Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1921-04-01

'''''>''. MIS- - -'''i-. i":NiG-- tdr,
against al" >!.rlNr.. Ii!,b WITH lar
LAP anal u"nh'> ,'"lli .-Nht,i. ~ IA
>ai",-ir.~ kh"w. L1akv heavy rolls
Say. l.is"i'". La ~;ca q" this Job
WHAT'S til" use: You toll ami ~lav,
ri! day and wear Yourself /" piece:
f"r y"Ur fifteen bones Il week. an,
when Sunday comes you're :" used VI
atl you can do is 10 slccp.''
Yes. som L. answered LiScttf
blanchard uiScunsvlatcly.
Their" WIS Il lull in business ut How
;rttS Emporium: il was two ia Tia.
afternoon, nnu the morning rush WAS
over. while the AFTERNOON shoppers
ind not yet put in their appearance"
Miss Spur.ron surveyed the It'll,
trcncli Canadian girl who had joined
the sales force some three months
previously. All the girls liked hcr
they recognized. too. that She WAS
the right SORT" as they phruSed ii.
Nobody ever took liberties with little
Lisette.
Say. Lisctte, continued Miss
SpurGcon confidently. Il got Il dandy
fellow. Works in Il wholesale hard
ware store and gets twenty-cIghs
steady the year round. Hes asked
me To hitch up with him every Suit
day night this past year. and | don't
know but what | will"
'Yes?' quericd Miss I.iSette.
Sure. that's what say went On
Miss Spurcepn. Hes the kind Of
fn1 u; ri ,,t'
not like these cheap pikerS that comes
In to scrape acquaintance and take
you out 10 dinner somewhere"
Miss Spurgrou cried the floor
walker severely. and Miss Sturgeon
hurried away, leaving l.!scttc E!anch-
ard to her medtntons.
Ii the loQua"ious Sa'eSciri could have
known III" thoughts that Sh" had set
cnurSi.tG through ,hc others mind she
would i.aN" been genuinely Mortified.
Li<cti" blanchard ilad come south
from her home III Canada cl,.y-
rn months before. i"aving her par
,ul>. her friends and her lover be-
hind. III vain .hEGrc had asked her
Ia stay.
Size stories which she had heard "
The metropolis Of America had faS-
"inH,ci her: III" deadly monolony 0f
lii" III 81. Joachim had become in,poa-
Siblr to her. On tho morning OF their
paltin:; they had $trolicl in the woods
together. and Andre, STOPPING. had
picked stem u: wintcrsrecn with
lis clustering berries. and handed it
{" her. She smcllrd tho faint. acrid
odnr of the leaves even then.
When the win;ergrecn bears fruit
again. and thou art not here. then I
Shall know that thou Wilt never re-
turn said Andre.
That was eleven months before.
lisettc had spent nearly whole year
away. She had hnd time 10 become
disepchGnfrd. TO realize Whar life In q
large city rlcanl i" Il girl living alone.
And then the stranger HAD come Iii,
to her lii'r.
She had first seen hin upon the
street as she lcrG the store one eve.
ming, gnd Ind flushed nnLe: his stare.
On the next nItTu!ng she found him
waiting outside tho store. tic followed
her i'll, made purchase. addressed
Il few conventional remarks 80 her.
itC came again aiM again. f1c always
treated her with respect. and. though
her fear Of him was instructive. grad
aa'iH nc IcraFeG IN acquaintance with
her. He WAS Woli-tn-du, and, though
ST" Ola T"i iove him, Sh" felt that here,
In fJ,., e ,,i, ttx
tr"a' lar iah"rious ,ui
IEen. Oh the prcrchin~ Sunday. he
had told Der Sumr!,i.u" which flied
hrr viii, humiliation and SHINE IIo
vas married. he said. Ills wife AMI
l.r had hccIi separated for years. but
hc conld no: divorce her. What did
'hhl matter. rs long as they loved
each other: He would not press her
for her decision. tilt would wait for
her outside The store on Wednesday
night. ThPi, she could give him his
answer.
i.iSrti" had TORN herself away anL
lied from him. All that plight she
w"rt. lying SlecpleSS in her bed III the
LITTLE hall room Of her boarding hou.;r.
VIZ w f'.EtSIiN ne 'htl Ithf tiiSlNts
The store that night, and she greeted
him Jelly. She did not nrdrr him away.
but walked beside him thinking. think
inG hard. She turned toward him pres
emily, her eyes Drumming with tears.
God forgive me, am too weak 10
say what ! should say" She said
Have pity on ne and leave me. Help
Inc against lnySelf.'
He drew her into III" shelter Of n
doorway and pleaded with her. She
felt the last atom Of her strength lcav-
ing her.
"Wjntergrecn Sweet wintcrgrecn !"
cried voice beside her.
She started violently. a pedd!crs
cart had stopped before the curb, la
den with flowers and grGcncry. And
in the hand that he thrust out toward