Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-01-16
THE STORY

CHAPTER lin the usually quiet
nome of Rev Mr.. TollIver. Methodist
minister IN the small town OF Req
Thrush, Iowa, his motherless daagh-
tiers. Helen, Miriam, and Ellen-'Gln-
ger EIla'-are busy grooming then
sister MarJory for participation IN ne
beauty pageant" that evening With
Eddy Jackson, prosperous young farm
er, her escort, MarJory leaves for the
anticipated triumph.
CHAPTER II-Oyerwork and nerv-
Gus strain attendant on the building
of a new church 10 replace the out
grown structure has affected Mr.. Toll
liVer's eyes to the point of threatened
blindness, and he is forbidden to use
them though continuing to occupy MS
pulpit Ginger has tried in many ways
10 add 10 the family's slender income,
but she is not discouraged MarJory,
with Eddy Jackson and friend ne
introduces as Tub Andrews, returns
In triumph. acknO wledged the prize
beauty. and with fifty dollars in gold,
the chief prize She gives the money
TO her father as part of the expense
necessary for the treatment of his ewes
by Chicago specialists.
CHAPTER nl--with Miriam, Mr.
Tolliver leaves for Chicago. EDDY
Jackson brings another friend, Alex
ander Murdoch who he says has just
returned from a tour OF the world 10
the parsonage Ginger, whose heart is
set on her two sisters making rlch
marriages (Helen is engaged to pro-
fessor Of mathematics, Horace Lang
ley, poor in the worlds goods). is al
first elated, but becomes chilled al the
announcement that Murdoch is work
ing in a chain" grocery store. obvious
ly no catch, Ginger thinks, ana
snubs him. Mr. Tolliver returns his
eyes unimprOved and the doctors CIV
ing him little hope.
CONTINUED from last week.
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excitement attendant upon Helen's
wedding. GingeI 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-hlin1 was absolute
Winters might come with their con
sequent coal and coat bills. daugh-
tiers might 90 with their petty love
affairs. but Ginger Ella and the chain
letter would 90 on for ever.
Plans for the wedding took nrece
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 a more apparent display OF
her unselishness. She would have
enjoyed Il real marryrdOm. She would
have been proud 10 stand gloriOusly
forth. to her father. her sisters. and
Red Thrush. giving up her marriage
for year, for ten years, for ever, if
need be. But she WAS honest enough
to realize that the course of true
denial followed another channel
Mental rest. the doctors had pre-
scribed, 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 He'en's Sun
day school class the Rutheans Serv-
ing buffer luncheon in the Sunday
school assembly room. the room that
was used for church dinners. socials
and the like This luncheon was 10
take the place of a home reception
The details Of the ceremony had been
carefully practiced Horace Langley
with Eddy Jackson as his best man.
WIS ~ VIII III the Suldli ToblD Ill the
left side OF the pulpit The brides.
maids were 10 gather in the primary
room. Just inside the main entrance.
Helen decided that when all the
invited guests sat silently waiting
within the church. she, with her IA
ther, would walk quietly across the
intervening space from parsonage
TO church--such a very little way
and while Ellen took i'm on around 70
the pulpit room on the right of the
altar, she would join her attendants
in the primary department
For fully a week. although but zen
days had elapsed since the forging OF
the first link that was 10 grow into
an endless chain Of silver dimes. Gin
ger had dogged the steps of the post.
man.
Letter for me? There's not: That's
funny"