The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-10-08
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BY 81 ARTtiA M. WILLIAMS.
IL Z. 4 n i1RjCYfs How / hate sew
MI ingig Elinor said peeTtsh-
~ iBhiy' as her thread snarled
TOT, tiie third time in a minute. -
but not quite as much as you
love new frocks-pretty ones
Doris answered, adding with a
smile. Never mind the knots--tts
sure Sign when your thread ties
up so you'll be married and happy
before what you are sewing oh
years out.
M / believed that Elinor
began with lurking smile. But
1sof course its supersti,
tons all are
I'm not so sure" Doris said
teAslngly. Science is finding out
that heap Of superstitions, so
called, are surface indications OF
important facts"
ttHow ridiculousi" from Elinor.
Doris went on rehsctively: Sup.
pose something inside you powerful
enough to captivate big man was
also powerful enough to make you
thread electric-you know almost
everything goes back now to cleo
tricity-"
II don't know any such thing
and / wish you wouldn't parade the
fact that you do. You make my
head ache worse and It's bad
enough at best. Unless I get help
somehow, this rubbishy thing
touching her work scornfully, will
never get done in tine-nor be- fit
to look IT,"
''Stepmamma will help II you ask
her nicely" Doris bantered.
Elinor sprang up, stamping her
foot, angry tears flooding her
cheeks. "You know wont ask
her-I can't" she sobbed. she
ought to do II without asking
taking my mothers place. And
you, my own cousin, ought to help. :"
Like heaven, we help those who
help themselves" Doris returned.
Elinor flung herself across the
he'd, crying hard. But at the sound
Of her name, spoken in a strong.
young voice below stairs, the tear2
ceased magically-after some little
business with the powder-puR, she
tripped away, pattern Of April
sunshine.
''It | knew enough I'd write 2
profound thesis on The Alternative
Value Of Timely Beau. - Doris
commented philosophically: But
those who need It would neither
read It, nor heed It. Dick BROMLEY
lleast OF all. He thinks Miss Elinor
came straight from heaven by air,
express. Because, forsooth, she has
Ebany.curls, beautiful hahY.starc,
Adances like a sunbeam, and sings
like q seraph. Strictly ornamental
Tine for keeping in cotton WOOL
iaT under a glass case, but apt to
Est Clipped In this rough.and.tUm-
BILE world. However, II is none OF
my funeral I'm no feminine knight
arrpnt yearning to save men from
the desire Of their own hearts"
Il Elinor rushed back. crying: Put
on your hat, Do'-Dick wants US tc
20 motoring know | can't I'M
iesB you will. Thanks to n step.
3 nfbtbktg We're to be gone. all day
lunch at some swagger country
Gtfjb and dine at another. She
stehmother. you know has planned
to teach me canning this after
noon. Fancy spending It in the
kitehen-witil such weather out
side
,sYou might do worse. I'd prefer
it TO playing gooseberry," Doris
said her eyes speculative. "Oh!
e YOU wont do that-Dick Is to pick
llp another man-over ut the TRAY
ers place." Elinor said coaxingly:
..Db come, old dear? Everything
psy depend on It."
In spite OF better Judgment,
Doris went. She was really sorry
for Elinor, a badly spoiled child,
fngdenly brought under a curb.
strict II kindly Naturally was
unhappy. Marriage was a way ont
II might also be way into worse
ana more lasting unhappiness. Dick
BROMLEY was as spoiled as Ellnor,
as headstrong, and eXtravagant.
| he would make ducks and brakes
of a decent inheritance IL un-
checked ElinoT would not check
him. But. said Doris to herself,
smiling whimsically: What good
time they will have spending
everything together"
The man picked up should have
warned Doris-he was so deep.died
IA cleric, pa1lid almost to anemig
and solemn as an owl. He looked,
indeed, much like the bird Of wis
dom, p6ering through huge horn.
fimmed glasses set astride beaky
nose. Entertaining him was easy
! it involved no more than playing
Saudience. But his droning an
9wered to mask the amorous dia
flogue in fun blast on the front seat.
Luncheon at the Country club re.
diced It to the terms OF bushes,
giskles and heads touching as they
bent together over the menu. Still
Doris WAS obtuse-it was, she
tii6nght, only the rebound. .Ellnoi
chad been held at home sewing for
Sthej two days past Naturally, &C
ciimulated affection broke Nout now.
But presently as they sped past
q roadside stone Doris knew that
they were In another state. Then
she became uneasy-this neighbor
FState was a Gretna Green for i'm
patient couples In that they had
huitted. She touched Dicks shout.
der asldng. SIS this an elopement
or what91
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