Gunnison news-champion., 1920-07-23

He id not syea write TO her. hut
.hsn = little later be vent 10 Burton
-osr 20 work he vas fIled one mo
alslt with the fear that he might see
her by chance and thea with regret
that - did not But TO have her see
him sitting there In the eosbler's car
T-' slpI-rs was aSonizing- Then
cnms the Light Stss too had her shoes
repaired while she saired Then n.
vas hlBrlns. too. No doubt she too
had been Spending her eTrravs CANT two
weeks vacation the same way that
- had That Was only a possibility
s'iu 1t gave Nathaniel courage and he
p""rei out Of the side Of his mag
rEiue.
But Ruth. though she peered over
az him when he WIS not looking. re
fused 20 permit her eyes 90 meet his
This Nathaniel felt sure WIS because
she had felt offended because he new
c- had written 10 her Well. that was
tut natural. especially II she had real
Iy cared FOR him. So when his shoes
we're repaired he put them on and
LETT the shop and Ruth, determined
20 writ. 90 her that very evening ask
inE permission 20 come al once 70 see
her
II might be even tina, she worked
IS a stenoErHpher or something In his
plant Perhaps she was daily under
the same roof. For there were thou
lands Of employees there whom he
did no; know.
He walked along convincing himself
that this wns true until after walking
toward his lodging house for two or
three blocks he felt distinctly con
s~ious tina, someone was following a
Few PAGES behind him. He glanced
over his shoulder. saw Il was Ruth
and then turned abruptly about and
faced her.
Hello. Ruth" he said. and Ruth.
though somewhat surprised, said
Hello, Nnhaniel.- just as they had
greeted each other on the beach during
hose wonderful two weeks OF vncn-
ton.
Il followed you.- said Ruth. "be-
cause realized that you must live In
Burtontown now and I a, Ieas, wanted
would turn and catch me-
Now you know said Nathaniel.
eager frs; OF all TO explain himself.
you know why didn't write TO you
! thought you had all sorts OF money.
Won know. and-well. I had put up n
hun there AZ the shore. and knew
a poor fellow like me couldn't marry
YOU because you see ! thought you
had all sorts OF money"
Navy you" echoed Ruth with a
funny little grimace. So you wanted
to marry mer'
Wanted TO-" argued Nathaniel. you
know I did. Only OF course when I
was thinking you had all sorts OF mon
ey couldn't think OF II. Really II
never occurred TO me TIL I saw you
there getting your shoes heeled that
you could possibly be anything bu,
Rwfully rich. Pretty good Joke all
around. ch' I suppose you took me
( for young hondholder. too"
"wonld II make so much dIfYerencef'
FILTERED Ruth as they walked on
through the main street OF Burtontown
You see-well. father owns the ma
jOrity stock Of the plant. and-well.
I'm his only daughter, but he has told
me / could marry Jus. whoever !
pleased so long as 7 loved him
'Iie married for love. and he wants
me TO, too. And truly love you. Nat.
dear. When saw you this morning I
Just left the car and told the chauffeur
to go back home. and tralled you tn
the shoe shop and got the strings just
TO be sure II was you. And I was
afraid you'd feel silly and self-con-
scious sitting there In the old slippers.
30 ] made an excuse TO sit there too
In the other slippers so you wouldn't
mind And II was So funny I Just
wanted TO laugh out loud. And you
wouldn't speak TO me. so then I got
little peeyed at first. and then I
thought maybe II was because you
| were 50 fused so decided wouldn't
speak to you, either-so as to spare
your embarrassment But followed
you ms soon MS I could get my shoes
on"
| And II WAS remarkable how readily
after tina, Naihaniei's rare ability was
discovered at the plant His salary
took sudden leap upward. and moth
er and the girls down state never
guessed that Ruth had anything to do
with IT.