The Coolidge examiner., 1938-02-10
@ Grace Livingston Hin
WNU Service

Now" said he, looking down in
her face, drawing her arm a little
closer in his own. Tell me, Mar
garet, will this house do, or must
we look farther?"
''Do?" she echoed wonderingly.
painfully conscious that he had
called her Margaret again. do! 1t
is wonderful! It is marvelous!"
Eyes, it is all that, but could you
make a home here, a real home,
where you would be happy, and
where your dear family could be
with you and feel at homer"
"Oh." said Margaret, trying to
keep her balance. Gould I?
Couldn't anybody? / am not the one
to be considered. of course, but l
can't see why anybody wouldn't
think a home here would be the
next thing to heaven!"
But you are the one to be con-
sidered, Margaret! You are the only
one. Don't you know that if you
won't consent to make a home for
me somewhere then I'll never have
one on this earth? Don't you know
that love you better than my own
life. and want nothing better than
to have you always by my side?
Darling, you don't know how I've
missed you these last three days.
Oh. Margaret, could you love me?"
He held out his arms and Mar
garet went into them and hid her
face against his.
Suddenly Greg realized that the
house was cold, and that it was
dangerous for them to stay there
any longer, and reluctantly they
tore themselves away from the en-
chanted place. which seemed to
have become in the last hour their
own, and already filed with pleas
ant memories.
We've shopped enough for one
day." said Greg as he took his place
beside Margaret In the car. stopping
first to draw her into his arms once
more and press his lips to hers.
"Oh, my darling! To think you're
mine. and I'm going to have you
with me all the time! No going
back to a lonely hotel at night
When can we get married? Would
you like it to be at Christmas in the
little chapel, with your people here.
and Steele to marry US? Or shall we
just go and get married right now
tonight by any preacher we can
find?"
''Oh. you child!" she bantered.
"Of course we'll wait till they all
come. 1t would be beautiful that
way! Shall it be on Christmas day?"
Eyes, on Christmas day after
we've opened our stockings and had
our gifts. and Wen have the tree in
the morning! How will that be-?
I'd like you to be my Christmas
bride. Do you think your family
will be satisfied with me?"
Satisfied" laughed Margaret
nesting close to him. "You don't
know how they adore you"
When they got back to the Office
they found some people there and
1t was not for half an hour that
they had the room to themselves.
They discovered there were letters
for them both from Vermont. They
read them sitting on the big leather
couch, Greg's arm about Margaret.
her hand in his.
Suddenly Margaret looked up
from her letter. her face all a.
sparkle.
you've paid the mortgage oft
Oh. Gregory. you darling angel. If
l never loved you before I'd love
you now. What wonderful sur
prise to give theml"
Then she drew Greg's face down
to her own and proceeded to re.
ward him tenderly.
That's wonderful" he said.
emerging from her embrace at last,
but you don't need to lay so much
stress on that mortgage. Don't you
know I'm figuring to go up there
and spend all my summers. and
sometimes get there In the winter
alsc?"
Then he caught her in his arms
again and drew her close.
my darling! My little Christmas