Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-10-26
EVENING STORY.
THE GREAT ADVENTURE OF LIZA
BET HANN.
~ ELIZABETH AcKEks.
Copyright, 1917, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)

Iixabeth Ann was tired, lonely, and
not. Little hall bedrooms under the
caves OF old-fashioned houses, three
stories high, are, as rule, freezingly
cold in the winter, and unbearably hot
In the summer. Her tiny room was no
4 exception. Besides, she wanted des-
perately to 90 home. A letter from
her father that morning had made her
homesick. Better come home, Liza
beth Ann" it read. 1.-THE climbing
roses are all pink and white andl
sweet; also, we are getting wonderful
vegetables from the garden. Too bad
you are 20 far away; we would send
you some II New York were little
nearer to Ohio"
mo" thought Lizabeth Ann dismal
". Nothing keeps here-not even
my usually sweet disposition" She
shook her small fist at the image
frowning at her from the mirror.
They Ill expect you to come flying
home, Lizzie-Annie, the first time any
little thing goes wrong, but you're go
inK to fool them. You are not going to
, do it. NOT when that blessed daddy
: Of yours has raked and scraped every
cent together to give this year OF
music in New York"
Two salty tears ran down the side
Of her straight little nose, but she
brushed them away impatiently. She
decided to take q ride on the Fifth
avenue bus and forget her troubles.
It was part of 'Lizabeth AIMS creed
never to go out Of her room unless she
was looking her best Romance might
! find her At any time, she reasoned, and
she wanted to be prepared.
She dressed carefully now. putting
On Z ruffled white dress and white
shoes and stockings. When all else
was ready she took from its box and
tissue paper wrappings q broad-brim-
med white hat It was lovely hat,
with its wreath and duh blue corn
flowers. and Ltzabeth Ann adored it
She went down stairs, tying, rs she
went, three dimes in the corner Of her
Handkerchief. Two were for her fare
and one for soda water afterward.
As she climbed the perilous stairs to
the top Of the car. her attention was at
tracted by q young man sitting on one
Of tho front seats. He was very good
looking, in q wholesome, clean-cut way.
but he looked 70 white and i'll that
'Lizabeth AIMS heart went out to him
in pity.
As it happened, the only vacant seat
was the place next to him, and as the
girl at down she caught glimpse Of
! . pair Of gray eyes, very tired and very
appealing. As she turned her head to
look down into the street below, she
heard q smothered exclamation. Real
king that her broad hat must have
Erazed his cheek, she flushed.
~rm 80 sorry," she said gently. 1T
must have hurt, and am afraid you
have been i'll, too" The young man
looking into the blue eyes underneath
the white hat, decided that illness had
Z its compensations.
typhoid" he said briefly, but Liza
beth, seeing him smile, knew he was
not offended.
& She found herself thinking Of him as
the bus rolled and Mrched on its way.
and Is for Richard Bennett, he cursed
the convention that made 1t impossible
leor him and this sweet-yoiced, pretty
tyirl to talk together and then, IN the
midst Of these rebellious thoughts, he
saw her handkerchief lying. on the
ooor 1T his feet. AS he stopped to
sick it up he felt the coins in the cor
Ter, and wild idea came to him. Why
not? He had heard many times that