"spv on him." fer no says THAT'S what
Amelia s doing. How I'm lust. SIZE Ia
sirr'y pivirr me the hann!it Of We" OF
ner:en"e. IIei"h.l,o. What ,niser
shle wor'l to live in! To t!.iHk tha'
waiter s',"u'd have recessed me ~
aSIy. When ! told HIM h, was We
me to marry (.aurr GoodwiN la So
mt she at least dot have may
,eor friends to ADVISE her "Hd s'''
| 'o~'A tr''~t him inns IT, If he iaa:
- her dent know "n',' shall '
| ~ TO r"fr,in 'rn-'l rl'-'"n"
| T"' 31.-l M, SO rad th.'+ wn'
| - tn tear tic shin les OF TN r'N''
| r'oln"n. that t''n" t!,"t m"s''''
| a" creature Ar'oli" Graves. h.,
| ''rcN nc Just listen to this
Dearest Felor-l have tl,n great 10y to
| nnouncN to YOU IN" tn>asemc~' tn Mr.
| '~nc!, Sre''.?e fr'hrt Il ho-rih na'nc).
| nv lover chat told you about 3ut
| ldn't tell you that his wife was dard
| we met a week ago. and he told RE taa'
| - he'd never ceased to love me He was
| very cons'dorate Of MS wife no. blaming
| her at all becatise she couldn't win his
| cart fron, me-. thus showing himeclf to
| be q true man. I an! 81 happy Your low
| ia- AMELIA GRAVES
| L. S.-I!ow is your affair with Walter
coming on? Rumor has 1t that he ts de-
| voted to Laura Goodwin
| Talk about men deserving women.
| # this ism. the meanest case 0f II WI
| mans DESERVING one Of her own Soy
| don't know what mcnnness is I'm
nearly crazy.