The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-05-31

TIE DAILY
IsE4OR SlORY.
A Matter Of Duty
sy Il. Hay saoss

~. mere, BhteI9ed by o curtain, SUI
lal watched Henry Gordon dis
ppeaf round y corner Of the street
sAe dropped into a chair and
iektd up q magazine. The cover
~etrebsntea IN lns.ptd young wo'
man carrying parasol and a dog
ioUgins i%nsfapture over a fence al a
stack Of hay, The cover oppressed
Alice, 90 she turned to the back and
abBsntly began reading an adver-
ttsement IN colors.
spiscoyeredt The Elixir Of
foithy ran the headline Of the aG.
geftlsement in bright red letters,
Anda subtitle peloy I: was:
why Have Wrinkles? Use syl
% Halls csrmIne. Cold Cream ar:
ASnish Signs OF Age and Worry.
Then there were two pictures,
one or woman wh0Emight be about
) years old. and the other q girl
81 perhaps, IS. on perusing further
Alice discovered that the two per
sons were one and the same, the
first being before and the other
after using the wonderful Gar
Niue Cold Cream
Alice discarded the magazine and
smiled bitterly.
perhaps / had better invest in
some OF That she mused. "Not
\ nat I'm 50 old, but I'D like 70
panish worry. must be getting
liberal supply Of wrinkles, and
n be looking like a hundred years
bid IL this ordeal doesn't end pretty
scon. Why can't l muster enough
courage to do my duty to Henry aud
glf2'
The ordeal in question began two
Jweeks ago when Alice first saw Hen
W With another woman. They had
been IN . restaurant dining and Al
co had happened along and had
seensthem through a window. The
view was from a distance but It had
been sufficient to convince Alice
that her rival was young and good.
looking.
she waited for Henry to speak Of
the matter but he did not mention
IT. Inasmuch as he had been engag-
edstp Alice for a year 1t would have
been the proper thing for him to ex-
plain himself, she thought.
Alice was willing to let it drop
only the very next day Jennie Quai
N,tes who worked with her in th,tahoe
manufacturers office came to her
Z win a story Of having seen Henr.
withgaSsyery stylishly dressed young
, wniaan' at a matinee. Soon after
ether friends were kind eGough to
pfofm her Of episodes of a similar
5tufe and finally Alice again saw
be pair herself at the same restau-
ant, through the same window.
Then she decided she must act.
She could no longer Keep Henry's
ing. He had fallen n.lovey with an;
other girl and his own, sense Of duty
was preventing him from stepping
out o. Alise's life. That Was the way
Alice figured It.
Three times after Alice had made
that decision Henry called on her,
and three times she had tried to
act as she had planned. But she
cared so much for him and he treat.
ed her sd much, as he always had
that she could not bring herself to
The climax b t'their romance that she
! had determined upon.
Finally, IN desperation Alice
sought the advice OF her aunt who
NOS worldly wise and verssd in mat
ters pf the heart, having had three
husbands and survived them all. She
found her aunt performing her toilet
and making ptofise ute OF some
crimson raste-llke substance which
shestook from . large jar.
Making myself young again." ex.
7 planned the aunt. rubbing the oily
substance into her face. This Is
sylvia Halls Carmine Cream which
restores youth, bapishing old age
and wrinkles! You won't know me
wien ! get made up. l think III
Try my hand at matrirnony again
when have caihoutlaged the traces
Of Father Times scythe."
She refused to become serious
when Alice related her tale Of woe.
tsThere's only one OF two things to
dol advised the aunt Hand him hi:
ring and forget about him whats
one man more or less? There's q
plenty OF them.) Or get busy and
beat out this other woman that has
stolen his affections. This may sour
terribly slangy, but that's the result
the youth restorer getting in Its
Swork.
aBut / love him too much to lei
I'm 30, even though it's my duty
Protested Alice, land | can't bring
myself to entering in a contest fol
his affections, especially when I've
h6dlthem all to myself for so long,
Better think 1t over then" said
che aunt. "You have my advice ant
M the bestsI ca .ngive. eBtter lie,
mtake the Initiative II you cant
% 1t yourself"
Unjust, though. It's my plain duty
break off our engagement and lei
Henry aud this other woman enjoy
Happiness. III do 1t the next time
Zee him In spite Of the inclination
offmy heart,H
And Alice took her leave, while
u her aunt mutteted something about
heart affections rot!' and resum
adglathering her face.
\ while Alice was passing the win
dow however, the aunt appeared t