The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1914-07-30
September and May
By Kenneth G. Beatson.

otherf That is, if the affection was
all on the man. 5 side, and the girl was
willing to marry him because of the
things he could give her9"
ga marriage under those circum
stances" said Smith, with considerable
spirit, "would be highly improper!"
"Here is another case. Suppose the
man for some reason could not be Ger.
tain whether the girl was marrying him
for love or for money!"
Smith hesitated.
81 am afraid l do not quite under.
stand"
"Then l II give you an example. Sup
pose l fell in love with Miss Dalton,
our stenographer, and wanted to ask
her to marry me. l am so and she is 90.
Now, if had done certain-ah-favors
for her-for instance, if had paid for
an operation ON her mother, if l had
financed legal fight to recover her
mothers share Of an estate left by a
distant relative, if I had supplied the
funds for her brother to 60 through
school with-she might feel that she
was not at liberty to refuse to marry
me. Knowing this, would it be right
for me to ask her to marry mei Would
it be right for me to take chance on
whether she would accept me because
she loved me or because she thought
she ought tot"
"Why, if you had done so much for
her," said Smith, 81 hardly see how
she could help loving you"
"Still, that doesn t answer my ques-
tion."
Payton had taken up small check
book. If Smith had noticed he would
have seen that the senior partner was
gripping the the book SO tightly that
it crumpled. But Smith did not notice.
SIT seems to me-" he said, "that it
would be all right for you to ask her
to marry you, if you first explained
that she was not to feel bound to ac-
cept you because of the favors you had
done for her."
Payton dropped the check book and
frowned at the top Of his desk. That
frown really meant nothing, for the
senior partner always frowned when he
wished to mask his true emotions.
"What if it was your daughter who
loved a man Of SO, instead of Miss Dal-
toni"
1t took Smith several minutes to
franc an answer to this.
"If she really loved the man Of 5o,"
he said finally, 81 would not come be-
tween them. l would make very certain,
however, that she really loved him"
The senior partner partner replaced
his glasses, took up a pen, and drew
a sheet of paper toward him. Then he
wrote the following:
"My Dear Miss Dalton: If you
don't mind waiting for me few min
utes after closing hour this evening,
I would like to walk with you to where
you take your car. L have something
extremely important-to me, at least
to talk over with you. Sincerely, Jonas
Payton."
He folded the paper, put it in an
envelope, and handed the envelope to
Smith.
"Will you please hand this to Miss
Dalton when you go backi" he re-
quested.
"Miss Dalton went out to lunch with
young Norton just before l left" said
the head clerk. 81 shall give the note
to her as soon as she returns, though"
every WE'LL" said Payton. "And
thank you, Smith, for answering my
questions
As soon as Smith was out of the room
Payton took up telephone directory
and turned to the pink "classified"
section. He hunted through the "J's"
until he came to "Jewelers. He knew
Tiffany & Co. to be the biggest jewelry
store in town, and found their num-
ber Then he called them on the