Grants Pass daily courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1919-1931, 1919-02-14
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THAT Timpkins Boy Has Sent a Val.
entine TO Llssy Edwards"

THAT Timpkins Boy Has Sent Val
entine to Lissy Edwards"
not-only Myra didn't have much to
say about Ella Flagg. Once they had
been close friends, but for many years
they had been estrsnged.
Elias mute. questioning face ap-
peared at the post Office window.
Myra nodded curtly, handed Ella
newspaper and letter containing
circular. Then she turned her back
and began to close up the Office Tor the
noon hour.
When she was all alone Myra locked
The door and took Elias valentine out
If her own bcx. II was postmarked
from town II California and the
handwriting was unmistakaDiy that Of
VIII Chandler. Myra knew II at once.
She had had several notes from VIII
before he fell in love with Ella Flagg.
The envelope was addressed to Ella
Flagg.
Myra's black eyes blazed jealously as
| she held the mIssive up to the light
and discerned through the thin paper
the dainty decoration of a lovely val
entine.
A little printed verse could be plain.
ly read:
Amid these wilds Y wander in despair,
l sigh for her. so faithless, yet so fair.
Ye streams. ye woods. ye breezes tell
The agonies OF soul for her l feel.
A bit of .doggerel verse-yet 1t set
Myra's heart to beating rapidly.
VIII Chandler had sent this. valen-
tine to Ella Flagg-what wonder-work-
ing thing was this Love which could
bridge the long years Of estrange-
ment?
Year after year VIII Chandler had
sent similar message to Ella Flagg-
and Ella had never received IT. STILL
VIII had doggedIy sent the valentines,
Nothing in between, but on the days
devoted to the kindly saint, VIII sent
some message TO his old sweetheart
and Ella never got It'll i;
Myra Watts might have explained
but she didn't.
| Today her eyes glowed fiercely as
she hid the letters away in her bureau
at home.
"They ought to be my Valentines
she defended herself. $50 I'll KEEP
'em here"
That night Myra closed the post Of
fee at eight o'clock and started fol
home. Her way led past the little
house where Ella Flagg lived with ar
invalid mother. When Myra passed
Mrs. Jacob Hll's house that good lady
ran out with paper hat bag in hel
hand.
| "Oh, Myra," she painted, "do yor
mind leaving this at Ella Flagg'.
house? She's promised to fix my
inourning bonnet tonight SOS can &
to Uncle, Benny's funeral tomorrow
I'm much obliged" she called over hel
shoulder as she hurried into the house
Myra turned into the Flagg gate ant
went around the path to the side door
There was light In the sitting room
and Myra peeped through the glas
panels of the door before she knocked
What she saw there stayed her hand
Ella Flagg was all alone in tn,
room. Myra knew that Mrs. Flag
was asleep in the adjoining bedroom
Elias fair head was pressed disconso
lately into the cushions of the sof
and her thin shoulders were heavini
convulsively.
Clenched In one thin hand was ,
crumpled envelope and Myra shrewdl,
guessed 1t might be some old love let
ter from VIII Chandler.
Myra's tough little heart suddenl
melted-was this evening repetition
Of many other endings of st. valer
tines day? Had Ella Flagg hope
each year that she would receive som
message from her absent loverf
And then the full realization Of tn
misery she had caused brought
dreadful feeling Of wretchedness
her heart. g;i,
II mustitell her." decided Myra SUI
denly; II must tell her about the le
ters have kept back-and when b
comes after her, must tell him, to-
and must help her get ready fC
her wedding-it's my punishment i"
Softly she opened the door and weI
inside.
when VIII Chandler came home
claim Ella Flagg for his bride. peop
4 marveled that Myra Watts appeared !,