The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-09-10


at sarotoga, whore the hossc7 wcro run
ming. Daisy loved tho hosscs In her country, brIoro
the Myvers Of modern iiucan commerce had IllIrl
the out OF life fast stocds aud iar ladies
were the headline attractions ut those cclo7iihl
regions south OK Mr. Mason's and Mr. lfKonp line.
Daisy loved the comb nation Nh" 'onirlbu'"l mo
looks and carried them wherever iuo ponies operated
Not alone her lUyo " thoroughbred "luuliy iured
her TO Saratoga. At that prOpluquitouB spa We're
crowds; and those crowds were prosperous. bnis-
ferrous aud numerous. D1isy's profession ihriyod
best In Just that surrounding. For her calling, as
everyone knows was tho intricate aud prccafiou5
art Of extracting from tho pockets of the populnco
that handsome living which theDworld owed hcr
since Abraham Lincoln had rudoly given her great
grandfather slaves their freedom and thus driven
her TO this life.
She had piucked q reasonable residue from tho
hiding places OF the wadg ana tho wallets during
the aeason-not much, but tho assessed modicum
for the time spent Daisy collected the living tho
Nothen world owed her by no llrum scofum guess
work, but efficiency ayHtcm like any other
up.to date business Institution; sho calculated
much for expense, 80 much moro for overhead, wear
and tear leakage aud hreakage, depreciation, good
will and lakes. 10 which she added pro rata sink
ing fund and tho profit dividend, all that totRled
about 500 day and that was the round figure
nIed the quota.
Saratoga hadn't run any ahead OF this objective
The bookics had been hitting the sporty rather
sistently and currency was comparatively scarce
Instead of II cleanup the racing span had been just
bread and apple fnucc aud Daisy felt oggrieved
She decided to give the upstate resort the Autumn
air, and glide back To Manhattan, whore the out of
town buyers ana the heavy influx OF foreign Ash
might yield Il handsomer per diem. Tho books
hadn't been any too sweet to her for sho had ven
tured few OF her hard hooked dollars against tho
wrong entries. and she peeyod with the breaks
all around
Carter Lowlands put IN miserable breakfast
with her at the hotel before she made for the train
Carter was shamclessly In lovo with Daisy. An
outstanding young merchant of inherited banking
ethics and Christian Vermont stock, he wou!d na;,;f
ally get dizzy over dip from Dixic-poetic Justice
,ronc fate tho paradoxical perversity OF
nature looks after such as that.
LeWlnnua
skidded hard sight, had gone completely off tho
broad road of his CHARACTERISTIC balance when she
had turned her appealing Big Bertha eyes on him
and lot loose that humming-bttd Southern lingo.
favored with honey and seasoned with altar of
American Beauties.
Many n society bud had whirled willy Assoc
for Carter Lewlands, and many society mother
had aimed a mean harpoon az him. But he had
twisted and ducked and slde.steppod until Daisy's
eyes had thrown up his hands aud Dasys poutlng
lips had brought down his guard. When she was
With him, the music os her rapry Georgia !a!k
tinkled In his ear, and all night long he could
hear her little dulcet inonations. He got TO think,
Ing In that musical pitch, and his thoughts were
OF love as sugary Ms her voice and wedding bells
as silver her notes.
Daisy took It all In, not exactly decided whether
to work him ignore hn. She woe Known to him
only as Dorothy Pollard the name which she
had registered at the hotel. and he took her for
an Atlanta deb adventurous and modern enough
to go a-journeyng without a chaperope to the
one bright spot on the dismal map; alGri whose
blood accelerated with tho royal thrill OF racing,
and who would follow tho ponies anywhere to
serve her spirited fancies.
For more than a week he had devoted every
available minute to looking into Daisy's eyes and
listening to Daisy's lifting, lulling lying.
Now, Daisy, though she had her faults and fail
ings had never leaned toward gold digging or
that next-nasticr specially, "cold finger work.
which. everyone should know, Is the specific art
of nicking an amorous gent or lady for the yau-
ebles while said loving one Is in the act of using
both arms in hugging or tho like and It is an
ancient profession, just as well established as
safeblowiDB or the other nohler practses that
INV art "A ntpA al
righted in the progress through the ages OF tho
devious methods whereby property may be trans.
ferred without recourse to the vulgarlues of trade
and traffic.
Though Daisy had always attracted mon. she
had used her charms only TO oil herself out OF
corners. She depended her skin and never
on her allure to bring in the returns. Lewlands'
pointed courtship had not been irritating, neither
had 1t been inspiring, It rather mitfed her that
she felt, somehow, rcpellance against giving him
tho touch" on the numerous occasions whth he
was so utterly preoccupied that sho could have
sawed of his leg and he wouldn't have known she
was operating. lle had quite disarmed her. which
was dead loss, considering how much OF hel
time he consuming.
During the farewell breakfast, In the course OF
which Lewlands earnestly pleaded with Daisy tc
marry him, to remain at Saratoga for a while
longer, at least and see n she couldn't learn &c
care for him, to give him her homo address SC
that he could follow herto yield him some sor
of encouragement; somethlng Daisy toyed will
her table tools and listened, She had pu
on the Southern Ritz at their first meeting
so that she could maintain her standing a
the hotel, and she had never seerod off tn,
character, 80 she couldn't lean across the boar,
now and talk to Lewlands like Dutch nice,
and explain 10 him that he barking up
poison ivy vine. Everyone loves TO pose for what h
or she is not-for something better, higher, finer
and she unconsciously loved his bland acceptance
of her as q rich, proper, well bred, respectable
girl.
So she languldIy assured him, with many ex
pressons of regret that she did not love him, and
therefore, it would he futile for him 20 coax fur
ther hours that could mean only reiterated re
fusals No, she not in love with any othe
man tand that was truel, and she had no dennol
objections against him. But every girl expects
that great throbhing palpitatins emotion wheI
she meets the man she loves, and Daisy could GO
no such reaction from LeWlands as clever ant
clean and clear and devoted and upright Hs Ia
unquestionably was. It was most lamentable, bu
there it
Lewlands offered her wealth and position-mayb
not aristocTatc position as her own. he ven
turad IN aay 70 Southprn folks ara ragordad n