The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-12-29

on Duiietneaded WHY, was not TO DC
taken without a snub in response.
And then they had squah) little.
gown women though t. re, and
had felt, for the moment, that they
could never really be frlenGs again.
Harold, I'm perfectly horrid. You'll
he sorry YOU came tonight" Anne
commenced, throwing herself back in
her chai. with reckless disregard
Tor the dollar and half freshness
Ct her gown. I'm rapidly curing my
family Of any little affection they
may have had for me. | want q
recipe for cfaritabeness.'
Twenty years ago they'd have told
on You needed religon:. today they'd
say YOU needed exercise said Harold
Using suggestively Put ON your bon.
net-wcll, hat, then, and come for a
good walk That will make you feel
friends with all the world--eyen your
relatives
She looked dubiously at the lace
edged frills OF her organly skirt.
I'm not dressed for it" she pro
tested. ii
oh you look all right" he said
in cheerful ignorance of the French
.sundry and al its WORKS. Come on
If | don't feel STRINGS of amiabil
ity by the end of the first mile, I'm
coming back she declared as they
clicked briskly down the pavement
I'm just doing ii to prove you're
wrong, any way. | don't like to have
my soul SORROWS mistaken for rndi
gestion.'
"Everythlngs Indigestion he as
serted. = once thought | was madly
unhappy about girl--until discoy
cred that was simply taking too
much coffee. let NJ on it, and ush
cred at her wedding a few months
later with perfect serenity
How convenient said Anne, in
differently Il suppose. when the next
unhappy love affair came along YOU
gave up butter or avoided fruit
cake
WHY, there hosnt been any next,
he laughed. "Ive stccred clear OF q
broken heart ever since. for fear il
would mean giving up smoking.
Whcw, I'd hate that | think I'd lcl
tho old thing break instead
Vastly more sensible agreed
Anne, coldly. = suppose I'd have tC
give up tea If my heart misbehaved
liui il never does. haven't been Il
love since | WAS schoolgirl. Dcal
me. haven't we gone mile yet
We've been walking for ages, and
dislike my family more than ever
Your recipe isn't going to work
Suppose we 90 over into tll'
square, he suggested. You can looI
at the dragged ont mothers with si'
children and the dreary little lovers
and the men out of work trying tt
steal maps between the policeman
rounds, and then you'll be so thank
lul vou were born into your kind o.
iamily that you'll never be cross n
them any more
She smiled reluctantly
The recipe is growing she said
Take one mile OF exercise, on
square of unwashcd <populace -ther'
ought to be a third ingredient. \
doesn't sound complete.
Just look at that bench load" h'
interrupted Doesn't il make yol
want to rush home and 80 on YOU
knees to your people, you migrate
tul girl2'
"Oh, don't know" she persisted
That girl may nos have brains OF
grammar. but she likes the clasp o
her young mans moist fist, and she's
got It. We haven't any of us go
what we want in my family. Content
ment is better than sophisticatson.
"oh. brt fancy marrying herr hs
exclaimed
nFmno! marrying, Anybody" said
Anne, with shudder... :.
cit would besa sort ofsa nuisance
supnote. BE assenteh, studying the
fountain on their right
Unoearable.' she echoed. staring
at group of children on their left
Presently she shiyered a little.
Oh. I'm chilly. and I'm tired. Do
let's go home,' she exclaimed Your
recipe is flat failure. My disposl-
Hon Is simply slo@lns Moss asld
worse.
They went back in oppressed ST.
lence Al her steps he stopped.
Not coming ings she asked In SUR