The Dickson County herald. (Dickson, Tenn.) 1907-1979, 1915-10-29
She Sat With Her Brown Hair Rip
ping Around Her Shoulders

you have your future 10 consider, and
| wish 20 iayite your confidence" and
In her voice there was the quaver OF
much concern.
Thank you, Aunt Helen" said GaIi.
realizing the sincerity OF the older
womans intentions, and. putting her
arms around Mrs Davies neck, she
kissed her. 1T Is dear OF you 10 take
so much interest"
81 think It's pride" confessed Mrs.
Davies, naively. 4 won't keep you up
q minute longer. Gail. Go to bed. and
get all the sleep you can. Only sleep
will keep those rose 10 your cheeks
Goodnight" and with a parting caress
she went to her own room, with q
sense OF duty we'll performed.
Gail smiled retrospectiveiy. and
tried the blue light under the canopy
lamp, but turned II out Immediately
The green gave much better effect
of moonlight on the door.
She called herself back out OF the
mists OF her previous thought. Who
was this Gail. and what was she!
There had come a new need in her. q
new awakening. Something seemed
10 have changed In her. to have crys
tallized. Whatever this capitalization
was, II had made Der know that mar
rage was not to be looked upon ~ .
mere inevitable social episode. Her
thoughts few back 10 Aunt Helen
Her eyelashes brushed her cheeks,
and the little smile of sarcasm
twitched the corners OF her lips.
Aunt Helen's list OF eighties. Gall
reviewed them now deliberately: not
with the thought OF the social adyan.
tages they might Offer her, but as men
She reviewed others whom she had
met For the first time in her life.
she was frankly and self-consciously
interested In men; curious about
them. she had reached her third stage
OF development: the fairy prince age,
the u suppose shall have 10 be mar
rted one day" age, and now the age
OF conscious awakening. She won.
dercd. in some perplexlty. as TO what
had brought about her nasence. rath-
er. and she knitted her pretty brows,
who had brought II about!
The library clock chimed the hour.
and startled her Gu. O! her reve7ie.
She turned on the lights, and sat In
front Of her mirror to give her hair
one Of those extra brushings for which
II was 80 grateful. and which II repaid
with so much beauty. She paused de-
liberately to study herself In the glass.
Why. this was new Gall. a more 20
tent Gall. What was II Allison bad
said about her personalities Allison.
Strong. forceful. aggressive Allison.
He was potence Itself A thrill OF
hts handclasp chung with hc- yet. and
a slight flush crer, tnto her checks
Aunt Grace had worried about Jim's
little cold. ard the distant mouse she
thought she heard. and the silver
chest. and Luciles dangerous-looking
new horse. until all these topics had
failed. when she detected the unmis'
taxable click OF switch button near
by. i, must be in Calls suite. Hadn't
the child retired yeti She lay quite
still ponderiag that mighty question
for ten minutes, and then. unable TO
rest any longer. she slipped out OF bed
and across the ball, There was 10
light coming from under the doors o;
either the boutsir or the bedroom. no
Aunt Grace peeped into the latter
apartment. then she uptoec softly
away. Gail, In her cascade OF pink
nrferies. was q; the north window,