The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1907-04-18

forlorn. messenger brought her
most amazing note. 1t was from Jer-
ry Douglas, and It calmly invited Miss
Winthrop to attend little supper he
was giving at the Empire restaurant
In honor Of his promotion. 1t would
be served on the upper floor of the res
taurant at Thursday midnight after
the rush was over, and would she
please come, because Mrs. Ned Landers
had agreed to act as chaperon and ev-
cry one knew that Mrs. Ned was host
In herself.
Here 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
the Winthrop brougham and drove to
Mrs Ned Landers' smart studio apart
ment OF course she could not accept
the invitation, and she would not de
cline without making inquiries.
Mrs Landers. shrewdly reading from
the white, tired face that something
had gone amiss. made tea directly, and
Harriet slipped 1t apprecintively.
"You know, mother IL a bit old fash
ioned"-
"She even disapproved Of studio fats
instead of housesT' inquired Mrs.
| Larders. with dancing eyes.
"She thinks you are the most Won
derful manager in the world. but res
tauant supper-I mean that particular
! sort Of re- taurant"-
az un'crrtand. ana 4 am Just bub-
bling with the secret. I've been wait
! Ing To tell every one for Ks. but
| Jerry Douglas made me GRO, my heart
and swear no. My dear. he IL n hero.
the sort you don't often find In this
! fawninr pNrGsiies When he finished
his ""'cge course ana started to read
law 18th an old friend of his fathers
dow tn Nirg'..l hc maCe what was
to '''i aI awful discovery. His in
her. nnce had paid only his bare ex-
pcn1es at college All the little pleas
ures, accessories. the social end of the
game. his mother lad made hy her
own handiwork. She had been doing
exquisite embroidery for a woman's
exchange and New York department
store to keep him at college as his IA
ther ard grandfather had beer kept be-
fore hin.
His first feeling. being a Virginia
man OF chivalric pride. was deep hu-
initiation. / am afraid he was a bit
hard on the li..'e mother for daring to
80 such n thing. Then he turned his
back on the law and came north, 60
ing straight to the father OF a young
ster he had known at college. the sort
who roll In wealth made in single
generation. The boys father has all
sorts OF commercial interests, includ-
Ing the Empire chain Of quick lunch
counters. and he promptly offered Jer-
ry the chance to act as cashier in one
of those dreadful lunch rooms"
Harriet was leaning forward, drink
ing in every word oblivious to the
fact that Mrs. Ned was studying her
face with matronly amusement
"Well. this particular lunch room
was In badly disorganlzed state and
Jerry not only made changes. but he
fired the cook. who had been making
trouble, and cooked himself until he
| tOulu Etl ~ htithl nv SAbIlllti
quarreling among the waitrecsci-apl
now he is going to Mexico for the man
who was just trying him nut in
lunch room, and, what T. more, he IL
going on most tick i ana impor-
tant mission"
Harriet leaned back with III that
might have meant reaction or some.
thing deeper.
"And SO he has acEed Just six Of us
to have that little supper, for which he
agrees to cook all so"tl of things. from
pancakes 10 S6Lletiiag he calls butter
cakes. Anyhow. II can't be worse for
Jur digestion tina. some of the New
burg messeJ our {. lend makes In chat
'ng dishes. VIII you gOT
Harriet rose instantly.
''If 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 te ephone 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
to 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 a
clothespress shelf and lugged forth
two photographs, Then, with her chin
resting in the palms Of her hands, she
sat down, studying them with eyes
that still shone with the light that
once must have frightened the face Of