Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-02-28
5AE DAILY NOvELETTE
AER WISE OLD RELATIVE
Bs Frank n, Williams

Ar ALL the sweet and pretty girls
~ IN the little town OF Brampton.
uadec HOFFMAN was the sweetest and the
ipfettiest. And Because she was all this
and also had been to college and was
the only child Of q rich. retired farmer.
~ had more tcnux than all the other
S1rls in the city put together almost.
But In spite of the way that life
seemed to smile at her. Madge WASH {
happy. Most of the time she was list =
less and wistfui. Most of the time there
Was q far away look in her eyes. And
though she tlsnced and played from day
30 day. It was plain 10 be seen that her
heart and her thoughts were generally
elsewhere.
The trouble was this The one man
Madee wanted to see among her beauA
wasn't thcr,. This man was Harry
Jennings. They had met and fallen
In love WHOM attending tho same CO.
educational collie &c. During their last
year in college together they had made
wonderful plans for their future. Fig.
uring prominently in these plans was a
little bungalow for two and vine
covered porch ond rose garden. Then.
quite suddenly, the dream had gone to
smash.
One day Harry had come to Madge
with a desrairing look on his face.
'Afadge,' he said. they tell me your
father is wealthy. and you're an only
child and-und--"
Deep trouble was mirrowed on
Harry's handsome, honest face as he
gazed at Madsc.
"Yes." vas the reply that Madgc
had made.
The look Of despair on llarryS face
had decpencd greatly.
Don't you sec what this mcanST
Harry had asked. I'm working my
way through college. simply won
marry a girl for her money. And you
can see wha. that means. 1t means
IN have to work awfuly hard to get
a. much money as you've got. There
isn't much chance that I'll be success
full in doing so right away. So we
better part. I'LL come to you just
a. soon as I've made enough ~
OF course there had been tears and
pleading on Madge's part, but Harry
had been obstinate. He had left col
lege at once. Since that time Madge
hadn't seen him and his letters had
been very infrequent.
This was the situation Just year
after Harrv's departure. And it was
when Madgr was feeling particularly
blue about the matter that the follow
ing letter c,mc 70 her from Harry:
Dear Mn,lgc--lt is evidently going
to be long and hard struggle for nc
to get together as much money as ]
should have. So I am going 10 pass
out of your life. You shou dn be
asked to wait for me, and. of course.
] couldn't stand i; to have you support
me. I've got job in South America
I'm going down there. I'll be gone a
long. long lime. While I'm gone ] hope
for your OWL sake that YOU will be
happily married. But before going !
simply must see you again. So III
come to your town within few days.
I'll call you up when I come,
This letter thrilled Madge and Yet
dismayed her. She was immensely
pleased at the thought of seeing Harry
again and yet dismayed at the tone of
his letter. She didn't want him to go
away. She didn't want him TO give her
M. She didn't want to marry some one
else. She wanted Harry, and only
Harry.
Consequently 1t was only natural tha,
after the first ecstasy Of their greeting