The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1914-07-24

"f'uc got the tickets for tho sllolp tonight
you, Nnnee-even If he's few dollars
shy. lsut of course you're Joking.
Nlilllonaircs don't think about working
girls Ike u.s."
at might be better for them IL they
did" said Nancy. with cool wisdom.
"sonn of us could teach them how to
take care of their money"
III one was TO speak 10 me-" laughed
Lou, II know I'd have a duck IT."
"rhats because you don't know any.
The only difference between swclls
and other people is you have 10 watch
'em closer. Don't you think that red
silk lining is just little bit too bright
for that coat. Lou?"
! Lou looked at the plain dull olive
Jacket Of her friend.
"Well, no: don't. But It may seem
so beside that faded looking thing
you've got on"
"rhls Jacket" said Nancy compla-
Gently. HAS exactly the cut ana 1T OF
one that Mrs. Van Alstync Fisher was
wearing the other day. The material
cost me S39S. suppose hers cost
about 500 more" ljl nj. G
"0h, WE'LL" said Lou lightly, at don't
strike mo as millionaire bait. Shouldn't
wonder II l catch one before you do.
anyway
Truly 1t would have taken a phlloso-
pllcr to decide upon the values Of the
theories held by the two friends. Lou,
lacking that certain pride and fastld.
ioNsness that keep stores and desks
filled with girls working for the barest
living, thumpcd away gayly with her
Iron in the noisy and sitting laundry.
Her wages supported her even beyond
the point of comfort. SO that her dress
profltcd until sometimes she cast n
silelong glance of impatiencc at tho
neat but inelegant apparel OF Dan
Dan. the constant, the immutable, the
undertaking.
As for Nancy, her case was one OF
tens OF thousands. Silk aud jewels and
laccs and ornaments and the perfume
and music Of the fine world Of good
breeding and tastc-these were made
for woman: they are her equitable por-
ton. Let her keep near them II they
are part OF life to her and IL she will.
She Is no. traitor to herself. as Esau
was, for she keeps her birtlirIght, and
the pottage she eurns is often very
scant.
! lu this atmosphere Nancy belonged,
and she throve in 1t aud ate her frugal
meals and schemed over her cheap
dresses with determined and con-
tented mind. She already knew WON.
an, and she was studying man, the an.
imal, both MS TO his habits and cligiblli.
ty. Some day she would bring down
the game that she wanted, but she
promised herself it would be what
seemed to her the biggest and the best,
and nothing smaller.
Thus she kept her lamp trimmed and
burning 10 receive the bridegroom
when he Should come.
But another lesson she learned, per.
haps unconsciously. Her standard OF
values began to shift aud change.
Sometimes the dollar mark grew blur.
red in her minds eye and shaped It.
self into letters that spelled such words
us truth" and honor" and now and
then Just blindness" Let US make a
likeness of one who hunts the moose
or elk in some mighty wood. He sees
little dell, messy and embowercd,
where rill trlckles, babbl 1g TO him
Of rest and comfort. At these times
the spear of Nlmrod himself grows
blunt.
So Nancy wondered sometimes IL
Persian lamb was always quoted at its
market value by the hearts that 1t GOV.
cred.
One Thursday evening Nancy left
the store and turned across Sixth ave.
nue. westward to the laundry. She
was expected to so with Lou and Dan
to musical comedy.
Dan was just coming out of the
laundry when she arrived. There was
q queer, strained look on his face.
q Thought would drop around to