The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-02-22
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father has died during her alb
sence.
In order to please her father
whom she adored, Sybil had just
consented to marry Craig, the
most eligible bachelor in town.
His death is a fearful shock to
SybiI and her frail little mother.
But they rally bravely for TAD'S
approaching marriage.
Tad, SYPHILIS handsome broth
err, is engaged to VALERIE
WEST, an empty-headed little
debutante. The wedding is three
weeks off; and SybiI, fearfully
apprehensive, s~peculates grimly.
Anything" she reasons, "can
happen in three weeks. Maybe
Val will elope with a count"
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
CHAPTER VII
MRS. THORNE, ~engrossed in
preparations for the marriage, was
buster than the brides mother.
She monogrammed Tad's hand
kerchiefs and pajamas, and debat-
ed endlessly on the problem of a
real mice wedding gift"
Almost every day she made the
weary round of shops and stores,
pricing silver and glass, rugs and
china-comparing values all the
way from Copley Square to Scol-
lay,
Finally, in an antique shop on
Charles Street, she compromised
on an ancient secretary and a high
boy with a bullying front.
"But, Mother" demonstrated Sy-
bill, 'Valerie doesn't like old
things"
Mrs. Thorne bristled defensive
ly. They're extraordinarily fine
pieces" she aid, land there's moth
ing could be in better taste than
antiques"
Craig had chosen a silver cock
tail set: a tray, and a mammoth
shaker and many goblets. Poor
Craig-he tried so hard to be one
of the family. SYPHILIS heart went
out to him, when he discussed
with Valerie the advantages Of a
wedding breakfast as against a
buffet luncheon, very solemnly,
like a wise old uncle.
He listened patiently to Mrs.
Thorne, who was hemming cur
tains for Valerie's kitchen. Did
he think yellow checked Bingham
would be cute. or would he like
plain white, banded with delft
blue? The blue would match any
ordinary linoleum best, of course, f.;
but then, wouldn't the yellow af-
ford a pleasing contrast?
Craig was confidant and lacky !
for the lot of them. He ran err !
rands for Valerie, made reserva- s
tions and bought tickets for Tad. 8
Mrs. Thorne, when she took to t
weeping, found his shoulder al 7
ways accessible. Even Mrs. West
his advice. h
CRAIG was to be Tad's best v
man, and Valerie's cousin, Bertha v
Onts, was to be maid Of honor. a
She was dark, and rather ford, h
little greasy looking, Sybil n
bought, with straight, oily hair h
nd small eyes. An admirable fC
ontrast for Valerie's blond beauty. il
Bertha was so dull she made
positively radiant, and
nore exquisite than ever. Sybil Il
lad heard that beautiful girls
ometimes chose ugly friends, in kI
rider to seem more beautiful II
themselves, but never before had VI
he lent any credence to the no be
ion. M
1t was to be a very simple cere-
1ony at st. Observation-Disclosures,
he little stone chapel where dc
yalerie's grandmother had been OF
larried so years before. Not that A,
here was anything sentimental it
bout the Vests, but only that st. tn
Iargaret's afforded such an adj TT
solution. 1t was much VIC
than it had been in the in
avs of Valerie's grandmother, tn
nd the rector was very High
hurch.
It was quite the thing to be
nurchy about a marriage. Jazz 10,
eddings were distinctly passe. hi,
ignity had become a sacramento VIZ
ling, and Valerie, who six months Mr.
efore had contemplated carrying tn,
swagger stick to the altar, itch sol
l now for sublimity. NJ
st. Margaret's was austere. It the
as. indeed, the very place for a pla
title family wedding" There
emed to be nothing even family "
srespectful to the memory of for
Thorne about getting married wa
st. Margaret's. A city church, che
course, would have been diff 0ui
rent. ger
Tad was beginning to wonder if per
had ever really known Valerie al
fore. Her conversation was en- &"