New Britain herald., 1928-05-09


 But I love David and shan't love anyone else Sally sobbed, though ahe knew her resistance was broken.
 I'm forced to believe that now. darling" Enid said gently. And shall not stand in the way of your happiness with him. That is not the mistake I meant"
 You mean that you'll let me marry him." Sally cried incredu- lously. "oh, Mother! I love you so,"
 And love you. Sally" Enid's voice broke and she cuddled Sally's cold hands against the velvety warmth of her own throat. Your mistake would have been to run away to marry David. You have mother and . father now. Sally. You're no longer a girl alone. as David called you. You have a place in society as our daughter. whether YOU want 1t or not. If David wants to marry you, he must come here to do 90, must marry you with our consent and our blessing"
 "But-'' Sally's joy suddenly turned to despair again. He wouldn't marr va girl with . for tune. He told me so when he vas here"
 That was when he was penniless himself" Enid pointed out I've just read this newspaper story about hi. inheriting his grand fathers farm. It's a small for tune In itself, and since there's no immediate danger of your inherit ing either my money or Courts l don't believe he will let your pros pective wealth stand in the way if he loves you"
 "Oh, he does"" Sally laughed through her tears. Look She snatched the newspaper from the floor and pointed to the last para graph of the story about David. He named his prize heifer after me. It says here his only sweet heart is Sally! Oh. Mother. didn't know anyone could live through such misery and such hap piness as I felt today: I wanted to kill myself after Nan-oh."
 Tell me just exactly what he said to you.' Enid commanded, her lovely voice sharpened with anger and fear.
 When Sally had repeated the con- temptuous. sneering speech as ac- curatel yas possible, her mothers face, which had been almost ugly with anger and disgust, cleared mira culously.
 The man is an unspeakab'e cad, darling, but I am almost glad it happened, since you escaped un- scathed. He won't bother us again I'm sure of it! He's not quite low enough to gossip about me to my friends. It is evident that he planned all along to use his knowl- edge as club to force you to sub init to his desires. And now that he doesn't want you any more, he will lose interest in the whole sub ject. I've known Van nearly all my life and I've never known him to act the cad before. He's probably desrisine himself. now that his fe yer has cooled. If you marry David. with our consent. he'll probably turn up at your wedding and offer sincere congratulations with g whispered reaskurance as to his abil- fly to keep our secret"
 "When I marry David, not if Sally cried eAultantly, flinging her arms about her mothers neck. "Oh I'm 80 glad have a mother"
 Don't strangie me- Enid laughed. Leave me strength tc write proposal of marriage tc thus cocksure young farmer who hrags he is as capable in the kitchen as on the seat of . culti- vator"
 He can't cook half ss we'll as csn." Sally scoffed. You ought to taste one Of my apple pies. He can play nurse to his blue ribbon stock all he wants to. but he's got to let me do the cooking! And Mot her. you'll - you'll tell him how much l love him, won't you? And and you might remind him that we only need half a marriage cere. rony--the last half. Wouldn't i' he fun if we could go back to Can. field and let the marrying parson finish the lob?'
 : Don't be too confident" Enlc warned her. He may refuse you'' Rut st sight of sslly's dismay sh' relented. T know he loves VOL darling. Don't norry. If were you I'd get busy immediately on r ] trousseau.'
 One dozen kitchen aprons vii top the list" Sally laughed, Four days later the second tele gram that Sally had received from David arrived: Catching mex train East. darling. Happiest mar in the world. Can we be married day I arrive? Am wiring you blessed mother also. III be lovini ] you always. David"
 "Of course you can't be msrrie' : the day he srrives." Enid ex : claimed indignantly when Ssll, showed her the telegram. I'm go ing 70 give you q real reddlng' : T think ,he children are right Enid" Courtney Barr unexpec' : edlv championed Sally in her pro test "A quiet, imrromptu wed ding, by all means, Our an nouncement to the papers will in , dicste that re approve. and sine the boy is unknown in New Yorl and Sally has only just heep in troduced. l think the less fus the better.
 Sally kissed him ilnpu]sll cl, aware, though the knowledge di' ! not hur: her. that he liked he