El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-04-27

TT Ellen was never a brilliant con
II versationalist No one could ever
II accuse her Of trying to scintil-
late. AS a rule when she was / com
| many. especially when Warren was
( present. she was more or less self
/ conscious and much preferred to listen
than to talk.
But tonight she was unusually anil
mated We all have occasional mo-
I mcuts of eXhilaratiOn, when we chatter
away with unconscious vtvacity, When
We let ourselves 80 -and oIleh Re
gret ii afterward- And Tor Helen rms
as such 2 moment
Perhaus III was because the day had
been a very happy one. 1t was sun
day, and " 5rren had been Win ner
all day, Cnd he had been unusua4Iy
companiOuahle- ID the morning ne ned
read the uaDcrS, now ana lueu Leeu-
ing something aloud, while she sat
happily by with her mending basket In
some ways Helen was quite a little
leather. She could never see why IL
was worse TO sew or mend on sunday
than to do anything else Ana she was
never happier than when on sunday
morning Warren would read 10 ner
while She sat sewing in low CHAIR
IN the afternoon they had gone for
a long walk, and came home just IN
time TO dress and get over 10 the
Stevenses. with whom they had prom
ised to dine.
Heien's mood seemed infectious. Mr..
Stevens told some very clever stories,
And even Warren, who rarely LOid
stories, but when he did told them
with inimitable humor, now related
some incidents Of his western trip
Tells Of Her Kitten.
Then Helen found herself telling OF
Pussy PurrmeWs anticH- ROW she al
ways nOsed her way into every DON5
and now she had sQuirmed into Della
p q f.=.-- HnHn n n he
without knocking of the lid, ana now
frightened and angry Della had been
when she found ner there Inc story
in itself was very trivial Dut II was
the way she told II that gave 1t charm
Il say. Helen, give Us that imitation
Of the woman at the suffraget meet
ing" demanded Warren
"Oh, no, no. flushing. Il couldn't do
sWhy not? of course. you can"
Then. turning TO Mrs stevens, She
went to "a suffraget meeting the other
day and came back and took off one
OF the speakers. JOve, IT was out OF
sight. Give IL TO US. kitten; let's
At any other time Helen could not
have been persuaded to DO tins before
anyone but Warren, but now she
Welded to their insistence. She even
stood up to bette- give the effect II
she had done well before. she sur
prised herself now She gave as much
Of the speech as she could remember,
and then made up a great deal moro.
All in the same, shr1ll rantlnC tones OF
the suffraget who was making her
first speech in public, and who felt
that II was only necessary 20 make
many vigorous gestures and use many
highsOunding phrases about "~omal's
rights" ''wOman's independence and
down -trodden wOmaukind-
Helen had natural talent for mini
fcry. She could come home from the
theater and initiate the actors with an
Irresistible drouery all her own.
And now while they were SUI con-
vulsed with laughter at her suffragct I
impersonation. Warren insisted that
she take off the star of a play they
had just seen It happened that Mr.
and Mrs. Stevens had also seen the Z
play, and they all shouted at the clever [
FLUSHED with excitement and urged /
on by their rOars Of laughte-. Helen |
gave one imitation after another until /
She finally sank GREATNESS into her |
Warren Is Pleased.
Bravo, Kitten, bravo-' exclaimed I
Warren Wen have you IN T2ude- 1
WHY. dear. you're wonderful" and /
Mrs. Stevens leaned forward with gen /
uine admiration Why didn't you let /
any Of us know you could do this
That's what I want to know" de- /
manded Mr.. Stevens Think Of what /
we've been missing
"Oh it's q diffident little Kitten, and /
laughed Warren
But in spite of the Hghtness Of his 4
tone there was an unmistakaole nDts !
Of pride in his voice that set Helen's /
heart a-flutter.
She was intoxicated with il All. vita
the sense Of her own success and with
the praise and amdir4tiOn they had
showered upon her and above all with
the realization that Warren was proud
Or her
She was conscious. too. that she vas
looking unusually we'll Every now and
then she caught her reelection IN the
mirror of the sideboard opposite. .Ine
dainty pale blue chiffon gown, that
She had bought since Warren's return.
brought out all the fairness AMI deli
cate coIorfng Of her skin. AMI She
knew that several times that evening
there had been look Of Admiration
n Warren's eyes as they rested upon
her. that had not been there fOr many
months
Shall we have coffee in the other
room o. asked Mrs. Stevens.
-Oh. no. let's have fl here" answered
her husband. There's something COM