The Filer record. (Filer, Idaho) 1919-1930, 1921-10-20

sy ELIZABETH ii. Leg


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Susan 8lary Evans. or. a. she pre-
ferred IL. SIra. Peter. pretty nearly
everything was changed. as well al
hfI name. she had always thought
Hinsviils vas darling piae. 10 I've
bur nos that fLsy had eo4Is 10 wesl
Greenfield. she was hot quite 50 sure
about anything. Tor In West ureunsld
everything vas different.
or course. there Was Peter, always
there was dear Peter. but even Pstsg
OF late had begun 10 change. lie
sas preoceupiea und absenr minded.
and IA long a. she could Susan Mary
Loyalty excused II On the grounds that.
OF course. the office manager OF the
biggest bakery for miles around would
have 10 be absent minded II he didn't
have worried. care~orn expression,
argued Susan Mary neferminsdIy, he
wouldn't be- working and II he weren't
working. be wouldn't be fhiDking about
What happiness he could bring her
SO II MAS all for her. she thought
denantly. until one awful day when
she was tidyinx Peters desk ia the
den. bit OF work she particularly
sdored. Sorting out the envelopes u
different Sizes she had dropped hit
OF paper with scrIbble OF Peters
writing on IT, She read Il once. twice.
and even third time. and each time
her world got blacker, Tor the writing
on the paper said
''Layinia Brand"
Now eho could Layinia Brand bet
Susan Mary sat down on the uncoih-
Portable edge Of chair and thought
and thought. and the more she
thought, the more certain she became.
For up Ia Hinsgllle there was fam
ily by the name Of BFandt, and one
OF the daughters had gone 10 school
with her. What could be more nat
ural than 10 these days Of anti-every-
thing that sounded German the family
had dropped the obnoxious r. and
become plain Brandt And that girl
her name began with l.. She was sure.
Lucretia. Leonorn--@ was ~
Elm PIP positive It's Layinia." vail
ed Susan Mary. and with sudden,
fierce little gesture she tore the offend.
Ing slip .of paper in a hundred pieces.
Then one morning = BIT OF paper
fell our Of Peters coat pocket AS no
pulled out his handkerchief. and Susan
Mary. picking II up. inquired Innocent
~ az 10 what II WAS. knowing perfect
iy we'll that II was That Name"
with an expression almost guilty
Peter snatehed II and crammed II back
In his pocket. hurriedly telling Susan
Mary that II was nothing at all and
II was very late and he must hurry or
be would Miss the car.
The climax came that sfternoo
when Peter called up and told her
that he was bringing Mr.. Grayson TO
supper. Mr. Grnyson was the man
ager. and Peter worshiped him.
OF course everything went beauti-
fully. susan Mary was too proud TO
let Mr.. Grayson know that there had |
been any suspicion " coldness be |
tween Peter and herself. and she was /
honey sweet TO both the men. Peter
was bit puzzled, for the atmosphere |
OF late had been decidedly frigid. and. \
maniike. he put the GROWING touch /
upou II all. As Mr.. 0rayson was
leaving Peter went out to the hall /
with him. and stood talking In low
voice. but not quite so low but what
Susas Mary could hear the managers
voice.
"And LavlnIa Brandt" And then
Peters voice. worried hasty -"for
sake-my wife doesn't know
anything about thatf'
Quite convinced that her heart was
broken. Susan Mary still hided her
time.
she had become quite resigned to
the bits of paper floating around ey-
srywhcre. and she was really very
calm and cool and collected when pe
tor called her up and told her that he
Vas bringing fsyinia Brand hotos thai
evening.
~yss. l remember her" said Susan
Mary sws~tly. and was rewarded by
burst OF laughter from the other srd,
md. ~oh. Lord You remember herr
md then the receiver clicked agra
Iatinxly.
But Peter came alone Only he car
led bundle which he waved At her
4 she stood on the piazza, and then.
souderlns NJ the exultatlon In hts
ace. she felt herself picked up bodily
a hts arms. and heard only esn-
used ~parllngi tasinla BRAND
ucesss fortunes made" before she
ed sense enough to aissnxaws herself
I'D demand Historically what II all
seenf
Here's what II means = cried Pc
r. losoaslY. wssinx the package
gain. and wh~a at last they were
afsiy Indoors h~ spsnea IT, talking
Il the while ~Nou sse. cFsysen want.
4 some ether line hs~lase last bread
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