The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1929-05-03


competent, or something. without
children. Or maybe it's just honey
moon that lasts always. / s'pose you
have lots of time to take Leonie out
ridin', and to tell her she's prettyw
Aunt Dora chuekled. dryly.
Harris sat gazing into the fire.
well, If you want TO know, my deer
auntie." he said presently. 81 think
marriage is pretty poor institution
The human heart is"
Aunt Dora took up the tongs and
replaced fallen stick. mo Boyd man
husband" she said. They've al'ays
been kind o. hot-headed about their
love maxim. I'll bet Leonie says that
about you, too. you young rascal :"
Her laugh was hearty, but somehow ii
stopped off too soon. You know An
ME and Bob had serious trouble once,
Harry. I've never understood how
Bob could have got it into his head
TO think that he was in love with
that young widow. Pet Kellogg. A
woman that'll take another woman's
husband-how can she expect TO hold
his love? | can't think how I'd have
felt when / looked into Bits face in
the evenin', when the day was done
if I'd been listenin' to love words from
some other mani And l know Bill
felt the same way"
"Aunt Dora." burst out Harris Boyd.
''for Gods sake, what are you driving
at? One would think"
I'm drivin' at this, Harry" she an
swered him while her trembling hands
fumbled in her bosom; here's the
note Leonie left. Read it-and then
tell me that you've neglected her IN
til she's fancied all this! Tell me,
Harry, that it's all an awful mis-
take"
He read the note, the color ebbing
slowly from his face.
but it's true, Aunt Dora!' he said.
Though I had no idea Leona knew
But it's true"
You mean," and the shadows un-
der Aunt Dora's eyes looked suddenly
darker, her features thinner, "you
mean you do love the nurse, Harry?"
Her voice quavered; the fullness was
gone from it.
Aunt Dora !" the young doctor
came and placed his hands on her
shoulders. You don't understand"
She shook him off. You're not
Boyd Your mother would've hated
to hear you acknowledge a thing like
that! She would have loved Leonie-
if she's as, sweet as she looks in her
pictured But the nurse-do you s'pose
she'd have loved a woman that'd lis
ten to a married mans love maxim.
Harry? You knew your mother: would
she?"
'No," he said. mo Aunt Dora, Pm
sure she wouldn't! But times have
changed. Now men and women have
their friends after marriage"
l"Oh, friends. yesl But sweethearts
mol Did you know, Harry, that the
human heart is a queer thing? Its
big enough to hold a world full of
friends and neighbors and relatives,
but you can't find one that you can
squeeze two lovers into! Why, you'd
never be contented to love this other
woman, and yet live with Leonie.
Harry. As l said. the Boyds are hot
headed about their love MAXIM Come
and sit down, Harry, and tell me what
ii is about this other woman that we
cannot find something ten times nicer
Oh I "a IN
cause of happiness that night as a
lawyer might plead at the bar. And
the next morning he sent Leona a
wire that brought her flying back TO
her home to him.
Il think" said Aunt Dora, shat m
go away and leave you two to your
honeymoon / can come back some
other time. as your Uncle Bill used to
say. two's company"
"Oh, no, not" cried Leona. Don't
leave US, Aunt Doral We've so much
to learn yet, and we want TO sit at
your feet, like the two children that
we are. while you teach us way to
solve some of the problems Of life
Please don't go"
''No, Aunt Dora" Joined in Harris.
because you're going to teach Leona
how to make biscuits and jam, and
you've got TO remind me every night
here before this fire about the things
the Boyd men did and didn't! You've
got a lot before you, Aunt Dora,
whole winters job of it. to get us on
nur foot ooaip-SiDoo v0r1'yc rIIIlpd no
out of the rnirei"