Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-09-27
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| nor be described AS pools TuNSt.lv
| No one had ever wondered what sry-St
lay in their depths for there was no
secret and obviously no depths They
| were Just gray eyes.
Her hair was merely brown: Il ,olild
never in a poets widest flight be re.
ferred to as chestnut shot with soll
/ nor as amber rejecting points of aatnc
| II was just brown hair. She wore il
| parted on one side and done simply
a hsr o nsek ws sne H Whv "eyer w9S
! wear 1t any other way? There was no
one 20 dress for but the Mooreheads.
and Mrs. Moorehead reserved the rieh
tF>sll the elaborate cOiffures in that
household.
Then too. she. Nraminta. ALWAYS wor.
| shirt waists and skfrts. very nice shirt
waists to be sure always, and neat
tailored skirts but shirt waists and
| still considered one piece" dress tn.
height OF giddincss in dressing. and
n not shoes hn. We're made with Nat heels.
! fashion. but the Oldest. She had never
bought a pair Wits the slightest pre-
tense Of curve.
/ But, although her features were un
rcmarkable and her clothes II platitude.
no ono had ever said Araminta wasn't
tauSe no one said much about her All
AZ NJ fiIrnination was part of her rou-
H Hnc. That and teaching Hortense
| Moorehead her French grammar and
IL, His name was Galahad, but he didn.
IectWcS that best describe this knight
OF mathematics. Latin and Greek. were
Win ''i rrm i ne, eyes behind spectacles
brown aud ncarsighted. also like Ara
mn without high lights or hidden
/ hsht and brushed 50 tiatIy and smootni,
againSt his head as 10 give the effect
VI we're r'n ,,w. not no quite dry His clothes
Intellectual dark gray. and his 49,, 81,
= many to'ny bow OF black. Galahad was
pVpr
y, ms way to declare that the in
iikc ,ra assembled his prototype, still.
looking. AZ d" oau
The two OF them often walked in
iish s @',n,n AFTER tea y lovely old Eng
S1 Satueh II was. with high walls
INA enormous areas of foXslove. can
LernurN bells. snapdragons and holy
But no matter how wondcrfu, ,ho
hunsct' or how romance laden ,hc
a anSsTg; these two never thought of
"t;i,, s'ms ma"rS sentimental than Theo-
ny Harvcl or O'Dcn '"'S
,bi mnE G Gias should they talk of any
clothes and lived drab lives. ana 49,
Snppp0Sed TO eliminate their nersonaj-
/ Of ,ha meteor" Gn It was natural to talk
Neither ever thought of coming an
OPINION or sensation of his own
Ana so things went OH and on. and
! and waist and skirt and was no,,traI
r,JouEh To have pleased dozen Mrs
n ""rmmshds. and Galahad Dit had never
SUI wore coloriess cravats and hose
anu big spectacles, and failed to see
any beauty In the roses.
th'ii tatc. one day. in mad caprire
picked up these Two ana Hung them
pei nell into the heart OF the world
wcpo 'n ssaI "' and Of lfe,s where things
where love and hate rciCned srnr"ma
,aianad was drafted.
>, mat all there is 10 say about him.
lie merely disappeared from the Moore.
head household after a few handsbnt
ihEs and good wishes, and the rune
caused by his disappearance soon Set
Moorehead. IT., was ready for college
anyway. and he was going campin,
Tor the summer
Then the parents Moorehead ana
lortcnsc. accompanied BY Araminfs
leit Tor the Rockies. Aramlrta was n
nHr rs there, not so much for
r'chch and history. as for kespinc.
tho way Wv VI
Her return to New York had to do.
US nhd tialahads departure for cams
with government order II VAS this
Mrs. Moorehcad came 10 her in rrea,
excitement one day, as she and Hor-
tense returned from walk
Miss Werner" She said. INF. Moore.
mc"h tells me that the railroads will
no longer carry our private ear on It's
regular trains: that they only attach
/ such cars to freishts now Also that
| used IS carriers. l will not return on
| freight train and I also have no in
| ,"niion Of allowing tho Gondola' to
| u" used for hauling potatoes or dear
knows what. There is only ono way
unat can Sec out OF the dilemma
rhal is for yon 10 so to New York
IN the car tomorrow, and 50 there Will
be no reason for the newspapers 10
talk about my refusal to comply with
inc s0vcrnmcnt orders You arc TO go
| as myself"
YOU Mrs. Moorchead, Dnt ="
Araminta hesitatcd and looked down
Moorch"ad's own fashionable figure.
Never mind rs easily accom-
al right III give her a day at at YOU "".
You arc about my size. and my things
VIII tit YOU perfectly. I'm sure Al
shut and c2t three meals q day until
YOU reach New York. No ono will
know the difference, M. Moorchead.
myself and iiortcnSc shall return next
week by Pullman.
Araminta took on" look at herself
in the glass when Susanna had finished
mex; day and thcn-for almost the first
time in her lifc--hcr cheeks grew
flushed, and into her eyes there came
q look--wcll. ono could never say now
that they were merely gray. Md the
soft ripples of her hair where Susanna
had waved II caught the sun and---as
for the amber shot with eold--Ccrtainly
Cinderella could never have changed
so completely,
once in the car, she brcathcd again.
II was 50 unreal. Surely She had
turned into u fairy princess. She know
for the first time that SHE was pretty,
very pretty. and the consciousness Of
II kept tho flush on her cheeks.
And ihcu-camc the prince. Gala
/ had" Yes. In the big spcctacies and
/ mediocre clothes and long, fiat hair
No. But 4 lieutenant with wonderful
tan. his shoulders straight and look
In his brown eyes that had never been
there before. oh, such wonderful
looking Ci,lnhadi
why. thought l understood the
Moorchcads were returning today"
he Saspcd. And got leave 10 come
down from camp and seen them off,
I'M Won. MlSS AIrnc FL don hlA. ..,, "A