Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1918-09-27
Making a
Record
By CHARLES POWERS BANNIN

flower had just left the house with a
detected mien after half an hours con-
ference with the old tyrant, and Elsie
feared the worst.
81 have told the young man that
his case was hopeless" announced Rob-
Iert Marsh with brutal candor. "In the
first place, l will have no love-making
while you are under eighteen, and no
engagement until I discover the mer-
its of the man of your choice"
ooh, grandpa! !" cried Elsie, "Vernon
Ross is nothing but merit! He has
"a good position, does not eve smoke,
and he loves mech, so dearlyr"
"Well, I'll watch him and see how
he develops. Let him strike out and
make a record. Then / may consider
him. Originality-that's what l like
to see in a young man. Initiative,
blazing q new course"
Elsie left the room, crying. She de-
clared to herself that her heart was
broken. 1t seemed all mended up,
however, when she met Vernon Marsh
at the public library the next day.
OllSildlllyy IL SpOhO NAhOh
when Elsie had narrated the details Of
her interview with her uncle. 'Don't
despair, Elsie. 1 saw a twinkle in
the eyes of that old bear when I was
talking with him, and I'm going to do
something original"
ooh, Vernon! Tell me what it is"
81 will, later. You told me that he
H. Il - I--1q - A1x,- q 4hN rhon-
ograph every evening, didn't you"
EYES," nodded Elsie.
"All right; I've got my cue. You
come up to my sisters tomorrow, and
I will reveal my dark and sinuous
plot" And Elsie went home, curious
and hopeful.
"You see," observed Vernon, when
he met Elsie next day, "your grand
father wishes me to make a record
doesn't he?"
Eyes, Vernon"
"Well, 1 am going to crafty his
wish, and you are to help me do it"
and although Vernon's statement was
,enigmatical, he looked very confident.
More than once that week Elsie and
Vernon met at his sisters home. Elsie
was excited and Vernon animated.
81 hope" he remarked quizzically
to Elsie, chat your august grandpa
rent likes my record"
ooh, Vermont how will he take it?"
"As a piece of originality, I hope"
observed Vernon.
It was a week later when Elsie and
her sister and brother Joined Mr..
Marsh in the library, to give the usual
concert on the talking machine. 1t
always pleased and soothed the old
man.
"a new record, grandpa. 1t is called
l'The Woes of Love-" and she started
the photograph.
The head of the old nan came up
with a Jerk. He viewed the phono-
graph suspiciously, for there spoke
from it's depths the voice of Vernon
Ross. In eloquent love language he
was proposing to Elsie. Then, sorrow
fully, she responded to his fervent APP
peal. She loved him, but her hard
hearted grandfather forbade their being
happy She would never marry any
other, but her heart was broken!
Then, in his natural tone, clear and
distinct, there followed a mournful re-
Spouse from Vernon. He would go
away and find some lonely Crusoe
isle, where he could pine and die!
"But 1 will leave a message for your
relative, Notwithstanding all his cru
city. He is a member of your family,
and as such I suppose I should do
good to him. Tell your grandfather
that 1 return good for evil-tell him
to sell his stock holdings in the Red
Panther Mining company and buy
Black Beaver instead. This is the
last message of a desperate, down.
cast, disconsolate man!
"H'm!" was the only comment Mr..
Marsh made. as he arose and went
into another room, closed the door
and then gave way to animated
chuckles and suppressed laughter.
leaving poor Elsie to wonder what
would become of the daring ~"original-
ity'' of Vernon.
"Pretty cleverT" soliloquized Mr..
Marsh. "Smart, too, in finding out
that I held that stock; polite in CIV
ing me a hint which, coming from an
up-to-date broker like himself, really
is worth looking into-original? Say,
I've an idea"
That idea assumed definite form and
substance a week later. Elsie was
startled when her grandfather directed
her one day to have Vernon come to
the house the following evening. She
could not surmise the motive, but the
invitation was a concession. When
Vernon appeared the old man was
courteous and urbane. He suggested
the monograph, and it was soon in
operation. He fed the disks himself,
reproducing the concert Of the week
previous. Even "The Woes of Love"
was given; word for word the disk re-
heated its original screed, and her a