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Alabama - Mrs. Blanchard, Professional Mother

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"I realize now that when I met Mr. Fenton, I was already prepared
to fall in love with him.

"He wore overalls, and as he stood surveying an old brick wall,
into which he meant to blast an opening for the building of his repair
shop, I thought him the handsomest , most manly, and most fascinating
person I had ever seen.

"Through inquiries, I learned that Tommy Fenton was not merely a
mechanic, who wielded a pick. He was a wizard with machinery, and an
inventor of sundry articles indispensable to the operating of numerous
factories and plants throughout the country. In short he was a genius,
who would go places, or 'amount to something' as we said in those days
when every diamond in the rough was expected to 'make a mark in the world.'

"Well, Mr. Fenton was in the rough all right, but the diamond side
turned out to be phoney. It was such a good imitation however, that I
didn't discover its falseness for a long time. Strange to say, no one
else did either. Everybody liked Mr. Fenton and believed in him. And
since many of his friends were mine also, an introduction (which was then
a necessary formality) was easily arranged, and almost before I realized
what was taking place, a whirlwind courtship was in progress.

"For six months Mr. Fenton treated me like a queen.

"At home, nothing was too good for 'Cissie,' as I was called by my
family, and Mr. Fenton made us all believe this consideration would
continue. Only my father was a little suspicious; a little doubtful
that Mr. Fenton's flamboyant plans would ever materialize.

"'Cissie,' he said to me a day or so before the wedding. 'I don't
exactly dislike Mr. Fenton, but somehow he is just too good to be true.

"'He is just a little too pleased with himself. Those inventions of
his strike me as being a little too marvelous. And his plans for you are
a shade too perfect. That fellow is entirely too, too, too. I hate to

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