The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1913-07-11
NO CINDERELLA
By HAROLD MacGRATH
/sai~ The Man the Boz }" THE Goose Girl" Enc.
BY HAROLD MacGRATH
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! For . moment I st, cd abashed
Here was one who had outlived van
ity. or at least had discovered it,
worthlessness.
| Have you no vanity. madam"
asked solemnly.
IF I have It has ceased to protrude.
Go and sive the slipper to . footman,
and don't keep some girl hoppins
Around on one foot"
was almost tempted to tell her
who was.
Madam. there was . tims"-I b.
gan.
I oh. yes: thirty years ago I might
have claimed the slipper: I might even
have worn it."-complacently.
Please permit me to conclude:
There was q time when you held ne
on your knees"
"What?"
1T 10 indeed So"
"Confess. then. that you were prop
erly spanked. Heavens and
earth. wherever did you come FROM"
she exclaimed suddenly. "Sit down be-
side me Instantly" And she called
ne by name.
II was the third time had heard It
that night. had heard 1t SO infre-
Quently that l liked the sound Of It.
And It IL really your" pushing me
o6 at arms length the better to OBJ
, serve the changes that mad taken
place. you grow more like your ia
Their: II you hadn't that beard you
would be the exact picture Of your ia.
her when he married your mother.
Oh. what pretty wedding. 1t was!"
Il shall have to take your word for
II. was up and about. however. At
the tin anniversary"
Il remember. Oh. but what .
racket you made among the pans!"
She laughed softly at the recollection.
Il was properly spanked that night"
{ admitted.
And straightway We uncovered
thirty and twenty years respectively.
by the way" said ! carelessly, is
Nancy Marsden engaged to be mar.
ried?"
Nancy! She never will be. to my
,dea. She recently turned down . real
luke: . duke that had money and
everything"
And everything; 10 that easiest"
{ inquired.
Nonsense"
"Well. between you and me and the
satepost. Miss Nancy will be engaged
within two months."
Enthusiastically.
1T 10 written"
And to whom, pray!"
Its the womsn's place to announce
IN engagement. But know the man."
He 10 worthy?"
"Oh. a. men Co."
Then the water-clock In the fountain
struck twelve. and I sprsng up.
mercy. I'll never ind any Cinder-
ella at this rate. All 10 lost II she e.
capes me-"
kissed her hand gratefully. and
made Oh.
Immediately ran into . young miss
who. Judging from her short dresses.
vas . guest on suiferance. not having
come out" yet.
Are you Cinderella" I asked. with
oil the gravity could assume.
Thank you. sir. but mamma will
aot permit me-" her cheeks growing
turiously red.
! passed on. willing to wager that
the little girl had understood me to
ask her to dance with me.
How I searched among the young
faces: many I saw that knew. but my
COMPOUNDED beard (which deter.
mined to cut the very next morning.
hid me as completely A. the tabled In
visible cloak. wondered where Jim
was-Nsncy's brother. ! had seen him
In Europe. and knew II he were any.
where around there would be one to
clap me on the back and bid me wei
come home. This prodiSal business
isn't what it's cracked up to be.
Somehow felt that within few days
I should be making love again to
Nancy; and ! may truthfully add that
I dreaded the ordeal while courted
Il.
What II she refused ne In the end'
cast out at once this horrinc thought
- unworthy a man Of my address.
Under the stairway there was . coIy
corner. Upon the cushions saw .
dsrk-haired girl In red. Now. when
they haven't = dash Of red In their
hair ] like II In their dress. She was
pretty. besides: So stopped.
pardon me. but won't you tell ne
II you are Cinderella !-producing
The slipper.
Il am."-she said with an amused
smile.
Then there 10 Q Cinderella. sitter
allf" ! cried joyfully. "where are the
pumpkinsi" klancinx about.
Il bslisvs that several Of them have
gone hunting for the slipper"
! vas delighted. Three witty WON.
on all In one night. and two Of them
charming. II was more than man had
any right 10 enact.