The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1915-12-10
CHAPTER XIV.
The mess.a. From New York.

The Message From New York.
II was good to be home! Gall won
dered that she could ever have poem
content away from the loving shelter
: OF her many. many friends. She had
grown world weary In all the ralse
gayety OF New York; She was dis.
illusloned! She was blase. She was
tired OF friyolity, and she immedi-
ately planned or enthusiastically
agreed to take part in a series OF gay
cites which would have made an aver.
age hard working man anticipate them
with an already broken constitution.
The house was full OF them. morn
ing. noon and night: young girls, Sc
date and Jolly. and all OF them excit-
edly glad that Gail was among them
again and young men. In all the de.
grees from social butterflies to plod.
ding business pluggers, equally glad
Good. comfortable home folks these
who were del!ciously nice TO the state.
ly. black haired Airy, and voted her
q tremendous beauty. and stood slight
iy In awe OF her The half cynical
Arly. viewing them critically. found In
them one note OF interesting novelty
a certain general clean hearted whole
someneas, and. being a seeker after
the unusual, and vastly appreciative,
abe deliberately cultivated them, fiat.
tcring the boys, but not 80 much as to
make the other girls hate her To
the girls abe made herself even more
attractive. because she liked them
better She complimeated them indi.
vidually on the point OF perfection for
which each girl most prided herself:
abe told them that they were infinitely
more clever than the women OF Now
York and better looking. In general:
for the New York women were mostly
clothes and makeup, and, above all,
abe envied them their truer llvesl
No group OF young people could re-
sist such careful work AS that, espe.
ctally when performed by a young
woman No adroit and so attractive,
and 40 we'll gowned; 10 they lost their
awkwsrdness with her. which removed
any sense OF discomfort Gall might
have felt. which was the aim to be &C,
complished, In those first few days
Gail was the happiest OF all creatures.
In spite Of the fact that the local pa
pers had carried a potter echo OF that
despicahle slave story. At nights
however. beginning with the second
one. when the girls had retired TO the
mutual runway OF their adjoining
suites. the conversation would turn
something Ike this.
Let's see, this Is the seventeenth
Isn't IT." thus Arly.
Yes, Tuesday" concentratediy se
lecting chocolate, tho box OF which
bore New York name
Mrs Matsons ice skating ball 1.
tonight A sidelons glance at the
busy Gall she always has such orig
inal affairs"
Doesn't she," Gail draws her san
daled feet up under her and stretche.
down her pink neslisee. SO that sh,
looks like sta statue In tintet
ivory.
And such interesting peopla Tha
new artist is certain 10 be there
What's his name' Oh. yes. vlodow
l could adore him"
You're a mere verbal adorer
laughs Gail. studying anxlously owe,
the problem OF whether she want,
another piece ~ chocolate or not Al
l!son had sent such good ones "vlo
d~t- eats garlic"
- hats Why | adore him. from
distance, OF course all the nice resu
lar fellows will be there-~D.ck, Rod
ley and Ted, and Houston. and on
oh! | forgot 10 write Gerald, and wit
swift passing Kiss somewhere b.
tween Calls ear and her chin, she hun
ries into her own dressing room. wit
backward glance 10 make sure tina
Gall is staring. with so;tened brow
eyes down into her chocolate box, ar
seeing there amid the CONNECTIONS. II
laughing, swirltux skaters in Mn
Matscns eiis,ening hallroorn. Their
were some who would not be at tina
hali-~Allisou. and Rev. Smith Boy
and~-Arlene has plenty o. time
write her formally dutitul letter witt
out disturbance
Gall has letters. too, as the day
wear on. she scarcely has time x
them amid all the imprompta gazette
INIT she does hnd chance TO rea
them. some OF them twice. II che