The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1915-03-11
An Intended
Surprise
\ Resulted In an Outcome
Not Intended
ny RUTH GRAHAM

mere is a great difference between
rAzrope and America In the arrange
nuant of marriages. There the where
vv1thal to set up a nest in which to live
ana rear children Is the principal part
IL making a match; here our girls are
4nclined to pay more attention to wheth-
a. al not they love IND are loved.
<<4neyieve Thorpe met no man whom
abe cared to marry until she met How
ara Tisdale. Though Howard was
fwenty-H five years old. he had not made
any advancement In money making.
indeed he was on a salary and a small
salary. at that.
|, II did not appear that Genevieve had
ANYTHING. She and her mother, a wild
ow. lived very plainly, the daughter &C.
fuoying a salaried position. Neverthe-
lcss when Howard showed by his man.
\ Her that he was pleased with her she
encouraged him. His attentions grew
more pointed. but he did not propose
because he saw no hope of being able
70 be married. He was wise enough
: ID Understand that the care of a family
without an adequate income would be
misery for all concerned. One day he
u saId to Genevieve:
you and ! must part company.
! Heaven knows that it will be a hard
shin to me. but marriage Is the inevi-
table result of an intimacy such as
4 ours l would gladly ask you to be
my wife, but l have a salary of only
$50 year. You cannot be married
and continue in your position-at least,
would not have you do So 1t follows
that our ways must part"
\ Unless you love me well enough to
n fnke every risk. admit you are right"
was Genevieve's reply.
DO you mean that you love me we'll
enough to take all risks with me-to
live on the miserable pittance which |
am Earning and which l have no as
= Gur1nce that I'shall continue to earn,
10 pinch and struggle and see those
dependent upon you and me suffering
tor want Of comforts. even necessaries,
that we cannot give them?'
mean to say that wish to marry
Y end be married for love or not at all"
d when poverty comes in at the door
lope flies out Of the window"
rue love begets energy to provide
1Qf It's enjoyment and will endure any
thing."
IAere was silence between them.
which was broken by Howard:
Very well. Genevieve will you mar.
Nv me?'
q will"
Inen followed a period of planning
\ Howard. who insisted ON beginning
Maffied life with no other person I'M
DER the same rooftree. was for renting
tWoOr three rooms In a cheap locality.
h &e<evieve argued that they had bet
ter Jake little house of their own,
I even If they rented room or two to
y IcdSer. Howard objected to this on
tne ground that they might not secure
me 'odger, and If they did third per-
sou In such close contact with them
WQHld be apt to make trouble. He
/ W4* in favor of keeping aloof from
!. every one.
/. 4Hese debates lasted some time and
#efe finally ended by Genevieve. who
AanQed her lover the key to her desk
50 sewing room on the second floor
anQ told him to go upstairs, unlock
tQe uesk and look in an inside drawer
on ne right. Howard did as he had
" b&&xl hidden.
-. QSnevieve had planned a very pleas
ann surprise. Some years before an
4pkk OF hers, for whom she had been
~ naized, dying. had bequeathed to her
uAYngs amounting to about $1,000.
1n@ property had come to her in a
Qet4 for small house and some pass
pp8*s In savings banks. These with
a amber Of other papers, consisting
i ck Fpuchers. etc., Genevieve had placed
pc drawer of her desk and had
a newell used principal or interest She
woe at the time she received the lega-
u arning her own and her mothers
fzg and intended to hold on to her
egg In case she should marry.
nevieve waited. expecting Howard
eturn. having found the evidence
yer little fortune. with a radiant
9tenance and take her in his arms.
mad long looked forward to this
1 cent. expecting that 1t would be
<.'* pappiest In her life. A time suffl-
1FRF for Howard to discover the evil
les OF her fortune elapsed. and he
pot return. She resolved to wait a
longer. Still she heard nothing
c EVE him. At last. wondering what
<21.u be delaying him. she ran upstairs
Re room where she kept her fortune
Re desk was open. The contents
ne drawer We're spread out ON 1t.
there was no one in the room.
0 E Roward! she called. thinking that
Aef loyer was hiding from her.
Rere was no reply.
= Toward" she called again with a
4*e OF anxiety In her voice.
ne silence was unbroken. She open
closet door, the only hiding place
ne room. then went out into the
''a'1 and searched everywhere. There