The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1921-05-20
THE REVOLT OF
VERA SANDERSON
VERA PLAYS NURSE GIRL.
BYJANE PHELPS


When Mrs. De Isle said she would
have to tell Keith what / had said,
and called me an innocent" I was
terribly embarrassed. She saw it and
laughed merrily.
handsome Tom. I noticed he was
very much taken with you. Was it
mutua1?''
II thought Mr.. Benedict very
pleasant" 1 returned, now graspins
the drift of her conversation. ALSO
He seemed to be interested in you
and Mr. Sanderson." 1 was fright
ened after 1 had said it, frightened
and rather pleased with myself. Such
a speech was worthy of Sallie, I
thought.
"Oh, Clark Hunter is an awful Cos
sip. Never pay any attention to any
thing he says. None of us do
could not fail to notice the sharp
look she gave me when 1 spoke of
her and Keith. 1t aroused all my
suspicious again.
isn't she pretty. Aunt Vera 2"
Little Gloria asked when Mrs. De
Isle had babe US good-morning and
walked on
VERY pretty" 1 absently replied.
81 don't think she is as pretty as
you, Aunt Vera" Irene said seriously
Your hair is prettier, and SO are
your eyes. Hers kind of seem to be
laughing at you"
Irene. with childish intuition had
told just what had impressed me dis
agreeably in Mrs. De Lisle. She
laughed AT people instead of with
them. \ took the children home at
once after She left us. All my doubts
of the night, my fears, had returned
to me doubled. She was lovely,
beautifully dressed, and so easy in
her manners. I think that impressed
| me more than her beauty--that I
was more envious of that poise and
ease she, with other women of Keith
acquaintance, possessed than OF any
thing else. ! failed to remember
how much older than 1 they were,
how much more worldly experience
they had.
All the way home I thought of
what she had said, and the queer
| look she gave me when I told her
Mr.. Hunter was interested in her and
! Keith What significance was there
in that look? Did it mean she
Keith-did not want me to know
something others knew? Or was it
that she thought it odd 1 did not
know?
urally only the more depressed.
| whats the matter, Aunt Vera ~
| Gloria asked "You don't talk to us.
| We were nearly home so I put my
gloomy thoughts away, and chatteo
with her until We reached nome, Where
| luncheon awaited us.
Mrs. Dalton has gone motoring and
said for you to take the children fol
their riding lessons" the cook told me
annie, poor thing, is in bed
Inwardly rebelled fiercely, but said
nothing in reply. Keith had warned
me over and over never to- talk witt
the servants, never to listen to the1i
gossip. In reality, 1 felt like scream.
| ing out thatI would not go with them
1t is difficult when one is young te
find the silver lining peeking out from
| the clouds, and so it was hard for me
| to realize that it was much better
for me to keep occupied than to si'
| alone and NOPE. I was longing fol
an orgy of self-pity, time to indulge II
tears and doubts. Instead l put or
my things again and took the two girls
to the riding academy, and for al
hour forgot everything but my pleas
ure in watching them and others ride
To my surprise my name was spok
en- and I saw Mr.. Hunter. He wa:
in riding toys, and informed me he hat
Just come in from the road.
1.-The little girls are doing WELL" HI
said after watching them a few mo
ments.
Aren't they? Gloria especially! Sh,
is the more courageous of the two
altho Irene is older"
Mrs. Sanderson? Why don't YOU
rider"
1 Ionged to tell him Keith could
not afford to pay for three SO hae
given up riding. But instead 1 sait
meelkly:
st intend to take it up later" Then
st am meeting many of Keith
friends today. I saw Mrs. De Lisl,
in the park this morning"
"How was the handsome widow3"
"She was looking very well indeed L.
"She always does. Alice De Lisie i
q wonder!"
| 1 wanted to go on talking about he
4 but didn't know how. and he sool
excused himself and left to chang
from his habit. So missed>my chanc
of finding out just how well Keitl
and Alice De Lisle knew each other. ?
(Tomorrow-Mrs. Hunter gossips OF
Keith.)