The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1918-03-22

! indeed. You-are actually Miss CTos-
By? How very good Of you"
NO, I won't take your chair. III
! take this little one" she said. slipping
out of her coat and revealing very
neatly fitted plain blue serge dress be-
meath. She placed the chair precisely
bali way between the radiator and
the window where the light would
: come over her left shoulder. There,
! she said. II like it just like that. |
| shall knit and not disturb you at all.
| Please sit down, Mr.. Carter. You
cant imagine what pleasure it is to
be warm
Garter noted tone OF asperity in
the girls, voice but he did not feel in
! the least irritated by it. He tried TO
swing himself around in his swivel
! chair so that he could go on with the
work befoze him. but the chair seemed
| to swing Of its own accord around
again so tina: ne sat looking at his
guest.
/ $3.50 you took my invitation seri-
ously, did you? I'm glad" He laugh
! cd vita embarrassment, and the Girl
opened two blue eyes wids 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 theatre, but you see, I've
been at the theatre till I've seen every
| show in town and very movie in the
rcignborhood. And l simply must get
these army sweaters done" Garter
noticed that she had taken half fin
ished Khaki sweater from her bag
! Even to his inexperienced eyes the
/ knitting seemed wonderfully firm,
warm aud compact and he noted the
gold ends OF the knitting needles.
i've called on all my friends. fou
! see don't know many people in town,
: and I've shopped till TTe bought
! trurkful Of things don't need I've
/ spent hocrs in church and other hours
in the nuSeun and the public libra
ries. So your invitation was very
! lived i'll the North could stand the
! apartment. But you see this is my
! first winter north. come with my
aunt aud now she has gone away for
a few weeks and Tn alone One feels
| the cold more when one is alone. I
| think" Then promising not to dis
turb Mr.. Carter aa:y more she con-
! tinued her knitting in silence. From
time to time when Mr. Carter felt that
: her eyes were intent on her knitting
! he swung around In his swival chair
! and caught tirnid glance at the girl.
! 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 dark lashes
! that shaded her blue eyes. He did
, not know that from beneath those long
| lashes the blue eyes were .perfetcly-
capable Of observing his stolen glances
though the graceful fingers went on
uninterruptedly with the needles and
| wool.
Couldn't you give me 5ob?" 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.
I could do copying for you and sort
over papers perhaps and stick up en-
velopes and stamps and things"
So Mr. Carter secured little ma
hoGany desk, had it placed beside his
own and there established Nancy eros
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.
It was in the afternoon OF that day