Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1920-08-25
The
Tie of Love
By t. B. ANDERSON
g. 1920, Western Newspaper Union.)

eyes, Nellie is the last to leave
home" sighed Mrs. Waters to rela-
tive who had come to stay for few
days. "She is to be married next
week"
"All gone-Alice, Warren, Barley,
and now the youngest" repeated the
other. 81 should think you would be
dreadfully lonesome"
"Of course we miss them," replied
HRS. Waters, "but we are glad TO see
them make their choice in life, we'll
and happy. Alice has picked out a
very sensible man with q good busi-
ness. Warren will always be near
us. He settled in the town here.
Nellie's prospective husband is doc
tor in the city, with an established
practice"
"And Bartley-how has he got
along?"
Mrs. Waters frightened the lips that
expressed disappointment or resent
ment, it was difficult to decide which.
"Well, if the truth must be known"
she said, BARLEY has not made much
Of his chances in life. He always had
q mechanical turn, you know, and
liked pottering about with tools and
inventing impossible machines. He
could have married the richest girl
I'm Dayton, but no, he never looks out
sensibly for his own interest! A year
ago he took months vacation down
in the southern part of the state and
came back with bride. We were
more than surprised"
"She-"
"Oh! the girl is all right, and her
old father. too. as to intelligence and
responsibility, but worse than poor,
absolutely at the verge of destitution
when BARLEY came across them. Were
really living in tent down there in
the swampy country. 1t would almost
seem as if BARLEY had married Win
ME Blake from charity or pity"
"They don't get along
"Oh, yes. they do-perfectly happy.
The girl fairly idolizes BARLEY. and
he is more than content grubbing
along, dreaming his old dreams of
startling the world with some great
invention, and just making ends meet.
Winnie and her father encourage him
in his speculative ambition, for they
think he is the smartest man In the
world"
"NIaybe he is-give him time to de-
velop," suggested the relative.
Hardly, saddled with debt and an
old man who will never be able again
to make his living" sighed Mrs. Wa
ters.
Her impulsive son and his adoring
wife rocked little that the shoe
pinched hard at times. There was
romance in their lives that would
always remaia. On u walking tour
doiwn state; Rarfle II id come across
The: Blases fatIie iers and sdaug ughteT Shell
tered az d tent On lie poor 40acrsl
patch where they had grubbed out a
living for years. Only week previ-
Gus the house and barn had burned
down along with a lot Of grain and
equipment. They were absolutely beg
CARED. BARLEY fingered fascinated by
the pure, innocent nature Of the lovely
girl who strove to encourage her
stricken father that better days were
I'm store for them. Fate fashioned the
outcome, and Winnie went back to
Bartley's home town, his wife.
Over year went by, and a baby
came. BARLEY had made little prog
ress in hts business, for half of his
time he was working on an invention
that looked promising. At the last
he discovered that an essential princi-
pie of its construction had been de-
vised previously by college profess
sor, of itself no use to the inventor,
but without the right to use it Bart
1ey's machine was minus valuable es-
sential. The college professor was
only willing to transfer it for several
thousand dollars.
Little Daiay, the babe, was only a
few weeks old when Mr. Blake one
day disappeared. Winnie was deeply
worried and BARLEY was alarmed.
They searched vainly for trace of
the missing man. They feared for his
safety-aged, penniless, unfit for hard
ship as he was. Then one evening
as Winnie, the babe and BARLEY were
seated on the porcn, the first named
uttered a vivid scream. The depot
auto circ'ed up to the curb and Albert
Blake alighted.
"Sort of tired from a long train ride,
so thought I'd hire a conveyance" he
chirped gayly, after Winnie had wept
for Joy on his shoulder and BARLEY
Rugged him in glad welcome. "My
new suit7 Why, yes, Professor Smith
helped me pick it out"
professor Smith," repeated Bart
ley amazedly.
"Was with him all the morning.
/ mustn't forget to give you tne doc
ument transferring his patent to you.
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