Ellsworth American., 1915-02-03
An Intended
Surprise
h Resulted In an Outcome
Not Intended
- RUTH cRAHAM

withal to set up nest in which to live
and rear children Is the principal part
OF making match: here cur girls are
inclined to pay more attention To wheth
| er. or not they love and are loved.
Genevieve Thorpe met no man whom
she cared TO marry until she met How
ard Tisdaie. Though Howard was
twenty five years old, he bad not made
any advancement in money making.
Indeed. be was on salary and small
| salary. at that.
/ II did not appear that Genevieve had
| anything. She and her mother. n ~id-
! Ow. lived very plainly, the daughter oc-
| cupying a salaried position. Neverthe-
less when Howard showed by his man
ner that he was pleased with her she
encouraged him. His attentions grew
| more pointed. but he did not propose
because be saw no hope of being able
to be married. He was wise enough
| to understand that the care Of family
/ without an adequate income would be
misery for all concerned One day be
said 10 Genevieve:
You and ! must part company.
! Heaven knows that II viii be hard
ship to me. hut marriage Is the inevi-
I table result of an intimacy such as
ours. | would gladly ask you to be
| my wife, but | have salary Of only
$500 a year. You cannot lie married
and continue in your position-at least.
would not have you do so. II follows
that our ways must part
"Unless you love me well enough to
take every risk. | admit you are right"
was Genevieve's reply.
do you mean that you love me well
| enough t6 take all risks with me-to
live ON the miserable pittarce which
am earning and which | have no as.
/ surance that | shall continue 10 earn,
to pinch and struggle aud see those
dependent upon you and me suffering
for want of comforts. even necessaries,
that We cannot give them:
Il mean TO say that ! wish TO marry
and he married for love Or not at ALL"
"'When poverty comes in at the door
love flies out Of the window"
''True love begets energy to provide
for its enjoyment and will endure any
thing
There was a silence between them.
which was broken by Howard.
Very well. Genevieve. wi, you mar.
~ me-"
Il wilI.''
/ Then followed a period of planning.
Howard. who insisted on beginning
married life with no other person un-
der the same rooftree. was for renting
two or three roor,s In a cheap locality.
Genevieve argued that they had bet
\ ter take little house of their own.
even II they rented n room or two to
lodger. Howard objected To this on
the ground that they might not secure
the lodger. and II they did a third per
son in such close contact with them
would be apt to make trouble. He
was In favor Of keeping aloof from
every one.
| These debates lasted some tine and
were finally ended by Genevieve. who
handed her lover the key to her desk
In sewing room on the second floor
and told him to go upstairs, unlock
the desk and look in an inside drawer
on the right. Howard did as he had
been bidden,
Geravieve had planned a very pleas
ant surprise. Some years before an
aunt Of hers. for whom she had been
named. dying. had bequeathed to her
savings amounting to about $1,000
The property had come to her in 4
deed for small house and some pass
books in savings banks. These with
4 mn m lAsar s.f of tar
I OF vouchers. etc. Geneyieve had placed
In the drawer of her desk and had
never used principal or interest She
was at the time she received the lega- 1
cy earning her own and hef mothers
living and intended 10 hold on to her i
nest egg in ease she should marry.
Genevieve waited. expecting Howard !
to return. having found the evidence
OF her little fortune. with a radiant
countenance and take her in his arms.
She had long looked forward to this (
moment. expecting that 1t would be
the happiest in her life A time suffi
cienr for Howard to discover the evil
dences of her fortune elapsed. and he /
did not return. She resolved to wait
little longer Still she heard nothing
from him. At last. wondering what /
could he delaying him. she ran upstairs !
10 the room where she kept her fortune. |
The desk was open. The contents |
| Of the drawer We're spread out on II. !
but there was no one In the room
Howard she called. thinking that |
her lover was hiding from her.
There was no reply.
Howard" she called again with |
tinge of anxiety In her voice.
/ The silence was unbroken. She open
ed closet door. the only hiding place |
In the room. then went out into the
ball and searched everywhere. There
Tas back staircase. and. descending /
II. she looked about on the main floor
| A door Onx,lled from this rear sfa aircaso