White County record., 1922-09-28
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r Nj By CHARLOTTE rA,,.,'
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 dressed Miss Smith. o p,.,l ,ae Weston bowed, with hor le't' tie smile, and again to Siaca 1,a James, whom she had mo. !, 4eu1 | enjoyed the comedy that ''' ' ticlpated when I saw "' n, h emerge from the house. sn. 9, monomaniac on the snhioos 9ae l position and, hoping to bette, VI '. through her daughters morni m le fussed terribly every time Maa's slss a new acquaintance. ''rie
 Now' who do you suppose ,,, has introduced to Mariay, '' ., 'a' tioneo me- throwing out bo. a' with a helpless gesture. "ya" nsl Kinds of people in a boordina a I' U
 You do, indeed,o I said ts u u But aloud, T don't know tbis y aa V adding mentally, "So first ll.v. W. won't do for Marie ID I ha, ,4' that Mrs. Weston was looli~u u , least a captain.
 As we flocked in to dinno, !, anu Dorr was presented to tba ' us and, to Mrs. Weston's diss,1 ne had been placed next to ' N,
 Marie was not the type I aim, decided; the black lashes tbat d1 so modestly over Marie's bln1 eXasperated; they looked artisl me. l was beginning to snsDad seif or prejudice when, suddenl, eyes encountered the brown o.1 Lieutenant Dorr, and, confuS, turned away to converse with Ii, ant James on my right.
 He and Dorr were "hacbI,l While Doris family were away formed me, and then he launched eulogy of Lieutenant Dorr Hl as good as his name would had dlcated if 1t had been writtd French. Why, Dorr, he said, had rifced the large income from hid ness when he enlisted as soon a] was declared. So Lieutenant DO1 one of the wealthy and socially r| nent Dorrs of Fl Paso And| Weston was trying to signal Mari to be so cordial to himl
 For a reason, which I disco| later, this managing matron hal been averse to having her daughtl ceive the attentions of blonde, | eious Lieutenant James. But sh1 made a mistake about his statuJ which came to her as a crushing when she heard of it. It was who told me about it, in his s| fashion, as I labored over a pl his gaping socks in my bedroO1| follow ing day.
 Gee, Sue, you oughta heard ole hen bawl Marie out whelI learned that the one gilt bar on l tenant James shoulder was in5 of a second lieutenant instead captain, as she had supposed
 Every evening after. this disapl ing discovery Mrs. Weston dreV1 daughters arm within her own dinner and took her for a walk. l a week later when she found Ol mistake concerning Lieutenant Miss Smith had just told her ab0l prominence when he, in long, i. glossy car, drew up to the door, ing two silver bars on his should stead of one, as formerly. Mrs V made no mistake about insignia and she knew that he had beel noted to a captaincy.
 She was so attentive to him ner that could see that Mary embarrassed. I avoided the afterward in sheer disgust Wll sex, slipping away to the piano parlor, where I began softly 10 Chopin nocturne. 1 was teellns pain than pleasure from my per ance, because the piano was
 tune, when I turned to face Lleu' Dorr, hat in hand, asking Jack to go to drive. 1 accepted iof up I fear with alacrity. My healI to suffOcation.
 We drtHe to Yseleta, plc'u' Mexican village some mics Paso, but to me it seemed n0 driving to Paradise. l was III ina happy a mood on our return
 demn Mrs. Weston, whom WV awaiting us, sitting in the cou. mock with her feet sc?rceH the floor. She waddled forwaru'
 "Oh, Captain Dorr, l lai'eu graduate you on your prolho'., low mel" And she thrust
 pudgy hand. ...
 The newly-made captain 'Ova ',.. murmured his thanks, but as ' s ton turned to me with more he met the eyes of Lieuleii'l I,ala with an intentional anu
 wink of one brown eye.
 "Oh, boy." exclaimed 'ad '',Int Did you see Captain Dorr w"n ,, I thought you said it was 'V" wink, Sue Langdon. ,as o
 "Well, I suppose it depe'lu' lorsdI way it's done" I back-wa''no .n noI you can wink like Caplain ma} conceded, lon occasion you snoil n
 ssIt's il pity Mrs. Westoh 1l aia