The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1917-05-18

| "'' caught DelnB mau
about Rose from him. 1t all depends,
you see, on whether Rose is going to
be hit this winter or not. If she
I doesnt-go (and it all depends on her !;
Rodney won't be much help), why, hav-
ing house like that might be pretty
sad. So, If you're a true friend, you'll
tell me what you think"
what / really think" said Violet
OF course | suppose I'd say this any,
way, but l do honestly mean it's
that she'll be what John calls a
Knockout She's so perfectly simple.
She's never-don't you know-being
anything. She just is. And she
thinks we're all so wonderful that she'll
make everybody feel warm and nice
inside, and they'll be sure to like her."
shes got a. real eye for clothes,
too" said Frederick. "We've been
shopping. Well, then, I'm going to tell
Rodney to go ahead and take the
house."
Rose was consulted about it, of
course, though consulted is perhaps
not the right word to use. She was
taken to see it, anyway, and asked il
she liked it-a question in the nature
of the superfluOus. One might as well
have asked Cinderella if she liked the
gown the fairy godmOther had pro-
vided her with for the princes ball.
1t didn't occur TO her to ask how
much the rent would be, nor would
the fact have had any value for her
as an illuminant, because she would
have had no gidea whether six thou
sand dollars was a half or a hun
dredth of her future husbands income.
The new house was just a part, as
so many of the other things that had
happened to her since that night when
Rodney had sent her flowers and taken
her to the theater and two restaurants
in Martins biggest limousine had been
parts, of breath-arresting fairy story.
The conclusion Frederick and Violet
had come to about her chance for
social success, was amply justified by
the event, and it is probable that
Violet had put her finger upon the
handspring of it. So it fell out that
what with the Junior league, the wOm-
ems auxiliary boards of one or two of
the more respectable charities, the
Thursday club and the Whifflers (this
was the smallest and smartest Organi-
zatiOn of the lott, fifteen or twenty
young women supposed to combine and
reconcile social and intellectual bril-
liancy on even terms. What with all
this, her days were quite as full as
the evenings were, when she and Rod
ney dined and went to the opera and
paid fabulous prices to queer profess
sionals, to keep themselves abreast
of the minute in all the new dances.
Portia had been quite right in say
ing that she never had to do anything;
the rallying of all her forces under |
the spur of necessity was an expert |
ence she had never undergone. And |
it was also true that her mother, and
for that matter, Portia herself, had
spoiled her q lOt-had run about do |
ing little things for her, come in |
and shut down her windows in the |
and opened the register, and,
on any sort of excuse, on Saturday |
for example, had brought her
her breakfast on a tray.
But these things had been favors,
not services-never to be asked for,
Of course, and always to be accepted
4 little apolOgetically. She had never
before known what it was really to be
served.
Il haven't" Rose told Rodney one
"a single, blessed mortal
hing to do all day." Some fixture
scheduled for that morning had been
moved, she went ON to explain, and
eleanor Randolph was feeling seedy
md had called off a little luncheon
md matinee party.
"Oh, that's too bad" he said with
concern. Cant you manage some
hing
"rOo bad!" said Rose in lively dis
sent. Its too heavenly! I've got
whole day just to enjoy being myself
Deing-" she reached for his hand,
md, getting it, stroked her cheek with
being my new self. POrtia used
o think l faxed pretty well. But |
lever was-don't you know?-right.
so, you see, it's real adventure Just
o say-well, that l want the car at
quarter to eleven and to tell Otto
xactly where l want him to drive me
o. l always feel as if ought to say
hat If he'll just stop the car ut the
orner of Diversey street, l can walk"
He laughed out at that and asked
Ter how long she thought this bkssful ,
tate of things would last
Forever" she said.
But presently she looked at MIN
ather thoughtfully. "Of course it's
one of it new to you" she said,
mot the silly little things, nor the
hlngs we do tOgether-oh, the dinners,
nd the dances, and the operas. DO
ou sort of-wish I'd get tired Of it? ,
5 1t dreadful bore to your"
$50 long as It doesn't bore you." he
aid; $50 long as you go on--shining {