The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1917-07-06

girl SalQ, SJOuIly.
Governor Harkaway is old and ug-
ly. l grant you. But he is enor-
mously rich and he is sincerity Iond
of you He is a good man and Will
make an indulgent husband"
81 suppose So" YEARLY.
"You can see l am happy in my
marriage with Warren Gordon" MIS-.
Gordon said. SIN many ways the
circumstances under which | married
him are the same that confront you.
He was rich; nobody ever said ne was
good looking. Yet his love and pro
lection have brought me only happi-
ness and peace. Then if you marry
Governor Harkaway, Elizabeth, you
will have it in your power to help Bill
ly. Jim Harkaway's influence is all
powerful"
81 suppose" said the girl, chat
your Jim Harkaway couldn't be much
worse than Miss Duncan. Does he
use black gutta percha hair-pins, Let
ty?"
"That my sensible little girl" Mrs
Gordon kissed her good night. 81
wish you all the happiness in the
world, child. And I'll be your ma
tron of honor"
Elizabeth did not go to bed. She
stretched out on the rug before the
fire and took letter from the fra
grant laces lying close to her heart.
Before she had finished the first page
she felt her promises to Lefty crum-
bling. She retraced Letty's argu-
ments. How awful it would be to be
poor and live in an ugly little house
but how heavenly any house would be
shared with Billy!
But it was no good to dream. She
knew it. Hadn't she been warned al!
her life against the unsubstantial
substance of dreams? She tossed
the letter into the bed of Goals, watch
ed it shrivel up into ashes, then, with
a slight hardening Of her pretty face,
she crawled into bed. Her last
thought as she drew the soft pink
silk covcrlet up to her chin was that
she'd ask the Governor, first of all, to
do something splendid for Billy.
Mrs. Gordon came to awaken her
at ten the next morning. She sat
on the foot of the bed while Eliza
beth ate her breakfast and read her
letters Yes, she told Mrs. Gordon
her mind was quite made up.
"Thcn you have decided on the silk
dress-role for the rest Of your life
"Yea," replied Elizabeth, YEARLY.
The maid brought message. A
gentleman was asking to see Miss
Gardiner. He had given her no card.
Gle seemed awful happy" she eX-
planned; "maybe he forgot it, miss"
"Who can it be-" asked Mrs. Cor
don. "Jim Harkaway knows better
than to come calling this hour IN the
morning; beside he's in Washington
Elizabeth dressed hastily. She
fairly flew down to the drawing room.
She knew when she reached the door
who it was. 1t was Billy. He SEEM
ed to fill the great room like burst
of sunshine. Before she could ask
what brought him-yesterday morn
ing she had left him hundred miles
away-he had her in his arms.
ITS come" he whispered, wildly.
"The promotion, honey" Footsteps
were coming down the hall. sit
means Pm to have two hundred
month. Do you know what that
means?
Mrs. Gordon walked into the room.
1--WE changed my mind, Lefty"
Elizabeth said over Billy's shoulder.
"This is the man I'm going to mar
ry."
"God bless you for your courage,
my darling" The worldly old wo.
man took them both into her arms
as much of them as she could hold.
"Then you" (faltered Elizabeth)-
"then YOU"
"Then | told you an untruth last
night replied Mrs. Gordon. eff !
had my life to live over again, I'd
marry my true love if he were poor as
a church mouse-and the county was
full Of millionaires and kings each
begging me to be his bride.
love is all that counts. It's the
only real thing in this world of
change"