Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1918-05-21
wall of the crooked smile and turned
aWaX abashed, unsatisfled.

half admiringly, half sneeringly, ant
she grew more timid She watche,
her fascinated in church, on the street
whenever they were thrown together
But one deep look from the dark eye.
Act. her a-flush and rendered he,
| tongue-tied.
Mrs. Waldemar had paid scant at
tention to David before the advent Of
Carol, except to follow his movement.
with her eyes in way of which he
could not remain unconscious. Blu,
when Carol came, entered the demon
of mischief. Carol was young, Mrs
| Waldemar was forty. Carol was love
ly, Mrs. Waldemar was only unusual
Carol was frank as the sunshine, Mrs
Waldemar was mysterious. What
woman on earth but might wonder II
the devoted groom were immune tc
Turing eyes, and If that lovely bride
were jealous?
So she talked to him after church
She called him on the; telephone for
directions in the bible study she was
taking up. She lounged in her ham
mock as he returned home from pas.
toral calls, and stopped him for little
chats. David was her pastor, she was
one of his flock.
But Carol screwed up her face be.
fore the mirror and frowned.
David" she said to herself, when
a glance from her window revealed
David leaning over Mrs. Waldemar's
hammock half a block away, doubt.
less in the scriptural act Of explaining
an intricate passage of Revelation to
the dark-eyed sHeep-"David Is as
good as an angel, and as innocent as
a baby. Two very good traits of
course, but dangerous, tremendously
dangerous. Goodness and innocence
make men wax in women's hands"
Carol. for all her youth. had acquired
considerable shrewdness in her life.
time acquaintance with the tntricacies
Of parsonage life.
She looked from her window again.
There's the-the-the dark-eyed Jez.
.ebel." She glanced fearfully about. to
see IL David might be near enough to
hear the word. What on earth would
he think of the manse lady calling one
Of his sheep q Jezebel? well, David"
she said to herself decidedly, God
gave you q wife for some purpose, and
I'm slick If I haven't much brains. :"
And she shook slender fist at her
image In the mirror and went back to
setting the table.
David was laxative that evening.
you haven't seen much Of Mrs. Wal
demar, have you, dear? People here
don't think much OF her. She is very
advanced-too advanced, of course.
But she is very broad, and kind She
is well educated, too, and for one who
has had no training, she grasps bible
truths in most remarkable way. She
has never had the proper guidance,
that's the worst of 1t. With little
wise direction she will be a great ad-
dition to our church and big help in
many ways"
~. She was wondering how much Of
to her precious David?
II imagine our women are little
Jealous Of her, and that blinds them
to her many fine qualities"
Carol agreed, with certain lack Of
enthusiasm, and David continued with
evident relish.
Some Of her ideas are dangerous,
but when she Is shown the weakness Of
her position she will change. She is
not one of that narrow school who
holds to a fallacy just because she &C
cepted 1t in the beginning. The cid
ers objected to her teaching a class In
Sunday school because they claimed
her opinions would prove menacing to
the young and uniformed. And it is
true. She is dangerous company for
!, {oh$ a a n al
ing out along better lines and / think
will be different woman"
Dangerous for the young" The
words repeated themselves in Carols
mind. Dangerous for the young"
Carol was young herself. Dangerous
for the young" 4
The next afternoon, Carol arrayed
herself in her most girlishly charming
gown, and with smile on her lips and
trepidation In her heart, she marched
of to call on her Jezebel. The Jeze-
bel was surprised, NO doubt of that.
And she was pleased. Every one liked
Carol-even Jezebels. And Mrs. Wal
demar was very much alone. However
much woman may revel In the adj
Of men, there are times when
she Graves the conddencefof at least
one woman. Mrs. Wa1demar led Carol
upstairs to most seductively attrac-
tive little sitting room and Carol sat
at her feet, as it were, for two full
hours.
Then she tripped away home, more
than ever aware Of the wonderful
charm Of Mrs. Waldemar, but thank
ing God she was young.
When David came in to dinner, a
radiant Carol awaited him. In the
ruffly white dress, with It's baby blue
and with wide band of tho
same color in her hair, and tiny curls
about her pink ears, she
was very infant Of minister's wife
David took her in his arms appre-
you little baby he said
you look younger every
day. VIII you ever grow up? A min
lster's wife! You look more like
little girls baby DOLL
Carol giggled and rumpled up his
hair. When she took her place at the
table she artfully snuggled low in her
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