Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1921-04-13
r.1arried on Time
By R. RAY BAKER

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5sssssssssssssssssssesssss sssssssssssssssso !
AS he walked through the gate and
caught glimpse of yellow cufls
through window of the vine-covereo
cottage, Robert Hannaford felt some
not a great deaf, but some-of the
weight lifted from his heavy heart.
1t had been q full month since ne
had seen Gloria Engel, month OF
gladness, but with fnis of sadness.
Many persons would not have seen
anything sad about Robert beng
discarded by Angeline Vanentine. In
fact, some of his welI-wishing friends
had limited to Robert that it would
be better for him if he left the DASH
ing, dark-haired hlm actress alone.
"She's just a vamp," one of these
friends warned. "She's vamp In the
movies because she's just naturally
one in real life. That's why she does
so well in those parts. She'll get your
heart in the hollow Of her hand, anu
then she'll squeeze it and throw 1t
away"
But Robert was infatuated. When
he first saw Angeline she was spend
ing few weeks at Cedar Point to rest
from her latest -"million-dollar" pro-
-duction, and she certainly was
charming convalescent.
Robert was no unsophistlcated
country product. He was not native
of Cedar Point any more than Ange-
line was but he had been spending
summers there for the past few years
as the guest of MS aged uncle. Rob
ert was head of a prosperous automo-
bile parts plant in Indiana, but hay
fever drove him to the northern lake
region during ragweed season.
While on his first visit to his uncle
Robert met Gloria Engel and her
frank, wholesome, sunny nature CT :.
pletely won him. Nothing was defn-
itely settled between them, but there
was tacit understanding that part
nership affair in which the Gospel
played a part would be consummated
in the near future. When he came north
for the present summer Robert felt it
was time to settle this partnership
matter, for now he was in financial
position to support a wife as he felt
one should be supported.
Then along came Angeline and
spoiled it all. Robert deserted Gloria
with no words of explanation and
spent most of his time with the actress.
They golfed, motored, swan and
canoed. Yes, Robert was infatuated.
In way he was not responsible for
his treatment of Gloria, for infatua-
tion is form of temporary insanity.
Then one night, at private dinner,
Robert announced he was to be mar
ried.
1.-TWO weeks from today" he said,
twill find me no longer single man."
"You sure do work FAST" was the
comment of one Of his friends as they
congratulated him.. Some of these
felicitations were not as hearty as
they might have been, for Gloria was
we'll liked by Roberts friends and sew
eral of them would have spoken words
of censure for the way he had treated
her, if they had voiced the sentiment
that was in their minds.
The next day Robert went to the
hotel to keep an engagement with An
geline. She was not there. but the
clerk, with plying grin, handed Rob-
ert letter. 1t was brief:
Robert, Dear-Tve gone back to
work. We've had some nice times, but
of course we were not serious-at
least, 1 was not. Really; I never could
marry you. I hope you won't feel too
bad about this. You see, there's a
man back home that I really love.
"ANGELINE."
For hours Robert walked on the
beach, reading and re-reading this
note. It seemed that the end of things
had come.
1.-The fellows were right" he told
himself. "She's vamp, but 1 loved
her. 1 wonder if it was genuine love,
thought
Dusk found him far down the beach.
During the walk he had come to, as it
were, from period Of sleep.
"Im almost glad it happened" he
said. "I'm going back to Gloria-f
she'll have me-"
Nevertheless Robert did not find it
easy to shake off the depression that
had come withsthe note from Angeline.
1t took considerable courage to ap-
proach Gloria's quaint little home,
where she lived with her aunt, but it
seemed he just must get consolation
from some one.
Gloria admitted him and treated
him as If nothing ever had come be-
tween them. Her smile was just the
same, and she was as gracious as
eyer. That was like Gloria. 1t was
returning good for evil, in sense !;
and for that reason it hurt. 1t made
Robert feel small and mean.