South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-05-28

finished khaki sweater from her
bag.
Even 20 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 an my friends.
Nou sec 1 don't know many people
in town. and I've shopped tiE I've
bought "A trunkful OF things ] don't
need. I've spent hours i'm church
aI other hours IN the museum and
the public Libraries So your -nvi-
ttuon was very welcome. Perhaps
If / had always lived in the north
could stand the apartment But YOU
see this is my first winter north. n
came with my aunt and now she ha
lgCne away q few weeks and I'm
alone one feels the cold more
when one is alone / think" Then
promising not 10 disturb Mr.. Carter
IaEy more she continued her knitting
iin silence. From time TO time when
Mr.. Carter felt that her eyes were
int.nt on her knitting NJ swung
around In his swivel hair and
caught a timid glance at the girl.
Sometimes he noticed the graceful
ankle, AT other times the slender
C, pable hands that were SO neatly
framed in the tight white lace cuffs
iof her dark sleeves At other times
ne noticed the CLINT OF auburn in
her hair and then again the long
lcuTye OF the dark lashes that shaded
her blue eyes. He did not know that
from beneath those long lashes the
blue eyes We're perfectly capable of
observing his stolen glances though
the graceful fingers went on unin-
terruptedly with the needles and
wool
Couldn't YOU give me a Job o'
/ Nancy Crosby put this question TO
Mr.. Carter one day after she had
been making her visits 10 his Office
for the purpose of keeping warm
during tire course of an entire week.
II am getting tired Of knitting. one
can't do that all the time I could
do copying for YOU and sort over
papers perhaps and stick up en-
lyeiopes and stamps and things"
So Mr. Carter secured a little ma
I h5gany desk. had it placed beside
his own and there ests blished Nancy
Crosby as his volunteer assistant.
They had finally agreed that the
Emoney that she earned as his assist
lan- should be contributed to the
Red Cross
II was in the afternoon Of that
day that Mr. Carter dropped i'm AT
the Marbridge Court and getting the
emergency key 10 apartment Four
B. from the janitor there let him
self into the empty apartment and
did little amateur tinkering on his
own account. That morning
through his incessant efforts a good
I!y supply OF coal had been deposited
i'm the coal bins of the Marbridge
Court
Nancy Crosby continued to work
for him for a week more. He asked
hef one day whether her apartment
was still cold. Yes" she said. 1T
really is dreadful There isn't any
steam i'm the living room radiator.
though the bedroom radiators are
iall right But YOU see l can't stay
there i'm the day time. Isn't it
strange. for the other tenants are
perfectly comfortable now"
Yes. 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
IL took it just 70 be spiteful. In
fact, I came down 10 bother you.
ijcst 20 make YOU furious / thought
you were holding off the steam SO as
20 save money and I intended TO
find out and TO make YOU so tired
or seeing me around that YOU would
get the coal at any cost. But really
have had a lovely time. Thank
YOU for making il so pleasant But
now that aunt is coming back /
really wish something could be done
+. about that apartment"
IN 80 up myself" Clrter prom
iSed. Maybe something is the mat
ter with the living room radiator.
I'll have it attended TO at once. But
l-but-Ve aren't going TO forget
each other now. are We? You see.
I've been getting terrifcalIy interest
e ed IN you though / suppose TO YOU
I'm an impossible sort of fellow
impossible echoed Nancy. You
don't suppose 7 would have fbbed
about the radiator If / hadn't want
ed an excuse TO he with YOU. Il
hay en't even noticed whether il was
hot or cold
You haven't" gasped Carter.
land ! put the valve out Of COM
mission i'm your living room"
Copyright. 1879
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