The Brandon news. (Brandon, Miss.) 1892-1961, 1911-05-18
HOW FELICIA
] SHOWED HER

the street from the Trentons and had
two manageable daughters of her
own, learned that young DR.. Baldwin
was devoting himself assiduously to
Felicia Trenton 1t troubled her.
Felicia is good girl In many
ways" she said confidentially to half
a dozen of her most intimate friends,
'"but she is certainly not the girl for
struggling young physician to
marry. While she has the appear
ance of being good manager and all
that, and everybody knows that she
simply runs things at home, 1t seems
to me that It's more sign OF bad
temper than anything else. That poor
little mother of hers just gives in to
her because she knows there would
be tremendous fuss II she didn't.
or course, she seems to have so much
attention from men, but you'll notice
that none OF them keep 1t up. very
long.
"You remember Tom Hays, don't
your" continued Mrs. Slidell, warm
ing to her theme "Of course, some
people say to this day that he was
desperately in love with Felicia, but
to my own personal knowledge he
never went near her the last time he
was in town, and, in fact, ] under
stood from the very best authority
that this was because she had a jar
of rouge sitting on the mantel one
piphf when he went there
"Then there was George Gleason.
George did go there great deal and
seemed perfectly devoted, but | know
that they were almost engaged and
one morning he went there unexpect-
eddy. She had been doing some work
around the house and had on XII
mono and dreadful old slippers and
her hair up in curl papers, and all
that sort Of thing, and George just
turned around and went away and
never went back again
It was odd, and of course very I'M
fortunate. that Mrs. Slidell should
have been taken so Ill as to require
the services of physician just at the
time when her own family doctor was
out of town Felicia Trenton laughed
when she happened to look out of the
window and see the doctor going up
the Slidell front steps to make pro-
fessional call. She laughed again
when she met him at her own door.
whats the joker" asked the doc
tor
what did she say about me?" she
asked.
WHO" the doctor began. Then
he, too. laughed. "Conceited young
woman" he said; what makes you
think she said anything about you?"
precedent" responded Felicia
lightly
1t was some weeks later that Fell
cia met Mrs. Slidell just coming out
OF DR.. Baldwin's Office. Mrs. Slidell
seized Felicia's hand in an affection
ate grasp.
81 understand that you're great
friend of DR.. Baldwin's," she gurgled.
'sYou know l dread having new ply
stefan. so was simply distressed to
death when | was taken so Ill when
DR.. Toole was out of town. But I've
simply fallen in love with your DR..
Baldwin"
ooh, please don't call him my DR..
Baldwin" protested Felicia. Il really
know him very slightly. He didn't
make much of an impression on me
when met him.
us that possible?" cried Mrs. Sill
dell. 'Why, my girls consider him
perfectly charming. You know he has
dined with us several times, and just
between you and me he's very much
taken with Isabel. You know Isabel
is SO natural and unaffected, and DR..
Baldwin tells me that he particularly
dislikes artificiality."
Hell never like me, then" said
Felicia. sLet me hurry up and get
away, so that there won't be any pos
sibility OF his seeing me. One of my
eyebrows is on crooked right this
minute" she hurried away with a
laugh. Cat" she said to herself.
sTll show her"
Fortune favored Felicia, for few
DAYS later, just as she was stepping
out of DR.. Ba1dwin's small but very
correct, little motor car, assisted by
the doctors devoted hand, Mrs. Sli-
dell came trimming lightly, lovingly
toward them. Shall I tell her? MUIR
INJURED the doctor Felicia nodded.
aYou darling" cooed Mrs. SlideIl,
as she stopped beside the two. How
lovely you look, and such beautiful
color. And how becoming that style
of hair dressing is to you, she
eushed on. You don't know how
often I'VE envied you your lovely
color and your beautiful heavy hair!"
Felicia patted her curls approving
" "They are rather nice, aren't
they?" she inquired. but you can
have plenty if you want to pay for It.
To tell you the truth, though, I'm get
ting 4 little bit tired Of the hair /
have now. DR.. Baldwin is going to
New York next week and he's going