Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1914-09-17

bDt ttdStS W love HIM.
But Henry Beale is not the
son who has attempted to anaJvg. ~ l.
female human heart to find tbs, =, -. =
not to be analysed. At any rate AZ :
is multitude OF exceptions -
rules that can be laid down coDes, =
ing it.
Miss Macarthur continued N -.
on salary that was no more tbsr -
required to live on. She had No -
cial faculty for making a dollar -
for two-indeed, it was all she cor,IS !,
to make 1T serve for one Though 4.
possessed high intellectual can.e.-
the demand for it was not great y.
lived in a small place where onIy ma
ocrity was required. What use ~.
fore were her attainments?
Meanwhile Henry Beale. epga,.s !.
groveling pursuits, was extending fbs.
His bank account was all the vSas
growing and his operations all a.
while enlarging. He was not cra.
thirty years old when he had a sr,u
army of employees about him. He da
not need to send out misspeiled letter.
for he had a dozen typists at bis eop'
mand, any one Of whom could put n
excellent English whatever he chose n
say, and, being systematic, be haa
made Webster's Dictionary the rule of
his office. He had no occasion to ra.
greet not having learned to spell. for ho
could hire spoilers for song. When Ia
wrote his communications. instead N
debating them he felt sure that "bus.
ness" would not be spelled "bizness,
or excellent "exselent."
One day Beale met a friend Of his
old sweetheart, who told him that Jeu.
ME was wearing herself out teaching
Harry wondered If she would not in
her poverty consider such stupid man
as himself for a husband. Inform.
nately his old distaste for facing a So.
perior intellectual being again stood in
his way. He could not write the Enc.
lish language or spell any better than
he had done a dozen years before II
he proposed to his old sweetheart be
must either do so verbally or by means
of a dictated letter, for he had never
had time to learn to use a typewriter
himself, and if he had had time it would
not have helped his spelling. Since
he could not muster courage to propose
to one he considered so far above him
he was forced to use the latter plan
He wrote out his proposal-it seemed
altogether too sacred to dictate-and
gave it to a typist to put in proper
shape on paper.
Miss Macarthur received beauti-
fully printed document from her school,
boy lover declaring that his love was
as strong as ever: that he was aware
he was her inferior and if she married
him she would look down upon him;
that he wished to serve her, and the
only condition under which be could
do so was as her husband. Would she
marry him? Not a word was spelled
incorrectly; not sentence was bungled.
The day after this letter was sent
Mr.. Beale called his typist into his Of
fee. She carried her implements with
her, supposing she was to take down
a tlictation. On entering she saw at
once that her chief had received
setback of some sort He handed her
a letter from Jennie Macarthur I'D.
dressed to him stating that she had
no reply to make to a typewriter let
ter on such a subject as proposition
of marriage.
"What do you think of thatT' be said
woefully.
81 think that it is very proper
statement of the case"
what am to doY
eff I We're you, Mt. Beale. / would
send the letter you gave me to put IN
type"
Corrected by you?"
Corrected by no one"
Mr.. Beale groaned. "And thar IS
your advice?' he said.
ut is. If this lady will accept you
she will accept you as you are and not
as what you are not"
But her reply shows how she re
CARDS me. She will decline my propo
''She will not"
why do you say that so cont
dently?"
Because her reply indicates tna'
what is between you and her Is 100
sacred to be transmitted by thru
person. Had she intended TO decnne
your proposition she would doubtless
have not been particular about WIZ
wrote it"
Every well. Miss Morton: please seha
her the original letter"
The letter was sent and reply was
written on the back OF the 'el'
.er Beale had written his sweetheart
when he left school. Miss Macarthur.
began by saying that she had treasurer
lis letter for a dozen years as tns
nearest to her heart of anything she
possessed. His proposition was ae
.epted. and it was evident from tns
one of the reply that the hand pe-
towed was accompanied by the hear@
On the receipt OF this epistie MI
seale called his typist into his olies
md handed her check for $1,000. 'As'
onished, the lady asked what II "s'
or.
For the greatest service you na's
yer done me-" was the reply.
Sept. II in American