Western news and the Libby times. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1920-1933, 1933-06-08
The Plan That
BY DUFORD JONES
@ by Mcclure Newspaper syndicate.
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uNfY DEAR, you won't do any
lfI thing like that" Margery said,
smiling tenderly into the flushed face
above hers.
"But | am going to marry you,
though"
STANLEY. boy. I'm just as determined
to have you. but 1t is better II when
we are married we leave no unhappi-
ness behind us. | know just how your
mother feels about your marrying the
daughter of an ordinary factory work
err Your mother has lived all her life
among lovely, pleasant, cultured things,
aud she has right to feel tina. ! am
somewhat crude and"
He swung her from her feet and
kissed her. mo more of that. Moth
err is obstinate asa-a-"
Margery freed herself. .Dont you
be the same. Listen, my dear, let's
think 1t over; then If we fall, we'll
we'll just do 1t"
He smiled with relief. "All right,
then, honey, but you'll have. to do the
thinking. But III give you just two
weeks-and then I'm going to grab you
and run away with you-family or no
family
The plan that had popped into Mar
gery's head while they were talking
over the situation looked bit desper-
ate. but as she told herself, "Desper-
ate cases call for desperate remedies
She talked the plan over with her IA
Their. He laughed and then looked Sc
rious.
Little girl. your second name as
I've told you is Mischief, but go ahead.
| have faith In you. II It doesn't work,
nothing will be lost, he agreed.
From that moment Margery worked
with speed. Stanley had said In PASS
Ing that his mothers companion, Miss
Knapp. was getting through; SO Mar
gerry fastened to see her.
I'll help you. The old lady Is a
fearful old aristocrat. / had enough
OF her, and I doubt your luck; but,
anyway, I'll recommend you for my
position Miss Knapp agreed.
So It came about that Margery, late
that week, walked into the fine Lam
don mansion and was interviewed and
hired She then planned to tell Stan
ley what she had done, but found he
had left hurried word for her that
he had been rushed South BIS his firm
on an emergency trip.
Margery's sense OF humor came
readily to her aid those first days Of
her service rs companion to Mrs. Lam
don. The old lady was exacting, but
Margery met the issue without evasion.
She liked to read herself, 80 her
duty OF reading to Mrs Landon for
two hours each day was not task.
She liked to play with nice dishes, and
she found herself, instead Of the cook,
preparing pet dishes that Mrs. Landon
liked. She anticipated her employers
needs as much as she could, and that
she was successful was indicated by
Mrs Landon's brief statement, one aft
ernoon:
Miss Elder, you are proving very
satisfactory, and / would like to make
your engagement permanent"
Margery smiled outwardly, although
she said Thanks bel" inwardly. II
am glad to have 1t permanent" she an
swered demurely enough.
She wrote to Stanley In care OF his
firm, and she was sure he knew what
was going on; but on that fatal after
noon she discovered otherwise.
She came from the back Of the house
and stepped into the library where he
was talking to his mother. He glanced
up and saw her and his eyes opened
with establishment, and his mouth
Margery, back OF Mrs. Landon, put
her finger ON her lips, and she saw
that he had Stumbled
Later, he cornered her In the kitch-
en-. "You witch, this WAS your game
GOSH Its good one" he chuckled
Mater was praising you just az you
came In. But when she finds out-Oh
gollyl" he grInned. 'Ttll be worth II
Just to have you around here"
Then began time Of doubt for Mar.
gerry. She discovered that Mrs. Ian
don's fear about the girl her sor
wished to marry rose, after all, from
her great love for her son. Actually
beneath her cold, aristocratic exterior
was something that approached close
ly a warm heart. Most Of the time
however, she seemed rigid and set ir
her ways and ideas.
Margery began to be worried. This
truth must come out sometime. and
the plan she had entered upon begar
70 look a little childish.
The bottom fell out OF the plan sud
denly. She was going along the upper
corridor when Stanley, stepping from
his room, caught her, and gathered hei
In his arms She gave him kiss In
return for his, then tried to pull away
and saw Mrs. Landon looking al
them down the hall. Stanley saw hei