The Detroit times., 1917-12-01

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The Woman In the Street

u made me rather unccmfortabie m
the other room while I was dressing
not 20 hear one word from Dick and
Jim as they sat there smoking their
cigars. altho the door was open and
! could have heard the slighteet word.
Under tho circumstance, little
book. two women would have rhatted
their heads on either trying to
make general convcrsatiou or IN
Weighing against the stuhb0rnness OF
the one who had mRdc th"W uncom-
Portable. am not sute however.
that the mans way in these Dircuiu-
stances ia not tho best Way
We women talk too Uidc--- little
book. We tell too much about our
selves and orr affairs. i fhiuk II
had not had you. little book. tr work
~ my surplus moods upon. J would
probably have made fool ut ntset
by telling fho troubles ~ nlF ne 10
someone who would hc Uult uusNu-
pathetic or curious about them That
YOU have never hcen.
thot of this more than ever after
I had heard story that JluC Ciold me
after ! mad ent hack in the room.
We talked "a frw minutes un NUM-
bCr ~ subjects Jim answered my
questions about Mollic and tliepe I'M
e. ucrtuuct0ry manner. DICK openly
yawned. bur was determined 70
Keep Sim there. az I did not want %
op.n up that business with DICK
again that night
SOME chance question about ono Of
our acauaintances who had gone
back tn her husband after more or
less salacious scandal. made DICK re-
mark
why can't women hold their
'tonEues7'
not holu reminding him, Tor only you.
litlll- lAuk, know about DICK cscA-
pndcs from me But DO you know
! think he has forgotten an about
IA be- queer how some things turn
out" remarked Jim. "The night be-
fore Won got here / was eauutrrinE
..l4-s-s-tAn- -AaillnNnrd when feminine
voice close 60 my shoulder said tlmld-
~ looked about rather startled and
saw "a haggard face worn with vice
"Just then a policeman stepped Up
and said. Did this woman accost
without thot ! answered 80. on
Ger. she is an old friend u mine
that / lid not recognize az hrst
Gle looked az me quiflicailts Tor
he know g was lying ana then turn
ed tn thc womnn and sai a.
'T fupr No understand SO have
gentleman In fow this night, girl
and hc moved away.
"l'o you know where wo can get
q quiet uurhT ] asked.
"She looked up gratefully, and !
WAS surprised 90 notice that Rhc had
really beautiful eyes Not the bold
owes of tue woman who prcya. but
the roft eyes az the woman who sur
fcra~
"Whcu hovc you begun 20 compare
wumeu's eyes. you iucorrtrihic oid
bachelor interrupted Dick. who was
already interested in tho story
Dick little book. likes a story as
well as kid hoy
"You can't hrlp comparing them,
answered Jim. 'aud 90 an lncorrigiple
old bachelor ass Fuu call me. the
tragedv Of 80 is that there ore 20
many Borrowing eyes in the faces ~
tho women 7 meet
"Go on with your story. Jim. don't
stop 90 m0ralfze." said pick
--'f'r0 XIII CTHETFT NY AIIu CON
vuisively az. With eubhipg elght
she said Come. I'm starving
we went into ono ~ these little
below he sidewalk restaurants on q
efdc street between the Boulevard
and state. and 7 ordered first a glass
of hot milk. which ahc drank eagerly
"A bccfStent and hNinEs followed
and J wHfhhrd the color come BACK
fafntfv into her eyes but beyond tic
feverlFh glitter az har eve. there was
nothing ~ hope She just seemed 90
81 thankful FOR this one more meal
and had NO hopes ~ smother.
rf made m lump come in my throat
--ll.--lL lL-ul-la- -l4lLLlLll----Acar h-rLhnle-
city fun. home she had none
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