Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1916-04-27
THE CHANGE
ay cArHERInE cRAnMER.

fVHfattt away num- Nell, EtWuns
strated her married sister. Mrs. WI
kins
Please don't dwell on that NelIs
tone indicated fnalisy
Meaning. OF course. . marriage
with Perry Norton
yes: mean Just that and nothing
more
Yea # you are ready absorbed IN /
this work Of decorating houses. think
shaf enrnfinnitr that Ola Mpafanl
e0anfgy ia oiIsfs, aid YOU could /
choose any sort OF town house you'd |
want with no limit 10 what you could
spend % furnishings Mrs. wiIkIns
yet aside her unfinished cup OF tea
with an impatient nigh.
@Get thee behind me. Mammon. !"
laughed Neli
"oh. have Il your own way. as you
always have things. said her sister
Men. there's no use picturing Per
~ Morton as a monster iusf because
you don't hnppen 10 fancy him.
No he isn't a monster AZ all. Sis:
he's merely an casy going. llne-of
least resistance sort. and his pr0gfnm \
FOR life couid he filled out twenty years /
~ advance. Huf, look AZ the clock 1
rs time - pack the tools with which |
I'm 20 hew ont my own little des
tiny Ard Nnll took tho nearest
route ~ stairs BY way of the back
stairway.
When she came down all ready for
tha train. maid handed her Perry /
Morton's card. with this message
written on III Good by. Nell. Luck |
70 you n bob np now and then
please Try 20 regard me az a good |
omen
When she arrived that night at her /
tiny onefoom and kitchenette apart
ment she found q huge box Of pink I
and whisn roses 4 few moments
later. 4 Telegram was delivered 70 her
Il contained ihls message; -omen
number one. May the rose.coiored /
days ousnnmbar the eoloriesa ones two
to one Perry
Nell worked hard. During her frat
mantha she had occasional notes from
Perry Morton but slnes he had gone
ont 20 western ranch he had sent
her but one note and Il contained III
tla more than his address One day,
soon affef Nhe had taken contract
for furnishing sons apartments she
WIS exploring about IL q furniture
shop when she was effaslyefy greeted
~ . Young bride from her home city.
"Db. Melt What lovely aarprlssts
exclaimed the bride No one would
saapt soa vs9e Involved n q rnss
sAFssesy7 Why. Adelaide. what
can yoa mean ?" asked Nell.
Iuat ghia. said the hrlde, with
icstlng smile. everybody al home
wonders about tha mystery 81 your
SONG OF % Wnfk and Perry Morton'a
Subsequent affair with Mrs. Mapea.
widow af his college gal aud. lastly.
ah0ut parrya sudden departure fot
the wild west We can't figure out
where Fon got peeyed At Perrys fond
moss for the widow OF whether he
went 10 tho wilda to forget you OF to
f0rget the widow"
III sse nothing mysterious, II
sounds iunt plain silly 10 M" laughed
Nell sio noticed on her table
magazine addressed to her II vas
mailed a the publishers IN New
York. aud, looking through Il, she
fonnd q blue pencil mark In The index
at this Item Subsequent Changes u
Program. A story. BY p. NJ. Orion.
Il waa the story OF a young mans
awakening 10 his own unimportanes
by hearing the girl be loved speak
lightly 81 him. While Il told Of no
remarkable achievements attained By
tbs man. Il showed how his mental
attitude toward life had undergone
such change that life must hence
forth mean something deep 10 him.
An the next day Nell had that
story ii her mind. nna q hundred
times she wondered whether the name
p. n. orion" was a contraction OF
Perry Moftons meme. OF merely co
incidence. but as often she put the
thought from her and tried 70 be IN.
different about H. When abe reached
home chat evening she found tele-
gram from Perry with only this sen
teuce: The last omen. but one, and
Il win follow shortly
Half an hour later. Perry appeared
az her dooF.
Neli. dear he began recklessIy. as
soon as their FIRST greeting was over
have bungled shings2 But want
"a % know. and couldn't tell you
that dag overheard YOU tell your
sister was an easyRoing. lineofleast
resistance product 81 my environment.
whose life program had all been
printed II advance. and 80 on
oh Perry please don't" began
Nell
oh. yes, Nell that WAS the making
81 ME Right that minute ! saw my.
self IN o new light that fairly hurt
my eyes with rs clearnass, and ] set
about face 10 mend MY ways and
change my program OF course.
diant write that story. but told Mrs.
Mapes about it-you know she makes
her liying wsiiing stories and had
her rewfite Il i've times before II car
ried thu message wanted Il to And.
Nell ha continued. with less sure
ness 81 toni the plans for my re
modelled country house are IN my
rocket Ia there any meaHaee IN your
heart that corresponds 20 the one
tried u get to YOU through that con
founded magazine story
shc did nbi apegk. but he read sur
.fendef IN her telltaIe face,
peopyt III, 1916 nv Mcclure NeNspas
per 6Sndlenta1
ress Away With hslsdeals.
A Feenchman has invented ma.