The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1921-07-07
Ne Girl Who Was
Followed
by H. LOUIS RAYBoLp

thought ne ell % Emily Curtis
stacked I hoe sue viewed the toppling pile
Iist ho~ s Them half-heartcdlv sl,a
-. ner gaze wander through tho 80,
uoWs across the meadows s- 49,
n Iipehed grain. Mellow ac.ohos
unsi'lhe filtered through ,,o 80
~n. uees OF the orchard, aud the Va.
srant wind brought to her aors t ""
Inull chop-chop Of the s,Io ' ours 'ne
nut Emily had neither ewes nor aors
~ Che sights and sounds Of tho 60
nne mad had enough of farms ''''
,sno uS s IN the act of lifting the
..snes from their bath of suds into rho
er' she dried her hands On tho
v''er towel, and from her blouse tool,
crumpled letter which had boon
tVugnt by the ruras mnil corrior ,ha,
'ery morning. She mad No, sho,ro1 :.
fnlsie. "ipro'eu Vi
my one paragraph In It was really
np ~, TO Emily. The rest was
felh In Maisie's best STYLE
You ought to be here with ,.o,.
eice IKE bfrd'-the note reod-
H'u "unter needs more girls. Ire
sy work and you could bunk with
I've been trying to get somebody
CUTS room rent In half"
What good did a voice like a h,,,, A,
~ Oh u ihfan' thought Eully bitterly.
ou ruined II shouting your head OH
H..
the men that dinner was ready. or
hIng 10 gohn that the wood box need.
Milling. Singing Sunday evenings in
church choir where there were six
POS for every soprano was only tor.
ent. II 'Snly she had the courage of
mtittenP
Vague thoughts OF rebellion were
lring within her, but the dun round
househ0ld tasks claimed her, crowd
In on her discomfort.
'he next morning. Emily stood pin.
her summer hat on her trim little
Pu' II was the day for the weekly
MFe 10 Jamestown to do her market-
and meager shopping. She always
ked forward to II.
WIN" "oHH enleTPu, Ia ner- sur
Pc he was in his old farm clothes.
Emily" he began. hesltatingly, I'm
Wy, hut ! cant get OH This morning.
n last hand hired went out on n
re last night and hasn't shown up.
rhere's no need for you 10 give up
pg though Jim can drive you as
as L. lJim was the boy they had
Pm from the county orphan asylum
20 the thousand and one things
nt the place that did not require
pans strength. And here" he
ged his Inland into his pocket and
hht out "a wrlnkled bill. per
y tNs VIII help make up for your
ppolN tment," he said awswa rjlly.
a IN extra had come in"
Iuring tiNe long drive Emily nursed
nnger at Nohn for spelling her fun,
he put Ityt2 herself.
few mInntA later Emily sent the
4ildered Jim home, bearing IA note
pr husband which she had scrawled
lily on the back Of her grocery list.
Year John:
I'm sorry.tb I'm sick of fGrm
Die. I'm taking a chance 4 had
20 go TO the city. Don't think 100
badly of me. EMEliY.
She herself walked to the small
lhprban station and waited for the
Ness.
Bix months later, In q nine by twelve
gy-papered bedroom, Emily atRt a
e uneven legged table, and dumped
the contents of her pOcketbOok.
b. there was not very much there.
Iainly not enough TO carry her BOng
40 Gunter put INTO execution his
'Ast to let her go at the end Of the
H There was nothing the matter
Fber voice, he had declared frank
Nhd she SOt by with the dancing,
abe hadn't the ".go," the peg
NaRted In dbis bunch OF girls.
Az Esmily pOndered abe future, de-
N'eut wrinkles furrOwing her fore
~ the door Awung op6n and Maisie
ff In, very breezy and alive.
n sarry, BRlly," she said, but
Hoing to give up my share Of the
~ I've got a sChance 70 go I'm with
W. Of giEfs uptown, and"
Nat's ak right said Emily weari-
De had suspected for aome time
Naisle's desire for her presence In
n ety had been ,aetuated solely by
|fe need Cor some one TO help out
h he rent. One thing more or less
NOTICE did 6ot make much differ
oor EmIly had something eI&e TO
nv over besides lOsiAg her room
~ or her job. She was losing her
lfdence In her ability to took out Tor
rsalG
For a week now she had been fol
lowed when she left the restaurant at
followed by a siouching,
stoop- sheuldered individual, In a
bat and worn Overeoat pulled
up about his ears.
Emily had expected TO run Into all
sorts OF disagreeable experiences In
ne big clay. To her unsOphistieated
liIn6 the city was full OF evil. Yet,
10 her several months Of cabaret life,
this was the first bit that had touched
her personally, and so far this had
4