The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-22
A DISTURBANCE
Chapter 6

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Dora wondered why GLADYS should
hate Morton Newberry Or. rather, she
wondered how she could hate anyone
as nice as he. In all her life Dora
had not met anyone like him. So she
thought as she lay awake for an hour
or So
II had been lovely party, she de-
cided, quite the incest she had ever
attended. She remembered others -
for she was always asked wherever
Gladys went. But she always sat in a
corner, she spoke because she was
spoken to, she was always awkward
and uncomfortable until she knew the
people very well indeed. Even then
she was unusually quiet
No one-that is, no young man
had ever paid any attention to her be-
fore. Morton was the flrst-and she
was 81 The tiny budding feeling of
romance that comes to most girls at 16
or even earlier, came to her now for
the first time
She was sorry when she felt sleepy,
because she liked to think of all the
things they talked about while she was
washing dishes.
AS for Gladys, she did not lay awake,
eyes were heavy as soon as she was
quiet and with nothing to do; she was
asleep the moment her head was on
the pillow.
But sitting on Dora's bed, she ex-
pressed her opinion of all her recent
guests.
THE SHOWS getting worse. it's
blizzard this time for sure. It's good
they all live near here-you might sup
pose Pop hadn't shoyeled off any snow
10 see the pavement Guess Wen be
showed in by Monday
She yawned again, leaning back
against the bed post and unlocking
her dress leisurely as she talked.
It's all right for all but Mort. He
lives pretty far off-guess he had
some time getting home, so it's good
he went early" She laughed again,
her eyelids already drowsy, pulling her
dress from her shoulders, too warm
blooded to mind the cold air against
her skin. She looked extraordinarily
Voluptuous as she sat there with droop-
ing eyelids-a righteousness not yet
conscious of itself
What a boob he is l didn't ask
hiul-Jesse brought him along"
She forgot him promptly, and began
talking of Jesse. Jesse, at the moment,
was her favorite "a husky, six-foot-
two chap of q or so, with an amount
of energy that not the hardest farm
work could tire. Mrs. Nicholson hoped
that this liking might develop into
what she called something serious"
But Gladys had not a serious thought
in her head at the time. She wanted
Jesse exclusively-any other girl that
looked at him met with her determined
enmity and jealousy-and she wanted
the attentions of all the rest of the
boys in a greater or lesser degree, as
we'll
She went of to her room now, her
dress over her arm. rosy checked
sleepy, a little less attractive in cami-
sole and petticoat than she had been
with her silk dress pulled off one
shoulder
Next day was Sunday, which meant
that everyone slept late. Sleeping
late, however, was only half an hour
grace over the usual early rising hour
But Dora committed an indiscretion-
she quite oversight. Last night she
had been too tired to sleep at once
And there was this new friend to think
about. So it had been far into the
morning before she slept. She woke
to hear her aunts voice:
My land. both of you like the dead
Dora! Dora,, Do you know what
time it is, young lady? Almost eigh
where's the sugar."
Where's WHAT" Dora asked, won
dering in her dead asleep state wha
sugar had to do with time, or anything
else.
The sugar that sent you for tt
Dyer's," came excitedIy and ungram
matically.
The girl was awake now, alarmed.
Oh, that sugar. used that for thu
fudge last night"
oh, you did. And here Weir
showed in SOS no one can get out 70
days, for more, and it's Sunday any
way, and not a drop in the house
This strange sentence conveyed
meaning to the girl She jumped GU
of bed, shivered, and began dressin
as hastily a spossible. Down in tn
kitchen she began explaining:
You only told me to get tire