The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1913-04-10
FRESH MISS ADAMS
Which Is to Say That She Was
Independent and Also
InsoIent.
sy GRACE kERRIoAN.

Miss Jennie Adams was snippy. ~.
srybody said 20. and she admitted It
To be snippy means not only 70 b
independent but to b insolent - well.
It means to 6ounce around. 1t means
70 give . man . cold glare II b picks
Up your handkerchief. II means that
u . policem-n tells you that Smith
stssst u only two blocks over yos
vim walk three blocks over Just 10
show him that he b not 20 mucAy
much. It means snubbing The young
men and humiliating the girls.
No one likes . snippy girl. but she
doesn't care . clothes.pin for that
She likes herself. and that's enough.
Simply Miss Adams had gone on
being snippy until she had arrived at
the age Of twenty. 1t had been pre-.
dicted fifty different times. by fifty dit.
ferent persons that the day would
come when her snippiness would bring
her proud head low. but nothing had
happened yet. Snippiness and some
other things can 60 on for years and
years without a grand jury getting
after them.
While Miss Adams father was 4
suburban banker and always had
enough cash In the vaults to guard
against q run, and while he had an
auto and kept a chauffeur. and while
the young lady could have rolled up
town like duchess. she always came
and went by the trolley line. At first
people gave her credit for being demo
cratic, but they soon fathomed heI
motive. II she journeded by auto she
could only be snippy to the chauffeur
and he could only speak broken Eng
lish and didn't care what she said OF
how pert she acted. II she took the
trolley car there were always at leas,
seven passengers to notice her ant
her snippiness
One morning at 9 o'clock Mis-:
Adams took the car to put In Ions
day In the shopping districts. \
strange young man took the same car
She had never seen his face before
and Judged him to be a new arrival IL
the village.
Mr., Robert Mcl.ain was the name
/ OF the youn, man who sat opposite
her. He had something to do with
life insurance company uptown, Yes
he had just moved out with his moth
er. He took the trolley because h
1 had no auto. He merely glanced a
Miss Adams as he took his seat an
began reading his newspaper Sucl
an action on the part of a young ma
vas provoking II was more.
might almost be termed insolence.
Why didn't he steal glances owe
the top of his paper at her?
Why didn't he wonder who she wa!
and move his feet about to show tina
he was wondering?
There was fat woman next :
him. shoulder to shoulder. and h
could have asked information In
whisper. but he didn't.
The car ran over dog mile G
two out, and Miss Adams gave a II
tie scream. The young man locke
up, but not at her. He looked at
vinegarfaced old maid and smile,
She would have snubbed him had h
smiled at her, and yet she was pr
voked that he didn't.
Miss Adams dropped nickle on tn
floor All heard the drop. and a
heard her exclamation. It came to
rest almost at Mir McLain's feet. b,
did he throw his paper aside an
scramble for 1t? Not bit of 1t
Four men and two women cOvere
themselves with glory trying to re
cue that coin from the gratings. an
the conductor finally came in and d
the trick Not the slightest intere'
on the part Of the young man, and II
fat woman beside him noticed II
fash Of the girls eyes and said to be
self:
Shell wake him up and humb
him II It takes whole year to do II
The opportunity came within tive
~ minutes. At the terminus MI,
Adams followed the young man o.
on the platform. As she descends
the steps she seemed to stumble. az
he heard her exclamation Of disma
He whirled and extended his hand
save her from . fall. but she was d
In the least danger.
oh" said Mr.. Mcl.ain in confu
Ion.
"Sir!" demanded the girl
Miss Simply Adams had got eve
and a feeling OF satisfaction was wi
her all day as she shopped She to,
the car for home without the fainte
idea that the young man would be
passenger also. but there he was col
fortably seated and scanning Il
pages of a magazine. So far as 81
could tell he did not notice her G
trance She sat opposite and hop
to administer another snub Amol
the articles she had purchased al
was bringing home by hand, rath
than trust to the delivery. we're thr
: yards of costly lace. BY and by Mi
. Adams got the inspiration she W
n looking for