The Washington herald., 1915-08-19
DAILY SHORT STORY.
EMILY'S OFFER.
By KEITH KENYON,

II don't see Morton Brown around
| here any more. Emily. Did you have
| the bad Judgment to turn him DOWN.
John Forster looked very straight at his
daughter as he put this question.
| well. daddy, turned MN down only
! because 1 couldn't care for him as, he
| wanted me to, and surely you don't
| think it would hdys been good jufg-
| ment to marry sorc5ody / didn't care
! for?' Emily sat With Eer elbows Fest
ins on the library tao!n and her chin
resting on her hands.
Il don't know what girls want nova
| days. but it seems to me Morton ought
| to pretty nearly fill the bill tor any
! girl, and. Emily. l know he has been
| hoping for you for a long time"
"Well. he 5ughtn't to la"e been too
| sure of me. But he'll set over it, for
| love is just foTn Of intoNicatip:,." As
| Emily spoke she ScttieI herself COM
fortabiy in 4 IIrse armchair.
'IntoXication, is It! Well. see teIe.
daughter, don't yoI try to start n Tro-
hibition movement against il. 1. you
think it's only intoXicatiOu. tnen what
do you think OF your mOirer's and mine
lasting all these years. asked John
Forster. with a queer smile. His daugh-
| ter had lately become puzzle II him.
.'Oh. well. temperance in all things
works well, you know, and while I've
paign against love for those who are
| seeking it or giving it, l prefer to be
strictly temperate myself. EMS <ath-
er did not reply at once, b'it he sat with
twinkling eyes regarding he-.
Never forget this. daughter. that man
and woman were made for eacn other.
and that either alone Is 4 poor half of
what they could be together. I'm 60
ing upstairs to see what's keeping ynLr
mother" he said.
Emily sat looking into tle fire. She
was thinking OF the paIc. paincd face
of Morton Brown when she had told
him she was quite convinced that she
would never marry. She also thought
of the angry flash that came into his
brown eyes when she told MIN of her
intention to begin active scrvrce On the
board of managers OF an institution for
social service work.
"Obsessed with the uplift idea, like a
lot of other people who fail to see the
opportunity right at hand for a COM
plete life and normal one" Had
Morton refrained from that remark the
parting would have been different.
And you seem obsessed with the idea
that you can win me according to the
same formula You use in writing your
advertisements" Emily darted in re-
ply. do you remember telling me
the steps taken in writing an advertise
ment?'
Yes" said Morton. wondering why
on earth she asked.
LAS l remember it, you said first. to
attract attention: second. create inter-
est; third, arouse desire, and, fourth,
make the sale. You succeeded in the
first two, but you failed in the last two
simply because you neglected to take
into consideration that you were not
appealing 10 prospect who needed
wanted the particular article of which
you wanted to dispose, and l remember
you told me that was a vital point never
to be lost sight Of"
Morton vaguely remembered having
talked this sort of shop talk to Emily
sometimes because she seemed inter-
ested. but that she had remembered it
and flung it back at him in this way
amazed him almost as much as it an
gered hi;-i-
A few minutes after she had said il
he was on his way to his apartments
and she was sitting alone before the
fireplace. That was two months ago,
and since that time they had met only
at two or three formal social affairs
or when motoring. when only a nod was
their greeting. During those months !
Emily had worked hard on her social !
service committees and had been less |
than usual in formal society. She heard |
that Morton had almost deserted his club |
and was devoting himself to business |
with astounding success. having land |
ed the contract of one of the largest |
national advertisers in the country.
All her associations with him SEEM |
ed very far away in the past. and she |
felt that there was little about her that |