Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1916-11-24
A Cryptogram
By F. A. mitchell.

clgUlttl NHu INV Nl'l w wv l"''llh'i
must needs be debating whether she
should accept Frank Shackellord as
n husband, The only reason why she
hesltated was because Frank was
worthless except for one purpose-that
was 10 lead cotll0ns, When lmogcne
saw him mnrshalng the dancers, his
breast covered with f0yors and look
ing for all the world like much dec
GRATED geueralsslmo, she admired him
immensely, and when he stood In the
middle Of the ballroom and gave his
orders by clappIng his hands she
thought him god,
Imogene, Notwithstanding her par
ents serious objections, accepted Mr.
Shackelford, ana there was before her
the honor Of being the wife of Il prom
inent society man and cotilliOn leader.
Her father. a hard headed man, who
had made a fortune by practical at
tentiOn to business, was much disgrun'
tied by his daughters choice, His
chief clerk, John Stebbins, had been
attentive to lmOgCnc, ana Mr. Blair
had hOped sue W"ulu marry H'il' = oh'
was MI bI"lr n'''',,'"' ''''' """ 10
steady us chur'n nut II was noI W
be expected that a man who did not
even dance could compete with Il terp-
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just WHAT thought sa'u Niis
BAR ana without stopping TO give .ne
young man chahce 10 confess '""l
he was chaihng her she WlllsKed out
or the room
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lnloSehe one evening ne hau '"hcH 4"
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ocroo witb bor NIrc RIoir n,omi.od
% doci,hor tho crvntocro,, and ooIod
in lain Stohhins to holm hor Uhothor
or no she believed his flimsv internre.
totion 70 he correct she certainly nre.
ferred 70 consider II so Taking the
manor hack IN her douphtnr she cove
the meaning John had nut upon If.
Imogene was much affected She
told her mother that she would charge
her fance with beinr in clondestinp
correspondence with another girl and
If he did NOT make Il satisfactory ok.
PLANTATION she would break her en-
gapemeut Mrs Blair told her that
Sbackelford would doubtless trumn nm
an explanation and begged Imogene
TO net without consulting him, After
long struggle. in which the mother
stroye TO convince the daughter that
Sbackelford wanted her only for the
wealth she would inherit Tmogene
was nrevoiled unon and wrote him q
no+o hrooLino with him without with.