The Kenna record. (Kenna, Roosevelt County, N.M.) 190?-1924, 1917-09-28
I-DON'T-CARE GIRL
BY EARE REED sILvERs.


the figures of Margaret Randolph and
Dick Wlllever as they merged into the
darkness of what was known as
Lovers lhhei He watched them uIf-
til they disappeared into the shadows;
and then, with Il sigh, he tufhed md
''in1e his way TO the swinging couch.
The porcli Tas deserted From with
in the club came the sound of soft mu-
sic The orchestra was playing "Esep
Your Eyes on the Grille You Love-"
"Well," Jim thought TO himself
Fiitlier bitterly, "that's just what have
been doing, but when the girl you love
takes moonlight walk With another
fellow, it's better not to have eyes
Only the day before he had told Mar
gnret that life without her would be
hbfdiS worth the living.
"AIargafpt," he had said suddenly,
IL love you"
She had looked at him for a moment
with startled bHes and then the peal of
her hearty laughter had sounded ais
cordant with the silence of the eveilihH,
"Jim,''' she had said, "yOu don't mean
It, sdi'ety? Not yOu?'
"Why not me?" he had answered re-
sentfully and ungrammatically.
"But, Jim, why do you love me?" she
had questioned.
"BeegHSe do" he had answered sui
lenly. "DGii't 5uu eare at a1l7"
"Pm known as the Tidbn't-rarp
girl" she had replied; "and. to fell
the truth, Jim, I don't know now
whether care or not"
''1s It because Of someone else?" he
had iitrsistedi
"Perhaps it is" slia had answered.
1.-TWO years ago, when Dick WiiieN9t
went to New York to get rich and
famous he asked me if I would wait
for him, and told him that would.
1t wasn't exactly promise, but it was
!ihit n nroinlse--und tomorrow night
Dick is coiiiiag ~ the dance nt the
Country club"
"And you think, maybe, that you care
for him2"
''AIQYbe do but tomorrow I'll know,
ana thGh III give you your answer"
Jim had gone home difsrtlt after
that He had somehow managed IA
live through a day of mingled doubt
and mystery, but in the evening when
he had called at Margaret's home in
his rtpnbogt the girl had met him with
a smile in hef eyes: Sire hna acted as
If there was not care or u tfGtJle m
The world.
Jim had danced the first waltz with
her, and after that Dick Willever had
made his appearance and had led her
off through the shadows of Lovers
lane It seemed to Jim as if they would
Hever return.
shddHhlE he espied them walking
slowly up the lane. He noticed, with Il
sigh of relief, that they we're walking
farther apart than the OCCASION de-
manded.
Jim arose as they approached the
porch ana offered his arm to Margaret.
With d brief nod at Dick, she accepted
the proffered arm and accompanied her
escort into the club. Jim led the way
to the swinging seat on the porch.
"Well?" he said questioningly.
"Well, what2"
"You said that you would give me
your answer after you had seen Dick
ugain. You've seen him, haven't your"
"Yps, he's rather gOod-loOking, isn't
he3" she pnrrled,
'He's very good-lOOklng," he am
swered honestly. "A blame sight more
so than I am"
"Well," Margaret remarked nOncOm'.
"There are looks, and then
there are-lOOks."
Jim glanced at her qulzzically, but
her face was impassive.
81 don't think it's quite fair to be
putting me off like this" he said.
"Surely my question deserves an an
swer"
For moment the girl was silent
then she turned impulsively toward
her companion.
"DO you know what Dick and l We're
talking about during our romantic
wGlk2" she asked.
"Of course not"
1--WE were discussing another girl"
"What other girl?"
''The one he is going to marry"
"Whatw Jim's heart broke the
worlds record for lOng-dlstance leap.
"Yes," Maragret continued calmly.
"He told me that GlenwoOd had grown
provincial to him since his experiences
in New York, and that this town and
fhe people in it were not quite the kind