Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1915-01-22
Bankruptcy In
the Court Of
Love


TELLS" said Mt. Dudley to his
daughter On the list Of December,
iiansiing her bii tIday present and
giving her a kiss don't you think that
a rifi " Nineteen rs old enough to set
tie down aiad take some Thought for
the fitureY
Il certainly do. laiini."
To-day you heein new year IN
your ffc. and tomorrow you begin
new tepr Of The ,airndar suppose
you do some thinking as to your nc.
r,ions dbrlug thesf lsi few years. make
up yorf mind as to what Is necessary
in youf case and farin such resolutions
as max seem esselltis to your future
happii}ss
-Teilsme what you tlink necessary
The main thing have IN mind Is
this: The most important event In
wonaKs life-so consider it-s her
marriage that is. II she is to be q
wife. j have noticed In you an IN
fortunate propensity to regard those
things which are preliminarles- In this
country where people usually marry
for love- to the union Of mum and
woman with the consequent rearing Of
a fanfsy. very much as you would con
slider game OF tennis
This. my daughter. Is all wrong
Love i nearer akin to divinity than
any other part Of our nature. It Is
serious very serious. |, your mother.
your brothers and sisters. we who
form group 50 closely cemented. are
held together by this one element in
the cor.posifion Of life-loVe.T
'oh. anpa. how beautifully you talkF'
a shadow passed over the fathers
face. realizing from this remark that
he had not produced the impression
he desired He was turning away dis
appointed when his daughter caught
his hand
Greatly. papa. explain what you
mean. and | will do what you wish me
to do
well then. to come down to plain
| langua, E. stop lirting,"
~Oh. that's what you are driving atlr
Eyes. Tomorrow morning when you
| wake ID refreshed after good sieeI
think ter your treatment Of WORTHY
AID ~ fIhiess ycane men WHICH ]
based merely on your fancy. and max
a resolution that II you have any en-
enlargement to bestow upon any on
Of them 1t will be given to some on
who should you marry him-and 20
are now ut manageable age-wil
make you worthy husband, one 20
can be proud of before the world"
Bella sat muslng.
"a penny for your thoughts" sal
her father.
q was thinking that tomorrow morr
ing will be better time to make sue
resolutions than now"
why so2"
well, tonight 20 to the Seymour
TO see the old year out and the ne
year In"
what has that to do with resol'
tionsr'
why. Jimmy Halliday win be ther
and yesterday. Just because accepte
rose from Tom Erskine. he passt
me on the street. pretending be didn
see me-
"WeIIf"
why. papa. you don't think I'm 6
ing to stand that. do. your
do you care especially for Hal
day7"
Care for himl or course not"
Then why should you trouble you
self about himY'
"Oh. papa. how stupid you arei u
don't understand such things at all.
will give Jimmy tonight as good
be has given me- Tomorrow motnil
VIII make your resolutions
my resolutionsr'
81 mean that | win reform as y
desire
Her father. who adored her. gave h
! another kiss and left her. feeling tn
his words had been without effe,
Not so Bella. She had really been Il
pressed. but not for such general re
sons as had been mentioned by b
father
Far down in the bottom Of b
heart was soft spot into which
certain quiet. reserved young ms
Edward Corwin by name. had settl
himself without asking her permissie
She had treated him in accordance wi
her usual methods. with the resi-
that be had locked himself up
speak fguratively-and all her effol
TO get ut him had signally failed
Miss Dudley passed the evening
the 3lst Of December at Seymour
danced the cotillion with Tom Erskil
failed to favor Jimmy Halliday, smil
on Elliott Tracks and sat out fiet
with Fred Swords. when she ma
up spat with him. throwing him IL
.cstasies- Then. when all were asse
oled about round table feasting /
, new year in she exchanged .bonbc
with Bob Sparkles. reviving a he
that had nearly died out. As for I
ward Corwin. be was not present
On New Years morning Bella awe
J and. looking at tiny clock on bra,
ct. saw that II was II O'Clock Til
she remembered her New Years re
buttons. and troubled expressl
) passed over her young face. N
Years morning was not so good I'll
DOR reform as she had supposed.
ifower lay on table that she had
eepted graeiously from Erskine. a
, shs had agreed to 60 cat with him