Lakeland Evening Telegram Newspaper, November 5, 1914, Page 6

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The sting of it all was that she had only the memory of them now, for the staid and serious Allan had grown weary of Mary’s numerous flirtations and had haughtily withdrawn his at- tentions. | ! When two days had passed and no *| Allan pushed the electric button at the front door Mary knew that ehe loved him. i On the third day she knmew that she would never love any other, and on the fourth she became convinced that there was nothing for her to do but get into a nunnery. i This was the fifth day and, although meuumcmnnthnthee‘ner; of a mother superior was now the only one suited to her broken life, she had persistently thought of an- ' other man who had been rather at- tertive of late. | She knew his telephone number, ! too; and there on the library table, ! in front of her, sat the telephone, si- lently inviting her to use it. | Suppose she called up Jack Ben- | nett and chatted with him for a few minutes? It would while away part of the time which must elapse before she cou:d get to the nunnery. i She lifted the receiver and softly | gave Jack's number to the operator. ! Silence for the space of one min- | ute—then the cheery voice of Jack: | Dot come, after all? “Hello, hello!” “Hello; I am Mary Bower.” “Oh, I am awfully glad to hear you | again, Miss Bower. “So am I,” cooed Mary. a lovely day?” “Perfectly ripping.” “I hope tomorrow will be fine.” “Why? Is there something on?” “Yes—something wonderful.” “Well, aren't you going to invite me?’ A Mary paused—she had nothing on for the next night—knew of nothing— but here was too good an opportunity to get Jack's society for ome whole evening. “If you care to go as my estort,” she replied sweetly. “Care!"” Jack's tone intimated that “Isn't it he had no other object in life. “When shall I call for you?” “About eight o'clock.” “What shall I wear? Full dress, patent leathers, et cetera?”’ “Yes, of course.” Mary replaced the recelver and dropped the book altogether. Whatever should she do? What should she say to Jack when he came to escort her to a party the next night? Must she confess to him that she had, in plain English, lled? Then the butler showed Miss Ilene Graonis into the library. 7 Mary threw herself into her friend’s arms. “Ilene,” she gasped, “I have invited & man to escort me to & party—and— there is no party.” Ilene grasped the situation at once and asked the man's name. “Jack Bennett.” “Too good to be wasted,” she sald. “We'll have a party.” “Where ?” “At my house.” “But whom can we Invite on such short notice? Do you realize that it is tomorrow night?” “Yes, perfectly, but we will have that party. 1 will phone you tomor- row. Good-by, dear; don't worry.” Thereupon Ilene went off, leaving | Mary much relieved, and wondering | whether she could ever care as much 'lor Jack as she had for Allan. After twenty minutes spent in honestly ex- | | amining the true state of her feelings, | she knew that she couldn't. However, | ,8he would never get Allan back, and she was manifestly unfit for a nun. | ‘ At four o'clock the next afternoon !Ilene telephoned. “It's going to be a perfectly beauti- ful party; I've got six men and three girls, besides ourselves.” | “You are a darling,” declared Mary. ' | Before she could inquire who the six men were Ilene rang off. { Six! Mary repeated the auspicious numeral subconsciously, and with the , same delight that a mighty hunter re- | Peats the news that there are ten | tigers and five lions prowling in the | adjacent forests. | Mary began to regret that she had invited Jack Bennett at all. He was nice, of course, but not quite nice i enough for her. Surely among six ab- ‘solutely new men she could find a \more suitable substitute for Allan James. She had been foolish to ask | Jack to escort her to the party. That ! would mean that she must devote her , evening to him, and there would be six men there whom she had never met before! Entirely forgetting that had Jack not responded so readily to her vague invitation there would have been no party, Mary called him up again. | “Hello, Mr. Bennett” she | sweetly. “I'm terribly sorry, but I | shall have to ask you to meet me at | the party tonight. It's at Tlene Gran- fnll'houlo.lndlhohnlnvludlu to dine with her before it “Oh, all right,” replied Jack cheer tully. s e e e, g \ . | ] ! for their sex. | began DOV and they paused just inside the fl THP .£NING TELEGRAM LAKELAND, FLA., NOV. 5. 1914, Ev room in the Grannis house was ne;,hted brilliantly that night when Mary arrived. Nene was wearing her best gownm, and in a rear room might be seen Mrs. | Grannis, gorgeously frocked in char| meuse and lace, playing checkers with | her husband until it should be time to play the chaperon. | “I told Jack Bennmett to meet me here,” said Mary. i “That's a good idea,” replied Ilene. “The girls have come, and five of the men. Everybody’s here now except Jack and Allan James.” Mary’s dainty white hand sought & chair-back for support as she gasped: i “You invited Allan?” “Then there is nothing for me to do but go home. Allan and I are mot speaking.” “You can't go,” replied Ilene de: cisively. “Jack Benmnett is coming e- pecially for you, and if you can't speak to Allan I can.” - | The doorbell rang, and Mary start- ed violently. Perbaps that was Allan now. To recover some of her usual self-possession she went to the plano and began to play. | Presently a careful glance over her shoulder told her that Allan was i . the farther room, présenting a largé ' bouquet of flowers to Ilene. Just then there was a frightful discord in the music. Mary recovered herself quick- Iy and went on. No one seemed to no- tice the discord. Everybody was hav- ing a remarkably good time. Mary played softly, for she wanted to know the minute that Jack Bennett came. Then she would show these un- appreciative men whom Ilene had in- vited that she was not without charms But Jack was disgracefully late. A clock in the hall kept a sickeningly accurate account of the flight of time. Was it possible that he would She stopped playing abruptly and wheeled around, anger and indigna- tion visible in every line of her youth- ful figure and piquant face. I The others looked up, startled and | embarrassed. “Oh, Mary!” exclaimed Ilene con- tritely. She got up and went over to her friend, slipping her arm appeal- ingly around Mary’'s waist. With su- perior tact she attempted to draw Mary into the pleasant circle that had been formed behind her back, as it were. But Mary could not mix that night; the presence of Allan James embar- rassed her, and the task of listening for Jack to come made her silent and distrait. The evening slipped by with sick- ening rapidity, and Jack did not come. The fact that Ilene grew gayer and more amusing with every passing mo- ment did not comfort Mary. A girl whom Allan James favored with flowers and attention for one whole evening could well afford to be gay. But what was she to do? In the simple society of Mary’'s native town it was understood that the young men of a party should escort the girls to their homes. Mary's escort had failed her. The party showed signs of breaking up, and Mary was on the verge of ask- ing Mrs. Grannis to let her remaim there all night when Ilene informed her that Allan James was going to “see” her home. & Mary tossed her head, but she of- | fered no objection. Of course, Ilene had asked Allan to do this, and he had consented for her sake. Mary, muffled in furs, with warm overshoes, went out into the beautiful night, conscious of a little rift of light in her dark cloud. ! For one whole block she and her tall, eerious escort made no remark. At the beginning of the second block Allan remarked stify: “It's a beautiful night.” “Very,” replied Mary politely. | At the end of the third block he took her arm and helped her across | the street. Mary glanced up timidly. “I am sorry to have to trouble ' ¥you,” she said. i “How?” he asked shortly. { “Why, like this,” she answered. | “This is no trouble,” he replied de- oisively. “Did you enjoy the party? “Yes, I enjoyed the party,” replied Allan. Mary sighed; it had always been difficult to start things with Allan. She must plunge at once into person- alities, or her golden opportunity would he gone. | “l didn’t flirt tonight,” she sald softly. Allan laughed in a way that made Mary wince. “You couldn’t very well,” he an- swered; “Ilene carried off all the honors.” “I suppose,” she sald wearily, “that it would be difficult for you to under- stand how interesting it is to flirt with ' new people.” Allan considered tha propesition for several minutes, “Not after this eveninz,” he replied honestly. “Oh,” she said, breathlessly, “you were flirting, then?” ! “Didn’t it look like it?" i “Yes, but I wouldn't have dared 8ay so.” They had reached Mary’'s home T i ! i 1 BT B OPOPP high box fence. i “As for me,” sald Mary, castingher eyes down, “I am golng to b.hc: nun.” | “A nu!"uhnlhocnaouuu.. yords. 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