The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1913-03-10
WORRIES OF ONE GIRL
EY NELLIE COOKE

Ia T1u-g DE1 WIG wEE calling ~Yo-
look o1-hsrsd soou; something and
!ou s-s Iss-rt-Ily q-isL"
T1sts dreadful Sian" said TIE
Et-i WIN MID resentment There
1EI 1=csEEEr.ly angling vrorg mere
j. b@czus= IN ooi ctEtte-ing Ike
mzEYis- ! shouldn't Ike 70 De told
Ia II Z chEt-s-toI-
! never sad such 2 hing Q. you."
declared t5s you1g nsn ~T0u
eo-ld-'i % ctstterboI Z you tined
! az .uEI wondering Why you are
oors than usually silent Are you
tired
No; exactly. inst worried
Why sre !ou worried? Who is II,
Why didn't you tel ne. Is il your
mother: she las bsen looking 2 1T
tie pale lately, recall"
no mothers al night, In glad 20
sag. But there's lots Of things 20
wOrry about besides Illness Peoples
business may not be getting On well"
You certainly are Z trump" cried
the you1g nan, adnir.ngly. 1T IS
Just Ike girl o. your nature 70 worE
when her father IS feeling anxiety.
hope he APPRECIATES your thoughtful
ness"
~Oh. it isn't father" the girl de-
clared. hastily. I haven't the slight
est IDEA how fathers business is Co
ing. 7 don't have TO give his affairs
q thought"
no reason why you should"
agreed the young man. You couldn't
possibly get hold Of the details Of his
large affairs If you tried. II isn't a
girls place TO keep track Of such
things. When she is married it's diff
ferent Then fellow could tell her
everything about his business"
Even the troublesome things" the
girl said. understandingly. "A worry
shared is a worry divided. That's
what ! always think"
III It isn't something relating 10
your family that is going wrong. what
is it?"
Well, I suppose you'll think me
foolish"
You're never foolish!"
You don't know me, I'm afraid.
You see, there's little fur store that's
opened up over on the corner"
Yes, I've noticed that little fur
store"
Well, that's it."
That's what?"
Why. don't you understand? That's
what ! was worrying about that
store"
What happened there? Did they
lose your turs or spoil them in any
way"
They haven't had any fuys Of mine,
and father says he doesn't wish me TO
take mine to him. don't know
what can do about It"
Take them TO somebody else"
But you don't seem to get the
idea," said the girl, patiently Its
because ! want to help the man that
want 10 let him clean my furs
They were cleaned in the spring, SO
don't need anybody else to do the
work over again, yet that poor man
has just set up N business and l
don't think he's had Single custom
er yet"
Did you promise HIM any custom
ers?"
why, of course not. / never saw
him before he opened the store
Then where does your responsible
ity come in?"
"Everybody's responsible" said tie
girl, severely. When a new store
opens in a neighborhood 1t is every
body's duty to help it get start. This
neighborhood has let three stores feil
in the last year, and I'm awfully
afraid this one is going to go, too"
81 shouldn't think fur store was
needed in this neighborhood, should
you?"
THAT isn't the point. The point is
that the man has got to support his
family. He has a wife and three chill
dren, besides an invalid mother or an
aunt or something. It's just too pitt
full for words"
80 you worry yourself into a head
ache over it?" said the young man,
Indignantly. Il think the man ought
to be ashamed Of himself The idea
Of his worrying you like that"
Now you're laughing at me"
Indeed, | am not" said the young
man, fervently. But, really, l know
of something lots worse that / wish
you would 20 to worrying over"
"Oh, dear!" cried the girl What
awful thing is it?"
"Why, it's-its me-" confessed the
young man. "Will you take me to
worry about permanently? Will you
marry me, e?"-Chicago Daily