Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1915-02-05
An Intended
Surprise
II Resulted In an Outcome I,
Not Intended
By RUTH GRAHAM


There is great difference between
Europe and America in the arrange
ment of marriages. There the where.
withal to set up nest in which to live
and rear children is the principal part
of making u match; here our girls are
inclined to pay more attention to wheth.
or or not they love and are loved.
Genevieve Thorpe met no man whom
she cared to marry until she met How
ard Tlsdale. Though Howard was
twenty-five years old, he had not made
any advancement In money making.
Indeed, he was on salary and n smadl
salary, Mt that.
1t did not appear that Genevieve had
anything. She and her mother, wild
ow, lived very plainly, the daughter oc-
cupying n 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 he saw no hope of being able
to he married. He was wise enough
to understand that the care of n family
without an adequate income would be
misery for all concerned. One day he
said to Genevieve:
you and | must part company
Heaven knows that 1t will be hard
ship TO me, but marriage is the inevi
table result of an intimacy such IN
ours. would gladly ask you to be
my wife, but l have n salary Of only
$500 year. You cannot be marrieA
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
take every risk, admit you are right"
was Genevieve's reply.
do you mean that you love me well
enough to take all risks with me-to
live on the miserable pittance which I
am earning and which l have no as
surance that | shall continue to earn,
to pinch and struggle and SEQ those
dependent upon you and me suffering
for want of comforts, even necessaries,
that we cannot give themT
II mean to say that / wish to marry
and be married for love or not at all."
"'When poverty comes In Mt the door
love flies out Of the window"
True love begets energy to provide
for its enjoyment and will endure any
thing"
There was silence between them,
which was broken by Howard.
Very well, Genevieve, win you mar.
ry mer'
81 will"
Then followed a period Of planning.
Howard, who insisted on beginning
married life with no other person I'M
der the same rooftree, was for renting
two or three rooms in cheap locality.
Genevieve argued that they had bet
ter take a little house of their own,
even II they rented room or two to Il
IOdger. Howard objected to this ON
the ground that they might not secure
the lodger, and If they did 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 time and
were finally ended by Genevieve, who
bonded her lover the key to her desk
In n 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 hidden.
Genevieve had planned u 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 $4,000.
The property had come to her in
deed for small house and some pass
books In savings banks. These with
n number Of other papers, consisting
of vouchers. etc, Geneyieve had placed
In the drawer OF her desk and Ind
never used principal or interest. She
was nj the time she received the lega-
cy earning her own and her mothers
living and intended to hold on to her
nest egg in case 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 happlest In her life. A time suiIl-
cient for Howard to discover the evil
dences Of her fortune elapsed, and he
did not return. She resolved TO wait a
little longer. Still she heard nothing
from him. At last, wondering what
could be delaying him, she ran upstairs
TO the room where she kept her fortune.
The desk was open. The contents
of the drawer were spread out on It,
but there was no one in the room.
"IIowardr' she called, thinking that
her lover was hiding from her.
There was no reply.
"Howardp she called again with a
tiDge OF anxiety In her voice.
The silence was unbrolsen. She open
ed closet door, the only hiding place
In the room, then went out into tho
hall and searched everywhere. There
was n back staircase, and descending
It, she looked about on the main floor.
A door opened from this rear staircase
to the back yard. and II stood njar.
She remembered to have closed It not
long before, and there was no one ex-
cept herself in the house to open It.
Gencvievo was terror stricken. How
ard, instead Of having returned 10 her
"a flor fha Glad aurnriqa uIo baJ tpI.uH