Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-08-27

for New Years eve year in advance.
There wers two gentlemen friends
/ one without any hair on his head-hlgh
| living ungrew it; and we can prove II
the other young man whose worth
| and sophistication he impressed upon
| you in two convincing ways-he swore
| that all the wine was corked; and he
wore diamond cuff buteons. This young
man perceived irresistible excellencies IN
| Nancy. His taste ran to shop girls and
| here was one that added the voice and
manners of his high social world to the
| franker charms OF her own caste. SO, on
! the following day, he appeared IN the
store and made her a serious proposal of
marriage over box Of hemstitched
! grass bleached Irish linens Nancy de-
| cIined A brown pompadour ten feet
away had been using her eyes and ears.
| When the rejected sutton had gone she
| heaped carboys Of upbraiding and horror
| upon Nancy's head.
What a terrible little fool you are /!
That fellows millionaire a
he was talking on the level, too. Have
ycu gone crazy, Nance?"
Have ?" said Nancy. 81 didn't take
him, did [? He isn't millionaire so
hard that you could notice 1t, anyhow
His family only allows him $4,000 a year
to spend. The baldheaded fellow was
guylng him about it the other night at
= supper"
The brown pompadour came nearer and
narrowed her eyes.
Say what do you want?" she in
| CURED, in a voice hoarse for lack of
chewing gum. Amt that enough Tor
you: Do You want to be a Mormon
and marry Rockefeller and Gladstone
/ Dowie and the King of Spain and the
whole bunch? Amt $4,000 a year good
enough for you7"
Nancy flushed a little under the level
gaze Of the black, shallow eyes.
1T wasn't altogether the money, Car
rle," she explained. His friend caught
him in a rank lie the other night at din
ner. II was about some girl he said he
hadn't been to the theater with Well
I can't stand a har. Put everything to-
gether-I don't like him and that settles
1t. When l sell out its not going to be
on any bargain day. I've got to have
something that sits up in a chair like
n man. anyhow. Yes, IN looking out for
a catch; but it's got to be able to do
something more than make a noise like a
toy bank"
THE physiopathic ward for you" said
the brown pompadour, walking away.
These high ideas, If not ideals--Nancy
continued TO cultivate on s. per week
She bivOuacked on the trail Of the great
unknown Catch eating her dry bread
and tightening her belt day by day On
her face was the faint. soldierly. sweet
grim smile of the preordained man
| hunter. The store was her forest; and
that seemed broad -antlered and big; but
always some deep unerring instinct-per-
I haps Of the huntress perhaps of the
wOman-maoe her hold her FIRE and take
up the trail again.
Lou flourisEed in the laundry Out Of
J her $3.50 per week she paid S. for her
! room and board. The rest went mainly
for clothes Her opportunities for bet
! tering her taste and manners were few
compared with Nancys. In the stea
{ fYr Hrv tn H..
wo-k. work and her thoughts Of the
| evening pleasures 10 come. Many cost
" and SNOWY fabrics passed under her
iron, and II may be that her growing
( fondness for dress was thus trans
mitted 10 her through the conducting
metal.
When the days work was over Dan
awaited her outside, her faithful
shadow in whatever light she stood.
Sometimes he cast an honest and
troubled glance at LOUIS clothes that
Increased IN couspicuity ather than In
style; but this was no dislOyalty; be
deprecated the attention they called to
Der ia the streets
And Lou was no less faithful To her
chum There was law that Nancy
should 80 with them on wha tsoever
outings they might take Dan bore the
extra burden heartily and In good
cheer II might be said that Lou FUR
uished the color, Nancy the tone, and
Dan the weight OF tho distraction
seeking trio. The escort in his neat
but obviously ready made suit. his
ready made tie and unfsiliug. genial,