Bogalusa enterprise and American. (Bogalusa, La.) 1918-19??, 1922-02-23
The
Scenario Lover
By WILLIAM FALL
3. W. Wostern NewgpapeE UnIon.l

AS Jack crossed the Office on his
way to his desk, his eyes dWelt ten
DERBY on Madge's nimbls fingers as
they traced what he felt sure was q
note to him. Thinking to surprise
her, he drew nearer, and suddenly the
large writing on the sheet seemed to
rise up and assail his eyes. With hurt
horror he read:
Dearest Ted: OF course I love yOu.
Why doubt met As long ss live, I'm
yours"
He waited to read no further, bat
fed to the stockrOom, where hidden
behind the bales and boxes, he fought
out his trouble and decided upon
course Of action.
my little Madge, whom I trusted
falseness seemed impossible.
Who this fellow Ted was he did not
know. It was enough that the girl
he loved, and who had promised to
marry him, was writing such letter
to another man.
At last he clenched his hands, and
setting his teeth, went into the private
office Of the manager. Six weeks ago,
he had been offered a position on the
road, one that would pay him & much
better salary, and had refused, not
wanting to leave Madge. Now he was
glad to go, and Immediately, too. With
In two hours Of his reading the Begin
ming Of that fateful note, he was on
the train to take up the work Of one
Of the commercial travellers who had
! suddenly been taken sick.
Jack did not stop to say good-by to
Madge, nor did he write her, for he
felt that the less said the better.
perhaps If get away this hurt
will stop" he told himself; but al
though he kept busy and In his labOrs
turned night into day, sending back
30 much business that the firm be-
lieved they had secured the model
salesman, ne could not forget Madge
or her thousand and one appealing
ways. It was all the harder because
she kept on writing to him, in the
same clear, flowing hand that had
penned the fateful confession Of her
love for another, begging him to let
her know the reason for his continued
silence.
Tom, his chum, wrote him that
Madge looked i'll.
Things looked black to him, al
though he had made such q success in
a business way that the ohice sent
for him to come home and make q
contract with the firm, and although
he would have rather remained. away
forever, Jack Obeyed, and once more
found himself in the same city with
Madge.
Being a salesman nav, be managed
to have his interview with the man
ager without going ont among his ola
associates, and 30 avoided Madge al
though a sight OF her sunny haiR
through the open doorway turned him
sick at heart.
His business outlook was extremely
bright, much better than he had dared
to dream Of for years to come, and
Jet It was very heavy heart that he
carried with him into the little motion
picture 'theateF, where be sought q
few moments Of relaxation later on IA
the evening.
YEARLY be made his way to the
corner seat In the box where they had
always sat
Astlessly he followed the story q
the aim. There was the usual quarrel
between. two loves, although he reject.
ed bitterly that neither had his causa.
Suddenly he Strengthened up. Fhe
lover received a letter from the girl
with whom he had Quarreled, and It
was photographed on the Aim.
Dearest Ted: OF course love You,
Why doubt met As long as 1--we,
Pm yours"
As on a former occasion, Jack |
stopped to read no further. He recOg-
nized the clear, flowing hand. It was
Madge's penmanship, that he knew, |
but he also understood that It was
never written to a living person. The |
thought famed through him that there
must be some heart-healing explana-
ton. Realizing how his cruelty must
have hurt her, he tnrned to leave,
when in the seat by his side where
she had sat 50 often was-Madge,
Instinctively his hand reached for
hers, and IN the tender pressure Civ
En- and returned everything was for
gotten and forgiven.
II saw you here" she whispered.
NRnd came here to sit by you"
"Dariingl How, though, did they
get that letter7 I saw you write IT,"
he confessed, though not intentional.
~"
II wrote the scenario Of the photo
play" she said with proper pride.
They forgot the audience, sitting
there together again in the happinesg
Of their love, and he bent over and
whispered:
"Wen be married tomorrow 80 yOu
can go out on the road with me"
Madge nodded happily. "Of course,
for as long as I live, I'm yours" she