Smyrna times., 1909-12-29
G . . 0 9 . Q o Q 900 . Dc .
Her Lesson
nLOVinG
II Was a Severe One, hut II
Brought Her Happiness
BY LOUISE OLNEY
Copyright. 1909. by Associated Lit
erary Press.
BY LOUISE OLNEY
pyright. 1909. by Associated Lit
erarY Press.
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After a good night 50 liStless that
her mother sighed at the change in
her daughter. Anne Morton went to
her room and locked the door Throw
ing aside her lace cloak she turned on
all the lights and. tan and graceful /.
in her clinging yellow gown, studied /
herself in the mirror
Richard Hunter had not asked for Il
single dance but had devoted himself i
to MOllip Pierce. Anne began to real
iZe that this had been the order of
things for some time Norris Trevor
also had not come near And only Il
year ago. before she had broken her
engagement with Richard there had
not been dances enough to satisfy her
admirers. Surely at tweuty-sevpn Il
woman has not lost the power to at
tract. Was she becoming wallloW
pr!
The mirror was reaSSuriug. Her
f"e brown eyes were large ard clcnr
her heavy dark hair perfectly arraug-
cd, her oval face and small head Ger
tainly distinguished. She smiled rue
fully. and dimple deepened in b"r
check. But when her face fell to re-
pose she noted critically that she lool-
cd bored. almost unhappy; the corno"@
of her mouth dropped and two cross
little lirps showed between her eyes.
Anne began to take stock of herself
Tonight she had actually sat out three
dances with the chaperons She faced
| the fact that her friends were hecum-
| ing fewer: that the men called less
| often. invited her less often to share
| their pleasures. THE girls" no longer
dropped in to gossip Of clothes and
merrymakings and beaus. Yes. even
in the family things had changed Her
mother. always loving. was also pa
tient. Harry. with the frankness Of
fourteen. remarked. when she was ir-
ritated with him. that she was becom-
ing a cross old maid. Jean assumed
condescending younger sister airs.
She was quite sure that it was Rich
ards place to make the first move to-
ward reconciliation. even though she
admitted to herself that the fault had
been mostly hers. At last she went tc
bed and cried herself to sleep. But
she awoke early. so much earlier thaF
usual that. as she lay thinking, it came
to her that not for months had she
really seen her father. not for months
had she breakfasted with the family
On impulse she rose. took a colo
plunge and dressed for the street. She
had nearly finished when the risin'
bell rang.
She stood nervously adjusting hel
collar at the mirror. little sensitive
about going down lest some membe
. Of the family might comment on h"
unwonted presence. when she noIe'
that she locked positively cross. J
i made her seem old. She by an effor
made herself smile. and the dimpl
again showed itself Then she startc
for the door just in time to encounte
Harry. wh0 was coming with an oI
gor" ~ awaken her Yesterday Sh
would haze complained to her mother
tcGay she laughed us he scampere
{ back 10 his room to finish dressing.
! When she heard the breakfast he
she started slowly downstairs. and &
she reached the lower hall she cauc
her own name spoken by her moth'
In an anxious tone. Involuntarily s.
paused. IIor father replied:
Don't worry. mother. Anne needs
lesson in loving. She will have to Su
fer till she finds out that no wOma
ID l.; loved and sought unless she is 10
ing-lovable. She will not be her q
attractive self Till she stops beir
eeii bored and sarcastic and is pleased al
IN interested ard shows that she is. 81
is getting :elfSh. and nothing b
thinking of others will do her al
good"
' "Rut. Fred" her mothers voice co
tinued. "Hichard never came near b
last night nor Morris nor Henry Pa
ker 10 you suppose they resent b
treatment of Richard? And she
never about when our older frien
call and never up in the morning. II
it occurred to you that Richard M
have shown her he wanted to bre
with her and that she is unhap
about It: Last night he was so dev'
ed to Molly Pierce.
Nonsense. Rip hard simply had
real mans self respect. She dismiss
him for nothing. and | don't blal
him for not crawling back like a VIII
ped puppy. Perhaps he is getting
terested in Molly-a live young fell
rs, is not going to let the caprice of
woman spoil life for him He did ca
He told me himself when it first b
- pened that he was all cut up about
but that she would have to call b
~ back herself She hasn't done
. Well. there is nobody like him J
another cup. dear. please" Anne
softly back to her room. her che
and eyes ablaze. fury in her he;
How dared theyi How dared they
nd cuss her affairs and side with RI
IIu ard. Then it came upon her that th
two dear persons. the dearest in
world loved her and had a right