Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1921-05-28

They won't ever be wanted now"
she said. sobbing, when Jill questioned
her. They're not grand enough
they'd hate being In a big house a.
much as SHALL"
You'll have much prettier things
much nicer" Jill comforted her; but
apparently Kathy was inconsolable; she
knelt by. the side Of the rickety painted
chest OF drawers and dropped bitter
tears on the little neat bundles of tea
cloths and linen which she had made
with such care and so many depriva-
tions. Jill knew that many dreams had
been woven into the simple work, and
she felt a very real pang Of sympathy
with Kathy. 60,
.'Kathy'll never make a rich mans
wife, Don said to her once, sneerinsly.
s1tl be like digging up a. daisy and
planting 1t in hothouse and expecting
1t TO feel at home"
Don't be so absurd" jill declared,
all the more vehemently because she
felt that there was some truth in what
he said. Don't I wish it were me,
that's oil should revel in the
hothouse."
"Oh, you !" said Don. But you're
so different"
She turned eagerly.
DO you. really think I amf Do
you really think so2"
OF course ] do /: nobody would be-
heve that you and Kathy were sisters
and that's why you'll marry a poor
man, and live on about tuppence> half
penny a week. Things never 20 right
In this world: the wrong people always
have the money"
Jills face fell.
It was a Saturday morning, and she
had just raced home lunchless from the
Office to take Don out for little while.
She had not been abe to buy the chair
vet, but as It was very fine afternoon
she decided with sudden recklessness
that they might hire one for an hour
or two. Don's temper had been worse
than usual Of late, and Jill dreaded
spending the long afternoon with him in
the stufy little room. But Don was taci-
turn, and refused to 20. 1t was too
much trouble, he declared. and he did
not want to go /: he hated being carried
up and down stairs he would far rather
stay where be was; the sunshine made
his head ache. and he disliked the jolting
of the ramshackled chair which was all
they could hire. He never considered
Jill in the least; II was nothing to him
that she wanted TO be out in the air (;
nothing to him that her head ached.
and that she looked forward all the
week to the one afternoon when she
might be free and enjoy herself: he did
not want to go, and as he was most
certainly not going to be left alone
Jill must stay with him.
Jill bit her lipe to check the angry
words that rose she knew he was ut :
| terly selfish she thought it very hard
that he should never consider her In
the very least. but-well, he was Don,
and so she took off her hat and coat
and sat down beside him obediently.
She had opened the window little
way when she came In, but now. In
response to fretful request from him,
she closed it again: the room was hot
and stuffy; 1t made her head ache q
thousand times worse than the noise OF
the Office and the incessant click Of the
| typewriter: she felt somehow. as she sat
there with her hands clasped in her lap,
as If she were a prisoner. chained to the
couch of this boy-kept in from life by
the four walls of the little room.
Other people were enjoying them
selves other girls whom she knew were
out in the sunshine, breathing the fresh
air-but she ss*
Don broke the silence.
II suppose you are going to sulk now
Jill looked at him gravely.
I'm not sulking-I was only think
About Kathy. suppose-youN al
ways thinking about her you care much
more for her than you do for me-"
"Of course l don't" she bent and
kissed him remorsefully: she knew that
he had spoken the truth; she loved
Kathy thousand times better than she
loved him; she was always thinking
about her and the future; always won
derng wondering
She had quite made her mind that
she would be Kathy's bridesmaid; she
! wondered with a little thrill IL per-
bapy Tallentyre would be best man
he was Ralph's greatest friend
she supposed Kathy would buy her q
frock,-she had already decided that she
! would wear palest amber--she knew the
| color suited her dark eyes and hair bet
ter than any other she had promised
herself that for that one occasion at
least she would have her hair dressed
| at a shop and her nails manicured she
would let Tallentyre see that she could
| look nice il she tried: even il she had
to 20 without her lunch for month l.,
she would be a success on Kathy' g wed :.
ding day. She wondered curiously what
sort of a girl Ralph Hillyard's sister
was: she could not understand Kathy
shrinking from meeting her; it was just
the sort of encounter she herself would
have enjoyed; 1t would have given her
pleasure to show all Hillyard's rela-
| tions and friends that she knew how
| to behave. even il she was poor and
came from Acacia terrace.
She lost herself in happy dreaming
of that one eventful day.