The central record. (Lancaster, Ky.) 18??-current, 1922-05-11
"WHO KNCWS7'
~ FRANCES N. SMALL


conclusion hastily reached. She had
thought Il over seriously aud dcliher.
ately for more than two weeks Jack
Was a dear boy, nut he WIS too SLOW. .
Dor almost tive years nov he had been
calla- va "Wednesday night, ns req
u.uriy Is the week itself. hut never
uuc, hy word ur luok had be- intlmntc,i
that She meant any more to him than
the phuu, graph iu the CORNER or the
nice, puny cushions GA the couch
The idea WAS growing on her that
she was missing the things that other
girls had Take Peggy. for Instance
Her young man had bought a car cspr.
cially to take her riding and bought
her candy nnd took her to theaterS
rcggy had confessed that Jim always
wanted goodnight kiss-and some
times gJt u,
ouly once had Jack ever tried to
hold B.tty's hand and then she had
forcstallcd him. Just To- tease, but he
being very shy. had not made an"ther
attempt
The silly" she thought "llc ought
To know that a gid wants to b. pur
sued. He's been taking me too much
for granted went have IL any lou
ger. She told rcggy as much
Good Girl" said Peggy. Your"
,oo live girl e. waste your time ga
hat dead head"
Hes not a 'iead-hcad'. he's just y
nice. quiet hoy--bui I've got TO teach
him u lesson" declared BETTY.
That night she made herself partic-
ulHrly pretty Why l. u when WON
nn intends 10 hurt mau she makes
herself beautiful for the occasion :
Promptly az quarter To- eight the
do"rhell rung. and Jack came Up the
stairs with the happy look In his eyes
~ the man who II content within him
SELF and with the world In general
Betty resented H.
lie ought. she felt. to have a
NOR. .aEer luok as though he really
were trying 10 win my favor"
"Iell" said Jack. here's new
r~c"rl for the photograph It's John
Nc' 'urmack and think you'll like II"
Newer mind the record now. Jack.
want to tell you something" And
then. fearing that her courage would
not stay screwed 10 the sticking
point and not daring 20 meet Jacks
eyes. she stumbled on.
"I-rv. come To- the conclusion.
Jack that-that we-you aud cant
get along together any more. You
you're not my TYP. 20 person. /
want someone with more life who
who-uh there's no Us. going on.
Jack You ee how impossible IL In.
You have been coming here for two
years. and We don't mean any more
10 each other now than We ever did.
Cant you see how feel about ~
And poor BETTY trailed 81 into silence.
still not daring To look az Jack.
When she did loos NJ. he was barS
At the door, and had started 60 speak.
His face was suddenly tired. and had
new lines she had not seen before.
His eyes locked hopeless and some
how they went Co her heart.
Jack spoke: TIN sorry. Betty
didn't know. II that's the way you
feel about u. | guess there's no more
20 be said. suppose haven't been
fair To- you. Just didn't think. Good
night. BETTY"
The door opened and closed. Could
Il bc possible he had gone like that,
without ever wordG Taking the dis
missal with 80 much calmnessi
ooh Uh' OH" stormed Betty
Doesn't he know, doesn't he know
that giri wants to be asked and
eoaXed again aud again before she
gives inJ" Hut underneath the impo
tent rag. there was a feeling Of great
loss Never mind she would get over
10
She picked up N. uew record and
put IL on the machine. John McCor.
mack's who knowsi' She sat down
and listened To H.. The melody was
sweet.
Jack likes Mccormack" she
thought. The sords ~ the song were
haunting.
Thou art the soul OF a summers day.
Thou art the breath % rose.
But the summer Is Ned. and the rose 10
dead
where are they gone who knows
who knoWsY'
A lump was In Betty's throat. Tru-
~. her summer was fed aud she had
killed the ros. with her own hand.