The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-07-26

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III galt keep t,pie thllSins q
~ LII IN worrying on ttlakt
g.4tth haall't broken poWA
4s atlist gone away or y he
ma lhly have understood thai Y
n lid rGthsF have married. him sica
yet at III. BUT what's tbs
6t trsttIEs. spry?" the girl
Y Off Mother has TO be Kept
shealeines aud comforts and 4 II
III Srousssaux 10 do & then
Nus saux I'll inake-=thatSs all.
ras collie lying Z: Evelyn Tain
ssiS feet opened ons brown eye
tIaz Is, gave two feeble tlops to his
liHhiiy tail ana closed bis eye again
III Was ACCUSTOMED 10 hearing her
iaik 10 him and he knew that he
You'd hsye no peace until he show
N some sign "a understanding and
1ypipaihy, "a no had long ago TORN
kd TIC habit Of wasgins his tail in
,iis sleep whenever he heard bis
iame mentioned.
y girl stitched away bustly on
Phi, itls handsome tucks and tried
10 nialss shefsSlt eIisve that she en-
fox d the soft radiance on Miss
dlsntfs face when she came to be
When d. I have to come back
j. be tried on?" Miss Conner ask
ED The next time she came.
4 It WON'T be necessary for a week
|lr so. You see 3we'se practically the
Rme size except for the best
dresses I can get along 1retty
w'ell without YOU"
That's a fact though l never
'noticed Il before" said Dorothy.
! Evelyn worked early and late on
he pretty things stitching as ear
'nestly and with as much interest
as II they were to Be hers.
when al last the wedding dress
was finished Evelyn wrapped 1t
tRpde riy In tissue paper aud put 1t
n ITS boz. II was a wonderful
hing o. puFsst white and that
AWAY she could not sleep for think
ing about II. In the dark shs
,ould see It In front OF her shim-
mering white-each fold In Its
place:
I'll never tried . oni. l won
der no wld leok in it, she said
Without taking time to think she
.leapt out Of bed and flashed on
,the light. For a long time while
she1sat in front Of the mirror fix
ing her hair Ia It's softest most
girlish way, then she slipped on
her lindefclothes and went out into
the dark sewing room. At every
step she stopped to listen for a
I nd from Her mothers room but
tdS was stu sleeping quietly.
the next morning she rose early
I'd went 10 work On pFosy under.
!7feaf, but to Evelyn nothing was
prosy any more. Each garment
seemed alive to her, and she work:
ed with q feeling Of love toward
them.
Herrei1estions were interrupted
Thy me tinsling Of the telephone al
n elbow.
~iiss Tfsinor'" said voice a,
1the other end.
"yesls,
This y Dorothy Conner. IL
Just wanted TO say that / shan't
need the tFpasssau1. Do anything
you Ike with it-keep tt-throw Il
away Ave y away; / don't care
| never want TO see 1t asain-lt
would kin me. Send tie Bill"
With . sob Miss Conner huns
,b HE receiver and for a minute
Evelyn sht In her chair stunned
She went through the days work
mechanically, scarcely REALIZING
what she was doing.
l. ntust have been a year lates
that Evelyn read Of Miss Connor',
elcpemett with Tom birmingham,
That day she Got out the almost
fcreettsn ttouaseau and had an.
otAe dress rehearsal.
f11etelt Bitter toward It for a
while after she split up, but IguesG
u lcyeit again now and III keep Il
: Its mine, z she told herself,
"Ireally am so wonderful III this
Dress. She couldn't help comics.
sing 10 herself as few minutes
later she stood once more in front
Of the long mirror.
The door bell rang sharply and
Eyslyn held UP her hands IN dis
az What should she do? II II
rang again II would certainly wake
her mother who was lust getting q
lltsle nap after a night Of pain
sAe slipped down the hail and op.
ening the door a crack put her
had around the corner.
eJ-Jim! oh. Jim!" she said rush
spg toward him.
Good Lord, Evelyn" he ex.
claimed staring at the gown. 1T
CAN'T be 10. Don't-don't say this
- POUR Wedding day II came
bltk hoping you'd wait for me, i
ifopped our correspondence my
recoSe ~ was 80 uncertain / didn't
Dfeel had the right to ask you to
men she told him all about the
'tro1seeaux. ~
+Let,s SO right now. my. darling
and get faarried.n he nleadad ~