The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-09

lSTIet her fdenfftY might never e
s.5eased Shs t0Id Of her solitary NE
TTfth her aunt and uncle on the 1s3Ell,
Of the uncougenfa1, thouShtless yoons
men who had always looked upon neg
a. priE because she possessed Z
natural shyness and ttIatdity. As eae
finished at the stroke OF two, she was
too sleepy 70 read over the 1!rst eopy-
Sha Knew IL It took one OF the pFlzes
= SS6TIJJi he because & came straight
tom her heart. She was glad to have
1vriftel Il anyway, whether she drew
one Of the prizes or not, because u
was the first opportunity she had ever
had ia pour out the story Of her lone
I{nesslfo anyone She gave her name
ana address confident. OF course, that
h v,ouId GO no further than the edt-
4oriaI office to which It was addressed
Then she posted the two long enTet-
onas in the mail shoot in the apart
ment house hall, and went TO sleep
yvftT1 the blessed undercucrent OF coz
vfction that she had done something
worth while.
theresa was sleepy when she ad-
dressed the two envelopes, but It never
dawned upon her that she might nave
got the addresses confused and that
the magazine editor the next morning
received the plans and account OF
fiye-fhousand dollar cottage and thai
Professor Morgan received the inter
esting revelation OF the exact reasons
why she had never married
She did not know, in fact, TIL she
received a check for hundred dollars
from the MAGAZINE editor. telling her
that they had sent that check to pay
for the article on the dve-thousand
dollar cottage and the accompanying
Dlaus. They were grateful to her Tor
having given them first choice on the
story-they assured her as editors DO
when they accept rather than reject
and they hoped that she would submit
other manuscripts to them along SINH
lar lines.
For the next two Classes with Dr..
Morgan Theresa remained at nome
what else could she do. Then she re-
cefved a long envelope from DE-. mot-
san- She opened It feeling sure that II
was her confession returned she
wondered whether he would seno any
word with it. But when she opened
the manuscript she saw It was written
on paper OF a different texture than
her own and by a typewriter that was
not hers. The heading vas the same:
why I have never married, ana
nnQGG Tue "S4OSS 3SS0SASS
never had courage to propose. she
read It through with breathless haste,
vet taking IN every word. 1t was as
straight from the heart as her own
confession had been, only truly 1t was
from a mans heart that had been
stined by hard work and at first by the
necessities Of poverty. It told OF
desire as keen as was Taeresa's for
home that should be compelling ana
shielding and aIl-satisfying. There
were bits of dry humor IN It, too. The
man who wrote it-Professor Morgan
had sometimes come very near the
danger line. He had, to be sure, some
times seen the woman whom he
thought he might be happy with. But
aIways there was the feeling that the
girl of today needs an infinite deal OF
counting and coaxing- He had never
learned these arts and so he never
showed his heart
when Theresa was reading the
paper in amazement for the second
time. Professor Morgan came TO her
apartment. He had never bDen there
before, nor had he known where she
lived till he received her paper.
He was as free from the prellmtna-
ries Of The usual sutton as the co2fes-
sion had indicated that he would be.
He told Theresa quite frankly and
bluntly that he wanted to marry her.
lie did rot even ask for an explanation
as to how he came into possession OF
her confession But, having had
vision OF her own little half-starved
heart, he felt sure that they could
make each other happy. and Of
course Theresa accepted.
Theresa was very practical and with
her heart still beating very fast-for
a maiden Of thirty-five does not re-
ceive her first proposal without a great
quickenlng Of pulse = she seized DR..
NIorgan's written confession. .
ut isn't too Iate,' she said, slipping
it into blank envelope and address
ing it to the editor Of the woman's
magazine. THE time has been ex
tended a few days. know this viii
take the prize"
And so a few days later came the
check for fifty dollars-the first prize