The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1920-01-09

Miss Dale
t0, 1915. BY Mcclure Newspaper syndicate
By JANE DREW

You'll never know her ny sight 10y
iusa that description" said Steve Pow.
ers, digging diligently into the spaghet.
Il kettle with chain dish cloth. Rot
ten shame. the way your relatives land
these little jokes on you. anyhow,
pon'i they know you're keeping bach
elor's hall here with mef'
"She won't come here. I'm only 10
meet her al the train and not her over
to the Long Island terminal Mother
says she's blonde aud wears blue
serge sui; with white SIN waist and
| white hat"
rThere'll he 1000 girls dressed just
like that, Tommy, you poor fish, Salur.
day afternoon in the Grand Central,
suppose she has full description Of
! YOU, too--slender. distinguished youth
with dark blue serge suit, brown low.
cuts reddish hair, blue eyes, ;,ll't Be-
manner
Shut up" growled Tom "rerhnp.
you'd like 10 meet her Yourself Va
hoty'd evertrust you To take u young
person under your wing and land her
safely In the bosom Of her fnhl4ly."
yet ! shall 90 with you TommN TO
see that you behave" Powers warned
checrfully. "Ilare ever deserted you
IN amy emergency? M sir. I;rolher
10 brother, through thick and him, |
will stand at safe distance while YOU
meet her"
Therefore, promptly at three min.
uteS before two, there waited at the
lower level gate two anxious young
men. watching for Miss Virginia Dale,
from Tuckahoe, y. Y. But one after
another the arriving passengers dis
perscd and there was no Young blonde
person clad in blue serge with white
hat or white silk waist.
ibid We miss herr" asked Tom aux.
lousy. 'If you'd shut up and not get
me aIl ratified, Steve. I'd have been
sure"
Rnt Powers failed TO respond he
cause he had been acc0sted by young
person. Certainly she was not the one
expected. All in pink she was, short,
ruffiy pink skirts above white stock
ings and black patent leather slippers.
Her brown hair was braided IN pig
tails with big bunchy pink bows hiding
her ears and she had blue eyes.
~ suppose you're expecting yir-
ginia," she said. In the fricnhliest fash
ion possible. "Well, SHE couldn't come.
she's gone to be bridesmaid mp Mt
Elaine Farrell's wedding, because
Aune got sick aud couldn't. You are
the right ones. aren't yon' Which Is
Tommy I've heard Your mother and
your grandmother talk so much about
YOU. ] guess ! iust know everything
thnt's ever happened 10 you ever since
you were born"
How did YOU know about me?"
asked Steve. wistfully, you're lcav-
ing me out"
We'll" she replied MS between them
she tripped 10 the taxi. virginia
was telling about You. She says she
knew your big brother when he went
% the Jussand Military school mp
where We live That's about five years
ago"
Hes my younger BROTHER said
steve Rrsvely I'm twenty-five"
REALLY, You don't look IL. VIZ
sina's nineteen Pm thirteen. I'm tall |
or my age. don't you think sof Every
,ody takes me for fifteen. didn't tell
vou my name. did " Guess"
''Gwendolen." said Tom hopefully.
Agnes. Evangellne, Beatrice. Barbara.
Constance
''Oh. dear. no. It's just Betty" she
'huckled rs this our taxif'
II was, Steve thought with relief. All
he way to the Pennsylvania she kept
~ a running fire o. questions, and
inally made them promise on her way
lone they would meet her. and give
Ter a spaghetti dinner.
Right up In your most specipl Sc
ret place. she urged. last Of ell
Good-by. III tell Virginia how nice
GU were. She'll want 10 know which
5 the nicer, but don't know myself,
'ood-by.".
1.-THE little hirt,- gasped Tom. els
here anything she missedfr
"Pm engaged answered Steve sol
mnly. Eve got her silver pencil 10
nend and snapshot Of her. and shes
ding to send me n box of walnut fudge
very Saturday. ! think she's honey.
'ou can keep yonr lofty, golden-halred
Virginias."
Letters came from Betty every other
lay. IN to Steve. Likewise the box OF
udge. And he answered all loyalty
nd sent hack huge boxes OF marsh
naliow creams and Turkish paste tied
h pink satin ribbon. Also he sent out
lis folding kodak that had seen serv-
&c abroad. and various other things.
II want to- he said, In answer to
'om's teasing. II never had a kid sis
err, and she's a honey. II takes my
mind of my troubles. Let me alone"
Then came sudden visit from. Ted
he younger brother. Certainly he knew
he Dale family up at Tuckahoe, he
old them, while Steve listened, wide
yed. Virginia was the finest girl ever
appened.