Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1908-11-18
more soda or more ice cream. Sh,
might spend cents more!

more soda or more ice cream. She
! might spend cents more.
"Gee." said the boy as he dipped out
1 the extra cream, "they act like two
kids ON lark!"
As they sailed forth once more Eli
nor clutched her companions arm.
Lets make an afternoon Of IT. Miss
Greenleaf. I've never, never ridden In
the subway-please"
Something in the girls tones made
Miss Greenleaf turn suddenly reckless
I'VE will, we WILL" and then she
added under her breath. eff lose my
place for it."
In the subway Elinor turned a triae
serious. The noise. tie confusion. the
shouts of the guards. the crowding Of
the mob bound for y bali game. the
flashing white pillars beyond the ope:i
windows-and this was how the girls
who worked fer their living rode back
and forth each day. She thought Of
her trap and her runabout. her victo-
ria and her touring car. and then she
| studied the faces of the women around
her. A man had risen instantly on her
entrance and she had sunk behind 4
row of newspapers. But there were
| other women. older women. more
| plainly dressed women and more tired
looking women. who swung from
| straps
| She leaned forward and peered
around the screen Of afternoon papers.
oh. that tired looking woman with
gray hair and arms filed with bundles.
who clutched desperately at strap
| and swayed resignedly with the move
mcnt Of the car! Elinor half rose in
her place to offer the tired woman her
seat, and then she sank back. Benin,
the screening newspaper directly IN
front of the tired woman she had
caught sight Of face, face she
knew. Reginald Schuyler's.
And that man behind the paper was
the real Reginald Schuyler. who could
sit behind a paper while tired wo.
man swayed before him.
Elinor did not reason consecutively
or logically. She had simply a vague
feeling that If ever she became less
radiant, less charming than she was
today Reginald Schuyler was not the
man who would forgive her defects
Reginald Schuyler would be delight
ful companion SO long as no sacrifice
was demanded of him.
Ii was subdued Eiinor who a few
stations farther along signaled to Miss
Greenleaf that she had had enough Of
- subway She slipped out of til,
c.:.. n t.1ead fear that Schuyler might
lay down his paper and see her.
Olce more in the fresh air. she babe
Miss Greenleaf hail passing taxi.
cab. Miss Greenieaf laid the girl s
sudden quiet to the foul air 10 the sub
way AID berated herself for yielding
| to her charges nonsensical scheme.
That evening James Regan felt that
never before had he fully appreciated
his daughters beauty and charm. She
was so wondrous tender and woman
| ~ as they sat alone In his den"
Daddy" she whispered. her arms
crossed on his knee her face uplifted
to his-"daddy," she repeated very
softly, IF | were to ask you to buy the
crown jewels of Patrovia or some 9th
err tiny kingdom for me to wear you'd
get them, wouldn't your
Her father nodded and smiled down
on her.
! And If l waited to buy a prince
and a palace could have them?"
Regan frowned. He hated monar-
chical institutions. Then he smiled and
patted her head. 81 guess, yes-sure.' :
he said.
'Or a new sort of orchid-and you'd
send to the heart Of Africa for it?"
Nov, what are you driving at. Eli
nor, girl" demanded her father, his
shrewd eyes twinkling.
Elinor flushed beautifully and grip
ped both his hands in hers.
Such little thing. daddy-and II
will cost you just cents"
The old man turned serious.
"Out with 1t. darling"
T-want-you-to telephone lacb
Boardman to spend the week end with
rs at Grey Towers"
For a few seconds silence reigned
| - thS HSh SSASu Hooih- Aucu ncSiiu
laid his hand tenderly on her brigh.
hair.
"Elinor, If you want that more than
anything in the WORLD
He hesitated, >and the girl said soft.
~, More than anything in all the
world. daddy"
The man flung back his shoulders
and said firmly:
Then III phone him now, before !
change my mind"
| For Jack Boardman was-the other