The Rathdrum tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1963, 1917-06-01


Tom, Dick and Harry in the village
that she give So-and-so the mitten"
or course this added more doubts to
Gideon's unsettled frame of mind, ard
1t must be acknowledged that 1t might
have been a factor In the problem OF
his matrimonial intentions.
| Gideon Westcott hated publicity of
, any sort. He shrank from It,
One. morning In late winter Gideon
came down to breakfast with his mind
firmly made up to ask Anne Larned to
marry him-or to marry Anne Larned
was the way he put it to himself The
night before he had picked up one of
his housekeeper's paper covered novels
and soon had become absorbed In the
love story. Carried by Storm; or, The
Way to Win Woman" had been the
title, and when he had finished the
last chapter Gideon was infused with
been suggested to him.
Your buckwheats are getting cold"
remarked Ellen Blair as Gideon sat
down. II heard you rustlin' around
upstairs for the last hour, and / got
EN- ready, bein' you're particular
about havin' your breakfast on time"
II expect the chickens will like
Them" said Gideon pleasantly.
Miss Blair shifted scornfully and re-
moved the plate Of soggy cakes from
the table. Presently Gideon heard the
hiss of batter on the hot griddle and
Ellen's quick steps about the kitchen.
He smiled in anticipation of the time
when she would be replaced by some
body else-by Anne Larned!
81 hear Anne Prosser's goin to get
married again. and him only dead a
year." ventured Ellen the next time she
came into the room. She looked at Gid
con from under her pale eyelashes.
Gideon's heart stood still for mo-
ment and then went on beating its nor
NAL, steady measure.
That's SOP" he asked evenly. helping
himself to a hot cake.
They say another Teller from Brock
town is the one. 1t beats all how some
widders can catch a husband. Why,
know a woman that's been married
four times. and her own sister amt
ever been married once-or ever asked.
for all know"
HIM said Gideon indifferently.
That utterance always ended the con
versation between Gideon and his
housekeeper
Carried by Storm or, The Way to
Win n Woman" had told of brave
young man who. failing to receive
favorable reply to his proposal of mar
riage, had hied him to the dispenser Of
marriage certificates and procured one
in the adored maiden's name. Then he
approached her, waved the certificate
in her astonished face. and before she
could say Jack Robinson or mention
the name of any other preferred sutton
she found herself married to the i'm
petuous youth and Immediately con-
fesSed that she had loved him all along
Gideon Westcott had resolved to do
this very same thing. So he had made
a very careful toilet. and perhaps 1t
was the sight of his new spring suit of
light gray that inspired Ellen Blair's /
remarks about Anne Larned. Gideon
was beginning to learn that EllenS ,
gossip was In manner conservation
of resources. She wanted to hold her
job.
The town clerk at Breakdown recev-
ed Gideon's application for marriage
certificate with a covert smile. He
reached for blank and held his pen
poised above it.
"Name?" he asked briskly.
Gideon told him that as well as his
age and all the other necessary details |
that precede ones entrance into the
state of matrimony. Then he was filed
with panic mt the next question:
"I.ady's name:" demanded the clerk I
Gideon gasped and growled out
Anne's name. conscious that he was
taking an unwarranted liberty.
What" repeated the man. with n
black look at the applicant
Anne I.arned," replied Gideon in au
embarrassed whisper !
The clerks face cleared Anne
Barnes. He scratched it down brisk
~ to Gideon's cold horror. Il happen
to know the young lady myself. and
she's pretty as a picture. "Spinster. OF
course" he unused. writing rapidly.
"AgeT"
Il think you're mistaken" began
Gideon desperately. but the town clerk
seemed to be intimately acquainted
with Anne Barnes. for he knew her age
and even the names of her parents, and
that was more than Gideon knew him.
self. so he waved an impatient hand at
the prospective bridegroom and dipped
his pen in and out of the Ink.
There" he said. plotting the docu-
ment and scanning it carefully. you
see. | used to go to school with Anne
Barnes. and she used to visit my sister,
so we are pretty well acquainted
When's 1t going to be?"
THAT hasn't been decided" said Gid
con gloomily. and without another
word he paid his fee and strobe from
The place. The congratulations of the
lmiable clerk rang unheeded on his
ears. His head buzzed with the sound
of Anne Barnes name. He, who de-
sired to marry Anne Larned. found
himself the possessor OF paper which,
With the consent of Miss Barnes, would
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