Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1917-11-08
Old Sandy
Helps Cause
By o.born Jone.

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I(Copyright, 1917, by the Mcclure Newspa-
= per Syndicate.)
It was not until Randolph Yardley
had definitely made up his mind to pro-
pose to Henriette that he secretly en-
tertained the wish that Henriette was
the kind Of suffragist that felt it to
be woman's privilege to do the propos-
ling as well as the voting. Henriette
was suffragist, of course, but she
wasn't that particular kind Of suffra-
glst. Randolph had heard her say so.
After she had managed to bring the
conversation up to the delicate ques-
|tion Of proposing Randolph might cas-
lily have done the rest. But Randolph
didn't realize how easy this would
have been till he was alone the eve
ming after the discussion.
The Saturday afternoon after he had
definitely decided to propose he unfor-
ltunately did not find Henriette alone.
His rival in her attention was the old
man-of-all-work, Saunders, known more
|familiarly as Sandy-though any refer
|ence that that name might once have
IIborne to his hair and complexion had
ceased to be apparent for Sandy was
Itoothless and his sparse hair was
llwhite-surely not a very formidable
Trivial. But any third person is rival
t|when a man wants to propose, and
lFwhen Randolph entered her bungalow
living room Henriette was kneeHng on
the floor before packing case with
aSandy at the opposite end.
II $50 sorry, Randolph" she said with
a smile SO preoccupied that 1t was
lIworse than no smile at all; you'll just
lIhave to excuse me while go ON with
this case. They're things for the suf-
Ifrage bazaar. It's to be in week and
I've had to take the craftsmanship the
last thing"
During all the call that afternoon
Randolph never once found a turn in
the road from which he might have d.
Irected his own remarks toward a pro-
posal. The case was soon packed and
Sandy shuffled away with it, but Hen
riette's thoughts were still engrossed
with the bazaar. And imagine sudden
ly skipping from remarks on the fish
pond ali a suffrage bazaar or fancy
tables and lemonade booths to prOpos-
ais!
Perhaps it was not to be wondered,
then, that when Henriette suddenly
asked Randolph to promise to "do
certain favor and to promise before
she had told him what it was, he held
up his large masculine hand and swore
rather foolishly to "do anything in
Gods world that she wanted him to-"
What she wanted him to do was to get
Mr.. Tilden to let the suffragists bor-
row what was known as the ssTilden
mansion" then unoccupied, for their
bazaar.
"I'll do what can, Henriette," Ran
dolph said solemnly, shut it may be
very embarrassing for me and for him.
You see, he is client Of ne"-Ran-
folph had not been practicing law so
long that he did not use this phrasing
with some degree of dissatisfaction
land there is lawsuit now going on
over that house. You see, a year ago,
after the Tildens had been out of the
house for a year, 1T was leased by Mr..
Hamburger, the brewer. Loads of
money, you know, and could perfectly
well have paid the rent even though
he did decide not to live in the house.
Now TildenS is suing Hamburger for
the rent and Hamburger makes the
claim that the house could never be
heated. We tried to settle it out of
court, but we couldn't. You wouldn't
understand the technicalities, SO I
shan't bore you with them. But the
lease is coming up and I'm particularly
anxious not to lose out
Randolph lowered his voice and dis
cussed the case in way that was not
entirely professional. "The fact seems
ito be that the heating system of the
mouse was all wrong, and you see how
ut would injure me and Tilden if some
800 or 600 of the most prominent wom-
len in town were to go there on nice
c00l day, as it is quite likely to be in a
weeks time, and find out what barn
pike place it is. So, you see, you will
1be working against my interests if you
urge it. Still, I have promised
'But suppose all those 500 people
went there and roasted almost to
death? Suppose the temperature there
went up to 80 or 80 and all the win
ldows had to be opened-would that
help your case?"
Randolph's eyes showed keen inter
lest and for one fleeting moment he for
lgot that his sole interest in life for
THE time being was to propose to Hen
lriette. ''Why, certainly, that would
win the case for me. But" &,
II don't suppose you have taken a
good look at the furnace, or that Mr..
,Tilden has, either" Henriette scolded
II can say that we have, little girl"
lRandnlnb had. .narar llSad thaSo..,uoa.ds