The Dolores star., 1923-11-16
As William Had
Planned
By H. IRVING KING
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W'' Mcclure Newspaper syndiest.)
MOST young men while In college
map out for themselves their future
life. William c. Ralston was no, an
exception. He decided to study law,
become Judge and marry an heIress
Ihis highly commendable program
william q. did not keep to himself
Out openly announced to his intlmates
at college.
Having been graduated from law
schooi, he returned to his native town
"a very considerable Midwest CITY
ana attaching himself to a well-known
urn OF lawyers, and was soon re-
garded as rising young barrlster"
MS chances OF ultimately reaching the
bench were excellent.
In less than years time he was
making favorable progress in the sec
ond-6ut by no means secondary
part OF his program having managed
to maneuyer himself into the posi-
tion of acknowledged sultor for the
hand of Eleanor Monroe, the daughter
and only child of Stephen Monroe, the
capitalist"
But he had never brought matters
to the crucial point of popping the
question" Two or three times he
fancied that Eleanor had tried to help
matters to the crucial point, but, for
some reason which he could not ex-
plain to himself, he had always SHE'D
of.
Then one day, as they sat out q
dance, Eleanor said: "Wllllam, | have
the lovellest girl coming to visit me.
Shed be Just the one for you II she
only had money-but she hasn't. Uncle
John, her father, writes things about
American archaeology and-and that
sort of thing Oh, l should explain:
Her name is Edith Arnold she is my
cousln-and from Boston. Yes, Edith
Is a charming girl, but Of course you
are going to marry money-and sit on
the bench"
William blushed and began to STAN
mer incoherently, but Eleanor put in
with: "Oh, don't be so disturbed.
won't betray you. Do you remember
Henry Winston In your class at col,
lege? met him at Bar Harbor last
summer; mentioned your name to him
and he told me Of the announced am.
bltion of your student days. Perfectly
legitimate aspirations. l can't help
| you to place on the bench but
promise you, you shall have your
helress"
And before William could frame q
reply she was Off on the arm of n
| young man who came to claim her for
the next dance, leaving William won
| dering Just what she meant by that
| last remark. He should have his
heiressi Was that, In effect, an ac
ceptance of his, as yet, unspoken pro
posal?
He went home anathematizlng his
| own frankness at college and likewise
| the fellow student who had remem.
bered 1t and repeated it. Still Eleanor
had said he should have his heiress-
| and II Eleanor were satisfied why all
was well.
When he next called upon Eleanor
he found her cousin, Edith, had ar.
rived. She was beauty of the retir-
| Ing sort-as retiring as Eleanor was
dashing. She had deep-blue eyes,
golden hair and complexion that sug-
gested peaches and cream.
| Before William reached home that
| night, a revolution had taken place In
his "ego." Marry girl for her money
How could he ever have been so base
| as to propose to himself such a thing!
A man who would marry girl for
| her money was-well, he could not
think of Just the words to characterize
such an abject creature, and shuddered
to think how only few hours before
he had himself been anxious to enroll
In the contemplate category.
After that he found excuses for
calling frequently at the Monroe house
and though he tried to be impartial in
his attentions, could not, for the life
of him, help paying more attention to
Eleanor's guest than to Eleanor
He had to acknowledge to himself
that Edith was the chief attraction
and at first felt little sheepish about
It.
Rut Eleanor did not seem to mind
She appeared to take 1t as matter
Of course that he should fall In love
with Edith and gave up her former
suitor so readily that William, al
though he rejolced that somewhat
awkward situation was thus smootheu
over, could not but be tritle piqued
at being so readily rellnquished.
Still, he told himself, it was natu'
ral-Eleanor knew him as he had beeh
n fortune hunter, and properly ue'
splsed him. .,,o
But what had she meant by saying
she would see that he got hls
heIressT" Never mind. 1t did not mat