The Southern herald., 1913-04-18
RESH MISS ADAMS
,r,iob IS to Say That She Was
Independent and Also
lnSOIent.
sy GRACE KERRIeAN.

Ml's cold so. and she admitted it
'ryUOG' " he snippy means not only to be
i..ondept, - but to be insolent as we'll
lnu9p \ Vans to founce around, 1t means
\ mD~ .ro q man a cold glare If he picks
. sou orr handkerchief. 1t means that
W noliceman tells you that Smith
is only two blocks over you
SiT walk three blocks over Just 70
WI : him that he is not SO muchy
'ny ob II means snubbing the young
ms and humiliating the girls.
No one likes a snippy girl, but she
,..sr,t M care clothes-pin for that
oS'' u. ,,tos herself, and that's enough.
0D crinpy Miss Adams had gone on
,.,na snippy until she had arrived at
~ ~ oge Of twenty. 1t had been pre-
sls,ed fifty different times, by fifty diff
s.sont liant persons that the day would
.mo when her snippiness would bring
49, ~ rroud head low, but nothing had
Ssnneued ~ yet snippiness and some
otheT things Can ~ OA AOA
years without a grand Jury ee''lns
after them .
while Miss Adams father was
,nhurban banker and always had
.aorgb cash in the vaults to guard
sgoinst a run, and while he had an
aUto and kept a chauffeur, and while
tho voupg lady could have rolled up
town like a duchess, she always came
and went by the trolley line. At first
Uoonle gave her credit for being demo
rrotic but they soon fathomed her
motive. If she iourneded by auto she
could only be snippy to the chauffeur
and he could only speak broken Eng
Tsb and didn't care what she said OF
how merit she acted If she took the
trolley car there were always at least
saven passengers to notice her ant
her snippiness'
One morning at 8 o'clock Mis-
Adams took the car to put in a lonl
day in the shopping districts. 4
strange young man took the same car
She had never seen his face befor
and Judged him to be a new arrival il
the village.
Mr. Robert McLain was the nam
Of the young man who sat opposit
her He had something to do with
life insurance company uptown. Ye
he had Just moved out with his mott
er, He took the trolley because b
had no auto. He merely glanced
Miss Adams as he took his seat an
began reading his newspaper. Sue
an action on the part of young ma
was provoking. 1t was more.
might almost be termed insolence.
Why didn't he steal glances ov'
the top OF his paper at her?
Why didn't he wonder who she wa
and move his feet about to show tn
he was wondering?
There was a fat woman next
him, shoulder to shoulder, ard
could have asked information in
whisper, but he didn't.
The car ran over a dog a mile
two out, and Miss Adams gave
tie scream The young man look
up, but not at her. He looked at
vinegarfaced old maid and smil
She would have snubbed him had
smiled at her, and yet she was p
voked that he didn't.
Miss Adams dropped a nickle on
floor All heard the drop, and
heard her exclamation. 1t came tt
rest almost at Mr.. McLain's feet,
did he throw his paper aside
scramble for It? Not bit of 1t.
-Four men and two women cove
themselves with glory trying to
cue that coin from the gratings,
the conductor finally came In and
the trick. Not the slightest inter
on the part of the young man, and
fat woman beside him noticed
fash of the girls eyes and said to
self:
She'll wake him up and hun
him II 1t takes a whole year to do
The opportunity came within tV
ty minutes. At the terminus n
Adams followed the young man
on the platform. AS she descen
the steps she seemed to stumble,
he heard her exclamation Of disr
He whirled and extended his han,
save her from fall, but she was
in the least danger.
Foh!" said Mr.. McLain in cor
ION
"Slr!" demanded the girl.
Miss Snippy Adams had got e
and feeling of satisfaction was
her all day as she shopped She
the car for home without the fail
Idea that the young man would
passenger also, hut there he was
fortably seated and scanning
pages Of a magazine. So far as
could tell he aid not notice hel
trance. She sat opposite and h
to administer another snub. Al
the articles she had purchased
was bringing home by hand, n
than trust to the delivery, were
yards of costly lace. BY and BY
adams got the inspiration she
looking fer.
The little package was droppe
the nlekle had been, and It bou
and struck the young mans foot.