The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1920-07-22
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uptown" ,.,,hod
Young Vincent Drake lansne \!
and Jumped out 70 let the girls IN
his great car:
Bess Wilson hesitated; -.
q 20 10 the west side" she s il.l..
sYcIi Two 70 ahead. will Just
Ssxs 10 wait for a No. Is bus
Brake inyeighed her into the car
ne she was yet speaking -.
can strike toward the west
fIde 81 any ANGLE" he told hef.
WHEN they we're all three comfort.
.SEIy and thankfully tucked in ne
'StIined laughingly and impersona'
Tor orders. Law,
Az they jolted and sweryed along
N traffic. bound, snow-encurnbeseG
Z EgAnue he girls took complete emu
most satisfactory inventory Of the
y0ung man who so kindly rescued
lien from a more lengthy wait on
sthe street corner. Each pair Of
eyes said. Il like him-dont you;
Even had Drake been CHUNKY
inclined he could not have dared
Giving his attention for so much as
i moment to his three passengers.
sI1fiNrc was precar!ous and all MS
Aesa and energy were well occu,
liSd. However. when Nesta and
aele6 were safely depos!,t AMID
8 ia snowdrifts adorning their own
nsIghbofhood, he insisted on the
,tfifti; and lonely passenger chang
M from the back to the front seat,
you'll get iostled back aat:
torth across that bis seat, and De
sides. / will have to shout for d.
fecdons 10 your home
50 Bees found herself beside
Drake minus The small fur piece
shs had unfastened from her
sahroat. Il had dropped on the seat
and now, rather than trouble
pISke she let 1t remain until she
Enid get out.
HE "trip, over 10 the west side
Ras without any special incident
Drake had cast an occasional swift
dance at his tired little compan'
ibl, but words between them were
few. Perhaps Bess was too tired
! TODD more than Lit a pair Of heavy
flashes In acquiescence 10 some
rsnark of D.aks's, or, It might
have been a slase Of decorum that
Kept her from chatting freely with
3 This strange young man.
Interpreting her silence as the
latter cause, Drake essayed to put
& his charge more at her ease.
@You are about the umpteenti
passenger / have taken home dur
Ing this snow blockade. I've been
\ picking up people all this week
Doctor. orders that ] keep out in
The air as much as possible; 50
took this, means Of combining duty
With pleasure" !,
During the remainder Of the
drive to Bess's apartment door
Drake was conscious that the
Iirl's queer little personality was
making its way through the silence
She maintained.
Thank you 50 much" she said
s6NIy as she stepped from the car
..IWas ve:y tired tonight and ap
lpfeciate your kindness. Good
hight"
f.She was gone so swiftly thai
Drake hardly realized her exit from
4 his horizon. 1t was not until be
Z had plowed his precarious way Q
few blocks beyond that he cursed
himself for not having thought e
ret her address He had q feel
\ Ing that he could get to like Bess
but now he had lost his chance
She was q needle in a great hay
stack to him.
When Bess had climbed the tire!
diGhts Of stairs 10 the small apart
niant and removed her coat alt
E hat there was a quaint little smi!t
lowering about her lips. She hat
not taken OF her fur, because 4
Was NOT on her neck to take OF
twas In the back seat OF yorns
Brakes car. So the little smile
stayed In Bess's eyes with persist
eqt happiness while she prepared
8 nourishlng dinner.
Nex. morning she made q stoI
on her way to business. 1t was Al
D Lost and Found" desk Of ths
leGting daily paper.
The advertisement read: WI.
young man who drove three gill
hume from corner Fifth avenue ant
fourth street please return
tlt neckpiece, leitin carr"
As,ahe turned away from The
de6k and started to make her way
WITTY out lest she be late, she
Z coilded with a young man appar
onty bent on the same bushes:
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