The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-01-12

ed that the vacant lots we're to be
beautifed.
II was thus she interpreted her
duties and opportunities In the town
of her birth. She said Millersville
needed a reylving influence and an
original mind behind 1t to develop its
possibilities, and she refused to join
the Longfellow Literary society as an
other way Of being interesting The
sooner Millersyllle got over that sort
OF thing the better It Would be, she
said.
The young people were decidedly
uncomfortable about Ethcl Her iath-
er was the president of the biggest
bank In town and owned stock in
nearly every important enterprise, to
say nothing Of his farm lands through
out the state. You can't sniff and pass
by the daughter of man like that,
soothing your wounds by calling her
stuck up and silly. The others suf
fered in her presence. wondering II
she accounted them interesting or
mentally herded them among the
goats.
There was no doubt about the Ling.
lers as family were out of the ordi-
nary. They had meals when the fam
lily happened to want them, not at set
and regulated times. and they had
tennis court In the grassiest part Of
their front lawn. instead OF row of
stiff flower beds.
Also II they felt like sitting up all
night and making us sleep In the day
time, they did so. and they did not
put on winter hannels Oct. 15. regard
less Of the temperature. They didn't
believe In fannels at all
OF course, Ethel was asked every
where. II she was at party 1t was
known as a social success and II she
wasn't the daily paper merely ran
two-line item with no headlines. Peo-
pie suffered from her presence and
also from her absence and could never
quite make up their minds which OF
the two evils was the worse.
None Of the young men Of MiIlers-
vile dared to single Ethel out, be-
cause they were afraid Of her. They
called on other girls who had also
been away to school and lived in com
Portable mansions, but Ethel was diff
ferent Always they writhed when
they conversed with her, under the
sense that she did not find them inter
esting. She had way of sweetly
making them sensible Of their own
limitations. Naturally, she was an OBJ
ject Of despalring admiration to them.
There certainly was fascination
about her looks and the way she wore
her clothes, and In spite Of her top
loftical air she had distractlng dim
pile In each cheek Everybody knew
there wasn't a man In town. good
enough for Ethel Linglers notice,
When Oscar Farwell went there to
enter the leading law hrm the girls.
of course, talked him over They
asked Ethel what she thought of him.
She raised her eyebrows mere trife
and smiled gently
"Mr Farwell," she said, is absolute
ly impossible These breezy. self-sure
individuals always proove to be OF
common stock. He strikes me as an
exceedingly concelted, ordinary young
man and not in the least interesting. .
Whereupon the listening girl rejoic.
ed greatly. for they secretly admired
this same young Farwen and had been
afraid Of Ethel's fencying him.
She snubbed him serenely and con
descendingly on all occasions. but he
did not retire, abashed, as had all the
other young men OF Millersville Al
first she seemed to be an object Of
amused surprise to him. Then he set
tied down to the task Of getting ac
auainted with her, totally ignoring her
polite jabs and her open dlsdain. much
as a grown-up person might ignore an
infants beating one with It's tlsts.
After a while ne asked her to mar
ry him. Ethel merely sat and regard
ed him from large eyes OF amazemenl
that presently fickered and dropped
under his.
"will you tell me" she began. In 6
strictly controlled voice. Just why
you should choose to want to marry
me7"
We'll" he told her. after consider
ing a moment. TITS because you'd b
such a nice girl, II somebody'd knocl
those idiotic ideas of your superiority
and originality out of your head. thai
couldn't resist undertaking the jot
myself. I'm too exasperated at yot
Just now to be particularly madly IL
love with you, but know l shall bt