Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1914-07-24
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Girls
B. HELEN CONSTABLE


wa. eittiay ~ = 4abis-stsd4dng her les
sens when She'hsait bet mothe& and
visftor. Mn. Winston. tslEing in the
next room.
Malcolm writsdene. that he's comiag
down ftf.a week this. fall to visit me-"
what can your nephew snd 70
apuse him IN such a quiet place AZ
tits? There are NO young men. and
a. for girls; THERE are only 4 few IN
short dresse4"
That's what he's. coming fer-to st
rid Of the girls. They are worrying
the Mfe outIof the poor fellow trying to
marry him. You know. Malcolm has
tust come into = fortune of'four or.1ve
hundred thousand dollars. Hes hand
some as q picture, was voted the. most
popular man in his. class while in col.
lege and.is highly inteNeetuaI."
Marjorie gasped at this catalogue Of
attractions.
Dear me-" exclaimed Mrs. Yait.
''how Should worry about him II he
were my son! Yhe marrying age Is
the most dangerous Of all to mani"
by and BY you'M have to worry
about 1far1oste:''
mot for years. Marjorie has scarce
~ put away her dolls. Tell Malcolm
when herasrivesto comeaad see: u.s."
When MaaeoTn Wright came to town
he called at Mrs. Taits. Mrs. Tsit
was taking q siesta. and it required
some time for her'to awaken and. get
herself. in proper costume to receive
visitors. Marjorie. who examined. the
card as 1t. was carried. past her In. the
upper ball; ran down: back staircase.
seated heTseH. before her study table
andsbeean to repeat her lessons. alouf:
"Amo, I love; amas, thau lowest;
smat, he loves; .amannus, We love; am
ats, you:loxe:.amant, they. love-"
Mi. Wright. hearing the Latin. verb
ITO 'love'' conjugated by. soft femi-
nine. voice. arose from his chair and
looked into. The other room through
the..cpen door. He:saw avery pretty.
Innocent looking schoolgirl sitting be-
fore her books. apparently. unconscious
Of being Observed He listened to some
more self drilling. then gave an
'|Ahemf'
Mar3orie gave .. start so well feigned
that the. young: man did. not doubt for
q moment that it was. caused by see.
ing. him.
"Oh.. deary she exclaimed.
well, now. j like that: I find ,you
saying. 4 love. you, love. we love. and
on seeing me you exclaim, oh. dearv
Ipresume If you had finished. II, would
have been. oh, dear Malcom Wrightv'"
Il assure you'll was studying.
You were quiet. How long have You
been in the drawing roomT'
Long enough to have sent. my card
to Mrs. TAFT, your mother. and been
waiting several minutes"
At this. juncttrA Mrs. TAFT was. heard
coming doWnstaifs;. and Mr.. Wright,
who bad barely crossed the threshold,
gtepped'. back In time. to avoid appear.
fng to have left the: room. The. lady
received him cordially. regretting that
she had not sons or daughters Of an
age to help make. bis stay pleasant.
A day or two later Mr.. Wright. an.
preaching Mrs. Tait's home, saw her
emerge. from the. house. Marjorie saw
him from an upper window. He
mounted. the steps and rang. Marjorie
opened the door.
Good morning. II your mother at
home?. No? How unlucky! Perhaps
you will permit me. to come in for a
moment. I wish to leave a message
for her.
4 month passed. Mr.. Wright re-
manned away from the many girls who
were tr4ing'to snare him. The route
past Mrs. Tait's house was biz favor
lite walk. and whenever he was sure
Mrs TAFT was not at home he called
and asked for her and was taken in
charge by Mar5orie. One evening he
called when he knew the mother was
at.home.
"Why. Mr.. Wright" the good lady
exclaimed. you here yet? What a
dread you must have Of the girls Of
your home to have kept away from
them SO longv'
1T is about girl Of your home that
have called to speak to you"
"A girl Of my homer
Eyes, your daughter, Miss Marjorie.
wish your permission to pay my ad-
dresses to her. or. rather, your per-
mission that we be engaged"
Mrs. TAFT gaped Mt Mr.. Wright.
Il love her very dearly, and she
loves
What. that child?"
"She tells me she.is nearly eighteen"
"But how, when. where
Marjorie came up behind her mother
and put her arms about her.
II heard all you and Malcolm's aunt
said about those horrid gipls who were
trying to catch him for his fortune.
and thought 1t pity that they should
deceive so nice man. He heard me
the verb to love- when
he called on you. and somehow It af.
tod