The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1923-07-05

SplcuOuSly.
Susan smiled her sweetest when
! she took his order and Tom drank the
tea and waters she brought as II they
had been nectar, because Of the Sec
ond even sweeter smile with which
they were served.
When she returned with the check,
| on which was written twenty-five
cents, Tom cautiously took his wallet
from his pocket, glanced at 1t as he
held 1t under his coat and then count
ed out $3.50
II don't want any change" he said
with considerable embarrassment.
"And please don't cay anything. You
| see"
Susan had sat down beside Tom, be
cause from her sheer surprise she
really felt unable to stand. Then she
! noticed that his suit really was shah
by, and that there were mended places
on his shoes. Perhaps he was unbal-
anced-yet as she looked into his
clear, straightforward eyes she knew
this conjecture was wrong.
So Susan took the money with q
little gasp of surprise and promised
to say nothing about the amount I'M
til after he had left.
/ II still want to spend $175," Tom
/ said. "What shall do with It'll"
"Oll, there's crazy quilt that poor
Mrs. Hawkins made over at the do
/ mestic table. Nobody In the world
will buy 1t, and she'll be disappointed.
It's marked $50. think"
Tom handed Susan the balance Of
his roll of bills.
| "while sit here, would you 60 and
get that quilt and leave this money
for it7 But don't say anything"
Susan kept her promise did
not advertise Toms generosity until
after his departure Then she told
somebody. who told somebody else.
and then was noised abroad the fame
/ Of the fairy prince BY those who had
seen him 1t was agreed that he was
one of the best looking Of men, that
his manners were perfect and that 1t
was perfectly obvious that he was q
man of great fortune.
Gradually thereafter Tom found
himself much-s0ught-after young
man. Dowagers who recognized him
as the mysterious young phiIanthropist
bowed to him as they passed and on
] two or three occasions he was hailed
and invited to take place In the
limousine of one of those dowagers,
/ who expressed her surprise at seeing
him on foot. It was Mrs. Fellows
| Mrs. Daniel Fellows-of well-known
social prestige-who beamed upon
| Tom and asked him to call and the
call led to a dinner invitation. Tom
I did not wish to explain HIS own pow
erty because he was bound by his
! word not to let It be known that his
aunt had really been SO liberal to the
| Day Nursery. Besides, he rather en-
1oyed playing the role Of young and
eccentric millionaire, and all an iocca-
sional fling in society would cost
would be the running expenses OF his
evening clothes-which he had already
acquired when he played In the col
! lege glee club. Then this was an OPP
portunity Of seeing Susan, for Mrs.
Fellows explained that she would be
one Of her dinner guests. By way OF
| giving meager explanation Of him
self Tom said he was studying law.
Yes, he belonged to the same family
as Mrs. Gerald Travers He did not
explain that he belonged to an en-
tirely impecunious branch Of the fam
/ ily. and that with his aunt's fortune
already bequeathed to women's col
leges In the Orient. and with some
twenty cousins and some ten or
dozen aunts and suncles to be considA
cred first, in case the will were bro
ken, he was quite without prospects.
Tom knew he should at least have
made his position clear to Susan, bat
he didn't. And this made 1t awkward
a month or so later when Susan, con-
fident in her own radiant beauty and
the admiration that was very appar-
ent in Toms eyes, told him In round
about way that the reason why she
had decided never to marry was be
cause certain young law student of
her acquaintance didn't seem to want
to make her his wife. Tom said moth
ing. There was nothing he possibly
could say. Not for five years would
he be in any position to support an
ordinary wife, and heaven knew when
he could support girl like Susan
That night when Tom arrived at
his aunt's house after one O'clock the
old woman was sitting up for him..
She ordered him to sit down beside
her and rated him soundly for his
late hours. And then she said:
/ "Tom, you have surprised me.
thought yon were an ordinary, self
effacing young man like the rest Of
your tribe, willing to grub along with
your law books. permitting poverty to
cramp you ana keep you back. But I
have noticed that you have been CO.
ing out much Of late. and through a
private detective I have found out
where you have been going. You have
apparently been taken up socially by
really worthwhile people. You are