Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-08-26
Euening Story
BY CONSENT.
BY Flora A. Monty.
Copyright, 1915, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate).

Copyright, 1915, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate).
Eloise did not dress to suit her type.
She suited her type to her dress, and
thereby kept her friends guessing as
to her moods and manners.
In the days Of her small girlhood,
the Shelbys had lived next door to
her at Yorktown, and had later moved
to Norfolk. Now, Eloise was making
her first visit in many years to Miriam
Shelby, and instead of being enter
tanned, owing to the piquancy Of her
ways and dress, she was herself the
entertainer.
Big, breezy man-of-the-world Tim
Darcy invited her to be his guest at
the races within half an hour after he
met her M1riam's brother, Dick,
told her about hearing Darcy remark
to Edgar Herdon that he was going
to have some locker" at the races
tomorrow Drop around to the box
and meet her. She's been around the
world"
In answer to the invitation, Herdon
dropped around" during lull in the
activities, and found big Tim, for once
in his life, i'll at ease and obviously
: anxious The girl who was his guest
was some locker" round eyed, ador
able, timidly endeavoring not to ap.
pear shocked at the dreadful spectacle
Shelby, who had made 1t point to be
there, also realized that she was hav'
ing the time of her life in playing the
unsophisticated, sheltered damsel that
she appeared today, and he treated her
with exaggerated Difference.
Gowned in a full, short dress of fine
organdy, with big pink flowers, SOFT
white fichu tucked primly about the
throat and fastened with pink tea
rose, she looked demure indeed. A
big poke bonnet, with pink roses and
black velvet ribbons, completed the
picture of an old-fashioned girl-a girl
who looked as out of place in her
surroundings as lily in coal mine.
Herdon, who, although a close friend
Of Darcy, was, strangely enough, a
man of the old-school type, and his
heart warmed to the quaint maiden
he had just met. She refreshed his
soul, and lie promptly begged her to
on Saturday to group Of dignifled
married sister.
On Saturday the older guests as
sembled early, and to them Herdon
boosted of his find, dainty, fragile
blossom of a girl, absolutely foreign to
the usual type of society butterfly, and
all innocence and unworldliness. So
we'll had he paved the way that when
Eloise's name was announced a
pleased flutter of expectancy prevailed
the room. The few men guests, who
were present for business reasons
rather than inclination, assumed a
manner of bored indifference-but only
for a moment.
When she entered every one gasped,
for a golden, glittering siren glided
in, strikingly arrayed in next seasons
style. Her dress was Of shimmering
golden silk, smartly short. Around
the ankles of her silken hose were en-
broidered tiny green serpents, and her
left wrist was inclosed by bracelet
wrought in the semblance of serpent
Her hat was the last word in Paris
style. and accentuated the darkness of
her alluring eyes. She fourished a
cigarette case, and offered her "pet
brand" to some of the Mortified old
ladies', who were so shocked that they
failed to notice that she herself alb.
stained from smoking.
The bored, Indifferent male members
of the party nearly annihilated each
other in the effort to devote them
selves to her, in spite of the frigid
manner of the ladies present. Eloise
received their homage with gracious
ness that made each individual man
feel that it was directed to him alone
with one exception. Dick Shelby kept
in the background and made no effort
to talk to her But when she arose to
20, he, with quiet assurance, presented
himself as her escort. For a moment
she hesitated, and then, bowling accept
ed his arm.
where's Miriam this afternoon?"
he asked, when they were in the car
and shedding homeward.
Miriam? Oh, she wouldn't be a
party to my wickedness, so she stayed
at home, consoling herself with Freddy
Andrews" was the gay response.
Nov look here, Eloise! You are a
sumner, and you know it, and you've
got every one up in the air about you,