The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-02-27
An Intended
Surprise
It Resulted In an Outcome
Not Intended
By RUTH GRAHAM

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There Is a great difference between
Europe and America in the arrange
ment Of marriages. There the where
withal 10 set up Il nest in which TO live
and rear children is the principal part
OF making match; here our girls are
inclined 10 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 a small
salary. at that.
Ii did not appear that Genevieve had
anything. She and her mother. u wild
ow. lived very plainly. the daughter &c
cupying 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 be married. He was wise enough
to understand that the care of a family
without an adequate income would he
misery for all concerned. One day he
said to Genevieve:
You and | must part company.
Ieaven knows that IL will be a hard
ship to me. hut marriage Is the inevi-
table result OF an intimacy such as
ours. | would gladly ask you to be
my wife. but 1 have II salary of only
$500 a year. You cannot he married
and continue in your poSition-at least.
l would not have you do so. 1t follows
that our ways must part"
Unless yon love me we'll enough to
take every risk admit you are right"
was Genevieve'S reply.
do you mean that you love me we'll
enough TO take all risks with me To
live on the miserable pittance which l
am earning and which ! have no as
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?"
II mean to say that wish to marry
"'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:
Very well, Genevieve, will you mar
ry me?''
81 will"
Then followed 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 rooms in a cheap locality.
! Genevieve argued that they had bet
| ter take q little house Of their own,
even If they rented room or two to n
! lodger. Howard objected to this on
the ground that they might not secure
the lodger. and If 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 time and
were finally ended by Genevieve, who
handed her lover the key to her desk
in a 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
Genevieve had planned very pleas
ant surprise. Some years before an
aunt of hers. fof whom she had been
1
savings amounting TO about $1,000.
The property had come to her in q
deed for small house and some pass
books In savings banks. These with
a number of other papers, consisting
OF vouchers, ETC., Genevieve had placed
| I'm the drawer OF her desk and had
never used principal or interest She
was at 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.
I She had long looked forward to this
moment, expecting that it would be
the happiest in her life. A time suffi-
cient for Howard TO discover the eyi-
/ 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.
"Howardr' she called, thinking that
her lover was hiding from her.
! There was no reply.
"howard" she called again with a
tinge Of anxiety in her voice.