The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-02-27
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SHORT STORY

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SElO n II STORY
The Flower Of Happiness.
lHy s. 3. HAcKLEY.
Copyright, 1919, by the Mcclure
Newspaper Syndicate.)
III Tow beautiful. how more than
beautiful Keith's singing Isl"
thought Eleanor Garrow, as q
clear tenor came in from the sitting
room adjoining,
Think III do to- do musical cheer
Up work al enc Of the " huts over
there T1al~ she heard Keith Litsey,
her husbands friend, saying present.
I'D been wanting to go until the
heart me- ached. so i went to John.
son yesterday. Sure, wen take you"
he said.
I'm glad for you, Keith. It's a won
9erful opp ortunity."
Eleanor detected a wistful note in
4 Halbert;s hearty voice.
wish he hesitated. II wish
could so to Johnson and offer myself
toe. What does Jessy say, Keith?"
"she doesn't know yet. was to fin
ish paying for that bungalow that
Jessy's set her heart on in another
year, and then we were to be mar
ried, but" he smiled q bit ruefully,
~ can't add much to the fund while
I'm doing 'Y'' work. I meant to take
my butterfly girl out Of that steno.
gTapher's place she hates next May
sure, but now I'll have to ask her TO-
wait"
Eleanor sighed. Jessy Glynn, she re-
Elected, for all her dainty prettiness,
was as devoid Of feeling as bisque
doll! Who but the embodi fication Of
selfishness would put on her young
brother the entire upkeep Of their lit
tie home and mother, and spend her
weekly $20-every penny-on pretty
clothes for herself? II only Keith had
had some clearness of vision with re-
gard to Beryl Armistead, who lived
alone in that great house her parents
left her. with only her oil d invalid
cousin and the servants -Beryl, who
WITH an l,er money cared nothing for
social life and whose rrea fast hanpin-
ess was In listening to Keith's voice in
the Ninth Street Church choir!
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sitting IN her car win the old cousin
IA the city park waiting for the pa-,
triotic concert to begin, heard Litsey's
4 voice
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