Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-04-19
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SYNOPSIS

naturally supposes refer to st. Croix.
They hear a car approach and instant.
was Marvin coming to visit Nicely,
and hardens his heart. He offers her
$4,000 to leave the neighborhood,
avowing. his desire to separate asss, her
that he is talking about Marvin, and
accents his proposition. The car they
had heard was Mrs. Creighton's. who
recognizing her husbands auto had
his fathers car and surmises that he
and Nicely are in collision to entrap
him into a marriage with the girl
whom he is now convinced Is Lady
Sylvia He interrupts the converse
ton His father tells him Of Meely's
acceptance of the bride. Nicely makes
light OF the transaction, and leaves
the two men as n she h; says HSly
temporary reconciliation. Mrs. Creigh-
ton receives a telegram from Sylvia's
father announcing that his daughter
is sailing at once to America. 1t Is
Continued from last week.
"Of course, st. Croix, l meant to
make myself known to your family
very soon But / had not realized
how difficult that was going to be. !
got in deeper every day. And 1t was
lark and my freedom and become
Lady Sylvia And it was all such
marvellous school Of acting for me;
was proving to myself that l could
administering that dialect with its
extraordinary infections; and sue
ceeding in taking you in, st. Croix. so
far beyond my highest hopes!
at was when you were pointed out
to me, St Croix. at that barn dance
that the idea first came to me to
pass myself off to you as a Pennsyl-
vania Dutch girl-for I thought it
would give me such chance as no
girl had ever had before to learn to
know my possible future husband!'
"Tm. afraid" st. CrOix murmured,
''you think you learned to know him
too well !"
"rm afraid. St CrOiX, | did!'
DO you think it was fair to take
me nnawares like that?"
"Why nOt?"
Suddenly new realization came
to him that turned him a degree cold
were the teacher" he exclaimed. "why,
then. it was you that Marvin was all
the time seeing at that schoolhOuse!
1t was to you my father paid five thou
sand dollars to get away! My Cd"
'Yes, wasn't that sprightly scene!
That's what I'm going to see your ia
Their about. I ran home to England
with that money to feed my starving
parents. Now I'm going to make
clean breast of it all to your father
and then if he'll let me borrow what
I've still got of that five thousand, I'll
go to Hollywood with it. The only
blot on my family escutcheon," she
sighed, sis my having taken that bride
from your father! But needed It,"
"Will you tell me-" demanded st.
Croix, frowning darkly. "is Marvin in
love with you?"
"Im sure l don't know. He never
told me so, the one time met him
professionally"
And you are perfectly confident,
are you, that Marvin had no suspicious
at all as to who you were?"
81 fancy he had several suspicious.
Oh, st. CroiX. it's going to be awfully
embarrassing, facing them all Espe-
cially your awful father after my TAX
ing that money from him! 1t makes
me shudder! When we get there, St.
Croix, let me walk in behind you, will
you?-and I promise to bring up a
good, solid rear in the procession
Oh, but I'm nervous about it %
''To see you sitting there looking
like Nicely Schwenckton and talking
straight English its the d-t knock
out I've ever experienced" St Croix
almost groaned
Didn't I do the part to the lifeY'
she amazingly appealed for applause.
"Now l can go to Hollywood not only
to offer Myself. but my Piece as we'll
for I've written scenario of this
weird, wild escapade, ST. Croix, that
they can't resist! You'll see yourself
in movie and sfind out just how
just what you're like!"
"Sylvia" He leaned forward and
took her hand. (They had their end
of the car pretty much to themselves
"Give up this Hollywood ideal You
know how 1 love you"
"'HOw,'" she repeated thoughtfully
as she gently withdrew her hand
YES, l know how"
"But look here! You're not going
to hold me to account for treating
you like the creature you pretended
to be!'
"What sort of a creature was ]
pretending to be?"
"You know what l mean, Sylvia 7"
''Yet you made love to that crea-
ture! A mans Standards" she shook
her head over it, 'are certainly low -
They're high enough when 1t
comes to choosing a wife, Sylvia 7"
"Then let a woman's standards be