The St. Charles herald., 1922-10-21

"Fiddlesticks, Myra," said her COM
panion. you'll marry, Of course"
| "Whom would l DarryT asked
| Myra. with eyes wide open.
Don't ask me-" laughed the other
teacher. every girl has two or three
men to choose from when the time
comes"
Il haven't" said Myra simply. The
other teacher shrugged her shoulders
and the matter seemed to be settled.
The next day letter came from
Tom Jarrold, letter that Myra had
been expecting for many months. But
when she opened 1t and read it she
found that the letter said more than
she had expected Tom Jarrold's letter
would say. Briefly he wanted to marry
her. He had been on long business
trip. Affairs had shaped themselves,
as he would explain later. He had
been released from an old engagement!
and now offered himself and his mil
lions to Myra.
. Myra at first felt resentment that
Tom had not relieved her anxiety by
writing before, then there was curiosity
. concerning the other engagement, OF
, which she had never known. Later she
was in a mood to write letter that
, would amount to an acceptance. linen
she looked up from her desk, saw the
, riyets of the knocker sticking through
TO the inside of the door, and wrote a
| letter Of refusal.
| "Somehow now that I've got that
: knocker attached 1 can't leave" she
8 told herself. ''Those old rivets seem to
e hold me right here to Dalton"
The letter was sealed and Myra
y started at loud resounding knock.
:. She opened the door and stood face to
face with Bailey Hanway, known to
q every one in Dalton save newcomers
like herself.
pardon me-" he said, "but 1 saw
h our old knocker, your old knocker now,
n of course. You see, our family has
4 lived here for centuries. That knocker
q was on the old Hanway house, torn
. down ten years ago while was off at
# college. Then you know 1 was in
n France during the war and after that
business kept me across for while
and-well, l always intended to ge,
hold Of the old door knOcker, but
never did. l just happened 70 see it al
was passing and thought I'd stop
Myra asked Bailey Hanway to si
down in her little living room. Elk
planning his attachment for the olt
knocker. he asked II 1t was possible
that he might buy 1t back.
Then sounds of tea kettle boiling
over called Myra to the kitchen. A
she went she asked Mr.. Hanway t
stay long enough to drink cup OF te'
8 and Mr.. Hanway very gladly accepted
II don't see how can let you hav
the knOcker," she explained over tn
tea CUBS. "You see, it is attached t
! the door. just decided today that
could never leave Dalton and this littl
house because of the knOcker, so
= don't see how I'm going to part wit
y it."
! Mr.. Hanway did not urge his poin
hut when he went that afternoon
asked If he might at least return tn
N next day or two to see the old knOcke
NJ so rich in childhood memories.
I That evening Myra went to the pos
i Office to dispatch her letter to Tol
1 Jarrold. She did it now without r.
n gret. When she returned home sh
~ stroked the cold old griffin. "Good ol
knocker," she said. HE never woul
have come If it hadn't been for you
The next day Bailey Hanway caile
again and somehow their acQuaintant
progressed rapidly. When he rose
90 he said: Il wanted to induce yt
to let me have the knocker, but now
yer know shall never want to have Il
hes knocker without the charming lit
,st- woman who rescued it."
ght And the very next week all Daltt
ade was talking of the surprising engae
est ment Of Myra Grimwade, a nobod
and Bailey Hanway, rich and INF
IND entail descendant Of the founder
III the town.
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