Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1918-07-11


ed with embarrassment and the girl
opened two blue eyes wide and round,
with studied naivety, behind which
Carter knew lay much sarcasm. "Why,
didn't you mean that you wanted me
to Gomez she asked. "You first sug-
geSted the theater, but you see, I've
been at the theater till I've seen every
show in town and every movie in the
neighborhood. And simply must get
these army sweaters donew Carter
noticed that she had taken half fin
ished khaki sweater from her bag.
Even to his inexperienced eyes the
knitting seemed wonderfully firm,
warm and compact and he noted the
gold ends of the knitting needles.
I've called on all my friends. You
see | don't know many people in town,
and I've shopped till I've bought
Ftrunkful of things l don't need. I'VE
spent hours in church and other hours
In the museum and the public libra
ries. So your invitation was very
welcome. Perhaps if l had always
lived in the North l could stand the
apartment. But you see this is my
first winter North. | came with my
aunt and now she has gone away for
a few weeks and I'm alone. One feels
the cold more when one is alone.
think" Then promising not to dis
turb Mr. Carter any more she con-
tinued her knitting in silence From
time TO time when Mr.. Carter felt that
her eyes We're intent on her knitting
he swung around in his swivel chair
Sometimes he noticed the graceful an
kle, at other times the slender capable
hands that were so neatly framed in
the tight white lace cuffs of her dark
sleeves. At other times he noticed the
CLINT of auburn in her hair and then
again the long curve of the dipk lashes
that shaded her blue eyes. He did
not know that from beneath those long
lashes the blue eyes were perfectly cap
able of observing his stolen glances
though the graceful fingers went on
uninterruptedly with the needles and
wool
Couldn't you give me a iob?n Nancy
Crosby put this question to Mr.. Carter
one day after she had been making
her visits to his Office for the purpose
of keeping warm during the course of
an entire week. 81 am getting tired of
knitting. One can't do that all the time.
could do copying for you and sort
over papers perhaps and stick up en-
yelopcs and stamps and things"
So Mr. Garter secured a little ma
hogany desk, had it placed beside his
own and there established Nancy Cros-
by as his volunteer assistant. They
had finally agreed that the money that
she earned as his assistant should be
contributed to the Red Cross.
1t was in the afternoon of that day
that Mr.. Carter dropped in at the
Marbrdge Court and getting the
emergency key to apartment Four d
from the ianitor there let himself into
the empty apartment and did little
amateur tinkering on his own account.
That morning through his incessant
efforts goodly supply of coal had
been deposited in the coal bins of the
Marbridge Court
Nancy Crosby continued to work for
him for a week more. He asked her
one day whether her apartment was
still cold. Eyes" she said, ut really
Is dreadful. There isn't any steam in
the living room radiator, though the
bedroom radiators are all right. But
you see l can't stay there in the day
time. Isn't it strange, for the other
tenants are perfectly comfortable
now"
eyes, it is funny" agreed Carter,
and began to read a lease on his desk
with eagerness.
At the end of that week Nancy's
aunt was expected to return and
Nancy had indicated that she would
have to give up her job.
81 took 1t just to be spiteful. In fact.
came down to bother you, just to
make you furious. / thought you were
holding off the steam so as to save
money and l intended to find out ard
to make you so tired of seeing me
around that you would get the coal
at any cost. But really have had
lovely time. Thank you for making it
so pleasant But now that aunt is COM
ing back / really wish something
could be done about that apartment"
"I'll go up myself" Carter promised.
maybe something is the matter with
the living room radiator. I'll have 1t
attended to at once. But-but-we
aren't going to forget each other now,
are we? You see, I've been getting
terrifcally interested In you, though l
suppose to you I'm an impossible sort
of fellow"
Impossible !" echoed Nancy. you
don't suppose l would have fbbed
about the radiator if / hadn't wanted
an excuse to be with you. I haven't
even noticed whether it was hot or
cold"
"You haven't" gasped Carter. "And
put the valve out of commission in
your living room"
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Practically all the members Of the
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