Jackson County journal., 1919-02-21

early marriage. Her father groaned |
at the thought of the wedding ex-
penses, but consoled himself with a |
Plsgah-sight of the Canaan when the
last of his dear children should be
living at another mans cost.
! Mrs. Kip made one stipulation: 81
won't let Daphne sneak away to New
York and be married by justice of
the peace or coroner or whoever
does such things in New York. She
must have a church wedding and
home reception
Daphne accepted this unanimously,
with one amendment
Il must go to New York to get nv
trousseau'
"Of course" said Mrs. Kip.
"Of course not!' said Mr.. Kip.
"Why not?' said Mrs. Kip.
"The expense is the why not! What's
the use of spending fortune on
clothes? The money that goes out for
these hOneymoons might better be
turned into the wedding fund. Lord
knows Daphne will need dollars more
than she needs duds if she marries
that young fellow"
Daphne broke out in a revolt. ooh,
but I'll be glad to be free from this
. everlasting talk of money, money,
: money! / hate it. / hate to take it
/ from you. If it weren't for the dis
| grace I'd bring to you and mamma l
wouldn't accept cent; I'd be mar
: ried in my old bathrobe. Thank
' heaven, Pm marrying a man who
l doesn't hang onto every penny like
} grim death"
f In her own heart she did not realize
:. what 4 grieVOuS wound she dealt the
r battered old heart Of her father till
i he sighed:
e II was like him when I was his age
n Maybe he'll be like me when he's
l. mine. If l had been more of a misel
e then | guess I'd be less of one now
I Then Daphne caught the hunted
t bounded look behind his spectacle.
n and flung herself in his arms, weep
ing: Forgive me, daddy. I'm little
n beast to talk to you so. don't NEAR
: it. I'm just excited. I'll get only thu
't simplest things, and some day wheI
1t Clay and l are rich I'll pay you bacl
Il thousandfold.'
He patted her and kissed her gawk
v lily, and, manlike, having gained hi
n point, threw it away:
,e "You get whatever is best an,
Id incest. You're the pirtiest girl i
at Ohio and you're going to have tn
E. finest wedding ever was seen in Cleve
in land. And I'll find the money a
n. right, never you fear
ne He had just remembered a bit Q
IT. real estate that had not yet been deco
It rated with a second mortgage. He ha
ad bought it secretly with the proceeds c
'r, windfall. That was his double lif,
st Instead of spending money surrept
ly tiously on dissipatiOns, when he ha
ad bit of luck he sneaked out and il
lie vested it in something he could bo
row money on in crisis. The criS
et never failed him.
le- So Daphne wrote to her brother tn;
nd she was coming to New York to bJ
zee a trOusseau for her wedding to tt
ITS dearest boy on EARTH whose name ST
on would not tell him till she saw him.
IN Her letter crossed letter from Ba
ard, who began it with his regul,
he apology for his unavoidable delay
as writing home.
Try
To- Dearest Mother, Dad and Sis-Receiv
several sweet letters from you, mothe
~ and meant to answer, but been very bus
ty. These hard times forced US to cut dov
IiS- staff and threw extra work on men
C tanned But business has been so bad
~ long it can't get any worse. Bound
leS get better.
,m- So I'm going to-don't drop dead ye
tho I'm going to get married. Found the a
gel of the world. known it for a 10
OI time; been engaged a year, waiting
ter. get rich enough to place her where S
,er- belongs. Not there yet, but can't sta
bachelorhood any longer.
'ho Wedding date not settled yet, but pre-
vas ably some time in June. That wol
all. make a good song, ''Some Time in jun
low, Will let you know exact date.
shS Silence followed the document A
TO there are few documents that me
oan so much to every family as that be-
anu ing the news that one of the chfldr
has gone into the world and found
his mate and given up the ancient loya
art for the new.
And
to CHAPTER ".
pain The two old Kips sat brooding o
two their mystery. The fruit of their