Cheyenne record., 1916-11-09
HER TERMINATING SPIRITS:
BY FLORA A. MONTY.

Anne rebelled. Il won't sit around
and smirk at Phil Langley all after
noon and sing for that supercilious
bunch Of travelling men at the picnic
80 there! II 60, I'm just going to
shut my mouth and enjoy myself as
please. What do those men want to
come up here for, anyway I'll wager
anything that If we went to Norfolk.
where most Of them live, there
wouldn't one Of them even take us to
q movie. No travelling men in mine !!
I'll 60 to the picnic, though. and give
them taste of something new-one
girl who has decided to make things
come to her, instead OF spilling her en-
ergy around as I've been doing"
But, Amer reproached Zetta
Hayne. who was the instigator Of the
picnic, "don't you want to have a good
timer
"Want TOT" Anne burst forth. Am
I a normal human being or merely
useful stick Of wood? OF course, !
want to. But I've been making N.Y.
self a continuous entertainment COM
mittee for the last three years, frantic
with the fear that people might not
like me. I've simply fawned on peo-
pie till it's no wonder they're disgust
ed. They are judging us by the brand
we've put upon ourselves. How much
would any of them sell If they went
around to merchants intimating that
their stuff wasn't very good, but
wouldn't they please buy some, any
way? They know they've got the
goods-or they make bluff at know
ing it-and they get away with it,
too. I've constantly praised and ad-
mired Phil Langley's success and ney-
er had sense enough to avail myself
of his tactics. I'm Anne Stanhope.
young, good-looking, clever, and with
a gift of song. and I'm now about to
label myself as high-class goods and
be taken on my own merits. Being u
craven about my charms never got
me anywhere, so now I'm going to fol-
low my own inclinations and indulge
myself"
Indulge herself, she did. Phil Lang
ley, who was apportioned to her in
the trip to the woods, found her su-
pinely Indifferent to his handsome face
and the artful Establishments which
had hitherto brought forth an eager
response.
"Why the mufier today, Miss Anne?
nl-bad news?" he queried.
She rewarded him with a ringing
laugh. "Never felt better or gayer,"
she declared.
Indeed? You certainly aren't much
like your natural SELF" was the puz-
zled rejoinder.
'My dear Mr.. Langley, you know alb
solutely nothing about my natural
SELF" Anne informed him with spirit.
tits something you never saw, SO.
pray, don't feel SO competent to judge"
During the process of helping the
girls spread the cloth and arrange the
tempting food, Anne was volubly gay,
addressing her remarks only to the
girls.
They finished their supper with the
sunset, and the dying glow cast a
charm upon them that made itself felt
for the most part, by desire to stroll
of by twos to various spots along the
border Of the creek.
Anne's quick eye noted the symp-
toms, and her feet fairly winged her
away from the crowd before anyone
could join her and attempt a meaning
less filtration.
She had need Of her quickness, for
she was no sooner beyond a heavy
grapevine than they missed and called
for her. She dashed into clump Of
bushes, and sat on the ground, entirely
hidden. chuckling to herself as she
heard Phil say: go on. I'll find her.
Wen stroll up the creek"
She remained under the bushes till
she heard him strike of in an oppo-
site direction. Then she crept out,
and, choosing a sheltered nook near
the bank, lounged in comfort with her
back against friendly tree. At first
she encountered a sharp loneliness. in
which she wished that Phil had found
her, after all. Then the peace and
stiffness of the woods entered into her
soul like balm, and she suddenly knew
things were right and that Phil would
return before the others.
He came, after some time, and sulk-
ly demanded: "Why did you disap-
pear SO suddenly, just as we were
about to 60 for a stroll2"
''Well," Anne drawled Slowly, "if
you must know, 1t was because I was
frightfully bored"
The sharp silence that followed
proved that the thrust reached home.
Then he bowed II see l am permitted
to learn some things"
Anne's desire for independence mo-
mentarily wavered, but she bolstered
1t up us she sat suddenly erect. Yes"
she responded gravely, "and I have