The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-09-27
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~ By ISABEL FROST. -
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By ISABEL FROST.


n there Was one thing more thal
mother that Virginia prldei herself ~
% was her aioofne,s which - 49,
particular ease. showed Itself lu her
ability % fI{f months at q time IN q
New York apartment house without
becoming acquainted with any h hei
aeghb0n
In spite ~ the fact that SHE bad Il
earn ,her 0an living now. She neyei
forgot for one mumegf that she was
siiss Darlington ~ Cnfr.nEiou Hail.
Ca.
She occupied the back suite % the
second fooi ~ tie front there was d
yOung sculptor whom She did nor even
know hy sight. The rnoins ailoxe her
own We're occupied hy Wells Lewis
n iuciprnt dfamlflsf. the f00r he-
low. by an interior decorator and his
rife. on the very fopmosr floor we're
little skyllght rooms where several
birds Or passage lived students for the
must part
The only personal mail She received
was from Terry IIe usually wrote
once week. bfaf icrky boyIsh
epIstle, fun u complaints foathali
SEATS and raiiing- af Latin. English
and everything else under ihe sun ex-
cepf mathematics and herself.
This did not bother VIRGINIA af all.
She felt herself responsible for Terry
.nd Dis proper uphringing as Car
rlugion. # She could work aud sup
port herself. their slender income
would suffice to send Terry through
school aud turn hha ont civil engl-
neer. As her father had wished.
She had not realized until these days
n carly summer how tagged ont she
VAS getting.
"3iiss Carringfon youll break down
n you don't stop working 80 hard.
Peggy said at the Office as Yirgluin
waited q see the buyer for the art
goods department.
Virginia went home that day feeling
rather puzzled. Wars that what was
the matier with herr She studied her
face in the mirror carefully and then
ihoughiully opened letter size had
picked np from the table ia the lower
hall II was an invitation from the
I Chapins, for her o. visit them on their
honsoboat over the weekend
She left that Friday night for tile
shore with feeling Of ci;lti0n. as
though she bad escaped from mild
aort of prison ON Tie front steps she
passed Wells Lewis He was person
ally conducting several paper bags of
surreptilious groceries that Virginia
knew represented light housekeeping.
Terry arrived at Mrs. Finnegan's at
nine O'clock. Lewis heard the alterea-
tion IN the lower hall while Terry tried
TO explain his rcatlor4iip 60 Miss
Darlington and his rights ami priy-
neges in her absence But Mrs. Fin
negan was obduraie. II might be 50
and then again it mightn't. She would
take no chances
81 saw Miss Darlington 90 away
abgut 6 80, called Lewis over the BAN
lister rail- Anything | can do? Won't
] you come up with ME until she gets
back?'
Terry accepted with alacrity. He
not only came up but he pitched into
the remains Of Lewis supper and
cleared it up 10 the last crumb.
Lewis listened sympaihetically to
everything. even when Terry told how
he had been Bounced from the
prep" school. There had been lit
he affair Of guinea pigs, many guinea
pigs hidden all around the assembly
halI on certain evening when the
younger boys were excluded from
senior dances.
"Some fellows can't take a joke"
Terry concluded, scathingly I'm glad
TO M out of a. I'm sixteen and ought
10 be at work instead Of letting a girl
sister support me. Wish you could
get me il JOB before she gets back"
Lewis consider the matter, He
liked the boy. Il was the age Of
specialization.
"Ill help you on your 'math at
night don't think your sister has
room for you downstairs I'd like II II
you'd bunk up here With me, old man,
and keep me company"
Terry loved him for That phrase.
-olc Juan. He went TO work the next /
morning. and walked In on Virginia T
that night 4 tuli-aedged business man, /
with steady j6h and q salary. She I
listened to his explanations In silent .
umazemcnt.
"Why, Terry, l have only a bowlng
acquaintance with this person"
Wen. we'l fix that" replied Terry.
com. m.urtably I'm going TO share his
room and Imy my Bit so you'd better
ect a IN. uled Glanie III ii hadn't
bccn for lil, think where your little
broiher might have ended up-lost in
A great city while sister was house
boating gaysmely. invited him
down for dinner tonight with US. or
course II you don't want him, We can
20 out" 4,
Virginia stood at the open window,
oOking down at the courtyard where
lne lone Sumac tree brayed the city's
summer heat From the windows above y
Seated n whistle that had become fl. /
niliar-LeWis, holding forth on his fa-
yOritp melody "rm going hack bncl