Idaho County free press. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho Territory) 1886-current, 1919-02-06

q find this second pile of books entirel.
to her liking.
Three days later, after hours AM
3 hours spent together in the book room
{ Madge called on Aunt Elizabeth Dun
ham, excusing herself from her cousin
on the ground of needing a little d.
version before going on with the Sc
lection.
zone thing we agreed on" she as
sured Aunt Elizabeth, "and that is on
books. for every book that appeals to
me appeals to him, and while he is per-
fectly gentlemanIy about it, we both
set our hearts on the same books. It
really seems a shame to separate the
collection. They are quite. remarkable.
/ didn't realize that Aunt Mary Jane
was so booky."
Il suppose Aunt Jane might have
! left them TO a library" commented
| Aunt Elizabeth with a smile that puz-
zed Madge, "but she thought that
you two school teachers might like
them"
eve do like them-it's dividing them
that makes It hard"
"Oh. well. perhaps you'll find a
way" was all Aunt Elizabeth sug-
gested"
Two days later Stanley Taylor, on
the pretext of wishing a little diver
sion. made his call on Aunt Elizabeth.
He had met her scarcely three times
before IN his life. but as one of the
few surviving Dunhams he felt that
she would be able to give him advice.
Still, he was amazingly embarrassed |
when he got right down to the matter
about which be wanted advice How
ever, he got to the point in short |
order"
you know, it all started this way"
Stanley began. "Wben Madge came
back the other day she told me where
she had been and she said that all
the help you would give was to say
perhaps we'd find a way. She told
me that and then she laughed and
turned her head away and blushed.
Madge is very pretty when she bushes
she has improved immensely the
last few years since that time Aunt
Jane had us here to try and get us to
fall in love. l think the Dunhams do
improve with age" And Aunt Eliza
beth said undoubtedly they did.
what I want to know is what you
meant, and what Madge meant" con-
tinued Stanley. ''rhe more I have
thought of that remark-well, the truth
Is it put an idea into my head that
had been shaping itself ever since
Madge got here. We have tastes very
much in common-the very fact that
We can't divide the books shows that,
md of course the books wouldn't have
% he divided if we-well, hang 1t all,
Aunt Elizabeth, you're a woman Do
you think Madge would have me?'
Aunt Elizabeth wasn't at all sure,
tut when Stanley took his question TO
tfadge that evening back in the
limly lighted library, Madge need
d no urging Her only regret, :
he said, was that it might seem
hat she was accepting him on
ccount of the books, whereas she
wanted him for his own dear self
tanley had never realized what an
cstasy of contentment there was in {
eing called dear SELF by. wom- {
n before In fact IT was an entirely
ovel experience. b
They hurried TO Aunt Elizabeth with [
leir good news and Aunt Elizabeth
as ready then TO play her surprise Il
n them. Yes, Aunt James fortune Il
aally. my dears. quite staggering in
ze-had been left to her, but only p
nth the match could be made Really. h
ID Aunt Jane was pretty shrewd. t.
ven if she was near the century Il
ark She had made up her mind II
tile while before she died that IL e
e cousins could be brought together
or q library of books that way they al
Guild do-exactly what they had done 10
, she sent to a book collector in
oston and told him just what she re
lnted. OF course Aunt Jane had OF
ver had any books to speak of her III
II.
"And if we hadn't decided as we did
en- you would have had the money, TIL
was there some other provision?" Ii,
ked Madge, the full enjoyment of a
r good fortune married a little by so
p thought that some one else might
robbed by it. ne
~ asked Aunt Jane what to do tn,
III the money if you didn't earn il. 81
! she said there could he no If. to
p said she'd been an old maid nearly str
hundred years and I had for fifty
7 IL was time some Of the Dunhams
married"