West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1908-09-17

"IVe got the tickets for TIC show tonight
you, Nance-even II he's n few dollars
shy. But or course you're joking.
Millionaires don't think about working
| girls like US"
1T might be better for them II they
did," said Nancy. with cool wisdom.
Some OF rs could teach them how TO
take care OF their money"
III one was TO speak TO me-" laughed
Lou, II know I'D have duck fit."
That's because you don't know any.
Tho only difference between swells
ana other people is you have to watch
'em closer. Don't you think that red
siik lining is Just little bit too bright
for that coat. L,ouT
Lou looked at the plain dull olive
jacket Of her friend.
well. no; i don't. But II may seem
80 beside that faded looking thing
you've got on"
This jacket" said Nancy compla.
Gently. has exactly the cut and fit OF
one that Mrs. Van Aistyne Fisher was
wearing the other day. The material
cost me $3.9S. suppose hers cost
about 500 more"
"Oh. WELL" said Lou lightly, "it don't
strike me as millionaire bait. Shouldn't
wonder II I catch one before you do.
anyway"
Truly II would have taken a phiIoso-
pher TO decide upon the values OF the
theories held by the two friends. Lou,
lacking that certain pride and fastid-
iousness that keep stores and desks
filled with girls working for the barest
ivfngSpthumped away gayIy with her
iron In the noisy and sitting laundry.
Her wages supported her even beyond
the point OF comfort, 80 that her dress
profited until sometimes she cast a
sidelong glance OF impatience at tho
neat but inelegant apparel OF Dan
Dan. the constant, the immutab Bile. the
undertaking.
As for Nancy, her case was one OF
tens Of thousands. silk and jewels and
iaces and ornaments and the perfume
and music OF the fine world OF good
breeding and taste-these were made
for woman: they are her equitable por.
tion. Let her keep near them II they
are part Of life to her and II she will.
She Is no traitor to herself, as Esau
was, for she keeps her birthright, and
the pottage she earns is often very
scsnt.
In this atmosphere Nancy belonged,
and she throve In IL and ate her frugal
meals and schemed over her cheap
dresses with a determined and con
tented mind. She already knew wom-
an, and she was studying man. the an.
imal, both as to his habits and ellgibill
~. Some day she would bring down
the game that she wanted, but she
promised herself II would be what
seemed TO her the biggest and the best.
and nothing smaller.
Thus she kept her lamp trimmed and
burning TO receive the bridegroom
when he should come.
But another lesson she learned, per
haps unconsciousIy. Her standard Of
values began to shift and change.
SometImes the dollar mark grew blur.
Ped In her minds eye and shaped H.
self into letters that spelled such words
as truth" and "honor" and now and
then Just Kindness" Let us make a
likeness Of one who hunts the moose
OF eik in some mighty wood. He sees
a little dell. mossy and embowered,
where a rili trickles, babbllng TO him
OF rest and comfort. At these times
the spear Of Nimrod himself grows
blunt
So Nancy wondered sometimes II
Persian lamb was always quoted at Its
market value by the hearts that II GOV.
cred.
One Thursday evening Nancy left
the store and turned across Sixth ave-
nue. westward TO the laundry. She
was expected 70 60 with Lou and Dan
to q musical comedy.
Dan was Just coming out OF the
laundry when she arrived. There was
queer. strained look on his face.
II thought would drop around 10
see II they had heard from her. be
said.
Heard from whoT asked Nancy.
isn't Lou tberer
II thought you knew said Dan.
"She hasn't been here or at the house
where she lived since Monday. She
moved all her things from there. She
told one Of the girls In the laundry
she might BE- going to Europe"