The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-05-01
They Were
Seven!
,coryr,sht. 1919. By Western Newspaper un'os,
q, ERNEST sErrERIDoE


Sevennaks. Neat little place. loNn
| barlow owns IL. Ask for him. hap
pen Ia know he wants handy mnn
and You look like that And say,
there's n pretty daughter there. Aha
! Stick to barlow for seven years. Ike
the man did In the story, and mayhe
you'll get her. And she's worth walt
I Ing for. believe mef'
Thus n native Of Eromp'on. answer
ell an incidental inquiry ~ Nylie
! Marsh. The latter. fine looking
| young fellow Of about ~. smiled NJ
the quaint presentation 81 his infor-
mant. thanked him and seemed In
| fused with the "seven" Idea, for With
! IN seven minutes he was az the Oar
! low place.
Seven hours work about the p'...s
and NJ the supper table Marsh met
| Celia barlow. Never so tidy little
| housckccpcr. never n more charming
! face with feeling ~ rare content
| Marsh settled down into groove that
seemed exactly fitted to him.
By the end of seven weeks Marsh
| and Celia were engaged. 81 the end
/ of seven months John barlow dlscov-
! cred this mutual devotion. frrcrly or
I dored Marsh out Of the house and
/ nearly broke Cclla's heart by that
net. Celia clopcd with Marsh, and
! from a town seven miles distant wrote
| n hcseechiug note asking for the pa.
rental blessing and forgiveness.
There came back scathnE scorch-
| ing reply, Forever II stated. she was
] shut out from heart and home. Neither
She nor the man ,hc had welded with
out permission should ever darEen
| the door 81 SrNcnoaks again More
appeals, more bitter and definite r.
plies. and celia knew that she had
east In her L.; with Marsh FOR good.
seven years passed hy. uufvrsiyin:
aud lonely for John parlow. fun ~
| life. variety and bliss for the welded
ryir Tender. considerable. loving.
4 Marsh had never given Celia cause
To- regret marrying him. except Tor sor-
rowful thoughts regarding her father
Celia was supremacy content.
Mnrsh..it seemed. before coming TO
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