South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-05-31

ansrlly from scales, the butler, ana
waved aside the latters attempt TO
assist him. He was angry-more
angry than Scales had ever seen
him, and that was one way of vent
ing il. The way ne Jabbed his arms
into the sleeN Is had a disastrous eff
! feet on the linins. but II ne heard
the rip ne did not heed it, He
showed his hat 10 the back of his
head and, with rapid strides, made
for the door. Scales was there be-
| fore him and held ii wide open and
as he strobe out he didn't even no
tice the buffers chuckle of amuse-
ment. After the door had closed
Scales sat down 10 enjoy his laugh
! he had been suppressing.
He and Miss Geraldine have been
bavin' a tiff again, but it's a little
worse than usual" ne chuckled. Il
wonder what new idea she has been
foutin on him, now"
AS Sanford walked his anger
abatej BY the time he reached
home he was able 10 see the humor-
Gus side OF it, What a dear. little,
ridiculous thing she is" Re NUT
tered thoushtfully. If some of those
ideas of hers don't get her into
trouble I'll be surprised. What If
something did happen as she wants
IL to- The idea" That started him
on cheerful vein OF thought, and
by the time ne was ready for bed
he was chuckling more than Scales
bad in the morning.
nd 8
did not hear from Sanford. she
. told herself she was glad she didn't
She hoped he would take her an
swers for hnal, but OF course he
wouldn't. She was going TO live her
life as she wanted TO- She vas go
ing 10 do something big IN the world
for her family-what il was she
hadn't the least idea, for the O'COn-
nors We're one of the wealthiest
families in the city and there was
very little anyone could do for them.
She was skipping through the
most interesting part of novel
just where the heroine had sacrl-
/ hced her jewels 10 buy bread for
her starving father and crippled
brother-when her own father came
into the room. As she glanced up
she noticed a troubled look on his
face and the thought flashed across
her mind that perhaps the oppor-
/ tUnitv she had been waiting for
had come. II had.
MY dear" her father began, sit
ting down beside her nervously II
have favor To ask you-a very
great favor. one that will change
your whole life
Yes father" she gasped. for al
though longed for it was uneXpect-
ed
"I-I-I-" he hesitated as if in
doubt. but finally went on. Il would
like YOU to marry"
is that the fayor?' she asked in
DISAPPOINTMENT
Yes, that is the favor, and II
makes it harder for YOU TO grant IL
when | tell YOU that now YOU be-
lieve you don't love the man I have
chosen and that must not tell you
his name until the day of your mar
riage 1t will spare me a great un-
happiness if YOU make this mar
riage-sacritce yourself TO my
wishes"
Geraldine's eyes glowed with
pleasure. After all II was her op-
portunity. Now she would be able
TO do as many OF her beloved hero
ines had done and make the great
est sacrifice of all.
I viii do anything for YOU, faith
er-anything IL was a speech from
one Of her popular novels, but she
did not realize 1t.
But being a martyr was not the
srand thing il appeared in novels.
Geraldine began 10 think after she
had become accustomed TO the idea
of it, As the day approached for
her TO marry the man she had never
seen, she began 10 wonder II she
hadn't been too hasty in offering
herself for the sacrifice. A girl Of
is was too young TO be married,
anyway surely the heroines in the
books had not given up lovers like
Sa Milford She loved him. after all.
She had thought she hated him
when he told her that reading
trashy novels vas spelling her and
that if he had his Way he wouldn't
allow them TO be printed. Then he
had said her ideas about sacrifices
were unreal and that she would
never be able 10 make one and was
only wasting her time thinking
about them. He had gone away