The weekly times-record. (Valley City, N.D.) 1912-1922, 1920-08-12
"A Timely
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By RALPH HAMILTON

8 BY RALPH HAMILTON 3
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When the parents Of Waldron
Lynne asked him to 60 down to Earl
vile and look up q house they could
rent from May to November, that en-
terprising young man must have acted
with extreme diligence and care. for
when he returned he made the an
nouncement with enthusiasm:
"Ive found you just what you want,
| all ready to move into, lovely garden.
| nice neighbors-in fact, perfect jew
ell Of place"
A few days later when Mr.. and Mrs.
Lynne accompanied him to Earlville.
there were selected places they liked
| much better than the one Waldron
| had selected. He seemed so greatly
| taken with the latter, however, that
| they decided to indulge his choice.
"There was a method to the process
Of our young man in influencing us to
move into this especial neighborhood
| 1t seems remarked Mr.. Lynne to his
wife week later. "Have you noticed
the large house on the rise in ground
in line with this one, about square
distapt?" .s.-E
mot particularly" replied Mrs.
Lynne. "Why"
"Waldron has, and continues to do
so. remarked how absorbed he was
in studying its architectural beauties
and general environment through an
opera glass and took look myself.
It appears that the garden of the Way
land place, as it IS called, is favor
/ lite spot with a most graceful and
prettily dressed young lady. I rallied
Waldron, basing the action on my
suspicious, and in his always frank
and truthful way be admitted the soft
impea chment of an unusual interest
in the young lady in question. He de-
liberately stole a march on us. It
seems that when he first came here
and noticed the rent sign. he went to
the Wayland place to inquire some
thing about 1t. AS it might not hap
pen again in a year. Miss Isabel Vane
was alone in her garden. All the folks
were away except one servant. She
was probably lonesome and she and
Waldron were mutually attracted to
one another. Anyhow, he remained
there a whole forenoon and he has
managed to meet her away from her
home several times since then"
"Why not at her homer asked Mrs.
Lynne.
"Ah! there is the crux of the whole
affair. Miss Isabel Vane is an orphan
and an heiress with two guardians,
one at Brocton, the other here. She
equally divides the year between the
two. John Wayland, who lives yon-
der, is a crotchety,, stern, Suspicious
old bear who is so afraid that his love
ly ward will fall prey to some schem-
ing fortune hunter, that he watches
her rs a cat does mouse.
poor boy!" said Mrs. Lynne.
Mr.. Lynne had outlined conditions
correctly. Isabel Vane and his son
had met sufficient number Of times
to cement an acquaintance that had
very nearly eliminated in unexpress-
ed, but mutual love. John Wayland
had seen to it that the young people
did not meet. He denied Isabel no
rational pleasure that money could
buy, but at once set about arranging
to remove her to her other guardian.
| many miles away from Earlville.s
Just one letter Waldron had man.
aged through craft and caution to get
to Isabel. In it he had impetuously
He entreated reply, encouraging, If
| it could be 50, and then limited at q
! campaign where love laughed at lock,
smiths. A day passed by, two days
but he received no reply, and he was
at q point Of desperation. He did not
make allowance for the fact that the
watch and ward Of John Wayland had
| been set to method where every
move of Isabel was under the closest
| cynosure. 1t was torture complete tc
sit at the open window of his room and
take within the range of his vision 81
distantly a sight Of the dainty, fitting
form of his inamorata. Archery was
about the sole recreation Of Isabel
and as he noted her In its pursuit HI
likened the punctured targets to thu
poignant wounds separation Occa
stoned to his own longing and lacerat
ed heart. .
At the end Of the third day Of anx
ious, woeful waiting, Waldron made
up his mind that Miss Vane was no
inclined to favor his suit. Had 1t beel
otherwise. he reasoned, she surel.
would have found some way Of com
municating with him. He made VI
his mind to go to the city, immers'
himself in business and forget hi
misery and disappointment. He W.