The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1918-03-12

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Julius Bates couldn't quite decide to
his own satisfaction whether 1t was
because Ruth Claridge was such an
unusually pretty girl or because she
was such an amazingly clever illus
traitor that he was so completely fas-
clnnted by her, and that before she
had been on the list of regular cor
trlbutors to the small maeaaine Of
which. he was editor for two weeks he
bad found pretext to take her to
/ luncheon two or three times and once
to the theater. Perhaps 1t was
neither her clevcrness nor her pretti.
moss entirely; but mingled with them
her delightful nnivety and lack Of
sophistication. For though Ruth had
quite obviously ARRIVED in her work
She had In the year that she had lived
in the big grimy city, lost very little
OF the refreshing candor and chlldlike
enthusiasm that characterized her as
a country-bred girl, Surely she must
have known that she was very pretty
IA girl like Ruth could not have lived
uiOue tuC Nity d. iVuS WituOut INV
ing been rather wearied with remind
ers of the fact-yet when julius had,
rather namely az he thought later
told her she was the prettiest girl he
had ever known, she opened her per-
fectly frank blue eyes wide and said /:
81 am glad you told me SO. like to
be thought pretty and am glad that
hs,,l, Dat
hirted. And julius was just at the
Old-young age when he had convinced
himself that flirting was a great waste
of time.
She was in large measure still n
mystery to him and so he was doubly
pleased when she asked him to "come
to supper" in her small apartment
where Julius had been informed she
shared quarters with that emlnently
successful novelist, Amy Nair. julius
was relieved to know that Amy was
not tn be present. The supper was
set for eight o'clock so that both he
and Ruth might dispose OF their days
occupation before the little spread
The apartment proved to be Just n
well furnished 'studio," the details and
| fine points OF which--the careful elm
nation of every accessory or orna-
ment which was not intrinslcally
beautiful and the exquisite sllbordina-
| ton OF tones to the decorative scheme
of the whole interior--was rather lost
on julius. But there was an air of
repose and seclusion about the large
COON = apparently the living room.
eating room and work room combined
that put Julius In an agreeable frame
of mind. Ruth responded to his ring
and explained that the "old nanny"
who kept house for her and Amy Nair
had prepared the spread and then de-
parted. s5..-~--r.s.,,-', ..-.r.-' s~--~
!. II thought we could be cozier II we
were all alone In the place. Amy
won't he back till all hours"
Then as she led him into the studio
he got his first glimpse of her dress.
1t was like nothing he had eyer seen
before--surely not like the dress in
which he had first seen her. He could
not object to 1t on the score Of
immOdesty for the soft folds Of
fabric chung high ut the thront and
well down on her wrists. But--could
II really be pOssible?-th ample folds
Of the skirt somehow fell down to her
feet In two divisions and We're caught
at both ankles In d neat metallic ank-
let. Even that was not immodest but
rather more modest, Julius hat to- ad-
init. than the street costume of most