Coulee City dispatch. [volume] (Coulee City, Wash.) 19??-19??, 1929-01-04

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over and over, adding word, omit
ting word, substituting word. until
the final version seemed impossible of
Improvement.
The question to whom the letter
should be sent was subjected to deep
thought. Indeed, It was more than
thought, SO deep It was. Men, she
knew. were more susceptible than
woAlen to personal appeal-particu
larry when the personal appeals came
from not unattractive girls. But WON
en- we're more superstitious and would
be more reluctant to bring upon Them
selves the implied curse that would
result from breaking of the chain
Women, then.
As for location, she was not par.
ticular. except that 1t would be best
to start at some distance from Red
Thrush. Methodist interests are close
~ allied In neighboring towns, and
she realized the importance Of pro-
tecting the family name. Now Ginger
herself was deeply enamored OF the
chain letter idea. to her It smacked
absolutely OF the hand of Providence.
But one could never know just how
fathers and older sisters would react
to things. hence she realized II would
be the part OF discretion to avoid
questions whose answers could not be
evaded. Ginger's unfailing resource
in an emergency was the daily press.
She got the last issue Of the Burling
ron Hawkeye. and studied Its col
umns. Now, Theoretically, chain
should start from single link, but
she was not willing to trust the
foundation OF her fortunes to one
small dime which might not be forth.
coming.
She decided upon three as fair
start. "Three links are better than
one" she said thoughtfully. "And II
II starts three chains, so much the
better"
When ever she came to the name OF
woman mentioned prominently, she
put her finger on the place, closed her
eyes, and tried to get a vibration
about it. Finally the three letters
were written, enclosed in envelopes,
addressed, and Ginger took them at
once to the corner mail box, and put
them In
"Ah," she breathed ecstatically as
she turned back, toward the parsonage.
Her heart was as light as the wings
ne q h,,ftorf4v ~ coay,od <o m rr- ~.
home Already the old house looked
a new place to her, rosy place. bright
with flowers, fresh paint, new furni.
ture. Thousands upon thousands.
Helen herself had said It. Thousands
upon thousands
"Oh, | wish l had asked or quar-.
ters," she thought. ASuch very good
cause, nobody could begrudge it."
Had it not been for the pleasurable
excitement attendant upon Helen's
wedding, Gingel felt she could not
possibly have endured the strain of
the days that followed. Her conf
dence in the outcome OF her chain let.
ter home for the-blind was absolute.
Winters might come. with their con.
sequent coal and coat bills daugh.
ters might go, with their petty love
affairs. but Ginger Ellie and the chain
letter would go on for ever.
Plans for the wedding took prece-
dence over everything else, for Helen,
yielding to the argument that for her
In this case the way OF genuine sacri.
fee lay in gracious acquiescence to
plans already made. proceeded calmly
with her arrangements. She knew In
her heart that she would have pre-
ferred more apparent display of
her unselfishness. She would have
enjoyed y real martyrdom. She would
have been proud to stand glOriously
forth. to her father. her sisters, and
Red Thrush. giving up her marriage
for year. for ten years, for ever. II
need be- But she was honest enough
to realize that the course of true
denial followed another channel.
Mental rest, the doctors had pre-
scrlbed, and that could never be had
in the sacrifice Of his daughters plans.
The wedding was to be held In the
church, with the girls of Helen's Sun
day school class, the, Rutheans. serv-
ing q buffer luncheon In the Sunday