Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-08-05
BY Idah
McGlone Gibson
Phn's Philandering


DR.. Thornton said nothing in an.
swer to my query regarding
Shsila. So 1 took the offensive.
Pretty Sheila EIliston is not fOl
you and your hospital any long,
er, Doctor. 1 am determined that
1t is my corner and not yours, that
she must brighten"
Did 1 not see by the morn t1g
papers, Mrs Wilmington, that youl
brother has returnedf" This was
voiced in a conversational tone but
1 knew exactly what he meant.
Yes, Phil has returned. That Is
one Of the reasons why I want Shei-
Ia to be with me. / intend TO fill
the house 1 have just purchased in
town, with crowds Of young people
and I think that could find no
better to help me entertain them,
than she"
1 left the hospital then mentally
anathematizing as an old cat.
A little while after L arrived
home, Phil returned-alons in the
roadster.
Miss Elliston asked IL you would
send ear back for her, Kay"
what is the matter, Phili Why
didn't she come with youf"
"oh, she gave some silly excuse
about Whiting to consult Doctor
Thornton. You see, Kay, I did
persuade her to 90 out to a restau-
rant after all for luncheon. I think
principally because I Threatened 70
stay with her and help her eat her
sandwiches II she did mot come. I
don't just remember how 1t was but
the conversation veered to eonven-
neutrality-suspicious. It was because
OF the over-ehaperoned party at a
nearby table.
Il said that while I thought Il
was rather un-Ameriean, yet was
not as great a stickler for the lib
erty which young people nova
days seem to insist upon, as most
other people.
81 don't know what she thought
about it, in fact, l don't know vet.
but I told her that l did not be4
hevs that anyone could blaze a
path Of individualisn through the
great mass of humanity which BY
the very nature Of things must
abide by the laws Of conventional
ity.
she didn't say much Kay. and
I found myself saying the most sx-
travagant things trying TO make
her look at me.
Her eyes, when you really see
them off their guard are no, 50 n
noeent-whieh means bovine and IN
iRteresting-as they are questioning
which IS always intriguing
They hold the fun -potentiaIisses
Of love. l found that out this after
noon notwithstanding that most Of
the time, their purple depths are
obseured in gray mist which ]
think, must have come from suffer
ing ana sorrow.
Once they famed straight into
the depths OF mine and 1 eaunot ye-
understand their fire as was max
ing perfectly innoeuoas conpsri-
son between her ani Sesame Jones
with everything in Shsila's favor
Per an instant I vas blinisd bv
the radiance of her smsie and
thosgat she seemed more than nee
sssariIy grateful for my weIl-ia-I
tended sHd sincere compliment.
Then, iust a. ny heart grew
warn aad IL vas on the tip of nv
tongue to ten hsr that shs was the
oaly girl in al the world. shs raised
that frost-liks barrier between us
which always makes ne iaartcu-I
late.
Il STOPPED ssdasaly-sEssf and
she ssked ne soze SLY Hshs sues-
tioa aSo1s thsrvAz. ] tkiak y vas
Were all the girls ever there as
zooe lookiag - Miss Jones and did
shsy sASw great eoaragsr
Il told Asr that Sesame did nSs
sho- - very nasA eozrAgs Gnd
hat she wa quite fszinins n A--
And I beksFs I 49,