Smyrna times., 1908-07-29


more soda or more ice cream. She
might spend ) cents more.
Gee" said the boy as he dipped out
the extra cream, they act like two
kids OH lark"
AS they sailed forth once more Eli
nor clutched her companions arm.
Lets make an afternoon of it = Iiss
Greenleaf. I've never, never ridden il
the subway-please."
Something i'll the girls tones made
Miss Greenleaf turn suddenly reckless.
eve will, we WILL" and then she
added under her breath, IF lose my
| place for it."
! In the subway ElinOr turned a trife
| serious. The noise, the confusion, the
shouts of the guards, the crowding of
| the mob bound for u ball game, the
| flashing white pillars beyond the open
! WindOWS-and this was how the girls
who worked for 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. \ man had risen instantly on her
entrance, and she had sunk behind a
row of newspapers. But there were
other women, older women, more
plainly dressed We 1n 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 filled with bundles,
who clutched desperately at a strap
and swayed resignedly with the move
ment of the car! Elinor half rose in
her place to offer the tired woman her
seat, and then she sank back. Behind
the screening newspaper directly in
front of the tired woman she had
caught sight of a face, a face she
knew, Reginald Schuylers
And that man behind the paper was
the real Reginald Schuyler, who could
sit behind paper while tired wo-
man swayed before him!
ElinOr did not reason consecutively
or logically. She had simply a vague
less
radiant, less charming than she was
today Reginald Schuyler was not the
man who would forgive her defects.
Reginald Schuyler would be a delight
full companion so long as no sacrifice
was demanded of him.
1t was a subdued Elinor who a few
stations farther along signaled to Miss
Greenleaf that she had had enough of
the subway. She slipped out of the
car in dread fear that Schuyler might
lay down his paper and see her.
Once more in the fresh air, she bade
Miss Greenleaf hail a passing taxi
. cab. Miss Greenleaf laid the girls
sudden quiet to the foul air in the sub
way and 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
ly 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 l were to ask you to buy tn,
crown jewels of Patrovia or some 9th
er tiny kingdom for me to wear you'C
get them, wouldn't you?'
Her father nodded and smiled dowr
on her.
. "And if l wanted to buy a prince
and palace l could have them?"
Regan frowned. He hated mOnar
!, chical institutions. Then he smiled anC
: patted her head 81 guess yes-sure,
he said.
''Or a new sort of orchid-and you'C
send to the heart of Africa for it?"
"Now, what are you driving at, Eli
: nor, girl?" demanded her father, hi
shrewd eyes twinkling.
EllnOr flushed beautifully and grin
ped both his hands in hers.
"Such a little thing, daddy-and i
will cost you just 3 cents"
The old man turned serious.
"Out with it, darling"
-want-yOu-to telephone JAG
> Boardman to spend the week end witt
y us at Grey Towers
For a few seconds silence reignet
in the high ceiled room. Then Regal
= = laid his hand tenderly on her brigh
y hair.
. "ElinOr, if you want that more tha
anything in the world
= He hesitated, and the girl said soft
3 ly, More than anything in all tn
world, daddy"
The man flung back his shoulder
ie and said firmly:
"Then I'll phone him now, before
, change my mind"
iv 5 For Jack Boardman was-the othe
man!