The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1912-11-29

the initial Excuse her for mament.
please. Mss Morgan left the room
to inspect the bag, and when she re-
turhed she fairly threw 1t at Mr. Rex.
fords head along with the exclama.
tion
Sir you are no gentlemani"
"What-what is itT"
4 repeat 1t, sir, and IL my brother
were here you would have to pay for
this INSULT"
He IS here, sister!" replied a deep
voice from the front hall, and in
walked a man lcoking for trouble.
Really. l dorS understand" said
Mr. Rexford
Then take time out on the corner
to think It over" answered the broth
er; and he threw the caller out doors
and the bag after him.
There was a mistcke somewhere
and Mr.. Rexford begar to feel the
emotion of curiosity There was no
mistake about his having landed in a
heap at the foot Of the steps, but why
should Miss Morgan's bag have fol.
lowed him? He had come all the way
from New York to restore 1t, and now
she would not have It. 1t was no use
to ring tie bell and ask for explana.
tions. The broth ,r fingered in the
hall ar had his coat of Mr.. Rexford
did the right thing by returning to
New York and discovering another
letter in answer to his ad This an
swer was from a Miss Merritt. and 10!
she also lived near Hartford and was
entitled to use The initial M" He
would think her a very careless girl.
and she would admit she was, but as
an Offset wasn't 1t .imply beautiful to
discover that there were a few honest
people still left in the world? Re-
GREETING the trouble she would put him
to. and thanking him a million times
in advance. he might express the bag
to-and so forth.
Many men would have done sos and
said the matter could go hang, but
Mr.. Rexford didn't. A faint sniff of
romance was in the air He was
aware of emotions to which he had
heretofore been total stranger. Back
he went to Har ford IT. was eight
o'clock In the evening when he gazed
into Miss Merritt's eyes and wondered
whether she was hfty-fve or sixty
Shippers and so glads! So sorry he
had gone to all the trouble he had.
She was sure that he Was one man out
of a thousand. She nad read of such
gallant actions in boz ks, but never ex-
pected to meet the hero of them. She
had hesitated to write nim. not know
ing but he might be a confidence man.
or want missive from her to levy
blackmail. She now sew that she had
wronged him ant must beg his par
don million times over. Once she
had written a letter to a man about
investing in silver mine stock, and
In her ignorance of the wiles OF the
world she had poured out her heart |
so effusively that 1t had cost her $500 |
to get her letter hack. II was because
Of this sad experience that she had |
written so formally to Mr.. Rexford.
Now that they lad met and he had
seen her and she had seen him. she
was sure he would forgive.
Yes, Mr.. Rexford would forgive He |
would even praise her maidenly dis !
erection, but was that her shopping
bag? Shopping bags with the initia1
IN" on them were so numerous that
mistake was easily made.
oh, there was not a doubt in the
world about ownership. That bag had
called UP too many sad thoughts for
her to be mistaken in It, It had been
gift from a dear friend-a very dear
friend. Indeed, she was not ashamed
to admit that she and that very dear
friend had been betrothed only the
week before he had been run down
by an auto. Yes. she had loved and
lost, but.
"Will you please make sure of the
bag, Miss Merritti"
She opened 1t and plunged in her
hand and TIM stood up and shouted:
You bold, bad mani"
What is it?"
"Here-take it-gol / was right in
thinking you a scoundrel of the black
sst dye. Oh, II | were only a mani"
When Mr.. Rexford got back to New
York he had the bag with him, and
he found a third letter awaiting him.
rhe bag. so the writer said, was care {
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Turing the last year. gathered 1913, ESQ II