The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-04

But she's so young and ineXperi-
eDced. Don't you think that to a pol
ished man like Gordon, she'll seem
well, western ,"
Il know she will"
And inexperienced?
Yes"
But Howard, will he"
Hell be nice to Nan. of course" he
assured her. Hasn't he always been
bully TO the girls you've had to visit ?
There was Harriet last spring. and
Maud and Clara-he was even nice TO
Clara"
EVEN she cried why. Clara was
especially selected. They all were. for
that matter They were just the sort
OF girls he ought to like. At that he
doesn't write TO Them
Howard laughed aloud. How do Won
know he questioned.
I've asked them all in letters" she
explained, d guilty glow invading her
cheeks.
We'll Of all thingsr" he chuckled.
Hes the incest bachelor we know -
she defended. 1T isn't fair that he
should spend his life belonging to clubs.
and dining in expensive restaurants.
and wearing gardenias, and being such
dear. without Well, he ought TO
marry
Kate Hedges was one Of little group
standing about the iron gate at the
Grand Central station when the Chica-
go Limited rolled in. filling the gray
vaulted train shed with vibrant echoss
She saw the man who always gets there
first come running through with his in
evitable little handbag followed BY a
mass of passengers, pouring like a
great fresh river into the consuming
ocean of New York Kate and Nan
sighted each other simultaneously and
rushing together. embraced. blocking
the passage. as the pest of women 90
in railway stations.
The first glimpse told Kate that the
ether of the effete east had made no
apparent change in Nan. Her hat was
Of the fiat. prim type which so became
her, and its color harmOnized happily
with the unmatcha BILE blue of the ex-
pressive eyes beneath it. Her suit of
the same shade was plain. but well
made and fitted. The keynote of the
picture was girlish individuality. far
from modish, yet with a certain dis
unct style-a style which caused Mans
friends TO describe her fondly as an
"Old-fashioned girl"
Engaging a cab Zone of those cabs
which a beneficent railway company
supplies at Tatr~ so far below the usual
New York tariff as to place them with
in the means Of wealthy persons). they
drove toward the Kings Court.
To think Of actually being in New
York. cried Nan. squeezing the others
hand. Isn't it wonderful? And this is
Fifth avenue? oh, I feel like a regu-
lar shOrt-story girl-you know the kind
of story; they're always called THE
Something Of Somebody and there
must be a picture of a naughty beauty
in hanson and young man in a long
overcoat standing on the curb to chat
with her. and underneath it says. Yes.
answered Millicent.' or I love flowers.
she said Oh. Kate I hardly believed
there was a real Delmonico's any more
than there's a real enchanted palace
with sleeping princess in it, And
Central park-thats always in the sto-
TleS, too And the Vanderbilt house?
Isn't New York Just heavenly" I'm
pulsively she leaned and kissed Hates
cheek, exclsiming; 1t was dear of you
TO let me Gomez
Yes. Nan was ingenue. Her buoyant
spirits refreshed the elder girl
You're a precious. Nan" she said. Il
love to have you with me Wei go
everywhere and see everything"
"Oh-h" cried Nan. ecstaticaIy.
Tonight her hostess continued.
there's a box party. Mr. Gordon.
Howard's partner. is giving it all for
you. And just wait until you see himi''
"Oh. I hardly can" cried the girl. Il
want to see so many things-BrOadway
and the Waldorf Astoria, and the stat
ue OF Liberty ghtenlng- the-world,
and Howard, and Mr.. ---, Mr.. -"
Mr.. Gordon"
Yes. and Mr.. Gordon Wasn't It
naa- Of 70 inv
never seen me2"
Yes" said Kate. And Just like
him"