The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-21
AMY AND DICK
Chapter 80


Dick was gentle, faithful, rather shy, |
the type of man that always falls in
love with the type of woman that Amy
belonged to- lie was perfectly happy
sitting on a chair across the room,
watching every movement, every eX-
preston, or his adored Amy. His cur
ious, attractive greenish eyes never
left her-much to the amusement OF
Jane and of Luther and the annoyance
of some of the men who came around
TO see the Talbot's.
And Amy remained serenely uncon-
scious of his adoration-or APPARENTLY
so. Usually she was indifferently nice
to him, often she leased him about his
freckles and his rather round face, his
black hair that never lay in an orderly
fashion on his head. Dick had square
shaped. chubby hands. that made him
seem much younger than he was, and
square-shaped finger nails, and habit
of sitting with an elbow on his knee
and his chin supported in one hand
always watching Amy wherever she
was In view.
'I'll have to make a lot of money"
he rmarked one day.
why" asked Amy idly
You look so much prettier in fine
clothes than you do in old-fashioned
ones" he answered boldly. ~ should
like 10 buy you an ermine coat"
hate ermine," Amy answered, and
got herself neatly out of an embarrass-
ing bit of conversation.
Dick was always cast in the depths
of despair by such treatment.
But he never stays down long, "
Luther observed once. What did he
offer to get you today"
Amy smiled, her lashes dropping a
little over her brown eyes.
"A house on Riverside Drive or
something OF the sort" she answered.
How often does he propose?" Jane
wanted to know, looking up with an
amused smile from her book
ooh, every time he sees me. Such
4 BORE The girle drawled out The
words, though she was smiling a little
too.
Luther threw back his head and
laughed, the first genuine ringing
laugh his mother had heard since she
came to the city
You are getting on" he commented
But ! can't see you tonight" the
mother heard Amy say into the tele
phone. obviously in answer to Dick
IT'S my class in classic dancing.
know, it's two evenings a week, We'd
nesday and Saturday. No. tomorrow
I'm going to show with Ted No
I'm sorry. But Thursday I'm taking
Jane to a concert can't help II
Dickie, | came to the city to work
the concert Is work. An opera staI
is singing want to get into the
opera"
Various objections must ha~e come
from Dick. For after a long silence
Amy said GROSSLY. Don't be a goose,
and the talk ended Dick did not come
to the flat for a week, and when he die
he wore a suit of taior-made clothe!
that Amy approved Of and announced
that he had found a position.
Mrs. Talbot watched the other mel
who came to see Amy with a NOR,
jealous eye than even Dick possessed
Ted was an actor in Claire's company
Amy often lunched with him in III,
theatre district and went to Thursda,
matinees with him-his company play
ed Thursday matinees. Also, he wa
out about the time her dancing elias
was over, so he usually brought he
home.
But Ted had no money and a pre-
carious profession. Mrs. Talbot 500
saw that there was no romance there
Amy used Ted to make the acquair
lance of theatrical people. "If I can
get into the opera I'll try the chorus O
a musical comedy" she announced on
night. And Ted found in Amy a yer
pretty, refreshing type of girl.
Mark became the real danger. q
both Dick and Mrs Talbot conclude
after a few weeks. Mark was wealth!