El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-04-10
The Herald's
Daily Shsrt Stery

I have a comfortable situation in con-
nection with a city office, and there
is a neat little sum lying to my credit
in a certain bank. 1 think / mlgn'
even compass the cost Of a modern
suburban villa
That's NICE" she said. 81 have a
little balance on a bank book my
self
That's nice, too" said the man
do you think it would cover the cost
Of the furniture?"
IF carefully invested" said the
girl. 81 think it would"
I'm glad of that" the man COM
mented. ct never believe in adopting
the instalment plan where you can
raise the cash. And now he equally
frank and tell me about yourself
NO" said the girl. I'm too much
prejudiced in favor of the subject
Let's hear your opinion"
All right" said the man, but, OF
course, I'm prejudiced, too. At the
same time it is good thing to air
ones prejudices occasionally. If our
prejudices do not agree. pray correct
me from time to time.
ITO begin with, you are beautiful.
Then you are fairly intelligent. You
have a .nimbIe wit, but you have been
somewhat spoiled. Eth. you don't like
that? Nevertheless, it is quite evil
dent that your employers have been
too indulgent. Oh. yes they have And
yet one who really admired you
could overlook this-shall 1 say pain
fulEdefect in time"
'Is that ALP
All! I could dilate on your at
fractions until the gray fingers Of the
dawn beckoned me away"
How nicely you express yourselfi
I had only to shut my eyes to hear
the surf beating on the shore. and the
band softly drumming on the yeran-
d."
What a lovely time we had-while
it lasted. How those golden moments
scuttled through pleasures hour
glass;"
There you go again. But we did
have a lovely time deceiving each 9TH
er. didn't we?"
TT was our foolish vanity that did
the ,deceiving-our hearts were as
true as steel"
steel is very hard, Mr.. Thingany."
Mine is ductile steel, Miss What's
your name. It's a heart of wax when
thou art near. And your face is the
only impression it bears"
But ali. if your heart warmed up
unduly that impression would soon be
obliterated"
mo, no, it is indelible. All. If I only
knew your name how delightful it
would be to make love to you"
The girl made a quick gesture Of
dissent.
you would take altogether too
much time" she said. 81 shudder to
think of your verbosity II you had a
three syllable name to encourage your
efforts. Besides. you must remember
this is my night in"
. Yes, it's my night to have company
and to receive it-or HMM this par
ticular apartment. Ali the other SER
wants go out in order to leave the
lucky one a clear field. Ny chance
doesn't come again for 10 days. But
that will not excuse me for OVERRIDING
the present opportunity You really
must go. 4 fancy I hear footsteps
now. HushY
The footsteps came down the hall.
They paused, and the door opened An
elderly man with heavy white mus
tache looked in.
"Oh. there you are, Grace" he cried
Excuse me- 1 didn't know you had
company. Bless my soul. II it isn't
Warren Hayesl How are you. my boy?
I didn't know Grace knew you. Help
ing her with private theatricals. I see.
Don't let her work you too hard
There. there, 1 won't interrupt any
longer. Glad to see you any time
my boy"
I'll drop in on you at the office in
the morning" said Warren Hayes. IL
have a little important business I
want to see you about"
All right, my boy. Any time after
10. Good night"
Good night
There was a short silence The man
looked at the girl The girl looked at
the floor
Il was silently admiring the way
your father says Grace" remarked
Warren Hayes.
Come" said the girl sharply. what
is that special business you have with
papa tomorrow morning."
And here I've ben openly crediting
you with. unusual cleverness,' said
Warren Hayes, with a despairing
gesture. yet I fancy you half sus-
pect. The fact is, Miss Grace Ainslie.
alias Whatsyourname. that when a
young woman admits her devoted ad-
mirer through the side door it is about
time for papa's consent to be asked.
you are a rude and nasty man."
said the girl. And I suppose you are
just conceited enough to fancy that
you will succeed with the father as
we'll as-I mean that you hope to sue
coed with the daughter as well as you
think you'll succeed with the father?"
Exactly said Warren Hayes.
The girl looked at him with little
scowl.
We'll" she said you'll not get in
at the side door again"
"Oh, the front door will do" said
Warren Hayes.
And then the girl softly laughed.