The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1910-08-18

I fr IN highly priced, delicate pearl 50
~ did the red.haired, freckle-
fxx.sN faced, angular body known
4ftZ.SSi as Mly Devery contain the
EAnSa beautiful, exalted, romantic
.~&E-1l spirit OF Lady Mlce I de veri.
ANoue Of fhe other girls at the ive -and-ten
cent store where Milly 9TH. body worked
saspscted the existence Of this Lady Milicent
4 s-he soul. AS for that matter it was some
ne before even Milly herself was absolutely
| .;:rr. True, She never hippantly referred to
IL asorwalke as Mr. Five Of the Five & Ten
I, Ca. Stcre As the other girls always did, and
.-ss. <s.en she had nothing else 10 do for
..4ny s:s.t minutes she had tried TO think Of
an :, Lord Harold But that was only the
7, esS.~t " the spirit upon its earthly shell.
I, W. 81 life romance was born one Saturday
! eyt=4nS in The humble shop Of an Italian
!, es1v.as
Niiv went there to get the shoes she had
i ~ .n Wednesday 70 be half soed, French
I Il. tsxl and patched Tony the cobbler was
sa5.ssd with tall, broad shouldered man
sysn she entered
I srrm my shoes done I" demanded Milly in
/ ~ secisiye tones oi the modern business
| ss.1an.
! lus tall man quickly stepped aside and,
vsaa A~sweeping bow, made room. for her.
| A.d such man His dark dreamy eyes,
. az great wavy moustache---the very home Of
s.71ance, his strong manly jaw Millys eyes
l 4e-Ppsd, and the pale spaces between her
! Erckles became suffused with maidenly
iklash.
! Aftet glance at her cheek Tony fshed her
!. a,sy, feminine shoes out from pile on the
ts6r and plar I'D them down on his bench
! q Dngsde = par of heavy, masculine ones
; fs:rnsn taking down the remaining pages Of
.ueap periodical from pile Of old papers, he
lSosrated .hem and deftly did the shoes up
two neat bundles. Though the shoes
!. arried under her arm may have been the
y i Of MilIy Devery, il was Lady Milicent
Ia I ri who swept out into the street while
h dark-eyed. wavy moustached stranger
Ia the door.
aoyed up BY a strange sense Of excitement
\ hlrritd through the streets, tripped up the
1jh. steps and lightly mounted the three
! s,hts to her sxIo home in the rear of the
!: ! sA,s When she had lighted the gas she
u sas.J n the. middle OF the floor to give her
lI5tn3iag hearS 4 chance to resume its normal
suddenly she snatchcd the bundle up
\; tie cot where she had thrown il and
sys5lsly removed its wrapping. She held
III ,es at arm $ length and critically sur
wscj then. They really weren't bad look
49, nov that they had been repaired and
.s4sped up bit She hcayed. sigh Of relief.
lAsn't It lucky that he had seen them when
had called for them instead Of when she
sd brought them in? And wasn't he just
Jssod!
Y, I'Aen came. the reaction. She flung the
sssp into 2corner and threw herself upon her
-. Whp was she that she should permit
II to be put all a-autter at the sight of
Gnd dsons, dark completed strangerpn
lk ,isdy Suddenly became tired with the
su- Of long hours OF selling can-openers,
~ a hosiery, gas tips, toy trumpets and
H. i.l1 4ad one similarly dissimilar odds
ibhx sids But the mind Of Lady Milicent
h1yt up:A constant chatter that put sleep for
- tired body Of plain Milly Deyery out OF
~ QUESTION. She reached for the paper that
~ wrapped her shoes and glanced languidly
xit
II was the center pages Of one Of those
.zxrtiingly illustrated hreside weeklies" that
sere more common couple Of decades ago
stsn now. The first chapters were missing,
oat Sue was able to gather that Sir Charles,
ne Lord Mayor, was making bis annual
inspection Of the factory where Mildred
worked Mote the similarity Of names,
Mildred MiIicent. Milly noticed it right
'awsy)
As the superintendent led the way past
the spindle where Mildred was working, the
Lord Mayor suddenly stopped and gave
slight start He regarded the fair girl be-
fore him with curious, puzzled expression
And then realizing that his searching gaze
might give odense, he mumbled an apology,
and, with sweeping bow, passed on.
] tMilly recalled the sweeping bow Of the
aandspme stranger at the cobbler's)
A moment later she heard his Lordship
ask the superintendent: "Ah-er-who is
4 that beautiful young lady at the third spin
/ die, She is strangely familiar seem to
have seen that face before"
! The superintendent glcwered darkly and
muttered something about New hands
cant keep track Of them all hundreds OF
e.a look just alike"
| You who hsye read that sort Of story q lust
g zee what il is like" will not be surprised to
learn that xs soon as Sir Charles, the Lord
Mayor, was out oi the factory, the villainous