Glacier County chief. [volume] (Browning, Mont.) 1931-1940, 1940-05-31
Man Discovers First
[oUe Comes Only
srht 1910: By News Syndicate Co., In
N TWO PARTS-PART ONE

nee.
srh. 1870: BY News Syndicate Co.. Inc
N TWO PARTS-PART ONE
the top of his mornings mail was
nyelope in his sisters handwriting.
oted its presence there with irri-
Long experience had taught
osborne that Phyllis never wrote
s she wanted something.
look on you as kind Of uncle,
= so much older" she would say.
hich he was; by 16 years; and
4 had been well enough when the
d half a generation had been set
ne relationship of 26 and 10, and
cular generosity had been tested
rpeditions to the 200, and suppl
rs to intercede with parental dis
he on such problems as concerned
frequency Of theater tickets. 1t was
nv different situation now, when
respective ages were 81 and 81;
he was expected to act as an in
ediary on such very much less
ant issues as concerned latch
allowances and unchaperoned ac-
tanceS.
Sat on earth did she want now.
sondered.
ngh darling. I'm going to be
nce-a CHASTITY nuisance" the
BE and you're the one person who
help me. It's about John" John?
me paused, his memory searching
engthy gallery of young men who
disturbed over the last four years
ister's peace Of mind: John? no,
build not place him. He resumed
,eading: Were crazy about each
I; really crazy" he read on. I'VE
to be married right away. At
John does; If only I could be
In it was fair to him. But I can't
not quite, it's the money part.
enough to live on, Just. But 1t
i mean desperately hard work,
Spending one unnecessary farth-
no travel, no entertainment,
ing, and is that fair to John? I
be sure 1t Is. Because it Is i'm
int for him. 1t really Is, at this
OF his career, to get about, to
,eople. An architect after all"
architect, so that was who John
Osborne recalled a tall, untidy
with one Of those thin hard
i faces that often develop in later
look Of real distinction; an I'M
ortable young man, who did not
e, who kept fidgeting with his tie
pulling at his hair; yet had man
nevertheless, to give Osborne the
eSSion that one day he might
mt to something. So that was who
was.
d it was in order that everything
ID be made easy for this John,
John might be able, in Hollywood
nce, ito go places and to do
s." that Phyllis was proposing to
uncle-brother that her marriage,
the first few years should be en-
ID to an annual extent of 200
no, really, he thought, this was
INIT; this time she had gone too
by one thing about the letter
mentioned. The Danegeld was
nded as a gift.
pm his wife's room next door came
tinkle of a breakfast tray. He
bed the letter into his pocket, ex-'
bed his reflection in the glass.
|tied himself that the knot of his
blue spitalfield silk tie was cor
conferred in his stiff white collar,
tapped upon her door.
his hand he carried a small
b packet. At the sight of it she
ped her hands.
YOU aren't the most thoughtful
band"
I'D you imagine I'd forget2"
had written on the card that &C
panied the diamond clip: "On the
terSary Of my happiest day, to
you for my six happiest years"
Ear!ing," the eyes that looked up
i'm we're tender.
hat is true, that really is?"
l.d you need reminding2"
smiled fondly.
TX years, it's a long time, you
That other time, that first time
hat was another kind of thing"
Fas it? I suppose it was. But you
in love, to begin with anyhow.
used to worry me SO, once. II
first marriage of yours could be
Tecked so completely within three
b what was there to stop
). he laid his hand across her
fh, stopping this flow of nonsense
is source. Voices on the stairs
lded the children's visit.
i-ere were two OF them-a boy ana
III, 5 years old and 3. It was with
It's and bounds that they had
I'D across the landing but outside
toor they paused to recover breath,
ting finally with the staid gait to
b their weekly dancing classes had
Ftomed them.
l say, do you know" It was the
! invariable prelude. She would
4 with her eyes very wide, an
sssion of the most solemn earnest
upon her face. II say, do you
when Putsi and Truddy tore the
and Ada said :" you would
Eine that she was about to an
bee the fall Of the Guelph dynasty
she embarked on the trailing
Foluthon Of an utterly pointless
about their two dachshunds and
parlor maid.