The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1933-06-09

ton. Mother saw it in the Times, and
wrote me-"
He didn't lost much time finding
my successor" she commented dryly.
mo" He chuckled. "Oh, well, let's
forget him and talk about ourselves.
Mother thinks Miss Mona hates to
come back to Denver. The old house
gone, you see, and the Captain"
Il know" she said pityingly.
Sand Mother would really like to
have Miss Mona stay right on with
her. They're so different they get
along beautifully. Mother likes to
have some one lean on her and Miss
Mona likes to lean. Then there's
Tenny. Mother wants her, too-until
her father comes back"
ooh, Geoff! l couldn't give Tenny
up!"
swell, l couldn't either, If it came
right down to it," he admitted. "We'll
have months, holiday in Bermuda
you and both need stable vaca-
tion-and then we'll come back and
set up housekeeping for ourselves with
Tenny thrown in for good measure
The only thing that worries me is that
when Montague comes back Well have
to give her up"
Cynthia, when she did a thing at
all, did it intellectually. She put her
hand over Geoff's on the wheel and
said softly: "By that time, Geoff,
maybe there'll be baby or two of our
ownn'
"You darling!" he said under his
breath, and nearly ran the car into
the stream sixty feet below in his
felicity
They were married in Cynthia's
apartment at eleven O'clock Wednes-
day morning. For once the papers
were right when they described it as
"a very simple ceremony attended only
by relatives and close friends" The
close friends were Tenny and Elsie
Dunsmore and the relatives were Cary
and Flossie. Marguerite was also
present in the capacity of sole caterer.
Cynthia and Flossie spent Monday
shopping with the result that Cynthia
had an adequate though hastily &C.
quired troussera besides her wedding
gown. She wore also-Flossie and
Elsie both pointed out to her that they
were not suited to bride-sapphires
a string of them about her neck, pair
of bracelets, one superb stone mount
ed in platinum for her finger.
"As near the color of your eyes as
anything to be found in a jewelers.
shop" Geoff said. "I've longed to give
them to you ever since bought them"
Ever since you bought them? When
was that?"
Last Christmas" he confessed.
mo one will ever know what self
control experienced in Keeping those
things tucked away. But 1 looked in
my etiquette book and it said 1t wasn't
proper to give sapphires to girl that
hated you."
"Geoff. I'll tell you something" she
confided. II never once hated you
not even that first day."
"Yon gave darned good imitation
of it," he said admiringly. 81 don't
L
on so artistic a performance"
"That was because I was afraid of
you!"
"Afraid-good gosh! And I so gen.
tie wouldn't hurt fly"
II was afraid" she went on, locking
her hands in her lap and looking at
him from under lashes of extravagant
length, II was afraid that just-this-
would happen"
"This?"
Failing in love with you. Marry
ing YOU" ..a
"And is it such a dreadful thing to
do. my darling?"
"N-no. It's rather nice, find, now
that I've taken the plunge. Butt ex-
pect I knew then-that first night
when your eyes looked so sorry about
Hadji and you were so sweet to Miss
Nona-I sort of had an idea then that
some day I'd be handing my life over
to you to take care Of"
There was long silence. Flossie.
who had been lodging in and out of
the apartment all day with prepare
lions for tomorrow's ceremony, with
drew her head silently from the crack
of the door through which she had
thrust it. Later. however, she gave
Geoff the long telegram which had
come for him.
MONA DETERMINED TO SPEND
THE REST OF HER BANK ACCOUNT
ON DIAMOND BAR PIN FOR GYM
THIA STOP CAN'T DO ANYTHING
WITH HER STOP DON'T MIND FOR
MYSELF BUT CYNTHIA WILL HAVE
A FIT STOP WIRE INSTRUCTIONS
MOTHER
what is it," Cynthia came in and
coolly read the telegram over his
shoulder.
Perfectly characteristic" she said
between laugh and sob. "Mlss
Mona wants to wind up with a blaze
of glory and then be dependent on us
for the rest of her days. Shall we let
herr?
For answer GeOff turned the yellow
paper over and wrote his reply on the
back.
TELL MISS MONA TO GO TO 1T