The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1933-06-08

STANLEY, boy. I'm just as deter
mined to have you, but II is better
If when we are married we leave
no unhappiness behind us. I know
just how your mother feels about
your marrying the daughter Of an
ordinary factory worker. Your moth.
er has lived all her life among love-
~, pleasant cultured things, and
she has right to feel that I am
somewhat crude and"
He swung her from her feet and
kissed her. mo more of that. Moth.
er is obstinate as a-a-"
Margery freed herself. Don't you
be the same. Listen, my dear, let's
think 1t over; then IL we fail, wen
well just do It."
The plan that had popped into
Margery's head while they were
talking over the situation looked q
bit desperate, but as she told her
self, Desperate cases call for des-
perate remedies"
From that moment Margery worked
with speed. Stanley had said In
passing that his mothers COM
panion, Miss Knapp, was getting
through; so Margery FASTENED to see
her. @
"Fn 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 IL came about that Margery,
late that week, walked into the fine
Landon mansion and was inter-
viewed and hired. She then planned
to tell Stanley what she had done,
but found he had left a hurried word
for her that he had been rushed
South by his firm.
Margery's sense of humor came
readily to her aid these first days
of her service as companion to Mrs.
Landon. The old lady was exact
ing, but Margery met the issue with
out evasion.
She liked to read herself, so her
duty of reading to Mrs. Landon for
two hours each day was not a task
She liked to play with nice dishes,
and she found herself. instead of
the cook, preparing pet dishes that
Mrs. Landon liked. She antici-
pated her employers needs as much
as she could, and that she was sue
cessful was indicated by Mrs. Lam
don's brief statement one after
noon:
miss Elder. you are proving very
satisfactory, and would like to
make your engagement permanent"
Margery smiled inwardly, al
though she said Thanks bel" In
wardly. 81 am glad to have II per-
manent," she answered 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 afternoon she discovered 9TH
crwise.
She came from the back of the
house and stepped into the library
where he was talking to his moth
er. He glanced up and saw her
and his eyes opened with aston
ishment. and his mouth
Margery. back of Mrs. Landon,
put her fingers on her lips. and she
saw that he had "tumbled."
Later. he cornered her In" the
kitchen. "You witch. this was your
game. Goshi it's good one." he
chuckled. "Mater was raising you
Just as You came In. But when she
finds out-Oh. gollyi" he grlnned.
"Itn be worth II just to have you
around here"
Then began q time of doubt for
Msrgery.A She discovered that Mrs.
Lyndon's fear about the girl her
son wished to marry rose. after all.
from her great love for her SON. Ac-
tually, beneath her cold. aristocratic
exterior was something that ap-
preached closely to a warm heart
Most of the time. however. she
seemed rigid and set In her ways
and ideas.
Margery began to be worried. The
truth must come out sometime, and
the plan she had entered upon be
gan to look a little childish.
The bottom fell out of the plan
suddenly. She was going along the
upper corridor when Stanley, step
ping from his room. caught her, and
gathered her in his arms. She gave
him a kiss in return for his. then
tried to pull away-and saw Mrs.
LanCon looking at them down the
hall. Stanley saw her at the same
time. and Margery felt his arms
tighten.
Gosh, mother saw us. Now for
an earthquakel" he whispered In
her ear.
His mother approached. and to
Margery's establishment, she was
smiling.
$50 am to lose my companion
My dear. forgive me for deceiving
Won. buf Miss Kpann felf she ouoht