The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1915-01-15
An Intended
Surprise
II Resulted In an Outcome
Not Intended
By RUTH GRAHAM


withal to set up nest i'm which to live
and rear children is the principal part
of making match; here our 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 Tisdale. Though Howard was
twenty-five years old. he had not made
any advancement IN money making.
Indeed, he was on salary and small
salary. at that.
1t did not appear that Genevieve had
anything. She and her mother. Il wild
ow, lived very plainly, the daughter oc-
cupyiDg 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. hut he did not propose
because he saw no hope of being able
to be married. He was wise enough
to understand that the care Of Il family
without an adequate income would lie
misery for all concerned. One day he
SalQ 10 GenevleNe:
You and mist part company
Heaven knows that ii will be Il hard
ship to me. but marriage is the inevi.
table result of an intimacy such AS
ours. would gladly ask you to be
nay wife, but ] have salary OF only
$500 year. You cannot be married
and continue in Your position-at least.
i would not have you do so. 1t follows
that our ways must part
Unless yon love ne 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
am earning and which | have no ass
surance that shall continue to earn.
to pinch and struggle and 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 be married for love or not ut all"
"When poverty comes in ut 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:
Every well, Gencvieve. will you mar.
~ me-"
II WILL"
Then followed period of planning.
Howard. who insisted Oh beginning
married life with 10 other person uii-
der the same rooftree, was for renting
two or three rooms in Il cheap locality.
Genevieve argued that they had bet
ter take little house of their own,
even If they rented room or two TO Il
ledger. Howard objected to this oil
the ground that they might not secure
the ledger, and if they did Il third per
son i'm such close contact with them
would he 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
handed her lover the key to her desk
In sewing room on the second floor
and told him to 20 upstairs, unlock
the desk and look in an inside draw
on the right. Howard did as he had
been hidden.
Genevieve had planned 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 10 her in u
deed for IL small house and some pass
books in savings banks. These with
a number of other papers. consisting
Of vouchers. etc, Genevieve had placed
in the drawer of her desk and had
never used principal Or interest She
was mt the time she received the Legal
cy earning her own ana 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 radiant
countenancc and take her in his arms.
She had long looked forward to this
moment. expecting that It would be
the. happiest in her life \ time su.Ii-
Client for Howard 10 discover the evi-
dences Of her fortune elapsed. aud he
did not return. She resolved to wait n
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 Il.
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 q
tinge of anxiety in her voice.
The silence wits unbrOlen. She open
ed closet door. the only hiding place
in the room. then went ont into the
hall and searched everywhere. There
was back staircase. and. descending
It, she looked about on the main floor.
A door opened from this rear staircase
10 the back yard. and ii stood ajar.
She remembered to have closed il not
long before. and there was 10 one eX-
cept herself in the house TO open 1t.
Genevieve was terror stricken. How
ard, instead Of having returned to her
after the glad surprise she had intend