El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-26
The Two Sisters
By virginia Terhune Van De water.
CHAPTER XIV.
. OR several minutes after Kelley
h Delaine and his friend had left

II OR several minutes after Kelley
n Delaine and his friend had left
the apartment CaryI Marvin sat,
a smile on her lips, musing on what
had just happened. Surely she was at
last coming into her own.
She was aware that Mr.. Delaine had
not seemed especially impressed by her
looks and had spoken of Julia as if he
had been more attracted by ner per-
sOnality. Still Caryl had the advan-
tage of being on the scene, while TO
him Julia was only a memory. The one
who was with the man day after day
would surely win his liking at last.
She did not mean to be vain, but Mr..
Somerdyke's desire to become -ac-
Quainted with her had proved to her
that he must have considered her at
least worth while. Moreover. Kelley
Delalne's evident Discrimination to in
troduce Somerdyke was a subtle flat
terry in itself.
her with start to her work. and once
more she bent over the machine. As
she did so she was appalled, at the TN
tidy appearance Of the sheet before
her' and, gla.neing at the copying she
mad done this morning, she was cha
grined. 1t would never do to turn in
such stuff as this to her new employer.
His own notes were so neat that she
was certain he would expect neatness
ana ThOrOuShnesS IN her copies. Her
excitement and nervousness had inter
Tered with her doing her best.
With tremendous effort of her viii
Caryl dragged her thoughts from
everything except her task Disre-
garding the sOiled and erased results
of her mornings efforts, she placed a
clean sheet Of paper in the machine
and, more carefully than she had ever
worked before in her life, began TO
copy Delaine's notes.
For two hours there was no sound
in the room save the click, click of the
typewriter. Caryl did her best. and the
clean copies were all that she could
wish when, with sigh of satisfac-
ton, she laid them on Delaine'S desk
with his notes She did not throw her
first efforts in the Wastebasket where
they would have been mute witnesses
OF her failure, but crumpling the sheets
Of marred paper into a tight ball she
stuffed them into her handbag. Then
she put on her hat and jacket, and
started for the door just as the clock
on the mantel shelf chimed two.
She was tired. and nervous lest her
employer should return and find her
still here. As she reached the outer
hall, she heard the elevator ascending, /
and, thinking that perhaps Delaine /
might be upon it, and seeing her would
know how long she had taken to do |
his work, she went swiftly down the !
first flight OF stairs and awaited the /
on the floor below that on j
which was Delaine's apartment.
T. I
as she reached the turn in the stair |
case, she heard the car stop on the 4
floor she had just left, and SOmeT- /
dykes laugh reached her as Delaine !
asked, You'll come in and have a /
smoke won't your
"Of course III come in" agreed |
in fact that was why L 4
came home with you Whether I stay /
long may depend upon who's here"
Caryl smiled at the meaning he /
managed tn rOr1TnV- in r6nea u~0r7e z1c0
1t the sudden cOldness of Delaine's &C
cents as he replied. There is probably i
nobody here but Wing. NV steno- /
grapher must have finished her work
and gone home long ago"
Then, as the car stopped on the land 1
ing where the girl was waiting for it, /
she stepped into it and was borne to |
the street
"a narrow escape" she muttered as
she turned westward. When she 1
reached Broadway she paused. She
was hungry and remembered that it :
was long past her usual lunch hour. |
Besides, there were several little /
things which she felt she had a right /
% purchase, now that she was making. /
Ter own living To be sure, the money
n her purse was Julia's, but she would ]
pay 1t back when she got her first 4
weeks salary. Therefore, as she had /
his little shopping to do, she would 1
lot hurry home.
Stepping into a lunch room, she or
Tered meal that cost more than her
usual noon repast Coming out again .
upon Broadway, she drew a deep /
breath OF happiness. It was one OF 4
hose brilliant, breezy days that come /
n late summer, the sunshine was i
golden and not too hot; it was good to I
De alive.
The mood Of contentment with her
self and the world at large fingered L
with her as she made the purchases /
which she persuaded herself were nee
sssities. Since she must wear a plain
shirt waist to business at least since /
Julia said she must-she certainly
'ught to have a pretty necktie to wear
With it This selected, she remembered
hat the plain silver sleeve links that
astened her cuffs looked cheap, so she
selected a pair Of rolled gold ones.
low she loved jewelryi she thought as
She waited for her change Just as
soon as she was getting a really good
salary she would begin to buy jewelry
or herself
Yet if she would succeed, she said to
lerSelf, she must seem successful. If
Ter employer thought her able to dress
VEIL he would think her better worth !
1eeping than if she seemed to be in
-ctUal need Of the work he offered her.
f Julia would only appreciate these
matters she u7O711d not mend and darn /