The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-11-23
QUIET CORiNNE.
BY ANNE LoRINe.
"IYho Is that man, Alice q

THAT'S Richard Corey. Don't you
know hlm2"
Il used to slightly, hut he's been
away such a long time he's changed Il
great deal. What's he doing here?"
"Why-the Coreys have always lived
here"
III know, but they left Bellrldge to
live In New York"
Eyes, hut Richard has come back to
stay, and is going to operate the old
factory with additions. Where have
you been. Corinne, not to have heard
all the gossip? Why, every girl within
ten miles is setting her cap straight
: for him. If It weren't for jim" Alice
/ looked fOndly at the diamond on her
left hand, I'D look pleasant at him
myself. He's quite catch, Corlnne 70
significantly.
81 wish you wouldn't say such
things, Alice"
81 like to shock you, Quakeress,"
laughed Alice, 81 wish you wouldn't
be so prudlsh."
81 don't mean to be-" said Corlnne
hastily, 'but it sort Of gives me the
shivers to hear people speak so lightly
Of marriage"
"COme on" said Alice, 1--WE can start
now. You drive first. Mercy, that
was n peach--almost TO the first bunk
er Now watch me fOzzle the ball
and go six yards into the rough, No.
I didn't, after all--lt was better than
I expected; almost up to you"
And so the two girls started around
the Course, Alice chattering and dub
bling the ball: Corlnne quiet and cons
centratlng on each play. Alice made
nine holes in SO, COrinne In 80.
Afterward, on the broad, cool piazza
Of the clubhouse, they had tea, ka-
leldoscoplc crowd In violently striped
skirts, blazing sweaters and varleghted
hats. COrlnne alone was all in white,
from her little white sailor to her
white buckskin shoes.
Everybody, including COrinne. was
introduced to the newcomer. But af-
ter Richard Corey's friendly hand
shake ana appropriate sentiment about
being very happy. indeed, to meet her
again, she retired to the corner of Il
wicked dlvan and amused herself with
magazine and her tea. Why try to
talk when everyone else was talking
at the top of his, or her, lungs?
"Come on, If you've finished" said
Alice at last. II gtiess we'd better
start home. It's after five" 30 the
girls got into the roadster and depart
ed. On the way home Alice gave Co
rhine another lecture about being so
retiring.
''Alothef," said Alice at dinner. ard
| like to shake Cdfinne, It's her own
fault she never had beai She
doesn't realize that one can't be old
fashioned any more. You just have to
dress with a little bit of snap and
have a bit Of dash to your manner to
get anywhere at all. I don't see why
she can't see it. She's smart in every
other way"
'Thats why she doesn't do It," an
swered her father. ats because she
is smart"
"Oh, I know how old people feel"
declared Alice with a pOut "But you
don't understand how young men have
changed. It isn't our fault that they
are different When COrinne came out
In her new spring clothes consisting of
!. n black sailor hat and q gray home
spun suit Jim said she was really more
, conspicuous than any of us just be-
cause she was so plain. But l told
him that II she was 1t wasn't her fault
She'd have a At II she thought she
was attracting any attention. But
! have little plan, and I'm going to
help along her interests II 1 can. No
I'll not tell anybody till we see how
1t works, but I'm going TO get busy"
! Alice met Dick the next morning on
the train as she was returning from O
shopping trip, and managed TO sit be
side him. AdrOltly she brought the
conversation to COrlnne. 1t seemed
rldiculOusly easy. Dick really seemed
anxious to talk about her.
"YOu see, the trouble with COrlnne
is," said Alice cOnfidentlally, "that SHE
has that Innocent, unsOphlstlcated lOOk
that rather bores one If he doesn't
know her"
D Dick looked at her with interest and
I was apparently all attention. "That's
good start" thought Alice. "NIakt
girl mysterious, devlllsh, any old
: thing, and a man will sit up and Ot
least take notice" She went on aloud
"But that's the trOuble-so few people
know Corlnne as 1 do. She's really
anything but unsOphIsticated. She's
blasel That's what she is I!
"What-what's all this you are tell
ing met" asked Dick finally.
Alice looked at him In wonder. Hit