The Gavelyte, February 1910

that .\I •I', ... \\:t • d,•ad: nd w.. 11ld 111• l111111•d 1liat aft,·11111,111, th,•· h1111iPd tri ~t'l. tlw : d11111,•r li..f11r" th" fo111Pr:d . 'l'ht>) \\Prt· l'l1IP1i11l!' tilt' 1h11rr•h wh •11 I ht'~' m..i I 111 ':- 111111 iw1 and !'li~l Pl' \\'ho \\'1•11• d,·light•·d ,, "'' J{,1\' :ind plPa •·ti l t I tlll'P l , \'t 1[ l Th,·y r~·tnrnetl ;ifl"r tlw :,1,ni,·1•:-1 111 l'o) ·:-1 11111111· whi,n• . 1·11lt to11k int1•1 ~, 1n :-tud.1 ing ll, !111 l{n), Iii~ fir:-it imp1t ,Ri11n 1m. that h.. wa. a1111tlwr pn tty :or1ety bvllP buL he soon hPgan to think diff n•nt. l 01 w.1~ busy th l'ullowinl.(" WPPlc l1Phind l'lo ·pd donr i the Hartl authorities. .\nd lhP morning he and ,'<'oU :--lnrtPd 011 tlwir r • 11111 trip to \\ a~hington, the papl:'18 c:ame out 11 ith thP. tatPmPnt that Willi:m1 l{11y h.1d !wen elected pn•1->itlent of tht' first ational Hank .\:ott \\ HS not slow in finding I-IPk11 an 1:'Xt't>plion ,inti whPn hP a:skt•d her to wrilP lw had the µleasure pf HE'Ping hn blu:--h and an.·111>r: "I would l>e delighted to have that honor." Roy notidng thi wa, somewhat amm,ed l,ut tht> inci<iPnt was :non drivt>n from Iii' mind by more in?portant thought . But how .'<·ott carnP t,, . Pittsburg and became a leading phy il'ian and how he won thP fair hand of Helen Roy ha::- been left for another tory. ClrnptPr IX. \VhPn nertrurle and Beth rel'eived a letter that morning in ,July in– ~tea I of .'ee ing Roy and "'cott, they were both di. appointeJ. 'l'hey had of'Pn waiting to 'ee Roy for ix weeks and just when they WPre expPcting him they only rec:eived c1. letter saying he wa, going liaC'k Ea t. Th~ <.lisappointmPnt wa' not so great for Beth a!:'! for 1;t>rtrnde who had been l.,arred a.way from home and who had loverl Roy only to SPe all his looks, 'mile~, courlf' ies that he longed for, b1:- t1,wt>d ui,on lh·tl1. And now, when he was ::::n 11eac and ,'he could not . ee him, it wa~ too muth for her alreadj over-tired nerve'. o he rushed away into tlw woud. t11 tt>II her di:sappointment to the bird' and noiseless pinPs. Beth was gradually getting 'trong and well. ~k~eil hatl to go to the city tu take his father',' place iu the office and lie was anxious fgr Beth to go with him. He became the owner of one of the fine. t re:idence, in ..?eattle. If Ed had misgiving about Roy renewing his relation,' with Beth they \\'ere ~oon put to re t and he and Beth went on with plans for their wedding in Augu!:'tt. * * Un their way back Roy and cott stoppeo in i't. Loui.' . For thi:- rea, on