The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1913-04-30
1T WAS A COLD DAY
BY ELIZABETH ALLEN.

toiced the hostess as the young wom-
an with the extra fine lynx furs came
in.
"Oh, by all means!" agreed the
young woman with savage politeness,
as she made for the open fireplace.
Still, you can talk till you're black in
the face about the joys of snow and
ice and rudy cheeks and all the rest
of that rubbish. but as for myself give
me q thermometer that Is climbing to
the top like new-rich family on the
social warpath. You might throw in
few palm leaf fans and a case of
sunburn into the bargain-Ill take
them ALL"
What has happened?" inquired the
hostess. You are 30 violent, dear"
"ViolentI" echoed the young woman
who had just come in. hurting her mum
at the Pekinese spaniel and dashing
her gloves into a thicket of Boston
fern. I'm a mild ethereal zephyr
compared with what I'd have to be II
l expressed the sum total of my emo
tons! In fact, l have SO many emo
lions that feel like the person who
lives in a two-by-four fiat with folding
beds squeezed into one corner and has
her grandmother's mahogany four
poster bestowed on her! I've got to
move. that's all! Violent! Come here.
Chow, and let me bite you'll"
Leave that poor. innocent dog
alone!" ordered the hostess. hurried
ly. rs your new velvet dress spoiled.
or whatT
The young woman sank into a chair
and groaned as she regarded the fire.
Worse" she related. Beyond the
limit of the impossible! You know
Winston Wilder, don't you-the one
we all call Winnie because he looks
like it? Why, once when we were hav-
ing conundrums somebody asked.
Why is a Winston Wilder?' aid the
answer was. Because he was out when
the fool-killer callcd!' I don't know
why any of US have tolerated Winnie
all these years except that he is gen.
orally harmless, in spite of his super
natural conceit.
Then. too, as for myself, ! always
was interested in counting the six
hairs of his mustache and seeing II by
chance there were seven, but there
nSver were. ] tLirk he has those six
glued on, and even they are kind of
pink. He isn't even decorative at a
tea. because he insists -on talking and
that shrill voice of his sends every one
home. We have accepted him az one
of the drawbacks to existence. Well,
when Winnie appeared yesterday aft
ernoon and said he had come to take
me skating he seemed SO sure about 1t
that l went. Besides, l had nothing
else to do and like to skate and I
thought / could forget he was along.
1--WE had a lovely time at first, until
Loticed that 1t was frightfully cold.
When ! get chilled my face always be-
comes SO frozen that the muscles
won't work and / can't talk. It's just
as though they were set in a wise. /
didn't know it had happened until Win
ME began to propose to me-"
PROPOSED" shrieked the hostess.
well. perhaps you wouldn't call It
proposing II you are finicky about
Words" admitted the young woman
who had dropped in.--'Ratier ne be-
gan to inform me that he had decided
to marry me. 1t never would occur to
Winnie to ask q girl about a little
thing like that-his idea is that she
would hurl herself at him In hysterical
tears Of Joy should he but mention
that she had q chance to get him. As
soon as realized what he was doing
turned upon him with q chilling SEN
tence on my lips-where 1t stayed. /
couldn't get out q word. 80 1 sawed
the air wildly and protestingly with
one hand.
1T know what I have said has
startled and overcome you.' remarked
Winnie as he grabbed my hand and
pulled 1t down, but try to be calm!
Try to control YOURSELF It isn't SO
strange when you come to think of 1t
you are q very attractive girl II you
aren't beauty and never would mar
~ for money anyhow. want my
wife to be girl who has been brought
up frugally. 80 she won't expect dia.
mond tiaras and ten servants to wait
on her. A woman's place is the home.
making things cheerful for her hus- |
band. don't you thinkr
'T made some strangling; cultural |
sounds and Winnie beamed at me
soothingly. I knew you thought SO,
he said. You can trust to my judg-
ment. 1 knew you cared for me. dear,
even though you were at such pains