Cloverdale courier., October 02, 1915, Image 6

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G L O V E R D A L E IViCRGANTICE G o .
A MARRIAGE CONTRACT
C o ntinued from first page
a visit. She w as th ro w n by ft into a
s ta te of perplexity.
If tier sojourn
th ere should bo a p a rt of a rom ance
sh e w ould love to go; If she w ere sim ­
ply to go ns the d a u g h te r of th e host's
fo rm er in tim a te friend it w ould be dls
ta ste fu l to h er W ould E d w in be a t
hom e d u rin g th e period of h er visit,
and If so w ould he tr e a t her w ith tho
sam e co n strain ed fo rm a lity as d u rin g
!ils call upon her, w hich he Jind m ade
Imply a t his m o th er’s re q u est to In­
quire about her old frien d ?
Miss C unningham d eferre d rep ly in g
to tho In v itatio n as long as sh e could
do so w ith o u t ap p earin g u n m in d fu l of
It, th en w ro te th a t It w ould give her
g re a t p leasu re to accept It, intro d u cin g
Into her in >•( pt neo several "Ifs" w hich
w e r e ’ really Intended to give h er an
o p p o rtu n ity to r backing out In cn e
she found It difficult to b rin g h erself
to th e scratch when th e tim e cam e for
th e visit.
T h a t tim e arriv ed In th e a u tu m n . It
w as O ctober when she reached Mrs.
F orbes' hoi e an d w as received by th a t
lady. E dw in did not a p p e a r to wel­
com e the guest, ills m other said noth­
in g ab out him till d in n e r w as served,
th en said she reg retted th a t h er son
w as not a t hom e. H e h ad gone h u n t­
ing. but she hoped th a t ho would re­
tu rn 1 ofore E m m a’s d e p a rtu re .
If a n y th in g w ere needed t <» in d icate
tl t
i csslhle rom ance Miss r u m I g-
hum h I been building up In lu-r he rt
w is nf s ir • stle m ateria l It w as th is
aim uinecn cu t. She asked how I o im j
th e young m an Intended to fw* ab sen t
In o rd er th a t she m ight tell his m other
GLOVESDALB, OREGON
a BAS
th a t she m u st go hom e the day before
his re tu rn . M rs. F orties expressed a
polite re g re t a t th is an d tu rn ed the con­
versation to a n o th e r s u b je c t
T he d ay se t for Mr. F o rb es’ re tu rn
w as a S a tu rd a y , a n d E m m a h ad a n ­
nounced h er in ten tio n to go homo on
F riday. W ednesday brought th e ulm-
rod. ills m other expressed su rp rise at
his c u ttin g sh o rt his stay , a n d when
she asked fo r the cause he told her
th at he had not found gam e w orthy
of his a tte n tio n .
T he young h u n tsm an , fresh from
the woods and ou t of door living, look­
ed rugged and handsom e, and his very
indifference m ade him all th e m ore a t­
trac tiv e to her.
N othing w as said
ab o u t E m m a ’s re tu rn on th e coining
F riday, but on T h u rsd a y Mrs. F orbes
begged h er to rem ain longer, since she
wished to Invite a few friends to m eet
her and had not offered h er th is a tte n ­
tion before on acco u n t of tho absence
of h er son. E m m a consented to d efer
her d e p a rtu re .
S hortly before the a rriv al of the
guests E dw in Forties cam e d o w n stairs
In evening dress, m eeting Em m a in
the low er hall, also In ap p ro p riate cos­
tum e.
N'elthef could conceal an ex ­
pression of ad m ira tio n for th e other.
We condem n, am ong o th er e x tra v a ­
gances. expensive costum es; but, a fte r
all, a fondness for fine clothes Is a
n a tu ra l proclivity to lv found In both
sexes.
A n i v • v. th is n r s t sig h t o f e a c h o th
or v
ad m irab le conditions broke
th e n .
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them . E dw in Forties
d u rin g th e -Veiling divided Ills u tte r
Uous at >n • ’ • gin- c, but w henevci
boon’
in
act w ith Miss C unning
ham th e re <vn. a recurrence o f th at
g g a iAB aea
look he ha«1 given h er w hen he met
h e r on com ing d o w n stairs. T hen when
the o th er g u ests had gone they m ust
needs talk o v er th e g ath erin g , and Mrs.
F orbes w en t u p sta irs.
N othing m ore w as said ab o u t Miss
C u n n in g h am ’s d e p a rtu re fo r several
days. T hei w hen she spoke of going
M rs. F o rb es su g g ested th a t she finish
ou t th e w eek, to w hich sh e consented.
E dw in F orbes w as usually a t home In
th e even in g and devoted him self to his
m o th er’s g u est. E m m a at tim es fell
back Into th e belief th a t th is devotion
w as only in d eferen ce to his m other
as a hostess, b u t in th e m ain she had
every reason to believe th a t it pleased
him to please his m other.
W hen M iss C u n n in g h am retu rn ed to
her lonely hom e it seem ed to her th a t
sh e could not rem ain there. W hat th e
effect o f her p resence a t th e Forbes
residence w as m ay be Judged from the
fa ct th a t E d w in e n d u red her absence
for th ree d ays, th en took a train for
th e plr.ee w h ere she lived.
As m ay be ex p ected , th e couple be
cm e engaged.
E dw in proposed one
ev en in g w hile they w ere sittin g by th e
firelight In M iss C u n n in g h am ’s cozy
living room.
Miss C u n n in g h am had
for som e tim e been ex p ectin g th e de­
nouem ent a n d a n tic ip a te d g re a t delight
in th e realizatio n of th e plan th a t had
been conceived by tw o m o th er cronies
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tw e n ty y ea rs before, t i e r an x iety for
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th e en g ag em en t w as because she w ish­
ed to show h er lover how he had fall­
I
en in to a plan whi !i seer, -d to have
1 been fo rg o tten by hi- i o th er, for
E m m a felt a ssu re d th a t if Sit’s. Forbes
j rem em bered th e c o n tra c t sh e had m ade
she had n ev e r m entioned it to her sou.
A t any rate, he had not show n any
I signs o f being cognizant o f It.
As soon a s ^ i e proposition w as m atte
and accep ted E m m a w as eag er to re­
veal to h er b etro th ed th a t he as well
as sh e h ad been en a c tin g a rom ance.
E xcusing h erself for a m om ent, sh e
ran u p sta irs and, re tu rn in g w ith tin-
co n tra ct, b an d ed it to him . w a itin g far
an exp ressio n of happy surprise.
G lancing a t it, he did ex p ress su rp rise,
but not as expected. H is a sto n ish m en t
wits th a t sh e had know n of the con­
tra c t. T h ru s tin g his h an d into his coat
pocket, he d rew fo rth its d u p licate.
’’Did j o u r m o th er give it to you?"
ask ed E m m a, d isap p o in ted .
“No; I found it am o n g old p ap ers in
th e g a rre t.
M other h as no re m e m ­
b ran ce o f i t .”
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“ A fter a ll.” said E m m a ra tb e r to
h erself th a n to her lover, “ it is a ro­
m ance.’*
“ You m ean a p u t up jo b on b.. i
sides.” w as th e rejo in d er.
B ut t >
m nde am en d s for Ifs b ru ta l re m a rk by
n a v a la n c h e o f kisses.
P rin te rs ’ M arks.
T h e In terro g atio n m ark or “ p o in t”
(?i w as o rig in ally a “q ” a n d an “o."
th e la tte r placed u n d e r th e fo rm er.
T hey w ere sim ply th e first a n d last
letters ot th e L atin w ord “q u estio .”
So, too. w ith th e sig n o f ex clam atio n
o r In terje ctio n (I). In its orig in al p u ri­
ty It w as a co m b in atio n o f "1” an d
“o,” th e la tte r u n d e rn e a th , as in th e
question m ark . T h e tw o stood for
“lo,” th e L atin ex clam atio n o f Joy.
T h e p a ra g ra p h m ark is a G reek “p .”
th e in itial o f th e w ord p a ra g ra p h . T h e
. rly p rin te rs em ployed a d a g g e r to
show th a t a w ord o r sen ten ce w as ob­
jectio n ab le a n d should be cu t o u t . E x ­
change.