The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1918-12-06

Of lt--Or apparently she hi, for peo-
ple soon observed TINT cont 0f pnlnt
wns bcIng applied and other signs OF
u full purse were In evidence. Then
she drew Horace aside one evening
pfter the other boarders were leaving
The dining room and asked him wheth'
or hc would undertake the job OF put
ting ON Il side porch like That OF Mrs.
Smiths, and, though Horace had I'M
opportunity of taking some contract
work for one of the new industries NJ
II really stupendous figure, he nsSured
her that he could begin ut once
II was tho first time he had worked
on the Yagers house since that lime
~ years before, when he had hrSt
thrilled under the neur presence of his
ideal And her figure was still as be-
witchlng, though possibly little
plumper, her skin as fair were there
q few more frecklcs?-nnH to make the
ecstasy complete she ryain wore IL
frock of heliotropc muslr,
still people pitled p'or Susan va
gcr. 70 hc sure she apparently was
making money, having all those I'M
provements, but that was probably only
another evidence of her extreme lack
Of business sense. That Is the way
Mrs, Smith looked mt the Enlier as
she assured IIOrIcc she had every
reason 70 believe Susan was fright"
fully involved in debt.
twas one night after that man Mlgt
ellsworth, wee president Of one Of thr
big Industries, had been showing (as
Horace thought too marked Il deVo-
ton to Susan that Horace got his coUr-
age up. Aft.' all, he assured himself
his presumption now was not what 1t
would have been once, for the susan
Yagcr hcireSs was y different person
10 WOO than Susan Yager Bankrupt
Susan YaCer bOurding house keeper.
Strangely enough, all his awkward
haShfulncsS vanished, when hc iould
himself alone with Susan in her Iltll"
sitting room. aud the tip-tiit Of her
nose didn't scpm half so proud and for
bidding. IL stood close beside her
and realized that size was really nor
n tail, haugl ty person at all; her @Iorl-
ous auburn h0ir scarcely reached hIH
heart.
lie began quite deliberately, ana i"ld
her he had loved her II years, ANA
was asking her to marry MIN now, be-
cause hr wanted to make her indc-
pcudcnt pay her bills and share his
Years savings with her.
And Susan promptly told Horace
that She didn't think she could ever
find husband who would suit her bet
ter, let him steal one short deIiri"nS
KISS. and sent him Oft to bed.
Somehow Horace had expected sh"
would say that size appreciated his
generosity about taking the debts. He
concluded thpt She was still proud. as
Yagprs always We're, and this -
why She had not done 50. But the
next day she met him with radiant
smile thar turned into contagious
| IpUgh,pr. "I couldn't tell You laSt
riyht." she said, because after all II
/ IS cnmparatlYcly unimp0rtant. But'
YOU see. haven't any debts. I've
MANAGED my own affairs and-weIl'
I'VE tripled The estate father left me
Rut I wanted to do something patriot
IT,. and when I asked Mr.. Migglesworth
what I could do he said the most press
/ ing need was more boarding houses
said the plants would have to close II
there weren't more accommodations. |
thought every one would know | did
il lust for patriotism"
"And-and StilI YOU are willing TO
marry me-"
"YcS. Horace"
and there is nothing | can do for
vou?" fhis in Il crcstfal,en accent.
You can give up doing house Jobs
She said. take some war contract ana
give thp proceeds to the Red Cross y
And Of course Horace did.