The Washington times., 1920-12-17

Dy WINSTON CHURCHILL
Author or .Richnrd CsrveL- The
Crisis' and Many Other Novels
OF worid-w de Popularity.
<SU HAVE wanted to tell you how
grateful Mrs. Garvin-the
boys mother-was for the
roses you brought. She doe mt
know who sent them, but | in end
TO tell her, and she will thank you
herself. She is. living oIt IN the
country. And the boy-you would
scarcely recognize him.
II couldn't play tho piano for a
week after-that thing happen q.
She glanced at the space where the
instrument had stood.
You taught yourself to play:' he
asked.
II had music lessons"
Music lessons?"
mot heretofore I left home--up
TIE State, in a little country town
Madison. 1t seems like long time
ago. but it's only seven years In
September. Mother and father
wanted all of us children TO KIN w
a little more than they d, and
guess they pinched a good deal to
give US a chance. / went a year
to the high school. and then / was
all for coming to the city-l couldn't
stand Madison, there wasn't any
thing going on. Mother was against
it-said / was too good looking to
leave home. / wish l never had.
You wouldn't believe l was good
looking once, would you?
A BIT OF RETROSPECT.
1T was a fool to come, but 1 could
4, A I could think
of was to get away to place where
something was happening. | wanted
TO get into Ferguson's-everyb
in Madison knew about Ferguson 5,
what a grand store II was-but
couldn't.
Say, did you ever get to place
where you just had to have some
thing happen? When you couldn't
stand being lonely night after
night, when you went out on the
streets and saw everybody on the
way to good time but you? we
used to look in the newspapers Tor
notices of the big balls, ana we
take the cars to the West Emo anu
stand outside the awnings Watching
the carriages driving up and ths
people coming in. Ana the sahie
with the weddings.
the swells by sight. There was
Mrs Larrabbee-" certain awe
crept into her voice ana MISS
Eerpuson-she's sweet--and lot
more. ,ho
"1'here was foorwalker VINO
never let me alone the whole time
] was at Pratt's-he put me in H'nu
of a pallbearer His name was
%eIkirk, and he had family IN
westerly out on the Grade Suour-
bon Some of the girls never
carna hack at all, except to swaGser
in and buy expensive things anu 'ei'
us we were fools to work.
II made UP my nina "a go o"on
N Madison, but l kept putting
off. and then father dled' anu l
couldn't. l had plenty OF chances
better than that floorwaiker' bu.
knew l was good looklne' a
thought if could ohiy noIu
out l might get marrieo 70 So'.o
<aIIow who was well fixed. W hat
the matter ,,.. .ho
won't on rcflectingly, that wheh
,,,hot 7 wanted to happen dld nap
NEVER could take advantage
~ II 1t was just like that TO-
irht when YOU handed me out
tho bill of fare, and / ordered
heefsteak. And it was like that
,yber-when he came alons-l
Sidn,t do what thought I was
.o,no to do. It's terrible to ran
a. love. isn't il? / mean the reai
thing rye read in books that II
IL comes once, and l guess it's
So"
Fortunately she seemed TO eN-
,t M answer to this query. she
-. staring at the wall with I'M
seeing eyes.
az remember the time ] met him
~ was only four years ago last
.nring. but il seems like me-
.;ne II was Decoration Day, and
~ was SO beautiful l went out
Nth another girl to the park, and
,re sat on the grass and looked at
+,o slxv and wished we lived III
the country.
HOW 1T HAPPENED.
"He was in an automobllei
never did know exactly now II nap-
nened-wc looked at each otner,
"a he slowed up and came back
"a oakad us to take ride. l had
Lever been in one Of those things
~, that wasn't why | went, | guess.
we'll the rest was easy. lie lost his
head and I was just as bad. You
wouldn't believe me If told you
NV rich he was; 1t scared me when
T found out about him, and he was
40 handsome and full OF FUN ana
spirits, and generous! | never kne"
anybody like him. Honest, / never
.Ynected he'd want to marry me.
"Well. he'd get mad all through