The Gavelyte, February 1910

CEDAR VILLE CO!JLEGE. 27 - --------------------- ------ it walil the middle ~f August before they arrived in Seattle. They soon It arnf-'d hat Roy and Beth were to be married on the following Friday eve– nint! fl the missiop Roy at first would not consent to go but after much begging Scott persuaded him to consent. They' ~.rrived only an hour before the wedding but everyone was delighted and they were made welcome. After the wedding Ed and Beth were occupied with their own thoughts. Scott had bee.n called away and Gertrude was not around, So Roy slipped out into the starlight. . He scarcely knew where he was going, but soon he was aware that the creek was in front of him and the form o~ a girl stand– ing looking into the water. Presently she turned and saw him watching her. She came towards him and he could feel his heart beating so loud he thought she would hear it. The color coming and going in her face brought back to his memory the time they together had left Palace Hall and passed out into the moonlight. He knew then she was the best friend be had, but now he could Ste ~he was more than a friend. He looked at her- the creek behind her and the water in the ripples bubbling and sparkling in the moon– light. In the water wa3 the reflection of forest and stars and placed in the centre a girl the picture of health and beauty. He could have believed it to be an angel and it is no wonder he lost his reason for a moment-- this man who by his level head and clear thinking had in six years become presi– dent of one of the greatest National Banks- he was loosing his head in the the presence of only a girl. In a moment he was at her ~ide and had taken her in his arm::;; but she pushed him away, not rudely, but gently pushed him back and withdrew herself from his arms. Then she turned upon hill1 with an icy look that made hi s heart freeze, and exclaimed: ''Will Roy, what do you mean?" "Gertrude," he said, "If I have offended you I am sorry. I mean I love you and have been waiting for a long time to tell you and when 1 saw you standing there I could not wait a moment longer- I had to let you know." Gertrude said, "You never Jet me think that before and just because you can't have Beth you think you want me, but I don' t fancy 8ec– ond choice." With thiEl she dartE>ci past him and started on the run up the _path towards the house. Roy toou and watched her di sappear with a feel– ing half of wrath and half amusement. " Well'' he said, ·'she told me what , he think of me, but, " more so berly, as he remembe red that pic ture, "she will think the same a I do lJ efore [ go back Ea t- and if I am not mi taken shP nil\ go al ong."