Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1914-09-15
Evening Story
BETRAYED BY THE CAMERA.
BY Lawrence Alfred Clay.
Copyright, 1913, By the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)

When George Lyndkurst was nine.
teen years old he was freckled faced
clerk in village grocery at saldly
Of seven dollars week. He wasn't
twenty when he fell In love with Nary
Parker. Her old father said George
would never amount to shucks and for
babe him the house. At twenty-Ope
George had his salary raised to nine
dollars week, and ne and Mary Park
Ter at once eloped and were married.
"The idiots will bring up in the poor
house within two years." growled
Mary's father.
Thirty years later George Lyndhurst
was worth 100000 and he had trouble
on his miEd. 1t was about his daugh.
ter Jessie.
well, ma, what do you Think" he
asked his wife one evening.
els there going to be another WARP
IT had a call at the Office today from
a young man named Burt Gleason"
Eyes. know him."
"He said he was in love with Jessie,
and she with him, and he wanted my
consent to marriage"
But you didn't give it,"
around here. anyhow? hadn't heard
anything about Jessie being in love-"
well, she's been sort of keeping
company with that young man for sew
eral months, but I didn't think there
was anything very serious about it.
There are other young men that call
here"
Seems to me you ought to have sus.
pected"
II couldn't be peeking and listening.
had talk with her awhile ago, and
l cautioned her about getting too thick
with young Gleason"
Hes in a music store at nine dol.
lars week"
Dear mel"
"And his father is only carpenter
"You don't say"
"And the boy will never be able to
earn SIS week"
"Of course not
"And l told him so. And now I'm
going to tell Jessie, and want you to
back me up in it. She must not throw
herself away on a young man whose
sole capital, as near as l can find out
is head of curly hair"
"Of course I'll back you,' said the
wife; but, see here! Don't say a
word to her. Maybe she's not in love
but if she is you'll arouse opposition
The talk you gave the fellow today
may show him that his case is hope
less. Let's get her to go down to the
country to Aunt Betty's for few
weeks, and I'll warrant you she'll for
get all about him. Leave it all to me
and I'll work it as smooth as grease.
There's consistency for you! A hun
dred times over Miss Jessie had heard
her father brag how he had begun life
on seven dollars week; how he had
fallen in love and determined to pos
sess the GIRL how her father had
thrown him down, and how he had w
ed to show the old guy, how money
could be made. They had set parent
al authority at defiance and taken
each other for better or worse, and YET
| were conspiring to head daughter
away from the same thing!
Of course, Miss Jessie knew thai
her lover was going to call on the
father and put the question, and, o.
course, she was informed of the re
suit. There was great chance fol
her to play the martyr or the heroine
but she accepted neither role. On the
contrary, she quietly replied:
/ When the time comes we shall gel
married"
But when will the time Gomez
II can't say Father and mother are
Matching some plan to prevent. Wher
/ know what it Is l can answer your
question
A week later the mother sat dowr
with the daughter and said, with con
siderable anxiety In her tones:
Jessie, think your appetite ha!
fallen away"
Yes, mother"
"And you sigh in your Sleep"
81 think do"
And you are absent minded"
Yes
And you have thinking spells tina
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