Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, September 22, 1913, Page 7

i CTENING Th, “GRAM, LAn QL e ————— e ———— By LOUISE OLNEY. Adv‘]a‘ rose in her gray mood that hates itself and all the world. Un- AND, PLALCSRP 29 51913 began to notice her. Jennie Thurs- ton ashed o had gotten into Adela St d stop to cha'f, cad 1 r out to lunch rs and P ¢ iy the lone one, i beeame popular. Dut, while she often { found the eyes of Ceorge Howe upon i her, he became more and more aloof. | | She made timid efort or two to 'k to him, and all g was courteous great friendli- Start that cheking acconnr and save yourself the nrisk, aunoyance and inconvenience of carrying money about and of paying bills, ote, with cash. The check book is sure to bring the enocomy that doesn't pinch and will relieve you of many wosries. &} 0 :;I:Wmnt]y' the mirror was the first 511('.7!:;);:(":11:0 agonized night | Sutrn(fivsh:t]o:];(;g ai;?{‘[d' ;}‘m wlncohd. or two over her forwardness, and ! need ',“0! lrok. . dm(‘\'ln);;(;e:l'd :n; then absclutely ignored him. But she ugly. She turned SR by went sl.rui:hvt ahead \\i‘rh her new% i ; away and getting 4., of boing attractive. Young | Into her kimono armed herself with | Phielps was a year her junior, but | towels, soap and toothbrush and pre- pared to wait for her turn at the lodging-house bath. Her natural fas- ' tidiousness made her hate the com- ! mon bath. If she could have a home | of her own, however humble, she | she liked going about with him. It/ amused her, and boistered up her self-respect. But in her heart she was miserable. Soon after this she realized that v she loved George Howe, and with :e‘;)\:l‘i::’l:’\;:qbeen satisfied. She liked i the azony of the knowledge t}lat he As she ! did not care for her, she went to the § she waited on the stairs for the pouse of “Kimball & Kimball” and | oprening and shutting of the bath-' cpoaoed herself for work with them. I'd ruther have Mark than anybody face-down upon her bed, erying it out in the world. but he's the best on the jn the approved woman's way. Her Ilstl, and he's plumb crazy about me. face was tear-stained; she no longer He's got a little money. I'll have a felt nor wished to be alluring. She leu‘n to stay and something to eat was simply wretched. And then she Without worrying about rent and heard the landlady’s voice at the ;Zin\lpdo}t])r, .\la:siedFurman],l still illm”' Then she gave Mr. George Howe, | as'eep, her eyes dewey, her tail of yopagor for “Howe, Anderson & i golden hair over her Bluekimonoed 11\ a wes morier 1o h"lé Fresh Garden Seeds, Bird and Sunflower 0 ine N 21 9 . inf 1 i jz:lr:ulh.;”r',) _1mnulv her. Mazie Was gyprise and relief, he courteously | Secds' pop-Corn for popplng, Millet and Rye '“‘l»l“.,:; Jl baby :u’ller a nap. She qecopred her resignation. He did "0t=§ LG Suua G dil trivial, empty. selfish, ok her a quesi s to why she ! ’ H caleulating. She looked Adela OVer \as eoine. It half killed her that he |} I“cubators’ Cthk FOOdl Shc“sl G"ts’ COD. itk y. did not care enough- but had he 3 i S y she remarked, suddenly, 3 ked her she would not have known ! H pcras. Charcoal' TObaCCO DuSt, irusting cut her left hand to show how to answer. A substantial in-|{ ‘u”nu\v ring set with a chip-diamond, crease of salary was her reason to | Su'phur DOWder | llm goin’ to get married. What do the rest of the office. i . ’ L | ;‘;1 1111;201\'\f ,M,‘m” f,l " }nu soo,vl m flok A week in h:-.r new position, a week | ‘ Tllghman s Cfindltlon POWder . 1S life y‘wh‘n in it. Yuh work g year in loneliness, passed, and Sat- | your head fnf an’ don’t even make yrday night. one lovely, breathing, ends meet in an office. 1 can't say rose-scented June night, found her; __ Your account is respectiu!ly so- licited. CHNFT 3 What is There Here Y.u Need There must besome- thing in our great assortment of hard- ware that you need. No matter what it is--come to our store. Pick out what you want and you will be surprised to find suck good articles at at such low prlces. We please the hard to please -- ' our best customers ae those are hardest to satisfy. No matter what you need in hardware, it will repay you t0 call and inspect our stock be- fore making a purchase. Wilson Hardware Co “Opposite Depot Phone ;Il board bills. A girl's got to look out ‘Adnl'w Shaw for her future.” Adela looked the girl over thought- fully. Mazie laughed. She liked this quict woman nearly ten year her senior. “Say.” she advised Adela, “do you know you're lots better lookin' than I ever was? Trouble is you don't { know it and use your looks You [ don't make a man know when i you're Yon shrink back into arciand | yonur woman has to make a ‘ min want he that's her little game | Don‘t von Yo onelit to be mar- jruvi this minute You'd like it— \}}’r'w'w toecpse and yon'd he pretty f vou'd leosen up your hair and powder a little and show off! There's Mr. Howe--1 couldn't make him look at me—1 don’t niind owning that I've tried. But yon conld do it. You're s style Iat you act as if he was poitoned meat bheeause you're afraid eIl think von're running after him. Don't vou like him?" Adela gave a gagp and a wave of dull red swept over the velvety dark of her face. “Do—1--like him?" she gasped Mazie laughed and, seeing her ! chance, made a run for the bathroom, followed by Adela. They washed and | splashed Mazie silent because she | had again forgotten everything but | herself, Adela from sheer outraged astonishment. It is awful for a chit of a common child, barely elzhteen, to read yvour own soul before you read it yourself Did she like Mr. George Townsend Howe? For a week she shunned Mazle, and then the girl wint away to be married. Somcthi 1ew arose with- in Adel heart. Had the child been richt? She loocked up one day at the thought ard met the quiet gaze of George Howe bent fully upon hee Her heart stood still and she felt that <he paled, then flushed. then paled again, and a sense of shame and guilt oppresced her, and she hated herself. It was base -t was what Mazie called “woman’s little game.” For the remainder of the day she { worked like a fiend and tried to look at nobody When ¢he was ready to leave che came from the dressing *jrvmm hatted arl gloved. Mr. Howe | gtond at the door, casually went down | to the street with her, talking pleas antly. and presently lifted his hat and 1oft her, nis grave fine eyes full unon her That nivht Adela 1 restlegs, Her " 1 d ( ¢ tact i b inheritanee and in 1 Onl ved for bread gent | nto the working worl She knew that—and, morcover, she could not forget Mazie's really brutal talk | WWas the girl right? Perhap sha | Adela, was foolish and impracticai | Her thoughts rested again upon | George Howe. and she owned to her- gelf that he was everything that she | would like in the wayv of a husband He was good and kind and success- ful; he was pleasant to the eves She liked the little things abhout him, the way he moved his hands his amile. the timbre of his voice. There wasg rest and confidence in his pres. ence. In the gray of the morning ghe finally slept with a new resolve upon her. She would try the wom- an's little game! Surely 1t would he no sin to attract him to her—she would afterward make up for it in a | thousand lttle ways. That morning began a8 new life for Her eves were bright er, with hope and purpose, she pow- | | eand emall a s { a | dered delicately, che arranged her hair more becomingly. There was no great change fn her, but in a thou- became alluring. her throat of her wavs sh A bit of bright color at accentunted the velvety dark 3 haler Che the eve 1 gelf » oht of her- stractive, a state of i 1 } m in jteelf \'so, , door. | “Someone to see you--out on the porch,” she said briefly and was gone. Thinking of some woman friend, she wiped her face, gave a vicious pull or two at her hair and dress, and went down, still not knowing nor car- ing how she looked. From a porch chair in the dusk rose the figure of Mr. George Howe. He reached out his hand and, taking hers, looked about to see if they were alone, Distrusting the open lodging-house windows, he asked her to walk, and without waiting for her to consent, drew her arm under his and took her out upon the street When they had reached a little park space he suddenly stopped and gazed down at her. She was droop- ing, tired, cried-out—and a bit de fiant. “Look here,” he said, abruptly, “do you know that I love you? Did you leave to get rid of me? Do you know how miserable I am without you? ‘mmm you see all the time how--it i was with me? Answer.” But she | could only shake her head. Shame and truthfulness overwhelmed her. He pursued relentlessly. “Can you truthfully say that you never could love me?’ Again she shook her head. “Answer me in words,” he urged. A new, fine courage came to her. “Oh,” she said, with gentle vehe- mence, drawing her hands away from him, “I—do--love you. No, stay away till T tell you. I do—but at first I didn't—really. 1 was just lonesome and miserable and I-—-wanted a home. I liked you and so I deliberately tried to attract you Now you will hate me. It was cheap and -unthinkable and unwomanly. I tried to make you—want me. And when I—thought you wouldn’t, T found that I had— learned to love you. I couldn't stand it, so I went away. I—am--very mis- erable, and I'm not fit to love—after | e m—r PP J. P. 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Say again that you-—really love me” She gaid it again, but still h~ was not content Arm in arm they walked under the { arm they talked summer mos rmin and planned -and talked the immemo- rial noncense of lovers She, won- dering, blessed Mazie, and the wom- an's little game--which is to love and be loved in return | (Copyright, bv the McClure News- paper Syndicate) The Quintet. All of us demand an occasional hol- fday, and the dresser of the great actor at the Frivolity had a night off, 80 another drecger reigned in his stead | -—a stranger forsooth, unused to the ways of the classic boards. In due time the great actor arrived, and in due time the makeshift dresser began to dress his temporary master Time sped on, as is the habit of time, | and anon the great actor turned to his menfal. “George,” said he, “where are they now? Are they doing the quintet yet?” George hied him down the passage | and to the wings adjacent to the stage. 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