The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-31
DAILY
i STORY
Anew Leaf
- jesse DOUGLAS.

teT A8G,s sa4d .Aslita with quiet
Decision, ''gotng to set mar
FtSd."
mo gin on the couch opposite
saye Z eurese Of astonishmcnt
'afeiita. You! whenT
n don't think its the most tact-
{nl thing IN the world to be 80 sur
orisod," Melita said slowly. be
StSus6."
"oh,. / dtdn't mean IL! That Is
h nsyer expected you. Why you're
& such q good business woman and
you never look at man and -
You mean a.nAn never looks al
2 ne. 36eiltS Post said a bit "4st-
aoh. my dear, you're a swes,
thing and all that, but you're not
Exactly q mans girl"
The color famed into Melita's
eh6eaEB and IT looked for moment
- though she were going to cry.
I'm going to bet though, fou'H
-eghsn do you beSin?"
n ~ shan begin on E0E YeATS--
tomorrow night at your dinner"
; SdAHe Griffith shook out her
fluffy skirt, ran her hands through
her bobbed light hair and catching
IN her bat, ja1nned 1t on noncha-
lantly aS she turned TO the door.
u wish you luck" woS all she
3 v6uefsAfed.
when she was alone 1felita stood
10 WITH that samo air Of resolutc
decision and began TO pull the pins
mt OF her hair. Thick. straight
( hair that was brushed smoothly
back from her forehead and twist
ed into single coil behind fell to
Z iiGr waist. With something like
tierceness she pulled of her tail :
bred skirt. her severe blouse and
stood IN her little frlnSed petticoat
locking with disgust at the whit"
4 lace that stared back at her.
i Quickly she went to the door.
locked iE softly and then pullco
opeh her bottom bureau drawer.
She laid a sleeveless black frock
with q deep cut on tho bed. then,
on hands and knees. she drew from
their hiding lace a lip pencil. :
pair ur green earrings with swing
= ing loops, 4. high carved comb with
q sparkle Of green and brilliant
tade-eolored slippers and stock
gihSs.
II with rhe same concentration
t7ae che lent to her office work.
size bent over the picture OF May
,Arline, the movie actress and,
studying the folds OF waved hair
on the actress head. she began 70
t5Sist and torture her own hair into
something like a copy. Her arms
! fhree times in despair before tho
result she desired grow into shape
When she had slipped into the
: sleeveless frocS and felt the car.
lihss swing against her check as
sIl6 fnoyed. she looked at herself.
Z The old Mel.tn still gazed At he:
tI.oln the pitiisss mirror until she
lifted the lip pencil and made her
HpH into soft red glow that
+ Tnoete0d from her white face. Just
IA tiny shadow under the eyes ana
she would be through.
She stood watching herself with
+ her heart FACILITATING, dropped her
+ ,ey6lA5hes, lifted them as she had
I soAn Nellie do with greatest cffoct,
{ smiled back over her shoulder ard
blew a ldss with airy affection
from the palm of her hand.
Disgusting! she said suddenly
flinging herself down in chair.
~ won't go through all those tricks
and"
She stopped. Wasn't ii worth 60
Ing through ill those studied wiies
S7for the sake OF a homo Of her
Gown?
z Melita YisualIzed the very house,
: tiny and white with brilliant green
iFshukters, and polished bcll-pull. She
y RtSiRed through the fresh rooms OF
lher dreanih0use, sweet with flow
ers in blue bowls, watched the cur
tsins blowing In the breeze.
strsieht ened the white and gold
tplates IN the dining room on the
stable, het for two, and came back
I to reality with painful Jerk
d Miss Melital Gennemen to see
3 ya1!" a voice called outside her
4 door.
q With something like horror she
Remembered that Arthur Bridges
had said he would leave that brief
\ Spf his With her to be copied! Arthur
3Brsdgss, the man who dictated lot.
sters to her escfy day and fed her
work as though sh6Sewere n we'll
9soiled machine! "
4, Eve got to have SorhS practice"
S'shg uuayGred and stood ID, sudden
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