The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1917-03-15

worn by Rankin only to please her.
over to ask Miss Marsden, whom she
knew well, to give her few scraps of
silk or satin. This Cecille did, indif
ferently, in wearied forlorn way. for
she was not taking much interest in
anything those days. Erma selected
the prettiest Of the scraps. Then at
home she set at work to invent a
model, modern four-in-hand. She went
to the doctor with her handiwork.
doctor Rankin" she said. in her
simple, innocent way, please wear
this instead of the hideous tie 1 gave
you first"
Rankin humored her desire and Err
ma was happy. Again he became
the cynosure of the obseryant Judson.
He naturally recited the incident of
his second gift. 1t was two days later
when Judson hailed Rankin with the
announcement:
'Tve seen that little fairy Of the
neckties."
Iuuttus olulicu Itduhiu.
eyes, and II I wasn't the restless,
worthless fellow, l am, would settle
down in life for good, with just such
delightful girl. 1t was purely incl
dental. Ny automobile went into the
ditch, and the businesslike way with
which Miss Dole got horse and tackle
and righted the machine, the pretty
glow in her charming eyes, made me
feel actually lonesome when she faded
from my viewp'
"Don't dazzle this sweet woodland
creature, Judson," warned Rankin.
ut is she, who has dazzled me"
confessed Judson. "Artless, innocent
and pretty as picture. l tell you
honestly, Rankin, this little fairy is
simply irresistible"
Then came a climax. Doctor Ran
kin, turning a corner of a village
street. came upon the Marsden auto
mobile, driven by Cecille. She was
bending over collie dog, nursing the
drawnup paw of the animal.
1t had been crushed under the wheel
of the machine and Cecille was be-
moaning her carelessness and culpabil-
ity. The young doctor was humane.
An appeal to his skill was made. He
promptly approached:
LET me examine the limb" he said
simply, and then, apparently oblivious
to past, present and future so far as
Cecille was concerned, he gave full at
tention to the injured animal.
"If you would drive to my office" he
said, 81 think I can fix up our injured
friend comfortably"
"Oh, if you would!" burst forth Ce-
ellie impetuously. 81 tried to stop; in
deed I did, but. the poor creature tried
to jump into the machine and missed
and fell under the wheel"
So the ice was broken. Cecille her.
self carried the dog into the doctors
office, quite helpful with liniment and
bandages.
81 will take the dog home. 1 know
his owner"-she began, and then
paused, with a vivid stare at the doc
tor
Rankin analysed that swift CLEAN.
CeciHe's eyes were fixed on the neck
tie he wore. They glowed and then
gIisteneG.
Ard all of a sudden Rankin compre-
hended. He wore the last tie Erma
haG given him. Three months before
Cecille had made him one of the same
material, but he had never worn it.
for then the quarrel had come, and
Cecille fancied this tie her own past
git. A sudden inspiration came to
him. Eow he loved her
Miss Marsden-Cecille," he said.
will you take back the ring?"
Then she burst out crying, and the
dog, forgetting his pain in the natural
sympathy of his nature, whimpered
in chorus. and then and there the low
ers made up.
There was a double wedding soon
after, and it was a question as to
which was the happier-Cecille or