Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-01-29
An Intended
Surprise
Il Resulted In an Outcome
Not Intended
By U t GRAHAM

menI OF marriages.. Iuefe Int WhSAC
withal to set up Il nest in which to live
and rear children is the principal part
of making a match; here our girls are
inclined to pay more attention to wheth-
err or not they love and are loved.
Genevieve Thorpe met no man whom
she cared to marry until she met How
ard Tfsdale. Though Howard was
twenty-five years old. he had not made
any advancement in money making.
Indeed, he was on a salary and a small
salary, at that.
1t did not appear that Genevieve had
anything. She and her mother, a wild
ow, lived very plainly, the daughter oc-
cupying a 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 IL family
without an adequate income would he
misery for all concerned. One day he
said to Geneyieye:
you and | must part company.
Heaven knows that it will be a bard
ship to me, but marriage is the ineYi-
table result OF an intimacy such rs
ours. | would gladly ask you to be
my wife, but | have a salary Of only
$500 a year. You cannot be married
and continue in your position-at least.
l would not have you do SO. 1t follows
that our ways must part"
UNLESS you love me well enough to
take every risk. | adnit you are right"
was Geneyieve'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 as
surance that l 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 l wish to marry
and be married for love or not at ALL"
"'When poverty comes In at the door
love flies out of the window"
'True love begets energy to provide
for its enjoyment and will endure any
thing"
There was a silence between them.
which was broken by Howard:
Very well. Genevieye. will you mar
~ me!"
Il WILL"
Then followed a 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 IL cheap locality.
Genevieve argued that they had bet
ter take u little house of their own,
ven If they rented a room or two to a
ledger. Howard objected to this on
the ground that they might not secure
the lodger, and II 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 hin 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 a 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 "A
deed for a small house and some pass
books in savings banks. These with
of vouchers. ETC., Genevieve had placed
In the drawer of her desk and had
never used principal or interest. She
was at the time she received the lega-
cy earning her W and her mothers
living and intended to hold on to her
nest egg in case she should marry.
Geneyieve waited. expecting Howard
to return. having found the evidence
of her little fortune. with a radiant
c~ountenance and take her in his arms.
She had long looked forward to this
moment. expecting that it would be
the happiest in her life. A time sufi-
cient for Howard to discover the evil
dences of her fortune elapsed, and he
die 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 o where she kept her fortune. Z
The desk was open. The contents
of the dra wer were spread out on it.
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 a
tinge of anxiety in her voice.
The silence was unbroken. She OPEN
ed a closet door. the only hiding place
In the room, then went out into the
hall and searched everywhere. There
was a back staircase. and, descending
1t. she looked about on the main floor.
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