, 1921-07-21
The Happy
Exchange
By CORONA

llaAtlAt lHlAlltIlNAlA. HNlNEAfl1lA coming
from him. but there was a ay in the
ointment. and If was hir-he WAS en-
gagged To one of the prettiest. richest,
most popular girls in town and had
been long before she became his
stenographer, six months ago.
For that reason she felt lmpeIled
to hide the 10Y in her ewes and never
on,p had She let him address her thus
without some comment of disapproval.
81 know it," he would say miserably.
You're right and | don't mean to be
disloyal to Alice, but. confound 1t,
you're the MANIFEST thing | ever saw.
You constantly remind me of spring
sunshine and big. old-fashloned gar
lens all full of blossoms and intoxicat-
ing perfumes"
OH the girl caught her breath.
II used to live In a place like that,
Just full of flowers and IA wonderful,
great big old house that rambled end
lessly on"
"And what happened?' asked the
man, simply.
"Father died, mothers health broke
down and we sold the place when |
was fourteen and tried one climate
after another. Three years later she
died and | had to take a business
course. I've been at 1t ever since"
Poor little girl" said Ralph Bar
rows gently.
ITS not so bad" she smiled. "only
sometimes | get dreadfully homesick
for the old life and dreadfully tired
of ~stenography and typewritlng. Moth
ing but that six DAYS n week for fifty
weeks a wear. But. You're
making me sorry for myself instead of
being glad | didn't have TO be n clerk
in a store"
THAT'S n fact. CORY. you're a
p~hilosophical girl. aren't Won ?"
II was tbe first time he had ever
called her by her given name. He had
always said Miss Trevers before but
she let it 90 without 1t
was so hard TO be endlessly taking a
man down for saving things Won
wanted him IN saw esneciouv whom he
was so absolutely rminq and gem
tlemnnIy and so lovely about II when
Won did give him LITTLE hints
His fiancee was n cold. imuerious.
selfish thing who wouId sveen into
the office nee or twice a week glare
at CORY with unconcealed anlmosIty.
ask for Mr.. Barrows and mercilessly
drag hin of TO some luncheon or
matinee. Cory often wondered what
he could see in her and how anybody
on earth could love her enough to
want to marry her. She was so cold
and he was so warm and impulsIye.
81 guess that impulsiveness is ex.
actlv what"
With a Jerk she stopped herself.
I'm a Jealous little cat-that's all.
He loves her. | u and why
shouldn't he? I'm simply spiteful TO
%conjure up all these imaginary bad
qualities In her. but | love him. | love
him, and She doesn't love anybody. l
believe If I Thought she did II wouldn't
be so hard, but to give him up to
some one who can't ever appreciate
himi
Pm ravlng," she told herself,
abruptly. Love him-what right have
II Give him up-how can l give up
what isn't mine? But he should be
mine according to all the laws of ma
ture. l know he should know he
should"
The girl with the dancing eyes
looked blankly into space and tried to
explain the Inexplicable.
BY next morning she had made up
her mind and. with pale face and eyes
that did not dance. she confronted her
employer.
Mr.. Barrows,' she said, hurrledly,
I'm going TO resign the first of the
MONTH"
..If vou tb,nh tie hos, 7 Lnou II 10 -
he said quietly. II could trust you to
do the noble thing"
Miss Treyers flushed with gratitude
and was happier than she had been In
weeks.
THANK you so much.r she an
swared