Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1913-05-09
JACK AND
THE HAT
A Mistake That
Ended Well
By CLARISSA MACKIH

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Jack Delafield left the offices Of Penn
4 Paid and walked toward the de-
scending elevator.
Going DOWN. called the operator,
and Jack slid along the corridor and
caught the car. As the door crashed be-
hind him and the car dropped down
an ascending car swooped upward and
Jnck had glimpse Of a familiar hat.
A smart little hat 1t was of black and
white, with hint Of rose color some
where about 1t.
OF course Jack did not see all these
details as the car passed him. He was
recolecting the hat as he had last seen
1t upon tho small, haughtily poised
head Of Laura HAGEN. He had excel
lent reason to remember that hat, for
she had nodded It at him as she dis
missed him forever. 1t had oil been
about very trivial matter. He had
almost forgotten the quarrel now. OF
course Laura was In the right. She had
provoking way Of always proving
herself In the right. He imagined that
he was quite broken hearted over his
shattered romance, but 30 far he had
managed to retain q most excellent
appetite, although he avoided the op-
posite sex like pestilence.
AS to the quarrel, 1t came from a
kO hax 40 a.
dance modern dances with any one ex-
cept himself. Laura didn't see any
reason why she shouldn't dance them
II she wanted to. She intended to go
to a subscription ball, and he objected,
saying he feared the company, not to
speak Of the dancing, might be very
indiscriminate. He could not approve
of the turkey trot, bunny hug or tango
Laura had pouted and fretted to such
an extent that the result was a quarrel
She really cared very little about the
dance, but was determined to make
Jack bend to her will. Then, too, as
she told him, she felt her pride insult
ed by his assuming that she would
dance the modern dances in any except
proper form"
And now this COMPOUNDED hat had
flashed past him to remind him that
the girl under 1t was no longer his
sweetheart. He wondered II Laura had
not forgiven him by this time-if she
was not sorry. Perhaps II he met her
casually-in the corridor of this build
ing, for instance-she might betray her
real feelings.
Lingering In the vestbule. staring
senselessly up at the directory on the
marble wall, the impulse came to him
suddenly. He would go up to the twen-
tieth floor again and perhaps meet her
He would walk all the way downstairs
and perhaps see her In one Of the cor
ridors. Like many impulses, It was a
foolish one. Nevertheless he entered
an elevator and went skyward.
At the top floor he got out, walked
down the long deserted corridor to its
end, came back and slowly descended
the stairs. The corridor Of the nine
teenth floor was equally deserted, and
he laughed at himself for his folly.
one niis''t n"'e p"sseu nun IN .ne e,o-
vator as he came up. She might BIO
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wnrded for his folly He had paced
to the fnrthest end Of the corridor and
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