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Spicer-On-Green-Lake, May 18.—
Illustrated temperance lecture at
the Presbyterian church of Spicer
this evening.
Mission meetings will be held at
the Swedish Saron church at Spicer
this week, commencing Tuesday
evening and continuing all day
Wednesday.
The Great Northern operators of
the Wil mar Diviison will have an
outing at Green Lake next Sunday.
From reports this association of
railway employes plan to make a
big day of it.
A party pf four young ladies,
Clara Orred, Alma Samuelson,
Christine Peterson and Alma Swen
son, of Spicer, drove up to New
London Friday evening to partici
pate in a surprise party given that
evening at the Swedish Lutheran
parsonage in honor of Rev. and
Mrs. A. F. Seastrand, the occasion
being their fifth wedding anniver
ary. About seventy young people
were present, and an enjoyable
evening was spent.
Christian [Siam, of Madison,
Minn., a lay preacher of the Hauge
Synod, has conducted services at
the Green Lake church during the
evenings of the past week.
The Wilson touring car brot a
large party from Willmar to the In
terlachen hotel last Sunday.
Miss Mattie Lien of Willmar
spent Saturday and Sunday with
friends at Spicer.
Spicer will have a new restaurant
in the immediate future. Mrs. S.
Hanson of Renville has rented the
N. Hendrickson building on Lake
avenue and will convert the interior
into an eating room. Mrs. Hanson
has been a successful business wom
an of Renville for a number of
years, and all are confident that she
will make a success of this under
taking.
Lewis Larson Jr. and Andrew Pe
tei&on of New London visited with
friends in Harrison last Sunday.
David Holmberg left last Tues
day for his home in Renville,
Minn., taking his route across the
country on his wheel. He will re
turn in a week to take charge of a
month's Swedish parochial school
that will be held at Spicer, com
mencing on Monday, May 25.
Chris Jacobson left last week for
Granville, N. D.t to visit for a few
weeks with relatives.
Work has commened on the new
cement walks at Spicer. The work
around the new post office building
and bank past Peter Swenson's
store was completed last week.
AnJrevv Bjorsell of Willmar has
the contract for the work.
James McManus left on Tuesday
for a few days' business trip to
Paynesville, Glenwood and points in
Noith Dakota.
Mrs. F. 0. Swanson of Green
Lake spent the fore part of the
week in New London with her son
Lemuel, who arrived there from St.
Peter last Saturday. He will re
main there a while under the care
of Dr. Newman betore returning
to his home at Edenwood farm.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Swanson of
Mamre visited friends and relatives
at Green Lake Sunday and Monday
of this week.
Misses Julia Hanson and Helen
Campbell went to Willmar last Fri
day for a few days' visit.
Sivert Hanson of Green Lake
Beach was taken suddenly ill last
Sunday evening. Dr. Jacobs was
called. The last reports say that
ho is better.
Mrs. Ad. Nelson from south of
Green Lake is making a few days'
visit with her sister, Mrs. Mattson
of Svea.
The Downs and Sanderson young
people of Willmar made up a picnic
party that spent Sunday at the lake.
They also visited at the] Dan
Downs home in Spicer.
The Jonas Monson young people
with their mother, of Ringo Lake,
were the guests of N. Orred and
family, of Spicer, Sunday.
Knock Swenson spent Saturday
and Sunday with his folks at Green
Lake.
Mr. Otto Manket! left for New
London today, having been in the
city since yesterday morning when
he, together with Mr. Andrew
Quam, also of New London, came
down from Argyle, Minn., where
they had attended the 15th wedding
anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Mel
gaard. Mrs. Melgaard is a sister
of Mr. Mankell and an aunt of Mr.
Quam. Mrs. Nels Quam of New
London, sister of Mrs. Melgaard,
also attended the reception, return
ing today. Another guest was Dr.
Hans Johnson of Kerkhoven, who
accompanied the party and returned
home yesterday morning.
The Northwestern Elevator Co.
has decided to put in an exchange
department. They will handle
Pillsbury flour and bran and shorts,
and will sell at retail as well as
supply the trade. Agent Severin
son reports that there has been
quite a deal of flour sold here be
fore, which encourages the company
to put in this addition to their
business here.
The Willmar Seminary Alumni
Association have issued announce
ments for their annual banquet,
which will be held on Tuesday even
ing. June 2, at the Seminary Hall.
BANKERS ARE
GUESTS OF CITY
District Bankers Are In Session
and Are Being Entertaned
By the Local Bankers.
The Seventh District Group of
the State Bankers Association is in
session in Willmar this afternoon.
The convention met in the court
room of the courthouse at one
o'clock. An address of welcome
was made by Mayor H. S. Peterson,
which was responded to by Presi
dent H. A. Baldwin. Congressman
A. J. Volstead of Granite Falls is
on for a discussion of New Cur
rency Legislation. The question,
"Would the Public Guaranty of
Bank Deposits Be Desirable?" was
taken up, the affirmative by Hon.
Marcus Lauritson of Tyler and the
negative by W. F. McLane of Min
neapolis.
The election of officers for the
ensuing year resulted in the elec
tion of Hon. Marcus Lauritsen of
Tyler as president Andrew D.
O'Brien of Graceville, vice presi
dent F. R. Putnam of Morris, sec
retary W. H. Gold of Renville and
M. S. Carl of Clara City, members
of the executive committee.
There was also a discussion of
Registration Tax on Mortgages by
Hon. L. C. Spooner of Morris, and
an address by Hon. C. T. Howard
of Redwood Falls.
It is the plan to take the visitors
around the city and out to the Tall
man farm in automobiles, if the
weather permits. A banquet will
be served this evening at the Bonde
Hall. The banquet will be served
by Ole Nickelson, the proprietor of
the Commercial Hotel. Hon. A.
E. Rice will act as toastmaster.
Toasts will be responded to by 0.
W. Lundsten of Hutchinson, F. L.
Stone of Benson, Hon. M. J. Dowl
ing of Olivia, Hon. Elias Rachie of
Willmar, Atty. T. 0. Gilbert of
Willmar and Jos. Chapman Jr. of
Minneapolis.
The following are the names of
the visitors registered up to three
o'clock this afternoon:
C. D. Griffith, Sleepy Eye W.
H. Gold, Redwood Falls 0. W.
Wells, Herman S. S. Scott, Vesta
F. E. Holton, Minneapolis J. P.
Cooper, Redwood Falls A. C. Bur
meitser, Redwood Falls H. L.
Strand, Garvin A. 0. Gimmestad,
Belview J. R. Fitch, Tracy 0.
G.Olson, Porter L. Tidding, Lam
berton, Thos. R. Frost, Minneapo
lis M. R. Kauft, St. Paul Geo.
J. Trimm, Lamberton L. 0.
Thorpe, Willmar C. W. Ross, Chi
cago W. 0 Willoughby, Minnea
polis F. G. Handy, Willmar H.
A. Baldwin, Redwood Falls Theo
dore Aune, Glenwood T. 0. Ofs
thun, Glenwood H. M. Hanson,
Hanley Falls A. H. Lowe, Wood
Lake Edwin Mead, Minneapolis
J. M. Williams, St. Paul H. H.
Batcheller, Minneapolis H. Jorg
enson, Minneapolis H. E. Hollen
beack, St. Paul Chas. V. Kennedy.
Minneapolis W. M. Lane, Min
neapolis J. W. True, Mankato J.
C. Spencer, St. Paul J. J. Walsh,
Minneapolis J. F. Millard, Will
mar Ed. H. Fahey, Red Wing
M. Lauritsen, Tyler L. A. Vik,
Willmar J. W. Carey, Minneapo
lis A. E. Rice, Willmar C. How
ard, Redwood Falls F. R. Putman,
Morris J. R. Orth, Raymond An
drew Larson, Willmar T. 0. Orth,
Raymond B. F. Kucheman, Spicer
H. J. Dale, Renville F. H. Wold,
Willmar 0. H. Soilien, Granite
Falls F. C. Thornton, Glenwood
C. W. Odell, Willmar A. N. Mick
elson, New London Henry Roth
schild, St. Paul 0. G. Hough,
Kerkhoven E. L. Thorpe, Pennock
Wesley Swenson, Pennock John
Brandt, Murdock W. E. Young
J. P. Johnson, Atwater 0. W.
Lundsten, Hutchinson W. J.
Raune, Jr., Hancock S. Bourier,
Minneapolis A. Beaufort, Donnel
ly S. H. Davis, Donnelly 0. H.
Campbell, Litchfield T. F. Mc
Clure, Litchfield J. Hewitt, Nas
sua Ludvig M. Swenson, Louns
burry L. 0. Johnson, Granite
Falls W. C. Thompson, Maynard
Mrs. Anna Abrahampon of Will- Henry Stene, Atwater Cora A.
mar township leaves this week for Stene, Atwater Geo. A. Purcell,
a trip to Norvay, where she will Clarkfield M. S. Carl, Clara City
remain for some time. ID. N. Tallman, Willmar W. J.
Pinney, Willmar J. P. Dahlquist,
Tintah J. H. Skogrand, Watson
F. L. Stone, Marietta Theodore
Maybohm, Granite Falls J. E.
Reyerson, Dawson Russell Spicer,
Willmar M. J. Dowling, Olivia
T. A. Vildey, Granite Falls J. S.
Johnson, Granite Falls D. A. Mc
Louth, Granite Falls 0. G. Dale,
Madison H. L. Hayden, Madison
C. G. Cotton, Minneapolis John
Lundquist, Willmar N. J. Ored
son, Kandiyohi N. S. Swenson, C.
0. Berg and Edwin Selvig, Will
mar.
Thanks to the gardening instinct
of Sheriff Bonde, the flower beds in
the courthouse yard are full of
blooming plants. The sheriff has
propogated some early varieties of
flowers in his office and set them
out in the beds, thus securing and
early start for blooming. He has
also made a number of rustic flower
pots which he will set out in the
beds later with other varieties of
flowers. The sheriff took consider
able pride in having his flowers
beds in nice trim for the bankers'
convention.
The
agents
Great Northern station
will have an excursion to
Green Lake next Sunday
eludes all the agents on
mar and Watertown
They will leave Willmar
pulled by a switch
and return in the
This in-
the Will
divisions,
on a car
engine, at 8:30
evening. None
but agents will be permitted to
ride, as it will be in no sense a
train for public tra\el.
1. Z. Newgord of Burbank was a
caller in the city today.
Prinsburg, May 20.—The phone
line running into Raymond has
been out of order since last Satur
day. Efforts are being made to
find out where the trouble lies.
Mrs. N. Kleinhuisen came back
last Tuesday from Pease, Minn., ac
companied by Mrs. Fred Groenvald,
who will visit for a week with her
parents and other relatives here.
Mr. and Mrs. K. Van der Stoep
of Maurice, Iowa, who were on
their way to visit with a daughter
near Edmore, N. D., stopped off
at Raymond and spent a day here
with old time friends from Sioux
county.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Talen of Ray
mond spent Sunday evening with
N. DuBois and family here.
Miss Gertie Flym, who is here
spending a few weeks with her
grandmother, Mrs. Van den Einde,
visited with relatives in Roseland
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Garret Wiebredink
spent Tuesday in Raymond as the
guests of their cousins, Mr. and
Mrs. G. Ruisink.
The rains of last week and this
week have greatly benefitted the
growing grains. Crops look fine in
our locality.
Mrs. Henry Bruggers was on the
sick list last week.
Mrs. T. Kramer is expected home
from her Iowa visit this week.
Mrs. Hattie De Young from Fill
more county and her son Elmer and
baby daughter are visiting with
relatives and friends here.
The picnic to be held on Friday
proimses to be a grand success.
Many from far and near will be
present if the weather is fair.
Mr. and Mrs. H. J. Roeolfs spent
Wednesday with the Talon family
in Raymond.
John Bolt and family, who moved
to Chicago about a year ago, are
back here and now live in Mrs. J.
Phiefer's house one mile from
Prinsburg. We are glad to wel
come this family back.
Relatives from Roseland came
over to surprise Mrs. H. J. Roelofs
last Saturday evening, the occasion
being her 32nd birthday anniver
sary.
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Boersma
went to Raymond Friday.
Fred Poortinga from Renville is
expected to be present to take pho
tographs of the crowd at the picnic
Friday.
A number of young people went
fishing at lake Waconda last
Wednesday.
The sad news reached us today of
the death of Miss Tillie Hagen, a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hans E.
Hagen of Lake Lillian. Death took
place yesterday morning, the cause
being tuberculosis, from which de
eacsed had been suffering for the
past six months. The funeral will
be held tomorrow (Thursday).
The graduating exercises of the
Eighth grade will be held on Thurs
day evening, May 28, and the High
School commencement will take
place on Friday evening, May 29.
The graduating exercises of the
Willmar Seminary classes will be
held on Monday evening, June 1.
V. E. Elfstrum of Marme left
last Monday for Mora, Minn. Mr.
Elfstrum contemplates investing in
land in this part of the state and
went there to look over the piece of
land he has in view.
Mrs. Ed Huffman of Sioux City
came down Monday for a visit with
friends here. She leaves today, ac
companying Mrs. Birdie Huffman
on her western trip as far as Breek
enridge.
Olof Brogren and family went to
Kandiyohi this morning to attend
the Erickson-Nystrom wedding.
Lots in Ferring's Addition now
for sale by Lowis Johnson. Office
214 4th Street. 14f,
John G. Dahline spent Sunday in
St. Paul.
Nels Larson of Nest
the city.
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Lake is in
Court House Briefs
County Treasurer Norin is still
in Canada.
Judge Nordin spent Sunday at
his Green Lake cottage.
John Wicklund of town of Kan
diyohi called at the auditor's office
today.
Messrs. Decker, Minkel and Lip
pert, of the town of Roseland, were
in the auditor's office today to con
sult with the auditor regarding
county ditch No. 18. They intend
to contract for 50 stations on the
said ditch.
Alfred Olson, a young man from
the town of Lake Andrew, was up
on the peittion of C. S. Solberg
brought before the Probate Judge
to be examined for lunacy by Drs.
E. S. Frost and J. M. Rains. The
young "man was adjudged insane
and was taken to the hospital at
Fergus Falls this afternoon
Sheriff Bonde. He was about
years old.
The Seventh District Group
Minnesota Bankers Association held
their meeting in the courtroom this
afternoon. The jobbing houses of
Brown, Treacy & Sperry Co. and
Louis F. Daw Co., of St. Paul, and
the Free Press Printing Co. of Man
kato were respectively represented
by J. C. Spencer, J. W. Wililams
and J. W. True.
Marriage Licenses Issued.
May 15—Eddie Norin to Bertha
LaSalle.
May 16—Richard M. Bomsta to
Mamie J. Mathiason.
May 16—John M. Christenson to
Tilda Josephine Trogen.
May 18—Chas. V. McDougall to
Margaret J. Jones.
May 18—Edwin Charles Hall
strom to Anna Victoria Lundqist.
May 19—Theodore W. Nystrom
to Martha Alvine Erickson.
The baby boy of Mr. and Mrs.
John Nygaard has been very ill
during the past wpek with pneu
monia.
Alvin Englund of Whitefield vis
ited in town last Wednesday.
We are selling Elgin or Waltham
18 size movements fitted in 20 year
guaranteed cases at $12.00 for cash.
Anderson Bros. & Co. 12f
Dr. C. E. Gerretson, dentist.
Office in new Ruble block, Willmar
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Mofvtrous'
Invention.
By GEORGE
ETHELBERT WALSH.
Copyright. 1907, by George Ethelbert
Walsh.
ONTROUS was more seedy In
appearance than usual as he
listlessly dropped into the
chair The day was hot. and
the stuffy little restaurant made his
head ache.
When he looked up to give his order
the new waitress smiled and in reply
to his question said:
"Patsy's gone, and I've taken her
place. I hope I'll suit you."
Montrous thought the name better
than Patsy, and the face and figure
fitted it admirably. Tess—Tess Bar
rington! It sounded good, and the eyes
were wondrously liquid and brown.
The dinner hour was an oasis in the
desert of work and worry. Montrous
began to drop in earlier to avoid the
noonday rush. Once when the table
presided o\er by Tess was crowded he
unwillingly took his place at another
As the days and weeks passed the new
waitress looked fagged, in common
with the rest
"When do you take your vacation?"
he asked one day.
"I don't think I'll take any," she said,
with a sad smile "It costs too much."
Monti ous understood. A vacation
without «ages would be a joyless af
fair.
"I suppose you take yours soon?"
she murmured.
"No not this year," he blurted out
"I can't—not nntiJ my patent comes
out"
This was the first time he had spoken
to a stranger about his patent, and he
wondered at his words. But he con
tinued:
"You s,ee, I'm poor and must make
this patent go. It's a great one, but
they don't see it that way. or want to
buy it outright for a mere song. But
I'll starve betore they get it that way
the subtle power which had induced
him to reveal this much of his inner
life to Tess could not be explained He
was no psychologist He had no time
to take an inventory of his emotions. A
week passed without further reference
to his work Then one day she asked
half apologetically:
"Can I see the patent?"
"Sure' But it may not interest you.
It's all about—about making tin cans."
He laughed at the crude description
and then added
"It's a machine that will save thou
sands—millions—to manufacturers of
tin cans I'll bring it around if you'll
let me."
Montrous made the patent an excuse
for calling often.
"One concern offered me five hun
dred for it" be exclaimed scornfully.
"Think of it! Five hundred for two
years' work!"
In the middle of the summer he
beamed into the restaurant on a very
hot day and whispered softly:
"What do you think, Tess? I've got
a raise. The great Consolidated Tin
Can company offered me $1,500 today
for the patent!"
She was tired with the day's unre
mitting work, and the lines on her
face were drawn, but she brightened
I HOPE l*XiL 8T/1T YOU."
Dp at the sight of his happiness and
said:
"You'll take it?"
He looked hurt the smile fading
from his features.
"Tess!"
There were surprise and indignation
In the single word. Tess flushed and
Stammered quickly:
"Oh, I didn't mean that I was so
tired that the thought of $1,500 seemed
like—like"—
One ol the Beautiful Beaches on Green Lake which It Is claimed will be Flooded by a Two Foot Raise.
For thjg. first time.he_noted herdrawn
face. His own Immediately changed to
sympathetic appreciation of her view
point
"It does seem like a good deal," he
said slowly. "It would give—give you
now, for Instance, a nice long vacation,
and you need it"
"I wasn't thinking of that" she
stammered hurriedly.
For a week Montrous was moody
and depressed. He took no apparent
Interest in his dinner. Tess gently ral
lied him and even changed his orders
to suit her idea of what he needed.
His face grew pale and drawn. Finally
Tess said sharply to him one day:
"You need a rest—a change."
"Do I? And you, what about you?
You're all played out Tess, and yon
must take a vacation."
"Oh, I can stand it until"—
"Until you collapse!" he blurted out
angrily.
Montrous did not appear at the res
taurant for three days. Then on the
fourth be entered, with a new, quiet
determined expression on his face.
"Tess, I want to see you tonight," he
said briefly. "It—it's about the patent
and—and—our—your vacation."
When he entered her bare, plain hall
room that evening, the old depression
had worn off. Her eyes were aglow
with a new passion. Without circum
locution he plunged to the heart of his
subject
"Tess, I've sold the patent for a lump
sum!"
She glanced up hurriedly, with a
frightened expression on her face. The
color deserted her lips. Mistaking it
for a false alarm, he went on, with a
smile on his lips:
"I sold it to the Consolidated Tin
Can company for $2,000. I made them
raise their bid $500. Isn't that glori
ous?"
A cry escaped her lips, and her eyes
filled with anguish Montrous stared
at this exhibition of emotion, unable to
explain it
"And the royalties?" she gasped.
"There will be no royalties."
"But you said there would be a for
tune in royalties and that you would
never sell it outright."
The light in his eyes made her shiver
"But Tess, little girl, don't you see, I
might have to wait years for that and
we needed the rest, the change—you
and I. And $2,000 is a good sum. It
will give us a vacation"—
She placed her hands to her face and
was sobbing softly. Montrous ap
proached and tried to speak steadily,
but his voice wavered.
"Tess. dear, don't you see that I love
you and that we can—can go away for
a time? When we are married we"—
She stepped back, still holding her
hands before her eyes. The movement
brought Montrous to a sudden stiff at
titude. The blood left his face. His
voice was very faint.
"Tess, you do not love me? You can
not care for me—in this way?"
She made no reply, but continued her
sobbing
"Oh, I'm so sorry," she murmured
brokenly "You must let me think—
leave me alone!"
Tess did not appear at the restaurant
the next day nor the next. On the
third Montrous could stand it no
longer. He interviewed the proprietor
and learned, to his chagrin, that the
new waitress had left
Tess was out when be called at her
boarding house, but he was relieved to
find that she had not changed her lodg
ings and thus escaped him entirely. He
was full of good news and anxiously
waited her return. She came in late,
less fagged than when he met her last
but still with circles under her eyes.
"Tess, I've good tidings,* he said im
pulsively, taking her hand. "Some
fairy godmother of mine has interced
ed for me. The great Tin Can heart
has softened. I can hardly believe the
news to be true. But I have it in black
and white, and I'm forced to accept it"
She flushed prettily, and the return
of the old happiness in her eyes trans
formed her features.
"You don't ask me what it is I have
to tell you?" he added in disappoint
ment "Have you lost all interest in
the patent? If so. then my good for
tune will not interest you."
"No, no! Tell me!"
"I've made a new contract with the
Consolidated Tin Can company," he
announced abruptly. "Instead of pay
ing me $2,000 for the patent they will
use it in all their factories and pay me
royalties. And the most wonderful
thing about it is that the proposition
came from them. Can you believe it?"
"No!" she answered faintly.
"Do you know what that means to
me?" he added. "Why, it will make
me rich—rich enough to go on with my
work and to take a vacation when I
wish. It's a sure income of many
thousands, and"—
Then he stopped. The remembrance
of their last interview flashed over
him. The joy of the present suddenly
lost its power. He was conscious of a
loss which success could not requite.
The sadness in the corners of his eyes
gave him an old, wrinkled appearance.
He glanced once at her, and then his
resolution made him turn away. His
hands strayed idly among the papers
and magazines on the table. She had
brought a bundle of them in with her,
and they lay close to his finger tips.
While his eyes roamed from one print
ed word, to. another,jhe slow abstrac-
tibn changed to sudden new Interest
He picked a paper from the table and
studied it closely. The paper was neat
ly typed, and the words bad a familiar
look. Increasing surprise and wonder
grew in his face, transfixing him so
that he was scarcely conscious of her
presence.
With uncomprehending eyes she
watched the slow change dawning in
his face. The awkward silence at
tracted her attention, and her eyes fell
upon the paper in his hands. There
was a cry of dismay from her, and
with sudden alarm she gilded toward
him and snatched the fatal document
With cheeks flushed and eyes lustrous
with fear she glanced up, hoping fear
fully that her secret was still safe.
Bat in that instant she read the mean
ing of his dull, baffled gaze.
"Tess," he said slowly, "what does
this mean?"
He brushed his brow with a trem
bling hand.
"How did you get this?" he contin
ued thickly. "It's a copy of my agree
ment with the company. How—
where"—
She did not meet his eyes, but wa
vered uncertainly, holding the paper in
her hands. The light of comprehen
sion was slowly dawning on him. Still
he was puzzled.
"Tess, you did this! You—you"—
Then the absurdity of it made him
hesitate. What influence could a poor,
friendless waitress have with one of
the wealthiest corporations of the
country? Clearly it was a mere coin
cidence! But it puzzled him, and he
looked to her for an explanation.
She stood near him with half averted
face. From the clear cut profile, with
its delicate outline and suggestive
curves of cheek and chin, his eyes
wandered back to the table from which
he had picked the document There
were other papers loosened from the
rubber band—a memorandum, a loose
sheet of some printed matter, an un
opened letter and a card. The letter
and card attracted his gaze. He dwelt
upon them for an instant and then
started as though touched by a live
wire.
"Tess," he murmured abstractedly,
picking up the card and letter, "can
"HOW DID YOV OBI THIS?"
you explain how you got that paper
and this—this"—
His voice trailed off, and he added,
leading the card:
"Miss Morley."
He turned it over and gazed at the
back, then looked at the handwriting
on the unopened letter.
"Miss Morley," he read again.
Tess could stand It no longer. She
held out a hand for her property. He
watched her, a cynical smile slowly
framing itself on his lips.
"You're not Tess—Tess Barrington,"
he went on, returning the card and let
ter. "It's a little game of deceit you've
been playing. Miss Morley! And old
John Morley is the. president of the
Consolidated Tin Can company! It is
quite a coincidence!"
His laugh was mirthless and harsh,
something like a sneer curling his lips.
She winced under it but a moment
later she turned impulsively toward
him and explained:
"I did not intend to deceive you. I—1
was there in the restaurant for—for the
experience. I wanted to see for myself
how others lived. I did not want to
give to charity indiscriminately, and"—
He interrupted sharply:
"Charity! Oh, yes, it was charity to"—
She stopped him with an imperious
look. The shame mounted to his fore
head.
"No, I didn't mean that," he apolo
gized. "But I must have the contract
canceled. I could not accept the royal
ties on the patent in that way."
She watched him with a dumb look
•f pain on her face. When she held
out her bands, he did not see them.
His eyes were bright with a new deter
mination.
"You do not wish to offend me," she
began slowly. "I—after all, our friend
ship and what has happened, should a
small thing like this stand between
us?"
"It is what baa happened between us
that makes this impossible, Tess," he
replied, smiling as he emphasized the
old name which had grown so dear to
him. "I knew Tess Barrington. I do
not know Miss Morley."
If before there had lurked any hope
hi his heart it was now forever sup
pressed. Tess—the girl he had loved—
was no more, and in her place was—
He shuddered and turned from her.
"I must go," he murmured gently.
There were pain and Irresolution In
her face. Then suddenly she took the
copy of the contract and tore it in two,
casting the two pieces in the open fire
place.
"If this makes the difference," she
said firmly, "I shall have the original
destroyed like this. It is not worth the
loss of such—such friendship as ours.
Now I'm Tess again—simply Tess Bar
rington, the obscure waitress at D.'s.
I'm tired, horribly tired, and need a
vacation. See the circles under my
•yes! Do they not appeal to you?
Think what a vacation we could take
on $2,000! Wouldn't it be glorious?"
The saucy eyes and smiling face were
close to his. He held bis breath and
cjteched,JJsJteett,. then slowly shook
luThead. He repteoTwlf evident ef
fort:
"No, no. That does not alter it The
Illusion to broken. Tess, poor Tess, la
no more!"
She uttered a little cry of dismay
the color fading from her face. Im
pulsively she stretched forth hot,,
hands again. He took them and beta
them passionately.
"I loved Tess—loved her dearly," he
exclaimed between clinched teeth.
"She YBU» mono to me than my patent,
more than an else la life.''
"Then I shall always be Tess to you
~4dmply Teas."
[Original.]
"I can't give you any answer today,
Charlie."
"You've been saying that for three
months."
"And I suppose I'll continue to say it
till I make up my mind to"—
"Be married."
"Oh, no I've decided upon that" I
"You mean you haven't decided on
the man you will marry."
To this the only reply was a far
away, dreamy look.
"How many of us are there?"
"How disagreeable of you! You seem
to intimate that there are a large num
ber, whereas there are only two." I
"That simplifies it immensely. I in
fer from your putting me off rather
than refusing me that I'm one of the
tare. Now, how would it do to decide
between the two by tossing a coin?"
Again that faraway look, then "Sup
pose you lose?"
"I shall have to bear my disappoint
ment like a man."
A dissatisfied look passed over her
face. She was silent
"What's troubling your*
"I was thinking of my own disap
pointment in case the coin fell the
wrong way."
"But I thought there was no wrong
way for you."
No reply.
"Does the other fellow possess an ad
vantage that has nothing to do with
love?"
"No."
"Then, if you can be happy with
either of us and can't decide between
us, why would you not be satisfied with
the decision of a toss?"
"Why, because—how stupid of you—
the coin might decide the wrong way."
It was his turn to pause. He was of
a scientific turn of mind and had a
fancy for paradoxes, but here was one
that baffled him.
"I have it" he said finally. "We'll
toss the coin, and if it falls the wrong
way you are to have the privilege of
deciding the right way."
She neither assented nor dissented,
and, taking a quarter from his pocket
he said: "I choose this eminently re
spectable head with a serious face, a
wreath and the motto, 'In God We
Trust' I'm perfectly willing to trust
in God."
"You said that Just as if you had
no confidence whatever in me."
"You, not being able to choose be
tween two lovers, are not to be relied
on by either. I having chosen heads,
there remains for my rival the spread
eagle with an olive branch in one
claw and a bundle of arrows In the
other, by which he means, 'If you
marry me I'll love you if you don't
shoot you.' There's a ribbon in his
month, which means, Ton shall al
ways be dressed up mighty fine,' or, in
other words, Til give you everything
you want'"
"Thafs just what makes me hesi
tate. You coolly arrogate everything
to yourself. You choose the head and
the motto 'In God We Trust' leaving
for—Cor the other—a spread eagle, as
you call it, with your own interpreta
tion of the emblems."
"I'm going to put an end to your
hesitation. Up she goes!".
He flipped the com, and as it came
down he put his hand over it
"Before you know who has won,"
he said, "I want to know if you intend
to abide by the decision."
"I suppose so—that is"—
She got no further. He tried in vain
to get a more definite reply. At last
he took away his hand and showed
the com—tails up.
"He has won," he said coolly, put
ting the piece in his pocket "Permit
me to congratulate you."
"On what?"
"On getting a spread eagle husband
who will love you when you are good
and stick arrows into you when you
are bad and clothe you with silks or
satins."
Her eyes wandered all over the room,
agbtlng nowhere.
"Ten me plainly," he said, "without
beating around the bush, are you satis
fled or dissatisfied with the result of
the toss?"
"I might not be satisfied if—that
UT-
She paused and looked out of the
window. On her fair young brow were
the gentle corrugations of perplexity.
"Well?"
Ton seem to be satisfied."
"I? What has that to do with it?'
"If you had shown even a tiny bit of
dissatisfaction"—
"You would have been satisfied?"
"You're always misinterpreting what
I say. I didn't mean that at all."
"Come we're making no headway.
It was agreed that if the com fell the
wrong way you were to have the privi
lege of deciding the right way."
"But I told you at first, I can't de
cide, at least not just now."
"Then I suppose we have spent all
this time for nothing. I'm worn out
with trying to bring you to a decision.
I'm going away for a long while—a
year, two years, five if necessary—to
overcome this infatuation for a girl
who doesn't know whether she wants
me or doesn't want me or wants some
body else or"—
"There's one chance for a decision,"
the interrupted, "that you haven't
thouglt of."
"What's that?"
"You might toss again*
He sent the coin spinning high In the
air and without waiting for it to come
down took her in his arms.
The next morning her little brother
was munching candy. When asked
where he got the money to buy It with
he said he had found a quarter under
the piano.
IfABEL B. BIOHABDSON.