The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1916-11-02

Remember. Hook. she said. wip-
ing her eyes. you have gwen me your
word
The next two weeks Cleo spent In
searching ti~ Help Wanted columns
q the newspapers and In answering
those advertisements whose require
merits she felt she could all She
wore her shoes out trarnping the
streets Of Oakland and San Francisco.
Al once after Office she applied for
work. only TO be met Uith refusal
when her lack OF qualifications be
came apparent Then she tried the
stores. in the hope Of securing a place
as clerk until something better offered
but Il was the dull season and the sell
Ing forces were being reduced instead
Of increased. Hook. though he man
aged TO retain his habitual cheery
smile. Was meeting with no greater
success. for there Is little work that
one-armed man. no matter how will
Ing he may be. can do. This was
driven home 20 him time and time
again as he applied at employment
bureaus cOntrHctors' Offices. ship,
lumber and coal yH-ds, only &c be
curtly turned down when Il was seen
he had an iron hook instead Of left
hand
Two days before the wedding Hope
called at the Mschln home TO see the
presents. which had been steadily
pouring in
Miss Langham is calling on Miss
Nachln." said the man who answered
Hopes ring ~But I'll tell her that you
are here. sir"
Don't disturb her" said Hope. "Tll
wait in the library until Miss Lang
ham leaves"
Dropping into an armchair he
picked up a magazine which he was
idly perusing when his attention was
distracted by the sound OF voices COM
ing from the adjoining room, the door
Of which was ajar. This room. he
knew. was Inez' room where she was
accustomed to receive her friends.
The voices he recognized as those OF
his fancee and a girl friend, Lucy
Langham. but II was not until he
heard his own name that he lowered
his magazine and. unconscious Of his
eavesdropping. sat with alert ears.
your Lieutenant Hope is a perfect
dear. Inez," he heard Miss Langham
saying. Everyone is crazy about
him. We are all wondering how you
happened to get him. He's so quiet
and serious-not at all your sort"
"If / tell you how II happened will
you give me your word never to
breathe II to a living soul. Lucyr
came Inez' voice through the half-open
door.
"Of course won't repeat anything
you tell me, DEAR" said Miss Lang
ham.
"Well, it's really awfully amusing"
said Inez, and Hope could hear her
laughing softly. II met him last sum-
mer at Abernethy's They had a house
party, you know. at their camp on
Lake Placid. One afternoon Jarvis
and / started to climb Whiteface
mountain, but we lost our way In the
woods, and, TO make matters worse, a
terrible storm came up. Fortunately
we found a deserted cabin and
there we spent the night. Jarvis be-
haved beautifully he never
slept, keeping guard all night, though
we had to remain there till morning.
NIL NNN.n In he
place. l slept on the bed In one Of
them and he insisted on sitting up In
the other. The next morning we man
aged to find the trail again and made
our way back to the Abernethy's, who
were worried to death about US.
knew perfectly well how they would
all raise their eyebrows II we told
them that we had spent the night to-
gether In a deserted cabin. so per-
suaded Jarvis that we had better tell
them that we had spent the night to-
gether with the Lees, who have a
camp on the lake. A few days later
the camp party broke up without any
one suspecting anything. Jarvis was
ordered to the Pacific coast and
never expected TO see him again. But
last month When was visiting Lucille
Allen In Washington, / sat at dinner
one night next to very well-known
lawyer. He had had more champagne
than was good for him and he was very
talkatiye and confidential. In the
course OF our conversation something
was said about Jarvis and the lawyer
remarked:
"'That young man is going 10 be one
OF the richest officers In the navy one
OF these days
Nonsense l answered. 4 happen
to know that he hasn't anything eI-
cept his lieutenant's pay
"'And | happen to know said the
lawyer. that he is the sole heir Of
Theodore Wlckham.'
"'Not Theodore Wickham. the steel
magnater | asked.
1.-The same, said he. He Is Jarvis