The Washington herald., 1909-02-15

the shy, homely young man who WASN'T going to have
a happy time Of il. il seemed.
And Nancy tripped along the hall to the biz east
room where four Of the girls in gaudy kmOnOs
huGdled about the dying enbers Of the CRATE fire.
o yoe owls" said Nancy. Go TO bed. how DO
you expect To captrate the eligible Of egibIes win
heavy eyes and tagged out dspositions2 Carl Newell
IS coming IN the morning, You don't any Of you know
him? Well let ne tell you right now. he's the catch
Of the season Good iookngone Of those strong faces
you know--awfully clever and lots Of money. WAY.
every girl know has made three kinds Of an idiot Of
herself over him. OF course he's little spoiled and
eonceited, perhaps But won't any of you be able
20 resist aim. Good night gfrls-good night
And Nancy left Doris and Angela and Evelyn and
Anne huggng secret determination that she ct least
would not swell the throng OF misguided females who
flung themselves al the head Of this vain person each
rejecting also that this Indifference was quite likely
20 prove attractive anyhow. And Nancy smiled into
her plow>snd then slept the sleep Of the righteous
quite as II conscience were Of consequence at all
The next morning without the least feeling Of com
junction Nancy sitting straight and tailored in her
electric runaboU, watched Carl Newell swing from the
platform Of the sSe and stride down the platform
toward her She noted with frank admiration the easy
sway Of the muscular shoulders the strong lines of the
face, a face that girl Of IS would call homey a
woman Of p would call interesting. and a woman Of
90 handsome
Nancy! TOu here at this hour. I'm immensely
hattered he said as he stepped up the trim little
runabout rTis only you you rash debutante who
could defy the dTab ghastliness of February morn
ing"
= BlarHey, I'm hattered to get you here. Carl New
ell Have you q good supply with your"
OF what please"
or those pretty things that Slip out so easily we
haven't anybody who makes a speciality Of them and
we really feel the need Of some one"
Nancy you well. bot that's not q nice thing
20 say. DO you think any able bodied man cares for
the reputation OF Chesterfield? Besides" he added
10 do -cant justice to the occasion should have to
sit up nights 10 rePienish my supply You wouldn't
have me do THAR
There you see-you can't help it. Carl" laughed
Nancy as she started the machine at good clip Il
think you're going 10 have nice time. You know all
the men, believe-MaeFarweIl, Robert Haskell John
Trenton and brother Dave And I'm going to Introduce
to four OF the prettest girls that ever danEled
score Of scalps at their belts tack yours on Sc
cure. Carl
AS they skinned along the frozen country roads
between gaUnt elms and barren oaks black skeletons
against dulI gray sky, Nancy diIated at such length
upon the SURPRISING attractions Of four girls that
II would have taken a Hebe Nine. De StasL and
Troy -Ieen rolled into equal the charms OF any
one OF them
But I thought there were to be five unriraIed
6amssls besides yoursef2 said Carl amused poor in
nocent at her generous enthusiasm
o. there five. There's AmaryIIis Dean. But
you won't care for her at ali She's plain You'll agree
she's quite the homeliest girl you've ever seen She
never throws of extreme reserve and difadence IN
less she's strongly attracted to one which snt often
She Doesn't for men at all and I'm really afraid