La Junta tribune., 1907-04-27

/, forIorn, a messenger brought her q
most amazing note. II was from Jer
| ~ Douglas. and II calmly invited Miss
Winsiir,p-<~-U&t..u.l.a u little supper he
was giving at the Empire restaurant
In honor OF his promotion. It..wohld
be served on the upper fioor OF the res
taurant nj Thursday midnight. after
the rush WAS over. and would she
please come. because Mrs. Ned Landers
hnd agreed to act MS chnperon and ev-
cry one knew that Mrs. Nel was host
Ia herself
Her" was perfectly legitimate ave-
nue. of inquiry which even the Win.
throp pride might not hesitate to fol
low. so she bathed her eyes. summoned
tho Winthrop brougham and drove to
| Mrs. Ned Landers' smart studio apart
ment. OF course she could not accept
tho invitation. and she would not de.
cline without making inquiries.
Mrs. l.anders. shrew,lly reading from
the white, tired face that something
had gone nmiss. made tea directly, and
Harriet slipped 1t nppreciativeIy.
You know. mother Is Il bit old fash
toned
"She even disapprovcd OF studio flats
instead Of housesT' inquired Mrs.
LanderS. with dancing eyes
'Shc thinks you are the most Won
derfnl manager M the world. hut res
tanrnut suppcr-I mean that particular
sort OF >aurnnt'-
II understand. and l am Just bub-
bling with the secret I've been walt
In, ~, f,u
Jerry Douglas made me cross my heart
and swear no. My dear. he is n hero.
the sort You don't often find In this
day Of spoiled millionaire sons and
fawnInS parasites. When he finished
his college course and started To read
law with an old friend Of his fathers
down In Virginia lie made what WAS
to HIN an awful discovery. His In
heritnrrc had paid only his bare ex-
pcnses NJ college. All the little pleas
ures. accessories. the social end OF the
game. his mother had ruade 10y her
own haudiworl;. She had been doing
exquisite embroidery for woman's
exchange and New York department
store To keep him ut college as his IA
thcr and grandfather had. been kept be-
fore him
His first feeling. being Virginia
man of chlvaric pride. was deep hu-
initiation am afraid he was n bit
hard on the little mother for daring to
do suDh Il thing. Then he turned his
back % the law and came north. GO
Ing strllglit 10 thc father of young
stcr he hnd known ut college the shrt
who roll IN wealth made In Il single
gener1iiun The boys father has all
sorts ~ commercial interests. iuclud-
Ing the Empire chain of quick lunch
counters and he promptly offered .Icr-
ry tile chance 10 act as cashier In one
of those dreadful lunch rooms"
Harriet WAS leaning forward, drink
ing In every word oblivious 10 the
fact TINT Mrs. Ned was studying her
face with matronly amusement.
.Wcll, this particular lunch room
was In badly disoreanizcd state, aud
Jerry not only made changes. but he
flre1 the cook. who had been making
trouble. and cooked himself until he
could get II decent man. He stopped
quarreling among the waitresscs-alSl
now he IL going TO Mexico for the man
"H' vac JuSt u ms 'ii III o
lunch room. and. what l. more. he Is
going on most tickllsh and impor
tant mission
Harriet leaned back with Il sigh that
might have meant reaction or some
thing deeper,
And 80 he has asked Just six of US
to have that little supper. for which he
agrees to cook all sorts OF things, from
pancakes to something he calls butter
cakes. Anyhow. It can't be worse for
our digestion than some OF the New
burg messes our friend makes In chat
Ing dishes. VIII yom go!'
Harriet rose Instantly.
III you won't think me abrupt. I'm
going home this minute to telephone
my acceptance"
Wise Mrs. Ned did not suggest that
In her hallway was telephone instru-
ment, which Harriet had ofttimes used,
and the girl went her way. Later as
she hung up the telephone receiver In
the Winthrop library her eyes seemed
10 shine like diamonds. and soft
flush mounted TO her pale gold hair.
And from the library she went straight
to her own room. climbed up to
c!othespress shelf and lug;ed forth
two photographs. Then. with her chin
resting In the palms of her hands. she
sat down. studying them with eyes
that still shonc with the light that
once must have frightened the face Of
the ancestral belle at the tournament.
Bathing In the Ganses.