The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1919-12-11
THE RESULT
BY MILDRED WHITE.

Pe"ean' ""'"' "''""'" "'""'"
anu 1 ioNe her 10 u's'ractioh'
rams e'uer sister sniieu.
Fan usually appreciates what Others
prize she suggested meaningly'
you think, the lover asked. ina
i ought to go about flirting with othel
girls In order to win Fans favor
WE'LL can't. Besides the other girl
might not be so impresslonabie'
charming modesty, Eleanor laugh
ed, but she realized the truth OF the
statement.
1T Is strange, she said. now all
men young and old. flock about my
little Fan. or course, she Is the dear
est girl In the world. but she treats
them all so mockingly. one would
think they'd resent H. Her young
heart has not yet been awakened,
Dicky, and you have AS good u chance
as any. l have told you-Fan always
desires the unobtainabie. III you could
make her Just bit JEALOUS
"Of whomf" the man asked brusque-
ly.
Eleanor considered.
Girls were inexplicable creatures.
Far be II from herself TO bring upon
this earnest friend the reproach OF a
broken heart. Richard broke the
silence.
Il know" he said. great Idea, "
you will coincide. You shall be the
object OF my apparent alteration Nell :
TIL make love to you under rams
saucy nose. and II she should become
Jealous We VIII take II for sign.
Me-! Eleanor gasped. "Ohl she
wouldn't be jealous OF me, Dtcky. I'm
too old. older even than you"
by a few months" the man
answered calmly. and not observa-
BILE TO the others eyes. You are SAT
est guess. Nell. When the game is over
you can return to-your knitting.
Eleanor gazed down nj the colored
wool In her hands. Something In the
careless remark saddened her Al
ways, II seemed. that had been her
lot After the game was oversize re-
turned to her knitting. At Fans age she
had been AS gay and popular as she,
but the merry game had not lasted
long. for the arms OF her small or
phaned sister had reached out TO her
demanding loving protection. And
Eleanor had not failed In the giving
She wondered now wistfuiiy' II Fan
might not laugh at the very thought
OF herself a. a rival.
"fou cannot object II you would
iuchard SAID am determined 10 De
your adoring slave. A certain red-goid
heao appears on the horizon. hlhuiy
un~na 'n's wool i'o" my 'e"'""s
nnss.
.nor "uSneu' In, ".e
r'oieu'cus'y ., ne. iee' WIN .ne ''n'
sou "oo' s.re'.ne, oe'".e" ".e na
suy s"' D.s1n " un~'ns'
ne "a'oneu ne' Inv ,"'en'A, VI IL
gaze oeousn' nusn :" "o
cneek " was an amusing %. '"s
e,u.' s's.e' u' s.',
si'hsn s'ss'e - -" '.'e '1u'e"'
w." ,ne - a..
want, 70" oes." p.omps
81 IN my o' p'e"' So '"' NV
DeH''
cant Riehar apsenuy mur-
mureo- nave 10 neip Ven WIN 'nis
~oo; aHerward shes going 10 snow
ne the view from the ndse'
Inc young girrs eyes "iueneo'
lou mean she asked. 'hat you
ioht want 10 20 WIN me
mot exactly that. Richard repued
apologeticaliy. He was evidently en-
Dsrrassed; Nell asked me hrst' you
see
"oh all right" Fan answered airiiy.
Bobby will be glad TO take me-
She was humming tune as she left
hem, but the glance she threw at her
sister was inQuiring. Eleanor seemed
happily oblivious.
Throughout days which followed.
he elder sister often found that In
1uiring glance bent upon her. Richard
played his part. He
termed habit OF reading aloud 10
Cleaner afternoons IN a nook on the
shore, plainly discernible from the
bathing spot which Fan and her ad-
nirers freQuented.
The game grew In interest ana ex-
element. When the younger sister