Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1919-01-01
THE GIRL WHO
L-.IOS,. M 5SED
Ey Nary douglass.
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Cllapter XI.N.

little pool dipped bare arm into the
pail and brought out the yellow par oi
soap, that chung to the bottom ! was al
most through scrubbed on ana ON,
backing as | went, into corner WIN tne
watery trail following my moving mn na
How clean the dinnproom smeiieu, nc
windows plisteued, even the roueh ''-
bic and two chairs did not sccn SO cafe"oih
| was through, sat down on Inc
Dir, spot Of floor that was LETT to me,
and saw suddenly | was closed ~ py Ine
wet floor | could not move or J should
rum my clean, shiny work. put oue an
experimental foot on the slippery su'iaoe'
but it left an unmistakablc prih'.
Cant | rescue YOU .t.a
Hooked IN tn see the head and shoulders
of a man leaning ncgliGentiy on my
window sill. The sunlight glinted on nus
light hair and showed the uniurro~ed
brownness of his checks, while ms hiue
ewes studied me with mocking nohciit-
lance ,o,,,1
",rc vou Mrs Iiggs husbandE asked.
"I haven't the honor, ne ans"e'eo,
showing n white line oi teeth NOW
Won arc really ANXIOUS To Ret o'i' % 'a,ae
CORNER I should suggest YOU mount Nondcr
cLair clin,h Ike The nimhle faun to yon
hannnct liable and then leap to my
arms. ne ftiti' ~
rho mockinr gravity OF lns tone brought
. l,,gb to my bps But | sat quite stu
~ an @corn ms simple but harmless
,,,,r.~tinn2' he cred Il have IT lsc
,nIr scrlbblng brush as skate and
nro,uL Yourself along by the scrub pau
around me the iioor was drying ~
matches of whitcncss. and sat back com
iortablv IN ~, corner 10 wait. suddenly
was aware of nv skirt pinned around
my wYi.t and sleeves that left my arms
bare almost tn nv shoulder unmnned
nv sleeves while the Young man $ tace
became suddenly embarrassed
II really came, YOU know, - see
coldut bc oi some n5c si"afd YOU
were setting III housekeeping aud
thought might pull aud maui Tor You
Man IS tho most useful domestic an
mali he ended quantity
The thought flashed through my mlnd
"Why isn't il, lighting perfectly strong
fellow and here he stands IT my window on
a brIqht day and wastes hiS time with me
"lou can help me ! suggested =
haven't seen 4 newspaper for two days
and | don't know whats happening
in the war
Faint As The suggestion was. thlnk hc
must have caught il for hl> lace, that itad
been sa merry and teasing, flushed =
painfrl rcd and hc turned his head to
look over tho blue bills that hid the hori@oh
He tpld ire I'M a few serious Wof' 5
what had happened what We had 70
hope. what No had done, nut Is nc
spoke ms cy,s did not meet mine anu
Ills yolrr M longer held that laughter
ii is tone
III were onl, man. hroathed
"Ptrhap. It's harder IT, SIT and waI'
than to 60 over there and know YOU ~.
countiu.. hc said with h"ylsh smIte
/ wondered Why hc had not caught
my meaning. ana heed only taken nc
words ~ moan nae hut his next sen
tcncc showed me why.
Airs Damon would hc charmed 70
havc s.o,I come 10 dinner With us Con
trar> ILL country ~tvle. VIC dime ~ seven
Nii ,o,I 10 III that honor Again hc had
Shpn,~l Ia hiS teasing form Ct speech
III should hc glad to | answered.
The ycrnc man turned and s'roic
M il fltr sunlight with hlS blond har
uncovered ! had Just . glimpse q him
Al H. ~too0c} 70 pick up something nc haa
,lropnc,I Il tho ground, then he turned the
corner ~ the house
rvcn i he were married, he could
do sonnet hing ! thought lie dldo
seem lIkr i farmer Act he Was nee Toy
ana wondered what lis ~1fc would he
like
81 least mv neehhor- Nerc kind about
b.l1,Inr mo ont thc first Vcoh. iar iad
not vct grown u~td IS managing thr hlg
black stove that cemed tobc lie bugoear
of my housekeeping
This afternoon would hcgn n.
painting ii rho WnodWorr though
happil, went - Il" !unhied 0forc
room ard rescued tie ll@ can Y whit"
paint Nuh 4 nail and stone, tried I"
open Il pounded and hammered unth
| had It last made 4 tiny hole Then re
urmhered suddenly the laughing mah
words Man Is the most useful domestic
animsIr ! should welcome any ore.
fought honestly Bu1 worked on qtute Hlth
without interruption that afternoon Jmli
] realized suddenly ! Wa gong oal .
dinner
room. where passing farmer had hauled
il for me looked over my clothes care
fully. but nothing seemed nice enough or
fresh enough At last | chose the only
dress there wlsto choose-the blue serge
| had worn every day At Mrs Newton
for a morning dress That would do Tor
these country people, decided
Yet could almost fancy Mrs Damon
would be very Young and gay and pretty
With such a bright, funny husband
At five O'Clock / ceased my work, and
tried to rib some of the white paint of
nv fingers. under the cold water Of the
cracked rack mirror in the sittingroom. and
hoped | did not look as ugly rs the
vciowed. broken glass told me that did
/ slipped into ny old blue dress and leav-
ing my door unattached ! stepped out into
the rosy light.
suddenly | laughed aloud
Where docs Mrs Damon lve2 /
walked up toward the big white house
10 inquire
Tomorrow New Friend
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