Capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1919-1980, 1922-12-29
The Shopping Tour


Starmount's arms had gone abou
Mary and he was holding her t,
him closely. His confidence anC
= faith in her had come back will
. rush. Again she was the one fem
mine creature in all the world tina
/ be trusted.
eyes, my lord, Katie is my very
best friend. If l had not known
you, she was going to get me intC
: Marchmont's next spring-if I hat
J been alive" she added in a lower
voice.
you see Katie has worked al
Marchmont's ever since she was II
and she is 20 now. Quite little
. older than me. She was first an er-
rand girl but now she is model.
She has always modelled for Miss
Courteney. l recognized her from
Katie's description the moment l
saw her at your shore house. I even
knew the dress she had on when
she got ready to go home Katie
had helped sell it to her two or three
days before.
''Katie has also seen you and told
me about when you came in with
Miss Courteney to see the clothes
and write the checks"
Starmount flushed and looked un-
comfortable but Mary did not. Evil
IDENTIFY she thought that this was
life among the wealthy and fashion
able set. She was only rehearsing a
few facts which did not enter into
her consciousness or soul at all.
Miss Jeffries helped me to pick
out my dresses. They are very sim
pie and l think you will like them,
my Lord"
''You should have seen Katie's
face when she came in with one of
hem on and saw me in the grand
place buying clothes.
'I gave her the high sign and she
never let on that she knew me un-
til Madame had left the room and |
then-we talked.
'She had heard all about me and
she was awfully pleased over my
good fortune and some day my Lord
Katie is going to be great dress
maker and if I am a great-anything
IN buy my clothes of her.
"She cried when I told her about
mother and almost spoiled one of
the dresses. 1t is splotched a little
but I told her that I wouldn't mind
because it looked better to me than
the finest embroidery in the world.
"She laughed too when l told her
hat Eddie's feet were on straight.
She had read all about you and me
N the papers. Everything that
Miss Courteney had said about us
-" Here Mary's face flushed the
faintest pink and it was with sur d,
prise that Starmount realized that
i was the first time since he had
onown her that she had ever thought ,
'r dreamed of anything wrong in re-
gard to herself 7
Again he felt his fingers curl as :
.hough he wished them about the 7
hroat OF Nadia Courteney. Again
he said to himself that he would mur |
Ter anyone that ever made this ]
hild really ashamed. I
my Lord,' she whispered and she
fitted her face to his, II asked C
Katie to come over here this eve r
ing. You don't mind do youi We +
My had few minutes between
ines when Madame was out of the i
Dom and I could not talk to Katie [
8 / wanted to. I
"She knows lot you ought to a
now. Why if you rich people only ,
salized what we little ones who =,
ait upon you and work for you,
now about you, you would not be
alf so snubby to u.s."
is anyone ever snubby to you
Iaryf just show him TO ME and n
ell fix him. or course | know :
on know more about me than
now about myself, more than :,
ould ever dare to tell myself in =,
y most confidential moments, !,
Il do not know anything about q
ou, my Lord, that is not splendid, 4
Id some day when 1 am a great v,
nger-" =,
''What do you mean. a great :
ngerP-
why you told me I was going
have my voice cultivated aud mo-
er always loved TO hear me sing.
'ouldn' t it be just grand, my Lord,
they found | really had voieel
nd then | could sing and earn a lot