The Montgomery advertiser. [volume] (Montgomery, Ala.) 1885-1982, 1902-06-04
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The girls eyes dwelt on the lady at the
second table beyond him. :,
well. in the first place" she said;
she doesn't care anything about dress y
"wonderful!' he cried. Now tell me
how you discovered that. Is her ha N
Nothing Of the kind" said the girl
promptly. "She Is well dressed. and her
hair is all right, and her skirt Is ire
proachable. But woman who really
has any interest in her life: shows It in
her jacket. II her coat Is silk-lined does
she dump 1t down just any way? No, in
deed! She folds it carefully with the lin
ing out. and lays 1t over the back of
car. II is only the 'near-silk' Innings that
deserve to be folded in. Just look at
mine. Would l turn that lining In? !
used to when Dick was poor and had
cotton Innings In my coats-but never
this. And that woman's coat Is lined
with heavy satin-a perfect love of coat
-and look how she has thrown 1t down!
No. you can't see it-but anyhow. the
Innings in OF course( she didn't know
what she was doing.
This grows alarming!" he exclair' I'd.
leaning on the table and smiling at her.
Are there any other indications OF loss
Of interest in Mfe?'
she used to care for Jewels" she said;
but now they are nothing to her any
more"
More and more wonderful" he ex-
claimed. still jesting. she doesn't wear
any, ! suppose, but you can see from the
CLINT of her eye that time was when she
Don't laugh said the girl, a little
wistfully. she has lovely jewels-I
caught the CLEAN of them just now
when she raised her hand to her hat But
she turned them all in to the palm when
gotten to turn tn I'm back again. When
q woman Is at her best, you know, she
never forgets to show Ter jewels. Haven't
you noticed that the woman with hand
some diamonds always is worried about
her hair, or has to re-arrange her laces.
| and does all her tanning with the jeweled
hand?'
"She has turned her coat with the silk
lining in" he said, smiling upon her sud
| denly grave little face. She has jewels,
and has turned them toward the palm.
| And therefore,
| The head waiter stood at hand. watch
| ing them through ',alf-closed eyes. When
people ordered a dinner like that and did
not eat. the head waiter had his own
| opinion.
"Thereforc?' she repeated. beginning to
| flush. well. have told lou that she
really in love wit. life. Isn't that enough?
| How do / know whv she has grown tired
/ of living? Perhaps she has been In love
and doesn't love any more. Maybe she
| has lost a love she used to depend upon.
Who can tell? There are 30 many rea-
sons for growing tired of life"
| They had risen and moved toward the
door. At the second table beyond him a
lady was just rising, and they came face
to face with her.
"Fredv she cried: and then with a
choking gasp. like child explaining a
fault, II was SO lonely.-and knowing
you'd be here two or three days. l came
| on to be with you little. They told me
at the hotel you had gone out
Her gaze wandered to the girl, and she
paused in panic of fear. She smiled
| with her lips. and it was very CHASTITY.
| Even the man saw that
| Miss Vane," some one seemed to be
| saying long way off. ''let me make you
| acquainted with my wife,
The girl was near him, and he felt the
light figure sway moment. Then she
"And 1 am little Edith vane." she said
| sternly And Fred used to know me
when l was a little girl at school. FIe
has been talking of you-all the time
| We were sitting there-little knowing how
| near you were
She had her reward m the flash Of light
| and color that came over the woman
| face. and it strengthened her to go on.
| You must both come up-Dick will be
| SO pleased to see you,' she said. And
| smiling sweetly to the last she went out
her head upifted.
You aren't angry with me for COM
ing?" The radiant look was on the wo-
mans face still. making 1t almost beau
| tiful.
| Angry" he said, almost rudely. INC
thank Heaven you came. 1t was just
| Unjust at the right time
They went out into the winter sunlight
half blinded by 1t: and 1t was through
that dimness that they saw the girl stand
ing at the corner. waiting for her car
| The wind was blowing from the north
but she had forgotten 1t. Her jacket wa.
on her arm. the lining folded in.