The San Francisco call., 1910-01-16

heard Mr.. Jack saying, you know /
have nothing to give you but my love,
and Foxie raised her eyes and her
whole face shone up to his when she
said, That's everything, Jack, that's
everything!"
When 1 found he was making such
passionate love to her, swearing he
lived only when ne had her folded to
his heart and all that sort of thing,
t'so'-~h he had not the money to marry
q began to think it time for Mrs.
to know how things were going
der to save the girl. Miss Foxie
q tie of all her high spirits and inde-
ence had given herself up wholly
m and seemed satisfied just to
- his love with no thought of the
ming.
sbe Mrs. D had gotten wind
u is somehow herself. for before I
made up my mind what to do
aa1s 1t she raised heaven and earth
137a light to give a dinner, renting and
ea things sent home on approval,
81 aor of Mr.. c. of Denver. Mr..
was big and fat and greasy, with
d sized fortune and had seemed
pleased with Foxie all winter.
1rs. D began to force things
focus. Mr.. C. was coming to
ouse after that two or three times
a week and Foxie was going every
where with him and Foxie was wearing
the dress right along now. Mrs. D
would take Foxie down to the shops
dressed in all the best things they had
and act as IL nothing seemed quite
good enough, then they would have a
hat or wrap sent home on approval so
Foxie could wear it that evening and
send 1T back the next day, saying it
wasn't quite what they wanted after
all. And she looked so fine and stylish
in all this fnery that Mr.. C. lost
his head almost Immediately.
Mr.. Jack didn't have much chance
these days and I used to hear hot
words between Foxie and her mother.
We all knew that this was the chance
couldn't understand why Foxie wasn't
jumping at 1t. 1t meant the salvation
of the family from poverty, possibly
from actually going to work; it meant
giving the younger girl, who was not
nearly as attractive as Foxie, chance
for a good settlement In life and 1t
meant career of ease and luxury for
Foxie. Mrs. D was, of course, over
joyed She was like some poor candi-
date after a long, discouraging cam
paign suddenly elected to a good fat
office.
81 am going to announce your en-
gagement in this weeks papers and say
you are off on trip south" Mrs. D.
said one morning at the table. This
will give you a week of uninterrupted
time to get ahead with your sewing
and save giving a luncheon or tea,
which, of course, is not to be thought
of. The house, you know, has been
mortgaged for your trousseau, but of
course we will be able to redeem 1t
after the wedding"
Foxie dropped her head on the table
and began to cry, II can't do it, I tell
you; I won't do it. oh, how l hate
that fat old thingl,'
Mrs. D got up from her seat, pur-
pie In the face. She walked over to that
girl and shook her and slapped her and
ever allow yourself to even think that
thought again. she said, I'll turn you
out into the streets"
l don't know whether the girl was
locked in her room to make her come
to terms, or whether she chose ITO stay
there herself and refused to come out.
At any rate, it was the better part of a
week before I saw Miss Foxie again.
During that time the papers an
nounced that an engagement of special
interest was that of Miss D, with
glowing reference to Papa D. $
successful career and fine tribute to
Mr.. G- of Denver
oOi litlle fOXlet Win nedEl anu oou
given to another man, was making a
fine show for the sake of the family
when people grew enthusiastic over
her engagement. I was thinking all
the time they wouldn't keep Foxie cor
nered long, and that she would findS a
way out of her troubles. She was just
the girl to take things into her own
hands and elope and get the laugh on
the other side. So when she got Mr.
c. to take her mother and sister to
the opera and begged off herself on the
ground of being tired from the round
of entertainments being given in her
honor, | knew what was going to hap
pen and had about decided to help her
In any way could. / went and put
papers over the divan in the parlor and
began piling books on it in preparation
of house cleaning before the wedding.
so they would have to sit in the hall
window seat, where / could see them.
Miss Foxie had on some old fancy
dress costume left from last year, in
order to save her new things and be-
cause she hadn't anything else, and
looked like some little 16 year old in
the funny little sleeves and ruffied
skirt. Mr.. Jack came as / had eX-