The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1920-12-16
Waiting Years
~ VICTOR REpcLIrFE
&C. isae. wss,.rn Ss~.p.r.f unios B

No b"ice. ~ ste ana virginia Tracy
her fellow sten,'Vrapher Ia the Ollie,
- Rudd A Mowbfay. stood guard
edly looking past the half open doc,
q the Inner Office Of which M.
Marcia Duane was In charge
MI Woo,son II c.rtninl, YER,
r.r,ous. " not sgitatsd. just watch
lin. Alma
The object ~ their curiosity VA
certainty rc.gic~s. 70 nothing more.
kv~rynoiy about ~, ofio- liked
Vincent wooisun and there was u
reason for " sine. b. Wus VI lsnrr
with himself aud all the world and
sought To- brighten the destinics II
oil with whom b. cam. Ia cuntnct
Only n month previous wo~ison bot
Ell the service 10 Rudi a MoWbrs,
O., whom b. had been employed fur
over i've years
The wonder 81 it, n friend bnd
aid "woo,ison Is the kind Of man
~ho sticks Ia posiilon even 10 10
not the most lucrative Ia the world
guess ~. oracle though"
What l. thati" vas inquired
Miss Duane Iir has been asking
her 10 marry him Tor the past two
years and could never bring her to
he point ~ acqui,sceuc- The fact
49, while not ambitions Ut thiri, Mis-
buHn. locks NJ the practical side IF
NE. aud ! hm told has Insisted that
iaii fer hcforr ~. viii consent To-
give az COMPLAINING her own
living
And that L. Why W,u,lsur hrs
changed ~, r"sitlob N he hopes a.
earning 70 h.ffrr sui1rNf
That "ni, for D.. misses t.Iur Ia
- c"mpau, ever, iay"
Al tAis aas true. aud nov after o.
hri"f iHps. - uu, earl, enc mufti.
~ before ti. ono had settled down
'o duties fut The "a, w""isrn hnd
Appeared sr""m'd ~ 10 Ter lau.
gu.i Hrd looking ,Nc..,lingl, pros
.-r"us iic vHs truiN nervous Cor hi
Fat. would d'I.s.' upon shat Mis-
Duane migLi 81, upon this the most
uuspi,ious occasion ~ his No. For
p" had come With a purpo., Sh.
must ~ once dsrii. To- become hI-
wife. 81 BE- would abandon a.. drrsm
% M. year, aud sinl into dlsap
continent and despair
Nil. Duane read something ,cry
new aud animated In the honest face
20 a." man she respected aud -
t"eiu.d a. she entered the oricc II
.n'Aci i've minutes - tan. 10 start
vufk No"dson pointed 90 chair
and O. triny ruii"r-d Nj, Duane -unk
lotto u
You have ."W.thIng 10 tell meTa
he said
Yes" Nodded N,-ndsun u,r,ously
'and hois 10 will please you
nav" fallen hr.r q" litlc estate.
Maria I hove hom. "a offer you
q, last VII ,ou accept IT.
Hts yoic- Wa anxious nui IN
stead, ~ to herself Slightly
heightened culor crossed Narcias
Fac. and her breath cam. more quick
rrnph ~ tire, aud hssh cu,irouci
cottage humble enough. hut with n
wealth ~ floral beauty surrounding
~ \ passing shade ~ dIs1rpolu'
m'ut was expressed IN The ewes ~
Marcia. but n she regarded M, earn
.st. longing face OF this sincere. tru,.
hearted man who had waited Tor her
and loved her patiently. Loyalty
through IA. year,. she placed her
hand In his own,
Is u all your oWni' she asked.
Yes milne. aud something better
bsr. ! hoper
Its settled" cried Alma Royce
fleefully
"s.s. guess there IL no douh, that
". shall soon have wedding"
aid Virginia with rapt anticipation
II was two months later when the
ceremony traEspir-d. Alma aud vir.
glnia we're invited Miss buan. had
given w her position. The glrls
~ere asked Ia accompany Woodson
and Marcia 60 their new hons.
II was hftcen milvs from the city
aud the wedding party started cut IN
automobiles. They knew they were
hearing II NJ the pilot machine slowed
up. II was before the cottag, depict
al I'm the photograph.
1T II charming" pronounced Mar
cia, and yc; II was more diminutiy"
aud modest than she would have pre-
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