American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1916-10-07
THE MATCHMAKER
BY SUSAN e. cLAGETT.


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me moon was $40 It's FUN and the
olu-insI''oh'u garden at Ellcrsuc was
very peuuiIu thS late September
night
Inc She'l'yS were entertaining the
young peop'e OF the uolghborhood II
was not ""hce merely supper par
" auu uiu'' mat Oh" wonderful CUR
den ana the tree shadows and the
scent oil late Roses aud sentiment.
Ana II was sentiment indeed Some
Oh IL was P'aE, hU. So well played that
more frequently than not IL ended in
game OF cross purposes thut threat
ened serious cou>clucnccs.
II was III such play that Warren
Addison ana Nell lglchurt were the
principal actors The other boy and
girl were only accessories. They did
not know It,
Warren had come from Baltimore 10
meet her here She was late in orriy.
ing. When She did appcur il ,yos with
u man he did not know. The man ana
her latencss--lu Warrcn's mind an in
territorial thlng-mHdc him turn ia tho
first pretty girl in that garden OF
southern preitin,>s.
If they had known little more Of
life the two foolish things would not
have had IN unhnppy moment hut
she was seventeen aud Warren not
quite twenty-onp. She cried herself
TO sleep that night and Warrior took
the early train for Baltimore. Neither
had spoken ten words TO the other
Uncle Charles Nns matchmaker
He would have resented This If nnv-
one had had the assurance tn declare
Il, for his matchmaking extended no
further than his fayorite uipcc ANA
that boy" ms he called Warren Addi.
son. He had done everything In his
power to further marriage that was
violently opposed bv the girls rathcr
had even promised TO hclp them when
they were readr 10 set M housclJccp-
ing.
Ills liOllit llhhlu lllFlllDf sANnA IMAM
ever after that evening at EllerSlie.
Warren had not been i'm the country
since then and Uncle Charles could
not understand this. He questioned
Nell, but could get nothing from her
save n shrug and toss of her head.
If Warren didn't care To come and
was tired of writing. she wasn't going
10 worry herself about Il, she declared.
lie had not suspected the trouble
had gone so far as that. He must do
something to circumvent Il ruthless
fate. But what?
lie talked the matter over Will
Aunt Mary. She was Interested, hlu
advised not to NEEDLE. That was OK
actly what he had made up his mine
To do, however, and the best way To do
it, he decided, was to have n house
party of his own.
Very much pleased with himself, he
went To church the next morning ont
AFTER service called two or three oI
the young men to him. Telling then
of his Intention, he was soon the cen
ter of lutterlng group of feminlnitj
-nll delighted with the prospect of
week Of gayety.
Ana Uncle Charles did not make
them wait for their pleasure The
next evening found the gay crowd II
his home.
Nell ana Warren were To all appear
nnceS the gayest Of the company, bu
those who knew them well felt there
was something wrong between them
possibly revealed by the extreme pc
+ likeness OF the one to the other
I When two days had passed, dn'
no prospect OF settlement of thel'
/ quarrel lie decided upon his tina
scheme n ride TO AnndpOlls--twenty
[ seven miles away--dinner there and I