Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1917-02-02
An Exchange
of Tokens
1t Was Made on New
Years Eve.
BY +. A. Mitchell
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IN Among 'hem were Lena "aus
worth ana Frank Andrews Inc com
rany had not yet passed into the sup
per room. and these two were sitting
apart from the others.
"Come. Lena" said Frank. "you have
r,t mo or Iono anouob Give ma NV
an.,,,orn
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Won Off FRANK ym ara cont,voted nv
s,.a,y nrattv DIR, von meet If so,d
va. baporo ,hree months bad eIansad
,,,, ,.o,,,d wish m ha rolcosad have
ma c,ncv for such nm enooooment
"Trv mo"
Miss w,dsvorth tove1 with n cower
shc bclI IN her bnnd md remained
Font Finally she snid.
81 will not consent TO nm engage.
ment but I will say this: IL one wear
from tonight YOU can assure mo that
YOU have not made love TO another girl
you can usk me again to be your wife.
ana | will accept YOU"
That's assuming all the consistency
Ia on your side"
81 think It H."
The party was az gay as the supNaa
was excellent. The guests sat down
at the table ut 10 o'clock and left It at
3 a. M. A great deal OF wine was
drunk, and doubtless great many
things were said that were not well
considered before the saying. Tho
party broke up singing "Auld Lang
Syne," and half an hour later the ban
quet hall. deserted, bespoke the evanes-
cence of all worldly pleasures.
At IL o'clock the next morning Frank
Andrews awoke. On a table beside
his bed were his eyeglasses, his watch
and gold locket IN the shape OF a
heart. The eyeglasses and the watch
were familiar objects in a familiar
place. But the gold heart? Frank
looked at It earnestly. then thoughtful
ly. How II had come to be with the
other articles he could not Imagine.
That which had deepest root within
him first showed itself above n confu-
sion OF happenings pertaining to last
nights convlviallty. He remembered
one thing perfectly. He had persund.
ed Lena Wadsworth TO be his wife on
condition that he remained true TO her
for one year But he had no remem-
brance of her giving him this bauble
in token OF the agreement.
Whence then had IL come? Had
some one dropped It, and had he found
it2 Had some one given II TO him MS
n token of sometbin0 now for0otten9
'e
UP 10 the present moment MS coilhec-
ton with II was blank.
Pushing nm alactrIc hutton ha cnlIed
,-,,
tne outier.
James" he said, when you were
here last did Won notice that-that gold
,oo,,o.a,,
"oAe''
mo, sir; l didn't see IL, SIT.
Did you observe this table espe-
ciallyT
Eyes. sir; | did. There was a glass
on It. and 1 removed Il, sir"
"Nothing elsef'
mo. sir"
Frank Thought for awhile the butler
waiting Finally Frank asked:
"Anv mail tbis morninOT
"yes air One deliverv about half
an hour ago"
apr,no ~ nm"
rhora - cavern, tno,osuros 90
huis ara acon,od n,,ss,yo oddrassaN
g. ao,,aa.s, sar,I,,ina hond EronI,
nnonod =. and go.
-. 49,, ,,.. ,.
~ vo,, tba, van have maze me oh evsS
so happy. And / am going to step out TO
the letter box right before the door ana
post tnlS' 80 ihat youm set . N Io,nor vsoy
dav a,ppr,aa How can I wa,, mi I ace
you again7 Come az soon as you can and
tell me again. tell me thousand times
c om 20 ~ n Low have nv SssT, Wsv ths
pledges they stand for bo sacredly kept.
Your loving GWEN.
r. s'-A miiiion k'S"eS
"Oh. my good
Frank finished the exclamation wlth
u groan. He must have fallen again,
and this was the longest fall he mao
ever made. Whs was Gwenf Most OF
the girls present at the New Years
party he knew by their FAMILY names,
but not their CHRISTIAN names Tnere
were Miss Wills, Miss Everhart ana
Miss Worthingt0n, whom ne knew