The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-11-29
!, THE DAILY
STORY
Olgo.
BY DORA NOLAN

Olga VaS beautiful; her
ter friends said so. Also, SO said
&s world Ia general. Olga was
tickle; and. for this her mother
atook her to task. telling her that II
she did not mend her way she
would end BY marrying a good.
J tor,nething.
Poems might be written 10
GiSa'S eyebrows, which she wore
as IT," Sonrets to her extended.
upEard-sweepirS laBhes. and her
hair, long and curly could have
served as an i~nB2irational ad for
1.-The most expensive hair tonic, But
FoIga's strong point was her eyes.
Young men and older men too. fell
for them like pins after the shot
Of an expert bowler. 1t was as
though they were constructed of
some rare stained glass. beautiful
in the sunshine. but not Painting
the admlring gazer 10 see what
lis on the other side. Each sutton
JmaRined their beauty was the re.
v f'Cx Of his " alteration.
First It was an ensign, and an
officer Of the United States navy
was not to he scnrneh Olga's
mother said. WHY. who can teli2
He may he an admiral some day"
Olga liked him. she owned up to
that, but insisted that she did not
want to call the underworld her
home town.
Then came an engineer OF the
mechanical variety. He WaE earn.
ing a weekly hundred and as Mrs.
Landry put II, That much money
1 Is moi to be sneezed at" Olga
liked him. too, but he was n Wild
over. told Olga that she remind
ID him OF his wife. Olga answer
pa her mothers questions Why the
young engineer came no more to
call with the remark that she did
not relish taking the piare Of a
piece OF string tied around a mans
finEer. Mrs. Landry replied with a
sigh, IT wish you would sometimes
talk English, Olga that ! can IN
d~erstand!"
The next vas AL engineer OF the
electrical persuasion who had
made a name for himself. lie was
twelve years O1ga's senior. AS
olga'S mother phrased it, 1t
would give You such an important
tselIng to see your husbands name
mentioned so often in the papers.
To this Olga made answer, Il don't
want my c%hildrsn's father 10 he
an old man when they are jus:
~ graduatlng from college, mother!
y Followed a Yale student. who
must journey yet some way
through the realms OF knowledge.
and an atmosphere" actor from
Movicland. Olga however, did not
like the idea Of being engaged ;o.
two or three years. nor Of living
on air, even Of the screen variety,
Number six had recently passed
his twanty.f"at birthday ana had
received along with divers ncck.
ties anil handkcrChiefs. thc ErIuci-
pal Of n trust fund amounting 10 20.
zoe. This, together with u fourth
interest in an aged millionaire
& anafathcr. he offered 20 Olga as
q sort If premimum or hur%S along
with himself. Leo Danfnrth was
what oil ladies call "a micc boy"
az AAAElANN ~ lN5NfAA ltllAlN .
wit h:hc accent on the adjective.
Olga liked him rather better than
any OF the others. her mother sus.
pected. Olga was thinking it over.
Perhaps her daughters temeriiy
ia letting such an offer hang fire
rendered Mrs. Landry speechless /:
or Just possibly she realized that
since her urging had never helped
matters before, it might be well to
propitiate Lady Luck" by pre-.
tending to lOk the other way.
Leo came often until one even.
ing, whe he stayed unusually late.
[ Olga's mother heard their voices
on the veranda long after she had
retired. They seemed to be argu-
ling about something. The next
evening Leo did not come nor the
next. Fer a whole week Olga's
mother forbade herself TO put ono
question to her daughter. Then
Leo drove By in a spang new
roadster-uith another girl a girl
nearly as pretty as her own Oft,
spring!
olga" she almost Kissed have
you lost all reason Are you going
TO let that knock-kneed Harris girl
tet away fro myou the best chance
you are aver likely TO have Lea
Danforth would he a nice hoy II he
didn't ha-t a cant. And wheT i:'s
just like finding a thousand dollar
bill In a cereal package, instead
OF a slip that may possibly get you
a cup and saucer II you live long
enough TO save the other four hun.
dred and ninety-nine." Mrs. Ian
dry paused. distracted perhaps by
admiration Of her Own smile.
Mother" lolga took advantage
of the haitus), don't worry your
head over Leo. | told him 10 stay
away for a time and give me a
chance 70 see him with other
girls. I want perspective-just to
make sure that he will wash well
and not fade in tho sun, as it
were"
And while you hesitate the Har-
ris girl will nab that $4,000 and
you will be left"
lob. we'll. mother" interrupted
Olga, and her tone indicated that
she wished the subject to end for
the time being "of course | run the
risk OF losing him. | lost the
sehanee to have a dress Of that
a bingham liked so vol, didn't /?