Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1915-07-20
BY CHARLOTTE TELLER

Is Delay, Il YVES Success. 3
8 BY CHARLOTTE TELLER 3
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Mrs. Halbert's first marriage had be-
gun with an elopement and had ended
badly. When she announced that she
was going to marry again there was
general CONSERVATION In her family.
They knew her.
She was pink and white and stub
born, aud she had never been known
to hesitate. Once she had wavered,
but that was when she was very
young. After she made up her mind,
however, she was always willing to
talk things over.
They had been discussing the Ques-
ton of her marriage for an hour and
| a half when her mother inquired who
he was.
HIS Is the one man in the world
care for" said Mrs. Halbert But that
threw little light on the subject, since
she and her mother never knew the
same people.
what Is his name" asked her
father.
"Redding Garwood," said Mrs. Hal.
bert with pride.
II have never heard Of him." said
Mrs. Gilroy.
"Of course not" said Mrs. Halbert
"He Is a very busy man."
"BusyY" said Mr.. Gilroy. "Busy-st
what"
Hes q social worker" replied Mrs
Halbert.
"A-whatr" doomed her father.
"He Is working to better conditions
And may l ask why" Queried Mrs
Gilroy.
What conditioner stormed her ia
Their.
Lets not get excited" said Mrs
Halbert. ITO do what he Is doing
takes great deal Of time and money
"Whose?" asked Mr.. Gilroy.
HAS he anyr demanded Mrs. Gil
roy.
"Of course not" said Mrs. Halbert
HE is a very interesting man."
"Can any one tell me-" asked Mrs
Gilroy. "how have been given g
child so totally unlike myself-so i'm
practical, so improvident and-unsus
pectngTs
Mrs. Halbert always knew the be
ginning Of the end. 1t was upon then
at this query.
| She trailed her pink negligee out o.
the room and up the broad staircase
which was photographed once yea
by either an arts and crafts or al
architectural magazine-usually for
frontispiece on "millionaires' homes"
When she reached her room she tool
or the necligee and dOnned the sim
plest of her tailor suits. 1t was TIT
simplicity of 1t that made 1t 80 expen
slve.
| She left her rings and her jewelet
hand bag with Zenaide, her maid, ant
took n car-not her car, but stree
cur ut the corner-and went over int
part Of town quite unknown to he
family, which had become her region
Of romance.
When she entered an old house, ono
inhabited by the rich. she was in
long, dim drawing room. There wer
filing cases along one side Of the room
where Redding Garwood put oil the ir
formation he could get about the poor.
He was very much In earnest an
rather shy and-inany people though
quite unsuited to settlement work
He was not ut all pink and white, bu
> rather dark, with gray tinge Mt tn
. edge Of his hair, and his clothes wer
far from new, and he wore very OF
binary, everyday sort Of necktie. whic
counted against him with the girl:
clubs.
He Just nodded In kindly, socia
worker sort of way when Mrs. Halber
|, flung her arms about his neck as he 50
bending over some statistics about rea
estate values and births per acre Il
D New York city.
, ut Is all arranged. my DEAR" sh
said gayly.
"Ah" He took n deep breath Of col
tentment. "Then We can have fou
teen children, although some Of thei
will have to be in perambulators."
"You are too absentminded, my de0
Redding.s said Mrs. Halbert. ~ al
not speaking Of the parade"
And then she told him that she ha
announced their approaching marriae
to her family.
'Oh, see" he said. I'm glad 1t
all right" And he picked up the II:
I Of new contributors to the uplift wor
she put In front Of him. "What IN II
: fluence for good you are! he added.
. II have decided not to elope tn
time" she said, although 1t does al
peal to me rs q precedent. 1t would b
IN easy way out Of the difficulty. tO'
! you must admit that. my dear"
!. "What difficulty" asked Garwood.
: 1.-THE family" said Mrs. Halbert.
Garwood got to his feet
Although as social worker he som
= times sat nll day long bumped over
his chair while he gave advice to IL
q peighborhood or studied statistic
when he did rise to his feet he was tn
o and broad and energetic.
Q Mrs. Halbert jumped and tried
push him back into his chair.
: "You do startle me so when you g.
= up like that" she said.
But he kept his feet.
"You mean that you are marrytn
me against your family's wishes"
? asked.