Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1922-10-06


using his utility formula for the uni
verse.
In Milton Lulu's inquiry for the
Hess house produced no CONSERVATION.
Nobody paid any attention to her. She
was almost taken to be new servant
there.
"You stop feeling So" she said to
herself angrily at the lobby entrance.
"Ain't you been to that big hotel in
Savannah, Georgia."
The Hess house, Milton, had ira
dition OF It's own to maintain, 1t
seemed, and they sent her to the rear
basement door. She obeyed meekly,
but she lost a good deal of time be-
fore She found herself at the end Of
the office desk. 1t was still longer be-
fore anyone attended her.
please, srr' she burst out. "See
If Di Deacon has put her name on
your book
Her appeal was tremendous, COM
peIling. The young clerk listened to
her, show ed her where TO look in the
registe.. When only strange names
and strange writing presented them
selves there, he said:
"Tried the parlor?"
And directed her kindly anil with
his thumb, and in the other hand a
pen divorced from his ear for The ex-
press purpose.
In crossing the lobby in tho hotel
at Savannah, Georgia, Luiu's most
pressing problem had been to know
where to look. But now the idlers in
the Hess house lobby did not exist. In
time she found the door Of the In
tensely ose-colored reception room.
There, In fat, rose-colored chair, be-
side cataract of lace curtain, sat Di,
alone.
Lulu entered. She had no idea what
to say. When Di looked up, started
up, frowned, Lulu felt as If she herself
were the culprit She said the first
thing that occurred to her:
II don't believe mammall like your
taking her nice Satchel."
well" said Di, exactly as If she
had been at home. And superadded:
"My goodness" And then cried rude
ly: "What are you here for?"
"For you," said Lulu. "You-you-
you'd ought not to be here, Di."
whats that to You?" Di cried.
why, Di, you're just little girl"
Lulu saw that this was all wrong,
and stopped miserably. How was she
to go on? "Di,7 she said, "lf you and
Bobby want to get married, why not
let us get you up nice wedding at
home?" And she saw that this sound
ed as If she were talking about tea
party. .
"WhO said we wanted to be mar
ried?"
"Well, he's here"
"Who said he's here"
Isn't hep
Di sprang up. "Aunt Lulu" she said,
you're a funny person to be telling
me what to do"
Lulu said, flushing: 81 love you just
the same as If l was married happy,
in home"
swell, you arent!" cried Di cruelty,
"and I'm going to do just as l think
best"
Lulu thought this over, her look
grave and sad. She tried to find some
thing to say. what do people say to
people," she wondered, "when it's like
this?"
"Getting married Is for your whole
llfe," was all that came to her.
yours wasn't" Di flashed at her.
Lulu's color deepened, but there
seemed to be no resentment in her.
She must deal with this right-that
was what her manner seemed to say.
And how should she deal?
"Di," she cried, "come back with
me-and wait till mamma and papa
get home"
"That's likely. They say Pm not to
be married till I'm twenty-one."
"Well, but how young that isl"
at is to you"
"Di! This is wrong-it Is wrong"
There's nothing wrong about get
ting married-if you stay married"
"Well, then it can't be wrong to let
them know"
1T isn't. But they'd treat me
wrong. They'd make me stay at
home. And l won't stay at home-1
won't stay there They act as if I
was ten years old"
Abruptly in Lulu's face there came
a light of understanding.
"Why, Di," she said, "do you fee!
that way, too?"
Di missed this. She went on:
I'm grown up. l feel just as
grown up as they do. And I'm not al
lowed to do a thing l feel. l want to
be away-I will be away!"
81 know about that part" Lulu said.
She now looked at Di with atten-
ton. Was it possible that Di was
suffering in the air of that home as
she herself suffered? She had not
thought Of that. There Di had seemed
so young, so dependent, so-asquirm.
Here, by herself, waiting for Bobby,
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