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THE MOTION PICTURE STORY MAGAZINE
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over the receiver, and two faint words, 'I accept/ came falteringly over the wire, to be followed by a click and silence, it is not to be wondered at that he smiled that ' come-and-go ' smile of his, and chuckled softly when he saw Dixon entering.
' ' Now, not to keep you guessing, the gist of the little plot, as far as Matthews was let in, was this : Joe Simpson had gone back to California some two years back, and married a neighbor's girl, who had grown up with him from the bare-legged stage to that of budding womanhood. They had chased each other all over the two ranches, as kiddies, and when he felt the call of the new State, he had given her a good-by kiss with a tremendous hug, and set out to seek his fortune. He had dug in fiercely in our leavening community, and one day saw his long legs sticking out from the top of the heap. But thru the years the old pull of home and playmate was yank
ing at him silently, and so he had disappeared for a spell, to return leading his blushing bride by the hand up Capitol Square. She was a pretty girl, right off the ranch, but with a kind of natural dignity and graciousness that won us from the start. Joe 's title had never gotten any further than just 'Joe,' but she was installed at once as 'Governor Lou/ short and handy for Louise.
"It seems that ' Governor Lou's' birthday was coming on, and Joe had sent on to 'Frisco for an antique ring, the finest that money could buy. This he had thrown into his desk, to be presented, with a kiss, and one of those old-time strangle holds, on her natal day. Now, the plan, as concocted by Hen, was to have Matthews secretly show this ring to ' Governor Lou,' and then, on some pretext, have her come down to the office, and find it, poorly concealed, in Kitty's desk drawer. This should start things to