The Washington herald., 1915-11-21
DAILY SHORT STORY

This time he took more than socks
Buttons were missing and rents need
| ed staying in an increasing number
! Of other garments And Harvey took
| them ali. To be sure, the price for
mending the socks seemed rather high.
Harvey meant to mention this TO the
| charming young woman behind the
counter, but this time there was an
other in charge, black-gowned.
! pompous individual who looked at the
offering he brought through her lorg-
nette with condescension and handed
him the numbered card with gloved
hands.
There must lie good deal of
monev in mendinE." he said to him
self as he made mental notes on the
quality OF her grooming.
But the mending was entirely salts
factory and the socks were nicely
mated. so that never again did he
have to spend ten minutes in the
morning trying not to wear 4 gray
and green striped sock with a mate, OF
raspberry color-these were both OF
Daisy's choosing.
For months this satisfactory ar
rangement continued. One day Daisy
approached the subject rather timidly
at the breakfast table Harvey. DEAR
she said. 1T is a shame. l have been
50 pusN ldltlg maven spent
much time on your mending. But
thought IL you needed anything done
you would tell me. wouldn't you. dear?
And l knew you had bought some new
socks"
Harvey felt the blood rush to his
face as the matter of his secret was
suggested.
of course. Daisy" he said, tits all
right / know you are busy" He
1nF 70 aaLr har
busy. but as she volunteered no In
formation he was silent.
1t was getting to be a regular
Thursday afternoon performance for
Harvey to steal home for his weeks
'mending and take it TO the Mendery.
where a succession of distinguished
looking attendants presided over the
counter. In vain he attempted to
breach the subject of overcharging.
but he never got his couEage to the
sticking point
To-day I'm going to make a kick"
he said one Thurkday after the bill
for the preceding Week had amounted
to S1.95. / don't care IL the dame at
the counter does look like Newport
dowager. I'll. do it. Those people are
making far too much money at their
game"
This day Harvey discovered to his
Joy that the woman behind the coun-
ter was young and petite. He could
tell her about IL, he thought, without
losing his nerve. He might also ask
her why the proprietor made such fire.
quent changes of his employees.
He was fairly face to face with the
young woman when he experienced the
shock of his life.
Daisy" he exclaimed. his bundle
OF socks and pajamas falling to the
floor.
I've been waiting here for you for
several days" she said. II first sus-
pected that you came here when I
found in my apportionment OF mend !
ing one of those raspberry socks
gave you before we were married. !
could tell those anywhere. You poor |
deaf"
But. Daisy" he interrupted, gath |
ering together the scattered garments. |
why didn't you tell me? can give |
you more money. You told me your !
allowance was large enough. On. |
Daisy. to think that you had to slave |
like this! You poor dear, why didn't
you tell me? How stupid I have
been"
Daisy was laughing. f'Don't you
know. silly? I didn't do this for
money. did it for the Belgians.
Didn't you know that this place Is
entirely run by volunteers. Why.
some of the most fashionable and
wealthiest women in town give their
time, and I felt quite honored when
they let me in on it And II Is just
he richest young bachelors who send
heir things here" Here Daisy fall
tered ct would have told you that
I was doing Il only you have said so
often that you didn't want to go in
for the society game. and was afraid
that II you knew I was working with
the De Paysters and the Van Duysen-
spfels you'd think I was climbing. But
truly I'm not just wanted to help
the poor Belgians."
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