The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-12-31
II DAILY
HQR ESTORY
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o J.EaStE, DOUGLAS.

eST AlGsE sa4d .Mslita with quiet
z decision, going to set mar
Tho gill on the couch opposite
rave q surG'e q astoniStment
'aIelita! You! when?"
n don't think lt'a the most tact :
Stll thing IN the world to be 20 sur
prtssd," Meltta said slowly. be
fpadSoy
@ob,. / didn't mean it! That is
II nsyer expected You. Why you're
4 such a good business woman and
: you never look at a man and
You mean q man never looks AZ
me- 9Gelita Post said bit W3st-
frsfly.
"oh, my dear. you're a swee,
thing and all that, but you 70 nor
exactly mans girl
The color famed into Meuta
T ehGSkB and 1t looked for a moment
'a6 Trough nhb were going to cry.
'.rm going to bet though fonll
sphsn do you be6tn?"
~ Rfsn begin on EoS 1eArS--
IS, tomorrow night at your dinner"
4 NoaHn Griffith shOok out her
fluffy skirt, ran her hands through
her oobbed light hair and catching
Z lin her hat, jammed 1t on noncha-
as che turned to the door.
"a wish you luck" was all she
voret1SAfed.
when she was alone Melita stood
atF ~ l1tr n
z decision and began TO pull the pins
out OF her hair. Thick, straight
hair that was brushed smoothly
{ back from her forehead and twist
ed into a single coil behind fell 10
z f,er waist. with something like
fiereeness abe pulled Oft her TAN
6red skirt, her severe blouse and
stood IN her little frlnged pettiCoat
Z locking with disgust at the whit.
face that stared back ut her,
& Quickly she went 10 the door.
= locked It softly and then pulI9o
.,sopch her bottom bureau drawer.
She laid a sleeveless black frock
With 8 deep out v on the bed. then,
on hands ana knees. she drew from
their hiding lace lip pencil, :
pair OF green earrings with swing
sing loops, q. high carved comb with
SS# tbariue Of green and brilliant
tads-eoIored slippers and stock
win the same concentration
Z taat she lent to her office work.
1 she bent over the picture OF May
,Ariine, the movie actress. and.
st1dyink the folds OF waved hair
on the actress head, she began 70
twist and torture her own hair into
some thing like a copy. Her arms
gAched and she took down her NAT
I three times in despair before tho
result she desired grow into shape.
When she had slipped into the
( sleeveless froclS and felt tho cur.
4 rings swing against her check as
( sh6 MOVED. she locked at herself.
The old Meiitn still gazcd At he:
s IRON the pitiless mirror until she
lifted the lip pencil and made her
j HIPS into n soft red glow that
I Inoeittd from her white face. Just
a tiny shadow under the eyes ana
she would he through.
y She stood watching herself with
I her heart paIpitatinS, dropped her
5SlASh9s, lifted them as she had
seen Nellie do with greatest effect.
smiled back over her shoulder and
blew a kiss with airy affection
!, from the palm OF her hand.
Disgusting! she said suddenly
Ringing herself down in a chair.
~ won't 80 through all those tricks
4 She stopped. Wasn't ii worth 60
ing through all those studied wiles
for the sake OF a home OF her
s.owh?
{ Melita visualIzed the very house,
tiny and white with brilliant green
j.ghutters. and polished bcll-pull. She
pAiKed through the fresh rooms OF
her dreaTlihouse, sweet with flow
ers in blue bowls, watched the cur.
tains blowing IN the breeze.
straight tened the white and gold
Snlates in the dining room on the
sssta'bley het for two, and came bncil
Ito reality with painful jerk
n Misc Melita! Geunemen to SET
;yahs a voice called outside her
D door.
with something like horror she
rehhem8e that Arthur Bridges
had said he would leave that brief
Y Of his NTH her to be copied! Arthur
fBrsd ne man who dictated lot.
tiers 70 hSr every day and fed her
work as though shS were u we'll
4soiIed machine!
I've got to have soTne practice
Sshe duayered and stood up sudden
u