The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1917-06-30
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SHORT STORY
Quiet Corinne.
a. ASNALORING.
q ANNA LoRNG.
tIa,pyrtsht. 1917, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndlcate.)
tSNV1FIo Is that man, Alice"
nv Tho tall one with the Fra
v znrS?"

w zors?"
-Yts---hc's Just getting ready TO
drtvD OF number ono.
-I'nat's Richard COREY Don't you
3hnyW himf"
7 used U slightly. but he's been
away such long time he's changed
er,s,t ttlai. What's he doing here?"
why, tho corGys lave always liv-
Is here
Il KNOW. bnt they left Dellridge to
rivs 81 New York"
'YAs. ml Richard has come back
IN stay and IS going OF operate the
old factory. with additions. Where
rave yon been. Corinne, not to have
siearc1 all the gossip? Why, every
strl within ten miles is setting her
e4ap strnight for him. II 1t weren I
FOR Jim" Alice looked fondly at the
diamond on her left hand, I'D look
pi,ulaant nj him myself. He's quite
4 cafclI. Cor4nne!" significantly.
a wish you wouldn't say such
things. Alec .,
II like 10 shock you, Quakeress,
Iau6Heu AllCe' "iSA ~
be so prudish."
II don't mean to be-" said corinne
hastily. hut it sort of gives me the
shjyers to hear people speak so light
~ o! marriage"
start now. You drive first. Mercy,
tllat was peach-almost to the first
bunker? Now watch me fozzle the
ball and go six yards into the rough.
No. didn't after ALT was better
than expected, almost up to you.
l3ut wait till it comes to the iron
shots; that's where fall down. II |
don't reduce my handicap this year
M give up. Just think, you're down
To 10 and still have "a"
And so the two girls started
around the course, Alice chattering
and clubbing the ball; Corinne quiet
and concentrating on each play. Alice
made nine holes in IS, Corinne IN 3D.
Afterward on the broad, cool piaz-
"a of the clubhouse they had tea, a
Kaleidoscope crowd in violently strip
ed skirts, blazing sweaters and varie-
gated hats. Corinne alone was all IN
white. from her little white sailor to
her white buck shoes. Her hair limo
cent of a net, was wind-blown and a
color as delicate as that of tea rose
was in her cheeks. But she had about
as much chance Of attnetion IN that
crowd as an amenone midst a wealth.
Of American Beauty roses.
Everybody, including Corinne, was
Introduced to the newcomer. But al
ter Richard Corey's friendly hand
shake and appropriate sentiment
about being very happy, indeed, to
meet her again, she retired to the
scornerof a wicker diVan and amused
herself with magazine and her tea.
why try to talk when every one else
was talking at the top OF his, or her
tlungs? Richard was the center of a
large crowd, chiefly feminine, which
insisted on giving him cakes and
sandwiches and more tea. -,
DCome on, If you've finished, said
Alice at last. At guess we'd better
start home. It's after s." So the
girls got into the roadster and de-
parted. On the way home Alice gave
Corinne another lecture about being
so retiring. You'll never make an
impression that way, dear. Why, that
man doesn't remember you any more
than he does one of the bushes beside
the course. People have to do some
thing a little bit noticeable these days
to make them stand out. If you're
going to be backward and quiet the
whole mob will get ahead of you."