The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1903-03-13
"A First Impression:


full half hour went by ind she was still
about the room, busting this
and ~,rearranging that.
A knock on tie door startled her from
her absorption. Before she could answer
the door pushed onpen from without.
There stood Christopher, the Armenian.
who did chores and waited on table.
TIL sight of Miss Warren rather dis
concerted him. He was not familiar yet.
with the English language, and his vocab.
ulary possessed few verbs.
'tGentlemar!" he exclaimed, with 9
backward gesture into the hall. Then,
with a forwards gesture, "Roorn!"
Delight, peering beyond him into the
shadows, perceived the Individual whom
The had indicated.
"Ifsthe room is not quite ready began
the new.arrival, in a deep, musical voice.
'I will not disturb you"
Delight was regarding him in consterna-
ton, all at once intensely aware of hei
Fapron and dust cap. !
The man who darkened, or rather
Enlightened, the doorway, was SO su.
lpremely unlike the one she had pictured
lsthat the shock Of seeing him drove hei
wits from her for the moment.
h"Come right in" she said hurriedly. y
II was just helping Miss Chickering with
the room-it Is almost ~ready-indeed-
quite ready"
1 Nl ouS OIL - ~ g6oNS S~S'
spot on her chin, the dust upon her heat
ed forehead. To think that his first i'm
EpressioR OF her should be such!
"And first impressions are always last.
Ing she murmured miserably as a mo-
ment later she hurried down the hell to
Lher " room. What handsome eyes ne
had. and what a direct, flashing glance.
II SUPPOSE she reflected, facing the
mirror, ..that all the bachelor maids II
the house will be making for him at once
| Well, I for one shall waste neither time
nor effort on him. I shan't even Try te
correct that unfortunate first impression
Hell see that I don't care. l sinai Weal
afsthe simplest, plainest thing I possess TO
gdinner and be studiously Indifferent II ne
If he glances my way"
The simplest, plainest thing" turned
out to be an exceedingly becoming Waia
Of h~eliotrope. In her hair she wore
jaunty bow Of black velvet.
Perhaps If Hollingsworth had not pee
directly opposite her at table !
3would ave been easier to preserve tn
studied indifference which she 5ha'
planned. But under the circumstances
well. she could not snub nim when n
talked SO entertainingly. And then tina
direct, flashing glance OF hts-she coul
not easily avoid it, sitting opposite.
The various bachelor maids ooked o
with growing comprehension from day t
day. Ihe fact that ollngSWoftn wa
prolonging his stay interminably could nc
but cause comment. One week had lengtf
ened into three and yet he had not gone.
And it came about one day that b
], plainly told Delight the reason.
t II shall not co." he said, "unless 20
accompany me as my wife. Haven't 70
guessed it, dear-frem the first?"
) met from the very first" she rephe'
archly. You couldn't have loved N
then"
but I did" he insisted. On tt
. spot! hat was just 1.-THE cap ar
apron and all. I made up my mind lor
ago that the woman who could win m
t love attired in plain working dress wou
be the one I should ask to marry me. Al
e you are that hearts y
: light
n Sometimes it is just as well that fir
4 impressions are lasting. @