The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1919-07-12

well. ri get them started On een-
ealogy and perhaps they can nnd
enough In common to keep them
amused for the weekend" And rather
reluctantly. for she still felt that the
temperaments Of Nancy and Nathaniel
would be no more sympathetic than OIL
and water, she turned her attention to
ordering the wherewithal to keep her
large family abundantly providoned,
seeing that the old-fashioned four
poster beds In her guest rooms were
newly made up with linen sheets ana
otherwise making ready for the house
party.
Nathaniel had at first shown only
polite attention to Nancy when. on the
FIRST day Of the party. MrA Stewart
proposed that they be partners for one
Of her nice little woodland strolls that
were 10 important 4 part Of the pro-
gram for the other members Of the
party.
She could not fail to notice that
conversation between them Jagged a.
they wound their way after the others
through the freshly leaved trees In the
woodland. "And you aren't interested
In tennis, either" she heard Nancy
say, laughing. to Mr.. StObndse-
really you are most hard to talk to-"
.Oh, Nancy DEAR" Mrs. Stewart said
suddenly coming up to them. II for
got to tell you that Mr.. Stobridge ID
almost as enthusiastic about genealosy
as you are and he il one OF the colonial
Stobridges. But know you have
found much 10 common" she hbbed,
-without discussing anything 30 dry
as family records"
Thus having sowed the seeds OF con-
geniality she sauntered ahead to watch
over the interests Of the other MEM
bers Of her little party.
ut il really most extraordinary"
Nathaniel told his hostess that night
as the party broke up to retire. TO
And q young woman Of Miss Mar
bury's type 70 seriously interested In
genealogN We've had a delightful
time talking-perhaps I should say
that have and now am impatiently
looking forward to tomorrow"
The next day-saturday-Mrs. Stew
art was content to notice that Ma
thanlel and Nancy actually did con-
tinue their discussion and comparison
Of notes. "But don't you see how i'm
portant It IL to prove that nth inter-
marriaRet" she heard Nancy saying al
most pleadingly. Because II I don't
my little volume of Marbury records
will be almost useless. was 20 sure
that Hannah Jane did marry Nehe-
miah Stobridge. It was Nehemiah. /
am sure. and the rest Of the name
was blurred In the family BIbles'
Positively, my dear GIRL" she heard
Nathaniel reply. "He was confirmed
bachelor. There always have been
bachelors in the Stobridge family, and
I am true to type. It must have been
some other Nehemiah"
That night after all the guests had
retired. Mrs.. Stewart heard low voices
in the hall below and only slightly
alarmed ut q vague thought Of bur
glars, she started to descend the broad
stairs Of the front hall. Then she
stopped short. For there by the last
dying glow Of the IRE that had been
lighted to drive of the chill earlier In
the evening sat Nathaniel and Nancy.
Nancy had met him there to show him
her records.
sYou see. there IL every reason to
believe that it was Nehemiah Sto-
bridge that my Hannah Jane married"
-But my dear little GIRL" Mrs.
| Stewards pulses began to beat fast
for words like that are dear to the
heart of a born match-maker-"my
dear little Nancy, Nehemiah was an
toed back to her room and slept con-
tent. She forgot the discussion and
disagreement about Hannah Jane and
Nehemiah and thought only Of those
words Of Nathaniers.
It was two weeks after her little
house party had come successfully to
4 finish and all her guests had de-
ciared 1t the most wonderful party
they had ever attended, when she got
letter from Nancy. E
Nathaniel and I want you to know
first" the letter began, "and I think
perhaps you knew which way the wind
blew before your house party ended.
Yes, we are engaged and we are 20
congenial. And this Is how 1t hap
pened I Just had to ind that nth
intermarriage, and the idea struck
Nathaniel frst that we could do IT.
I mean provide a nth intermarriage
between the Aarburys and the Sto-
bridges. Only Of course we would
have done 1t any way-we Just couldn't
have helped It. And you, dear. are ~
sponsible for 1t all"