The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1920-07-22
BETWEEN LINES
BY ELIZABETH A. DE BAER.
20. 1919. by Mcclure Newspaper syndieats)

Olga was short with very large eyes
and very small mouth. she wore
her hair, black and shining, Irrte:. IN
the middle, pulled quantity down oycr
her forehead. pulled over the ears and
high in back. When George came 20
caii she wore her grandma hers
comb, which was very lOvely-then
hurried 1t hack among tissue paper
when he left. Olga's dresses we're
rufIly-most impractical, but she was
practical because she made them her
self. She could play a guitar softly
and roll her eyes at the proper mo-
ment, and, best of all, she was a good
listener. Put when ii came 10 talking
Olga was failure. She couldn't
say anything funny and her words
seemed to jump out in short, snap
by way. Olga couldn't talk well and
fortunately, she knew it--sO she didn't
talk much.
AS for George-he was big and awk-
ward, but loads of fun. He could
make his thumbs go out OF john and
Olga would cover her big eyes with
her little hands and beg hm not 70 be
$50 naughty" and said she wouldn't
look, but he knew she was peeking
through her fingers. He liked TO have
her at curled up beside him, and play
soft, slow music on her guitar while
they both looked into space. Yes, they
were deeply in love!
Then the house party ended and
Olga came back to school, fell into the
arms Of her waiting roommate, was
dragged upstairs and, lights turned
low, confessed the whole story 10
wide-eyed Jane.
"And Just think. dear" she ended
with q resigned sigh. It'll be two
months before I'll see him"
poor little thing" Jane eyed with
envy the diamond set fraternity pin
that chung desperately TO Olga's waist.
at must be wonderful 10 be In love"
The next day special came tor
Olga-it was n letter from George and
such letter Olga showed II TO Jane
and cried and laughed alternately as
she read II for the fifth time. II was
indeed a masterpiece, a clever, we'll
written letter, and Olga was wise-she
knew her answer was expected to be
equally as clever-it just had TO be
Moreover, she knew she couldn't write
a good letter any more than she could
tell good story-and she knew Jane
could. And Jane did True love
should not deceive, but Olga, in her de-
sire to keep Georges affection while
away from him, was desperate. She
realized her shortcomings and she
did her best TO outwit them. SO Jane,
under Olga's careful censorship, car
ried on the latter's correspondence
with her fiance.
All went well and everyone was ap-
parently happy until one day Jane,
red-eyed. told Olga she wanted TO talk
with her. She Topped down on the
cot among the pillows and looked up
into Olga's questioning eyes.
81 can't go on with 1t, Roomy," she
said in hollow voice, Il can't go on
deceiving him. and myself.
Eyes, I've tried to make myself be-
lieve don't love him, but l do-his
letters are so wonderful. L"
STOP" Olga cried; "do you mean
you have fallen In love with my
Georgef'
Jane nodded miserably and the tears
bounced off her check
"Yes." she answered simply.
Then desperately he'went on:
"And I've read between the lines,
it's me he loves, it's my letters, it's
the girl I've put into my letters-me-
mel"
"Oh, Jane, how can your and Olga
sank down. She wanted to cry but
she didn't, so she whistled bravely.
That night the maid came pattering
I'D the stairs with two cards for Olga.
One was George Potter" the other,
STANLEY Mills" She couldn't think
she went mechanically down the stairs
and into the reception room. George
caught her hands awkwardly and, ut
terry ignoring the tall. dark man be-
side him. said:
"Olga. tell me the truth-do you love
meT'
"Oh, George, what's the use if"
81 won't believe II, Olga know you
love me and I've come to explain every
thing. / was 80 crazy about you that
when l went away was afraid my
letters wouldn't hold your interest, so
I got Stan to write 'em for me. And
now. Olga, he's fallen In love with you,
and he says he's read between the
lines and knows you're his by rights.
He told me so this morning"
But olga shot out Of the room, fling
ing "be right back" to the surprised
man who stared after her In mo-
ment she returned dragging Devil
dered Jane across the room.
George, dear" she explained, sit
was Jane who wrote these letters-I
was trying to deceive you and" but
George had taken her In his arms. He
had kissed her twice when she sudden
~ remembered, and whispered.
Introduce them, dear"
L.. ~