Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-12-19
IN CARNIVAL MOOD.
~ Jane Osborn.

~ Jane Osborn.
Copyright. 1919. by the Mcclure News
naper syndicate)
It was the winter carnival. the occa-
sion OF a yearly half holiday and an all
night revelry among tho Thousands OF
employees Of the great Van Dorm Works.
and the lower part of the city. usually
20 gray and workaday.. had gone mao
with footing of horns. changing OF bells.
gay lights and the laughter and shouts
drudgeiy in mill and factory had built up
the enormous Van Dorm estate.
A crowd Of factory girls. dressed In
f fsraash IT, c sPreet. ,o,, e9ss;tnm sss asGrins
the showers of confetti pelted at them by
the crowd who stood back to admire their
youth. One of the girls. a dark. radiant
little beauty. whose red lips and dark eyes
had apparently not been dulled by long
hours In the factory, turned back to cast
q firtatious glanc at the splender OF the
shower Of confetti which she was now
He was a tall. .well-built young man
standing by himself. and he had-caught
by the nnrestrained mood of the night
eral minutes. peitins her with confetti in
his efforts to attract her attention. AS
she looked back he returned her smile and
raised his hat. h tossed him q cheap
s>NF NssMl 6teG WOuG ~ utC ~
2 challenge thoughtlessly given and as
I'VE are all friends tonight" he said.
m one b girl c smiled hack S.s and DIN in e a. second .;,Sl
out her and she was walking at the
man. It's all right said the girl with Just
man all the more to make tho girls
acquaintance. and he didn't tell her that
he was an outsider. He asked her wheth-
er she would go with him to Gee the fire.
yes" said the girl. III you viii set me
back to the girls club by 10 O'clock
Then they turned up q side street. and
was doing She had been helped in Into "a a
motor and was sitting by her companions
you are not one Of the factory men,"
voice: "Of course you rent or you
wouldn't have q motor. Il It your own"
TIL young man didn't 60 Into explana:
humor. that fitted into her mood, estab-
lished her confidence.
It was q marvellous half hour for both
e tSe tn one:s dnS then he tt they S,t decided "a a, 70 go on on ito to
day With = breath Of country air.
He turned to look at her. It was partly
that and partly the effect Of the strange
had owned the car only 2 week and
wasn't familiar with its clutches. He re.
membered turning to look ut her In the
: moon g til. mt the no, %idd,yin E, 1 1sii; the
- long silence. Two minutes later no
sat up daxed and unhurt and rubbed his
syes. Then he felt the Girls hand on his
sAre you hurt9 Oh. rm 90 frightened.
I think I broke my arm-that's all. I
broke the other one once. % ] know how
a the young man jumped g his feet
In spite OF it0 gmashup was still IN run
ming order. he did some lightning thinking:
He would do what was fair for her. 6tll
Il was N ugly mixup to be In with Q fac
tory girl: Il would mean . Newspaper
sandal; ...,,. ..~..a :. ,......
hospital With the rirl rather limp and
!: ::i 81, So - ,a.s hoy + ~ as SEA :, ::
nm ss's iis IN do what at yo a1's say. We
were both / little foolish 10 20 Off With
cut knowing each other. We both want
ss.! sss,d Z e, md h: dcn,s v vsn h Dom: b
The girl rave = cry Of distress ~ she
Van Dorm millions. I wa out tonight
s s. psepl 1 v ~se sd e 81 81 1 $. No ! :' e
home knowS. OF course, NO would
papers would Interpret t." You can get
! intend TO pay you damages. I'll do
anything that u fair. It VIII be worth
quite = lot to me Il you keep still about
.-Oh, Lear. the Girl Va wailing, APP
parcntly not listening to his explanation.
..vehat 2 lot q trcuble. Why did We DC
- But -; Van Dorm, you are eaded
thess they vim make you say who you
NJ Il they don't they viii . the
number Of .your 81. Couldn't you-oh.
Isea.s don't lst thsm md out. stop g