El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-29
= One WOman's Story =
By Virginia Terhune Van de Water
CHAPTER III.
-ARY DANFORTH had b

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! don Craig would not mention
to her father the encounter of the day
| before He was one of the men who
know how to keep their own counsel,
and he appreciated that in a case like
this it was the girl. ont the man, who
should first mention the matter.
He had presented to Mr.. Danforth
| the letter of introduction from his
| firm-not only win the hope of Sc
( curing an order but, 1t must be con
! feSSed, with an equally keen hope
/ of again meeting his acquaintance of
/ the subway train How this was to be
! accomplished he did not know He
/ could hardly ask a man many years
| older than he to allow him to know
/ him in a social way, and, unless he did
| meet Mr. Danforth socially, how should
| he have an opportunity of any closer
| intercourse with Mr.. DanfOrth's daugh-
| ter?
He decided to leave this on the
| knees OF the gods and to give his
l whole thought to the business upon
! which his employers had sent him to
/ New York Therefore, putting Mary
| business SO well that the girls father
! was impressed by his earnestness and
| his direct manner. and. after prOmis-
/ ing to give him an order turned the
! conversation to the young mans home
| affairs. He soon learned that he was
, from Texas, that this was his first
visit to New York, and that ne had no
| friends in the great city.
! See here, Mr.. Craig" suddenly sug-
| gested the hOspitable New Yorker, IF
/ you have no engagement for this even
I ing, suppose you come up and dine with
my wife and daughter. I know they
would be glad TO know you"
Mr.. DanfOrth was surprised at the
| CLEAN of pleasure that illumined the
| good looking face of the young man
( before him. but he liked him the bet
! ter Tor his evident appreciation of the
! compliment implied in the invitation
/ from man old enough to be his father
Thank you sir" was the delighted
! Gomez"
Craig remembered with sensation
OF relief that he had brought a dress
suit to New York with him, having
/ been advised to do this by the senior
member of his firm You never know
( what you viii run up against in New
] York. his employer had said, and If
some big business bug should ask you
( to dine, you would want to look your
/ best
While Mr.. Danforth was not what
the Westerner considered "a big bust
ness bug" the young man certainly did
want to look his best-for reasons of
his own. These thoughts ran through
his brain while his prospective host
was saying:
Come back here a little after 6
o'clock and we will go uptown togeth-
er. shall be detained here later than
usual this afternoon, as I have some
important letters to get off But you
be back by $780,"
Indeed I win sir" the happy Texan
assured him.
Thus it came about that Gordon
Craig and Nary DanfOrth met for the
second time. The girl had bestowed
more care than usual on her toilet this
evening, DOMINIC her prettiest little
dinner gown, a simple, pale blue az
fair that showed her fair neck and
shoulders and intensified the blue OF
her eyes and the auburn tints in her
halr. Her suppressed excitement
brought a vivid color TO her cheeks.
Gordon Craig had thought her a pretty
girl when he met her on the train, but
he had had only time to take in the
general effect OF her appearance. She
had been tired and wan then, and her
hat had cast a shadow over the upper
part OF her face. He was therefore,
uEprepared for the very attractive vi
sion that met his gaze when, respond
ing 70 her fathers call Of Mary, child.
where are you? have a guest here
want you to meet" she came into the
drawing room Her eyes looked straight
into those of the tall Texan, and a
deeper flush came to her cheeks AS
her father said, Mary. this is Mr..
Craig, Of Texas" she held out her hand
with a frank smile.
Mr.. Craig" she said, softly, HI am
happy to meet you
There was no suggestion in her voice
and manner of any former encounter
with the stranger, and he thrilled with
session He had heard that New York
women were mistresses of all Situa-
tions. and he could believe this as he
looked at the young girl.
1T is nice of YOU" she was saying,
ito come and dine with US tonight,
when there are SO many interesting
things In New YORK for visitors to see"
-On the contrary" he said. as he
bent over her hand, 1T is Mr.. Danforth
who is kind to give me the opportunity
Of meeting the members of his family
-, h IanTl ~
with bright smile to Mrs. Danforth.
with whom he had been chatting be-
fore Mary's entrance.
You don't know" he said what it
means to fellow far away from home
and friends to receive such a cordial
welcome as this from people he had
not even met "A hours ago.
Then, as his eyes met Mary's. she
saw in them a twinkle Of amusement,
and remembered that "A hours ago he
had already met one member of the
FAMILY, and that member was herself.
Somehow. this knowledge, possessed
only by these two, made a kind of bond
between them. and she felt that Craig
and she were almost friends already
She had many friends among young
men-in fact, was rather popular with
the youths in her Set-for she was
pretty and vivaciOus. But she had the
reputation of being rather cold and
distant Boys bored her at times, and
when they became sentimental they
almost disguised her, fact that other
girls more romantic and impression
able than she, could not understand.
But she was aware now that she found
this westerner distinctly interesting.
He was entirely unlike the young men
who talked triviaities with her-think-
ing that was the sort Of thing that a
girl hked-and much more interesting
than the older men who, she felt re-
garded her as an embarrassing young
thing
What pretty manners he has" she |
thought, as he bowed and offered his
arm to her mother when dinner was
announced. And how awfully good
looking he is in his evening clothes.
1 did not suppose that Texans were |
ever like that"
Her mother, noting the same defer /
entail manner and well bred bearing.
unused to herself, after the manner of |
matrons all over the world:
What a nice mother this boy must /
have to have trained him so well"
Continued in Next Issue.