The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1914-12-18
A Message
From Marjorie
II Was Speedily Answered
By NELLIE cRAvEY GILMORE

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Harrington turned FROM the bookcase
with a little gesture OF annoyance. His
Shakespeare. OF ali volumes, How stu
pid Of Thomas 10 have let outfits books
without his knowledge or consent.
Only last week he had missed his IA
vorite. much marSed copy Of Roche
foueauld. Presley had nabbed that
But this WAS little too much. espe
ciauy in view Of the fact thar Ham
let" was playing that night aud there
were 4 couple Of passages he felt he
must run over
He crossed the room impatiently ami
pushed the call bell Ii was answered
at once BY the RECOGNIZABLE valet
1T seems still more Of NY books are
missing. Thomas. I AN afraid you
have peen eareleSs- can't locste thar
red calf edition Of Shakespeare any
where
You Jeff orders, sir-Osgging your
psrion-to accommodate any Of the
young gentIemen"-
When I rushed OF TO Europe. chg
A whimsical smile made its transient
passage acr0SS FarrinstUn'S sowing
face. Very we'll presume you are
right. / Was bit upset, remember
You may go
But SIS the man started toward the
door Ne called MIN bScA
BY the way. sre there any oooE
stores nsrea boutg
No drst class ones, sir
~Any-er-drSr class neighborSg
a few. sir
Good. Scrimmage Sround and ind
me s Shakespeare before night and
Tu"-
But Thomas had already disappeared
Marjorie Hayward was Just coming
out Of the front door when Earring
toa's man Stepped NJ on Ihe Veraud2
His request surprised ner s little. out
she wzS very sisd- indeed 10 Dc able
10 accommodate him
She hSd copy 0f Shakespeare some
where. she said. an old. battered one.
but his master wSs welcome 10 the
use OF il. certainly. And with this in
formation she went back into the Ii
brary 10 search for it.
WHIST sort Of peoFe were they sny
how. the new ueiEhbo-s who Gad Just
moved In the day before sud we're al
ready beginning 10 borrow peoples
hoozs4 she wondered g0od uaturedly
At last she CAME scrpSS the rusty lit
lie volume. stuffed 10 overdowins with
old letters, clippings and Straps OF
memoranda
She held il up and shook them out
in s shower. swarm OF memories sud
denly aroused by the long buried sight
Of certain familiar DTS q writing
pressed flowers CruDbins 70 stems
yet vaguely gedolen1 still Of dear
dead past
With : SDotheTed sign she caught
herself hack SHARPLY from her foolish
reflections and returned to the door
with the book Thomas thanked her
deliberately and FASTENED away Mar
iorte waited TIL De had passed ~ the
short stone walk u the h0aSe next
door. Then she oUttOued NJ nez cat
and walked down the gravel path to
the gate
Harrington took the volume eagerly
turning the beloved leaves with def
fingers I'll 1e should come to Ham
Lex But suddenly he paused. MS eyes
narrowed curioUSly and MS heart gave
= startled jump A brief extract from
The Marry Wives OF Windsor caught
his attention ASK ne No reason way
love yo1. for. though bove Use res
SIN for its precision. he admits him
Tot for his counselor
The passage was heavily anderson
ed ard below il were scrubbed n cor
rOhoraIion the initials M Nv
F. Thsy we're osrS-and ais.
M2E5o-1s Hayward. The nzme sent
sts thoughts tumbling tuuulGuously
hack oTer TIE past; sent the olood Tin
cling even 10 his syeli1S 9ow many
yesrs-Eezrsy Ven-siucs D. had called
that name Yet bow many days. IN
deed had il been atseat from hiS
eeGrI9
TIE minutes few by as ne sat there
wrapped in mediation At aS1 ae D.
Ezn zsai1 70 sip the leaves sbSs1tly
rhrouSa ais fingers. when shruptiy
they cane in cOatact with sometime
alien
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