Rockingham post-dispatch. [volume] (Rockingham, N.C.) 1917-1965, 1922-01-26

Lazy LINCOLN. as she and her best
friend Daphne Wills, parted q. itN
vilIsge post Office after receiving atss
opening two boxes. exuetly alike,
The lace Is exquisite spoke
Doplue. slanclng with taste and pleas
ule over the neck collar neatly done
up hi tissue paper with daiilty
sachet lag beside rs eNellls Is very
thoughtful"
They had been great friends. those
three. All through Nellle's engage
ment Mary and Daphne had been clos.
est 10 her of her many acQuaintances
She had promised not Il forget them
when she reached the city on her we'd
ding tour. Now Nellie had redeemed,
her promise.
Il shall wear the collar az the regi
ular club party next week. said
Mary. ''you will be there. Daphnes'I
s II think net. My aunt is not very
well. you know, and needs me mossl
of the time. Resides" and Daphns
gave i nervous laugh. Il fear | NM
getting past tie party age, Mary
''Nonsensei'' cried her devoted
friend. @rwenty-three and you look
like sixteen
Il shall put the collar away In my
hope box, said Daphne.
Just here Mary made pretense OF
clinching her pretty pink and white
fists and grinding her pearly teeth ia
a felnt OF the most dreadful rage
daphne Willis" she seoldel Sc
vereiy. "ii ever happen across chat
hope iox' of yours, I'll-I'll stamp On
1t; yes, l WIS
'''iitgts enough - retorted Daphne
closing the CHEEKY lips of her stauncb
champion with 4 lSiss-''I kncwsI am
beginning to feel very old, and think
II 4 duly to-be prepared II any likely
old bachelor why, yes, even some re-
spectacle widoweisshouid happen
along, you know !"
il was ali Joke. paphnes hope
box d feminine concelt that ap
pended to Daphne becansesit led to
pleasant quip and gossip among her
bright girl friends. In her own mind
Daphne felt pretty well convinced that,
she would never marry.
Her .'hope box was satin-llneti
cedar chest, given TO her by a dear
girl friend one birthday.
It was nearly year after the we'd
ding Of Nellie that Daphne received a
letter from a cousin who lived at Mer-
ton. She had been In correspondence
regularly with this relative, and sew
{ erai times Miss Daily had referred to
neighbor, a Mr. Paul Barnes.
4 have great news for you,
Daphne. this last letter ran. II have
often told you what a fine young man
MIR. Barnes was. His parents lest
him quite an estate, and suppose he.
got lonely In the old homestead AT
any rate, he Is about to- marry, and
what 40 son think be has picked out
the poorest girl In the village n IL.
one Lima Temple. She is so poor her
folks cannot afford any kind Of an
outfit, and very quietly some friends
and myself are helping her out. II.
you have any little tribes to contrib
ute. shall be glad"
Goed-henrted Daphne had something
OF struggle with herself. Then hes
generous soul impelled a sacrifice.
II shall never marry" she said tn
herself. 4 shall be making some one
happy and the ehope box" went to
Miss Daily.
Two months later Daphne's aunt
died. 1t vas natural that Miss Daily
should ask her to make her home
with her. This she did. and Daphne
found herself installed at Merten.
II have often thought Of the we'd
ding you wrote me about," observed
Daphne, the FIRST evening Of her ar
rival.
ooh, did / never write your exs
claimed Miss Dalby. 1.-THE match was
broken off We got up quite d hand
some outfit for Lima Temple. She
never used 1t. for she eIoped with .
circus performer two days before the
date for the wedding"
"And Mr.. Barnes" inquired Dapline.
II think, secretly, he was relieved,
for the girl was not Of his class
headsfrong, capricious. all for tinsei
and glitter"
OF course, Daphne met Paul Barnes.
and there seemed to spring up niu9
tual interest between them. One eve
ming as,he stood at the garden gate.
the tender influences Of the sweet
June night seemed to bind him lin
gering|y to the spot
~ 5u are {. good friend. Miss viii
lis,' he said. IT never told you, but
have heard Of your kind thought to
make happy the young LADS I AZ one
time thought to make niyswife. Shall
we walk to the lake and back? It is
such beautlfnl evening" he sug-
gestet, ana there was strange. visit
ful trefnor III his voice.
Daphne listened to words that rang
So true their echo thrilled and lin-
gerea. even as size came back to the
house, Der heart heating with tile Joy
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