The L'Anse sentinel., 1924-02-29
How He Revived
Her Love
By CORONA REMINGTON

tHlnkIng tnlngS over Ior weeks anu
NJ last I've made up my mind"
Fred Ormsby CROSSED his long
slender legs and lighted cigar.
'-Oh, do tell me. Fred. You know
I'm interested In anything that con-
Germs you"
Jeanette McDowee, In her little pink
coryandie, looked like some fairy thing
.-as she sat beside her lover and looked
sup at him, her big brown eyes wide
{ with curiosity.
Yes you're interested In me ex-
: cept when II comes to marrying me-"
said the man half bitterly.
-Now. Fred, don't be horrid and
begin that all over again." she begged,
hut tell me what 1t was you were
going to say"
-AIl right. It's going to be long
taIk-"
do 20 on. How you do love to
create suspense, you old tease, you"
I'm not teasing. This is no light
matter. jeanette, yesterday was
thirty-three years old. 1t came to
me Ike shock when glanced up
at the calendar and realized 1t. Thirty
three Is no longer young. Soon I'll
be getting bald and gray around the
temples and not long after that I'll
be buying stouts and"
Mercy! How morbid you are
tonight" laughed jeanette putting her
fingers In her ears. II won't listen
90 another word of such talk be-
cause I'm only ten years behind you
and women usually get there younger
than men and that makes it worse"
Ten years. If / were your age
i would never have reached the con-
ciusion did last night"
-Oh, yes, you were going to tell
me-"
First of all, don't want you to
think I'm cod-blooded or calculating
or anything Of the sort. I'm simply
trying to make the best I can out OF
life. / don't want TO take the step
I'm about to take, but it seems the
lesser of two evils. Since I've been
proposing TO you at regular intervals
for over year and you've turned
ule down every time, I've decided
there's no hope. At first 1t nearly
drove me mad, and l vowed I'd never
marry any one If couldn't marry you,
but the idea of lonely old age was
too much for me, and at IL o'clock
tonight I'm going to Chicago to ask
Agnes Rawson TO marry me. met
her five years ago, and we've kept
up the acquaintance ever since. If
had never known you / should
probably have been very happy with
her. As il is, I'm going to make the
best Of it and pray that / shall make
her the husband she deserves"
For one stunned moment Jeanette
stared at the man beside her. Could
II be possible that this was the man
who had been at her beck and call
FOR three years? Could this be the
NAN who had sworn that he could
never bear the thought of loving an
other woman? Could this be the man
she had always depended upon to do
anything she wanted-to come when
she wanted-to go when and where
She wanted? Yet, after all. why
shouldn't he? 1t was certainly just
and fair and she had had her chance.
Three whole years Of his love and
time and attention.
He waited tensely for her to say
something.
IL hope you don't think any the
less Of me for It," he said at last.
That's one thing simply couldn't
bear
why, no, Fred, how could I? Be
sides, It makes it so much easier for
me to tell you something think you
ought to know"
Heavens Is there something
troubling you, too"
-N-no, not troubling me, only
EToyd Wilson wired yesterday he'd be
here tomorrow and-and he wants me
10 marry hlm-and / think I'll say
yes You know we were together a
good bit the first year met you. Then
he moved to Springfield. Remember
hfmv
Yes, ! remember him and, Lord
how ! envy him"
well, aren't you going TO wish me
any happiness or anything" asked
Jeanette Indignantly.
OF course do, dear. I wish yor
mn the happiness 1 would love to Civ,
ysu myself"
-Thanis you, Fred. You're an OLE
q DEAR
During the rest of the evenin,
:. Jeanette was amazingly cheerful an,
vfvscious. Fred wretchedly decide,
he had never seen her quite so happ,
1 and when he said good-by he coul,
scarcely keep the huskiness out of hi
' vosee.
-we1T always be friends. won't we7
ne asked.
Always" she answered warmly.
Jeanette spent restless night, bu
tas she entered the breakfast room he
eyes we're brilliant with suppressed ex
scitement and Mrs. McDowee was ut
loss 10 understand her daughters Pc
euTfsr manner.
Jeanette never saw you so e1