The Arvada enterprise. (Arvada, Colo.) 1908-1970, 1916-02-03
CHAPTER XIV.
The Message From New York.

The Message From New York.
1t was good to be home! Gail won.
dered that she could ever have Deen
content away from the loving shelter
OF her many many friends. She had
grown world weary in all the raise
gayety of New York. She was dis.
illusioned! She was base. She was
tired OF frivolity: and she immedi
ately planned or enthusiastically
agreed to take part in a series of gay.
cites which would have made an aver.
age Woodworking 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-
eddy 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 deliciously nice to the e;ate-
ly. black-haired Arly. and voted her
a tremendous beauty. and stood slight
ly In awe OF her. The half cynical
them one note of interesting novelty
certain general clean-heartcd whole.
somencss. and being n seeker after
tho unusual. and vastly appreciative.
she deliberately cultivated them; fiat.
'ering the boys, but not so much as to
make the other girls haze her. To
the girls she made herself even more
ntfrnrfiVa harungn hn he,
better. She complimcnted them ind.
vidually on the point of perfection for
which each girl most prided herself;
she told them that they were infinitely
more clever than the women OF New
York. and better looking. in general:
for the New York women were mostly
clothes and makeup; and. above all.
she cnvied them their trucr lives.
No group OF young people could re.
sist such careful work as that. espe,
cially when performed by young
woman so adroit and so attractive.
and so well gowned; SO they lost their
awkwardness with her. which removed
any sense OF discomfort Gail might
have felt, which was the aim to be nc.
complishcd. In those first few days
Gail was the happiest OF all creatures,
In spite Of the fact that the local pa.
pers had carried potter echo of that
dcspicable 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 like this
Let's see. this is the seventeenth.
isn't III" thus Arly.
Yes: Tuesday" conCcutratcdly Sc.
lecting n chocolate. the box OF which
bore New York name.
Mrs. Matson's ice skating bali is
tonight" sidclong glance at the
busy Gail. she always has such orig.
inal Affairs"
Doesn't she!" Gail draws her san.
daled feet up under her and stretches
down her pink negligcc. so that she
looks like n stiff statue In tinted
ivory
And such interesting people That
new artist Is certain to be there
What's his name? Oh. yes. Vlodow.
could adore him"
You're a mere verbal adorer."
laughs Gail. studying anNious!y over
the problem OF whether she wants
another piece Of chocolate or not, Al.
lison had sent such good ones. "vlo.
dow eats garlic"
That's why | adore him. from a
distance. or course all the nice regu.
lar fellows will be there-Dick. Rod.
ley and Ted. and Houston. and oh.
OH ! forgot to write Gerald. and with
= swift passing kiss somewhere be.
tween Calls ear and her chin. she hur.
rics into her own dressing room. with
. backward glance TO make sure that
Gall is staring, with softonod brown
eyes. down into her chocolate box. and
seeing there amid the CONNECTIONS, the
laughing, swirling skaters In Mrs.
Matson's glistcning ballroom. There
were some who would not be at that
bali-Allison, and Rev. Smith Boyd.
hnd-Arlcno has plenty Of time TO
writo her formally dutiful letter with.
out disturbance.
Gail has letters. too. ms the days
wear on. She scarcely has time for
them amid all the impromp,u gayctics,
but she d pes find n chance TO rcad
ham; some Of them twice. II she'd