La Junta tribune., 1907-04-27
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Copyright. ise. by NJ. NJ. Cunningham.

Harriet Winthrop belonged to the
class Of girls who bow to physical
strength In the opposite sex. Frail. al
most fiowerllke In her beauty. the sort
OF girl who had been protected and
served all her life. she yet decorated
her tiny motnin. room with etchings
and small siafue:tes OF classic heroes
famed for their physical prowess, and
she could sit through veritablc bliz
zard to watch football match and
shout hei.,elf hourse for Tcd's college
team.
Ted was her brother. and he said
that somewhere In Harriet's makeup
wns a strain from the blood of au an
cestral belle who had chccrel. on her
hero In the old tournament days, for
the wlnthrops could trace their lineage
10 the tournament days and further.
and. evel though Mr. Winthrop had
lost II large slice OF the old family for
tune through III advised Investments.
they maintained their social standing.
lived in rather severe but elegant fash
ion and held fast to every tradition. In
Guiding the firm belief that no lady
rides In n street car or other public
conveyance She may walk abroad
for exercise only. but when calling OF
shopping the plain. rather old fashion
ed brougham of the depleted Win
throp stables was brought into service.
That was why when many other
girls with more money To spend on
shopping tripped merrily up and down
the great retail thoroughfare Harriet
Winthrop chafcd in the Winthrop
brougham. caught In blockade OF
snarllng motormen. sharp faced chauf-
feurs and obstinate cabbies. The
brougham swung to one side. the
wheels grating the curb, and Harriet
leaned forward to see how close they
We're to the shop wherein could be
found IL certain piece OF silycry blue
ganZe marked down 10 post holiday
prices Then. with n gasp and n shud-
der, she leaned back in the carriage
and closed her eyes. She had forgotten
the silyery GauZe. the shop, the jam of
vehicles everything save the tall.
square shouiGered figure of a man,
centered on the tint OF pancakes he was
turning in the window OF n white front
restaurant.
The brougham moved forward II few
inches then several feet Very soon
1t would be ont OF range. so Harriet
took one more glimpse mt the viii
dow to make sure that her eyes had
not deceived her. No, Ii was lie. and
this time lie was actually handing the
white aprole.l waitress II plate piled
high with golden brown cakes.
What WAS Jerry Douglas doing In
that window. and how could he bestow
upon the white aproned girl precisely
the same frank, cordial smile with
which he had greeted Harriet at that
last dance. nfter Teddy's team had
won through Douglas clever coaching:
She bought half yard more gauze
than she needed and went home firm
ly convinced that jerry Douglns had
been cooking cakes TO pay wager.
That night she went to n dance where
many mutual friends gathered. but no
one seemed to have heard Of the escn
Date, and she was too proud 10 mike
inquiries. The next day sha went back
to the shop so close TO the restaurant
A bit OF pale blue velvet ribbon would
set on that silver sauze. but she decld-
ed that. after all. she did not care
whether the silver gauze was develop
ell into creation or not. Nothing mat
tered save that her idol had crumbled
at her very feet or. more properly
speaking. within u few feet OF the
wheels OF her brougham. for there
she thought must be very fat and indi-
gestible feed biscuits.
So 1t was not nn election wager or
anything OF that sort. All, she knew!
He had gone In for sociology. He was
studying the condition OF the working
classes. Next thing lie would be living
In one OF those dreadful settlement
holses. holding club meetings for rnga
mullins aud poor factory girls and
writing silly things for magazines
this man whom she had watched with
baited breath ON the football field.
whom she had pictured as sallying
forth to pit his magnificent strength.
physical and mental. against the mag
mates of the commercial ana finan, ial
world.
Cooking cakes In restaurant win
dow,
Harriet Winthrop walked with firm.
deliberate step to her desk anu tnok
down froDi the wall above 1t a picture
showing - group of lusty young men in
football attire and also certain IN
dividunl picture OF young man With
a finely formed head and broad. square
shoulders. She thrust the two behind
some boxes on the top shelf OF be-
ciothospress and then sat down for
good cry.
OF Course she might have found ou'