Daily British Whig (1850), 24 Nov 1919, p. 4

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i MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1919. 2, a Ey or Ie cece | 090099 ig $i¥ i ] i 2 i THE DAILY BRITISH ¥ i of . PAGE FOUR -- a coslngly. "But, ob. when the awrw | | thing came out in yoor Doar? Mise | Thornton threw out $4¢ baads. "New | | I'm afratd--for you," she said i {| Richard West followed the girl te the door and then surprised himself by continulog te follew into the ele vator and on down to the street. where be stood as unnecessary length of time assuring ber of his regret and of his ability to soothe the ruffied feel ings of her mother. Again, in his of fice be stooped to pick up a bunch of taded violets which had fallen from the girl's belt and to place them care fully fa bis desk. Then be leaned back in bis chair, falling into a pleas | . | ant reverie. Each fragrant Ureath In all his trying experiences as am from the violets seemed to bring back. WHIG WHEN ELIZAB SCORED '¢ Or a Case of Too Many : | Lovers. v Wh ad v : | | -~ r------ rt of Buy Him By AGNES G. BROGAN : i A - Dressing Gown : or Smoking Jacket * RY for Xmas "THE CLUB" 12 Brincess * YY hy A ry | eattar Richard West had never faced {so peculiar a situation. The twe | young men had burst in upon his pri- in an indefimable way the piquant | charm of the giri's presence--that ome ! laughing gleam from her bluebell eyes, | | And so for days the winsome face | i vagy, accusing and gesticolatiang in an | incoherent manner. After much ques- | | tioning their cause of complaint was | | tound to be the recent publication of | of falling into brown studies j the following astonishing communica: | Lo. desk. Then, one day, he girs | THOR = pep "well remembered names cRught tis eye, : { | haunted his memory. ing eagerly down at the passersby ox | Mr. Robert Wells and Mr. John Gleg¥ | seeming to stand out in glowing let A OE a this | ters upen the secial column of his own city. ' | paper. When be bad read the pas Twice the perplexed editor read the | sage a second time ke summoned the social editor. | paragraph, then rubbed his eyes. "This is out of my previace," be re- | "Let me know™ he requested, "it marked at last, "but I'll see the soeie- | this announcement has been duly as | ty editor about it." | thorized." The social editor peered "No use," snapped Robert Wells. | through ber glasses. | "We went to her first, and she says | "The engagement of Miss Elisabeth the clipping was inadvertently copied = Thornton to Mr. Robert Wells," she | from the Woodborough Suburbin. Any | quoted. "Oh, yes, that is correct! joke goes In that home (OWR Papel, | [he notice was copied by request from but how a thing like that could 'get | 3 Beechwood paper. Miss Thorntos | by' in a responsible daily" | has been a guest at the Balmoral, re | "Such blamed carelessness might | ¢grming this week, ds the notice says, | bring a pretty suit against your DA- | 5 he married In the city. I will send per," hotly interrupted John @legE: | you the origisal copy." Richard West formed a babit of gas | "made things hot emough for us in Woodborough, but: it was rather too | much to have it repeated whem we | |. came to the city." | In a spirit of relief the managing ed- i ftor turned te answer his telephone. | "Editor Daily News?" questioned am | aggrieved feminine voice. "Well, thia | is Mrs. Wiliam Thornton. 1 called up to ask explanation of that vulgar | | notice regarding my daughter' which | | appeared in last night's paper. Yes; § | unfortunate mistake no doubt, but 1 | | will call to see you personally this aft. i AGENCY FOR ALL STEAMSHIP LINES For. information and- rates apply to J. P. Hanley, or. & T.A, GT. + By., Kingston, - Mrs. Thornton, whese important natne ernoon--at 4 o'clock." | Viciously Richard West banged the | receiver into its hook. "So there is a | Miss Thornton!" he exclaimed. { "There Is indeed," Mr, Glegg remark- | ed feelingly. | "And you have both, perhaps, been | paying ber attention." "Well, rather." this from Mr. Wells, "1 can only express, then, my regret | * for the occurrence and suggest a pub. | ic contradiction." "Contradiction," groaned the blomd one of the two. "Good heavens, it's | beem rubbed in enough mow!" {© "If anything of the kind happens again vaguely threatened his com- panion. and the door closed with an eloquent glam. stiffly. frented him, however, not the dreaded It was only a girl whe con figured so largely in social circles just a slip of a girl with appealing blue eyes and a sensitive mouth. T" she asked settled berself iH wrote the anseuncement," she E i wo s % He swung abeut in unbe of, "iF 7 boys, Bobbie and Jack, for some time, and we've gone around a lot tegether, more or less. One afternoon umex- Pectediy and 'right out of a clear sky'-- Bobbie ag to | ing, tennis! i Swiftly the editor's practiced eye | scanned the bold signature, "Authoris | ed for publication by Robert Wells." Undecidedly his hand went out toward the telephone. Then, as If in anawes to his thought, the office door was opened to admit a small figure. i "May I come In?" asked a diffident voice. Richard West's heretofore well behaved heart beat a rapid tattoo as the vision in blue advanced to his side. | *] did not think you would do it again," she reproached him. In of | lent exoneration he banded to her the original signed slip of the disturbing announcement, watching in vast relief as rebellious color flooded the girl's indignant face, | "It is just as I thought," she cried. | | "Robert Wells wrote the wretched | thing for revenge. | "And the fact stated is not true? | Miss Thernton scormed the eager | question. "1 was baviag such a | lovely time" she said--"dancing. driv. | Now he bas spelled It all If I bad leprosy 1 could net be more avolded. 'Returning to be mar | ried in the city" she mecked "I'll never be married as long as | Hve | you are not to blame, and || came dewn to scold you." t fense," ha\told her, "for the pleasure | of seeing once more" | "You may see me again sooner than | you expect" she laughed, and her prophecy came true. It was a flushed aad beautiful! young woman of flashing eye who burst is upon him ene smorable | "1 heps I'm ia time" she began breathlessly and waving aloft a paper. Grandmother read it last might in the Farm Gazette." With that glowing face so near his own, it was rather dificult at Grst to "Isn't it contemptible?" Miss Thorn. ten glanced distractingly through a! floating strand of hair. "fou see, they gently, "but I'm afraid that | cannet be sorry, Rlizabeth"-he paused, and 'the name was allowed to pass. if f { ; : 1 : Mrs. 0. C. 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