The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1918-11-26
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THE SOLUTION
Observation-Disclosures
ppyriSht 1918, by Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate)
By MAReUERITE HAeeERTY


! copyright, 1913, by Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate)
Hazel ran upstairs to her partlcu.
| lar little nook, and fairly threw herself
into II large loungng clair. 81 guess
/ If | stay up here ana read for while
/ will he left undisturbed for an hour
at least" thought this dainty little
miss, After few minutes had
elapsed the book was thrown idly to
one side, and resting her head c0mfor-
taby ON the back of the chair, slH
closed her eyes, intending to solve the
meaning Of n letter that she had re-
ceived that morning. Then, on second
thought, she snatched the engrOssing
msslye from nearby table and set
Tied back once again to peruse its con
tents.
on how perpleNing it all seems.
What can he possibly mean? Oh, well,
| suppose ] am too silly and nonsensi-
cal for words The idea of worrying
myself over his itfuI moods" Thus
SHE argued with herself. One minute
pitying her hero, and the next instant
ready to pounce upon herself for
wasting valuable time pondering over
his puzzling letter.
A half hour later, Edith, the peace
maker Of the family, was passing to
her room, and happening to gance
into her younger sisters den saw that
Oh "A /
Edith was II kindergarten teacher, and
had just returned home feeling rather
weary. Instantly it dawned upon her
that light luncheon served upstairs
near the cozy fireSde would be both
inviting and soothing after a tedious
days teaching. Soon the shades were
drawn, and the electric lamp lit cast
Ing soft green glow over the room
while Il tempting table set for two
sent such delicious aroma through
out the room that none could possibly
escape its lure A merry ripple Of
laughter rang out, echoing down the
hallway TO the rest Of the family
household who were already partly
through With the evening meal. Ha-
eel, blinking and smiling jumped up
and kissed her sister anectonately,
at the same time silently uttering
prayer Of thanksgiving to heaven for
such thoughtful and generous-heart-
ed sister,
During the course of the meal all
the petty trials and grievances Of the
day were talked over Naturally, Ha-
zel, still feeling quite upset, brought
into the discussion the arrival Of the
mysterious letter from her afiianced
sailor boy.
Edith, dear, I have felt blue all
day. but now that you are home 1t
seems that rainbow has flashed over
my landscape and Drightcned my
hopes"
well. Hazel, the only possible soIu-
tion is that YOU must curb your pride,
and write him very courteous letter.
In the meantime. a younger sister,
the miSchevous Miss Anna, who had
gained knowledge of the letter earlier
in the day, was patching up stray
thoughts, and was positive that She
must he the innocent troublemnker,
who had prompted all This misunder-
standing. Anna was certainly nervous
that evening. First, knife fell, theR
a plate went crashing to the floor.
Bang down went butter dish. and
oh, what daub that butter did make
on the carpet, For PHYS sake" re-
monstrated her mother, cant you
hold a plate in your hands for five
minutes?"
The next day Anna, after contem-
plating on the unhappy incident that
had occurred, resolved TO waylay the
peacemaker. That same afternoon
quite an interview took place.
"No, Edith, please do not inform
Hazel that l wore her green silk dress
because after she refused to loan it'll
to me, why, l promised to be content
with her rose crepe de chine. Then,
when | went to look over her ward
robe, the green dress looked so per
fectly wonderful that l could not re-
sist the temptation to wear 1t. or
course" she went on, Hazel was lying
down, and l stealthily slipped up
stairs and tried it on. The color suit
ed me so well. together with the fact
that ! am such terribly selfish and
vain girl made it impossible for me
90 refrain from wearing the gown.
That night, with George Parker at
the social. ! saw Jack Turner coming
towards me. l felt pretty guilty and
decided the best thing to do was TO
shade my face with my hat. Probably
I endeavored not to hold Georges
attention, and fairly succeeded Do
you understand now why Jack wrote
IN such a melancholy strain? Poor
Jack. He thought Hazel was deceiv-
ing him. He might have known. how
ever. that Hazel would not refuse to
go with him In order to attend the So
cial with George J will straighten
matters out. though, il you will only
have confidence in me. Edith, and
please keep Hazel in ignorance OF the
entire affair"
A week later Il handsome young
sailor was seen heading for - Oriole |
street. the home of certain Miss
Hazel Stewart. After few necessary
Jack informed Hazel
that he was a perfect cad TO have
sent her such a queer letter.
'NNon't you try TO forgive me, Hazel.
desrs" he lnurnured rs he took her
hand in his With a radiant Srila