The producers news. [volume] (Plentywood, Mont.) 1918-1937, 1926-11-05

thought, if he would only hurry and |
get to the end! My hands and feet
were like blocks of ice. / was hypno-
tized by his recital of the strange
series of events and even if l had |
wanted to make my presence known,
it was too late. My lips refused to
move.
81 compromised by promising her
we would 90 out occasionally and she
was apparently satisfied with that.
I strained my ears to catch the low
spoken words, "You see ! knew it
would Just be a question Of a short
time until a sutton would come along.
And he did. But, me continued, Sin
the meantime Sallie got sick and tired
OF the wretched business and an
nounceG that she was going to New
olk I pleaded with her to stay and
she said she would if / would ex-
plain But you see, sir, that was ex-
actly what | could not do. | asked
her to have faith in me and assured
her that things would turn out all
/ right. But she's too spirited to sit
/ by and take a back seat and by Jove!
+ I don't blame her. l really didn't
+ expect her to wait. / admired and
adored her more right that minute
than at any time in my life. Yet
/ there was nothing l could do to get
out of the hopeless mess / had created
1 for myself but to wait and pray that
Sallie wouldn't chuck me entirely out
OF her life"
"And after she left things were
worse than ever, / suppose" Dad
asked with real concern in his voice.
"Nol The girl, just as ] had sup
+ posed, began 70 tire of my indiffer-
ence, and started looking about for
other worlds A new and cookbook
ing minister arrived in town. He
created quite a furore in the church
He was a mOdernist and began tear
ing down all the old traditions and be
liefs. That was just the PICTURESQUE
background that appeals o. 3 person
I Of her imaginative type TIE wa
I strongly IN the limCiIrht and COM
pared % him, she figured that an un-
/ interesting old codger like me was
not worth bOthering about" l adore,
his modesty for / knew it was his in
difference which made Letitia Evan
turn 70 this new interest in life, an
{ not his lack Of charm. Fortunate
: Is" he went on. "the new chap wa
. u q bachelor. though % wouldn't have
made the slightest difference 90 thl
/ girl whether he was or not, So a.
. soon as I saw the way The wind wa
E blowing, I gently disengaged mysel
e from the picture and encouraged he
d infatuation for the other man.
e don't think he looked with speci;
= favor on the whirlwind courtship BE-
e ing conducted on the part 81 "a
D | girl. but her parents are the larR0s
5 contributors 70 his church, SO nece.
Z saryily, he had 70 be polite
e Father began to laugh.
o Anyway, / got out" Curtiss sal
1 "and, as she expressed il hersel
/ from now on we are 1ong-distanc
Is friendsi / had bought my ticket Z
e New York and was going FOR Sail
e the night Of the day she came HON
It Bless her hearth
E. You're a clever man, Curti
Y. WRIGHT" my father said. "Ys
ie slxillfully extricated yourself fro
q what IS commonly known as a he
r. of-a-mess. And from now on belize
IS me, I think you are thoroughly ca
able Of attending to your own matt
ID monial affairs, without any assis
I'd ance from me. And now" he smOt
IN cred a yawn, ''I'm going to bed"
as What are Sallie's reactions to Il
to strange tale? Read about il ne
/ week.