Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-01-27
What's this dull town TO met
Robin not near.

The sweet voice headed OF stacias va
grant ihots. i, cooled thrilled and uplifted
Her eyes opened. Across the opposite sill
girl with fair hair. blue eyes and round rOsl
face leaned.
isn't it hotT' remarked the girl cas-
ually
Siacia lifted herself aud pressed her darl
hair from her wet forehead. ITS suffocat
ing. she managed TO say.
Even with fan. Have You got .
FAM"
stacia shook her head and smiled family
"Oh, dearl' said the girl petulontly. III
We only had bridge YOU could come ovei
here"
And you could come over here, but you
woudn want to.
"Oh!" said the girl She sighed sym
pa.hetically You re- the girl / bought
towels OF yesterday. / knew you the instant
| locked up aud saw you-by your eyes.
never saw any eyes just like yours. They rc
lovely I'm glad we're to be- ueiFhbors. Ny
name is Blanche Tower and m studying al
the conservatory"
MY name is Stacia Warren"
II IKE your name. Stacig Now, ! must
dress, tor I'm going out to Giuner with some
friends She drew down the shade
"Wherc's all the joy and mirth
once made this town a heaven ON earth l'
Stacia listened lying ON her bed ana
shiver,d "Oh. ! hope she won't keep that
np' ! cant stand 10. That songl' Tears
rushed down her checks tears Of wrctchcd.
ness, hoIiclcssuc,s. Of the poignant grief
- knows when an ITS butterflies have been
siuged at the flame Of life
Lying ,horc thots came to her in leaps and
waves, IN flashes of light, in glo1ms Of shade.
She had had ~ as happy years as any
girl had ever had and then father and homo
wen; together ON one blast OF misfortune
She had been trained in music nsdequately,
as she soon found after she reached the city.
Her little store Of money vanished, aud, ter.
riiied at being fricudless aud alone. too
proud 10 20 back to the village and own her
self beaten. she had snatched the first em-
ployment that offered. with the result that
for - months now she had been selling
towels at ilacNpmaro Nor was this all.
The man she had met and loved In those first
exciting promising days Of city life had
stepped ont of her life as thru door he
had voluntarily opened, Sho had met him at
the home Of the one person in all the town
she had known well enough to turn to q
former teacher Of music, who had MARI, d
exceedingly we'll Robert Blair had been a
business acquaintance Of Mr. Crosby's. Dit
ficut 20 please Mrs. Crosby hnd said Of him,
but II certainly seemed as tho Stacia with her
lovely eyes and graceful piano playing had
won his heart Then suddenly he went away
and Immediately afterward StHcia had owned
herself failure
The heat in the small room was intense,
but stocia exhausted, finally fell asleep. She
dreamed misergbly that storm of hail was
beating in at her open window and rafting
upon the floor. Shs was drawn TO con.
seiousncss painfully. Her ears opened before
her eyes and sho was aware that something
had just fallen upon the floor with q crash.
Heavily she arose. book she had never
seen before lay before tho open window by
which evidently II had entered. She picked
IL up, staring at a name, blanche Tower
Then she knew
Blanche was leaning out Of the window.
"Did you want met Stacia asked.
"Wsnt yout I've been throwing the con-