The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1910-04-13

into the higher building behind.
Chester caught glimpse of q ,asuc
vista OF silk,u red and yellow ban.
ucrs. ornaments of shoH and glass.
and perceived an dor a- lf OF sau.
dal wood \ billet %. wood oy
at one end of the plank ..H1 Chc-
tor smiled us he surveyed ui, guar
tcrs.
What's that I wa SAVING few
days ago about bccomu- sybar.
itr''
The Dream Lady was -uudna loo
the doorway at the back She made
a little friendly gesture. Iud disap.
pcarnd within her aplm .ut-
Duriu. the ensuing v... Chester
became known at an adjacent pawn.
shop lio was at the cuI uf his ro.
sources. lie had applied everywhere
f.r a position, even returning to the
newspapers After he w.. forced To
exchange his clothes 'ar % much.
worn ,ui hc had nerlc ..1 the wan
Street district Tie fr't as If h'
were up against great blank wal.
and strive a, hc would boz. could not
get ont Each day he went to the
Stockton for mail. huJ u1 longer
visited the park. lie spent his
nights ON the hard plan, bench. striv.
iug 9. soften his woodpH pillow by
the ntcrpositiou of his folded coat.
and aWokc iu the mornug with sore
and stirfcncd muscles. l'y means of
a Chinese laundry whore the prices
ranged iu pennies he managed to
maintain bis solfrcspcD. 80 far as
Dream Lady had supplied him with
an ever OF water. and Do. perform
ed his ablutions over the rusty iron
runway In the midst of his gro
tosquc surroundings. llc was suf.
fering from poor and srauty food.
and life began 20 seem moro and
more unreal
The nights We're hot and at first
Che e5tcr had the roof T. himself rx-
cept during the daytime But one
sitting evening. in the latter part
Of the week. the Dream Lady came
out after her return from the thea.
ter. Chester arose to meet her with
difficulty. She pccred at um for a
moment through the half darkness
Of the city night. and then she
placed her hand on h. sleeve.
1T feels" he said YEARLY. like
the touch of water lily"
The Dream Lady pointed to her
mouth. and then made gesture
strikingly suggestive Of his own ON
the occasion of their first meeting.
Chester made sign of assent.
Yes. Water Lily" hes aid. 4 am
famished"
The Chinese food that she set be.
f.re him tasted much better than
at his first experience. The Dream
Lady sat near him as he consumed
it, and crooned an interminablc song
of many moduatlons
The scuttle grated slightly on its
tin clad hatchway. Chester sprang ON
top OF 1t. There was the sound OF
retreating feet shuffling along the
hallway.
Next morning Chester spent his
remaining change on a stout padl lack
and some heavy staples. They ar
ranged in sign language that thre,
rapid knocks should be the sigma
for his admission.
While Chester was meeting his
Waterloo down in the offices of Gold
smith X Elkins, Edith was inspect
ing herself critically in the locking
glass in order to discover wherein
she so differed from other girls tha
she had been singled out from al
the rest. She looked straight in IN,
eye in the mirror, and found tina
il gave her queer sensation Sh,
Was trying To discover the rca
state of her feelings. Hitherto IN,
glass had been means of inspect
Ing her hats and her hair, her fur
bellows and flonnccs but not he
4 emotions. How often does it occu
to one OF us to meet our own glanc,
squarely in the mirror? Half dazeO
by the mingling OF her fancies n!
day with her visions of the prcylou
night she felt sort of ocstati
wonder. and sat silently joyful BE-
fore the mirror while Marie drese
ed her golden masses of hair Thol
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