The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1920-09-02
A Wife
on Probation
By 0TiLLiA p. PFEiFFER
"a isse. western Ns~sp.s.f ualoa }


Ia his friends A widower for ~
year,. he Ind brought w his son. lilo
mer, ns would strict disciplinnrlnn
and had turned out q Tine young man
In all respects.
when you have made your way
Into a solid business position aud the
future Is assured" Sir. Lane told lilo
mcr. II n naturul aud sensible ~
think % marrying. hot before" aud
the speaker considered this as SORT
81 warning that would have a re-
stralnlng Influence on the young man
When the lst,er was twenty-five SIR
Lame scnt hSn 10 the city 90 enter %,
Offices 90 the Central Railway Eguip-
ment company, 10 which be- had
large Interest. Tho reports be- ~.
c,ifcd from Homer and from his em.
ployers Tor the lrst year Inspired "a.
old man with the deepest prld, aud
Subtraction. Homer had developed
saiesu. hip qualifications 81 10 mean
order. u was through him that az
extensive contract was received COW
criug construction in iu,nus Aires
Then there came. suddenly. Earring
" o. GreEury Lane. tcvciopmru-
that for time disrupted bis liyug
plans and caused the urst hard feet
ings he had ever experienced against
bis son. IT. arfiya. was hrald,d hy
the uppsamncc at the Oid home Of d
bright pfcscutalie young fellow about
Homcrs age. who announced In a
preliminary way that be was clos.
friend Of Homer ana fellow cm-
pioycc.
Homer sent me 10 see you. Mr.
Lane" he said. -and ! hope what !
have 10 communicate will not distress
ycu. Tor Homer has married yuuug
lady you must Ike and respect. a.
~. all do. u you viii take IN. truuli,
To learn % her good qualities"
There Maurice Page was halted 10
his disclosures by the old man spring
ins o. bis feet ns though a cannon
hHll bad struck him Ills face grew
purple. hls gray locks seemed 70 W
hrute electrically. his lVs trcmb.ed a.
be uttered hoarsely:
You mean to tell me that my son
has married without notifying me Of
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a., " ~ - 90
viii not blame him. Homer has mar.
ried the sweetest girl IN the world. lie
has been calling upon her for some
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"a on an ,n,nn,s.. =, M s,.,.rons os.
,u,. Tn.,. wa, . on,.t u.,,,I,ny v.-.
t,rday morninr Within ,h. sam. hour
the hous. Informed Homer that h. /
would have Ia take the nrst steamer ]
10 South America, to reach Buenos /
Aires aud protect several millions Of /
rnilroAd supplies In litigation. Hus-
band % an hour. he babe his wife. |
Vera. farewell. Instructed me what to
do. and Mrs. Lane il a guest Of my |
mother until some permanent arrange /
ment can be made for her"
And what has nil this Got 10 do |
with mer' demaDded Gregory Lane.
his face pr,ssnting an icy infiexibuity. /
-As agains, every tacit promise be has /
mad. me. Homer weds In defanc. Of I
nil sense and order"
mir Lane in,eriee,ei Page plead.
inRly. "a, viii break his heart II you
DO NOT receive n. daughter he has
won YOU She IA prnc,ically honelesS.-
And a new mas. OF feeling influenced
m. ina,rpan, father as youth against
nr. The fery,nt pl,as nyail.d Greg.
ory Lanes temprr d,d no, unbepd. but
h. spoke ssunly:
aver, we'll l.t uomers wife com.
on probation."
Tn. trembling mn. refugee enm. 10
,.. -, ,,loo,a, nom, much An the
frame 81 mind ~ n destitute one
seeking an unfriendly and unWelcome
shelter In I,nnri,ntlon the old man
had n,c,ur.a sons, braz.n. artful nd.
ventures. who had enptiynted his son.
som. .xtruyagan, woman. disdaInlng
work. thinking only Of the luxury the
Lsne wealth nigh, bes,ow. Therefor.
hs arepsr,d 20 accent what was an
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