The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-05-08
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sFORTHFAHINC5 EMILY.
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* BY III. Louis Raybold

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By &c. Louis Raybold
.ss HEAVENS above how sick I
let on this ride." and Emily
"a ss5A richmond froWned in disgust
as the crowded trolley car lucheo
S along the rails. Week in, week
III our, morning and night---hang.ng
II on to strap or wedged IN DetWean
HI 9th rs as weary as myself OF tn 5,
s7s daily, deadly round OF mon otony y!
3SGE - Then her brown eyes Wioened
AR and the frown lifted as the car
cane Is an abrupt halft at the
gdrawbridge and Emily caught
I'M glimpse Of .breakWater and sea
and sails on far horizon. y
was always that way on the rae
X to and from the office where En-
lily earned good money as skllieo
~ typist. That momentary slght OF
1.-The sound caught at Wnatevef
Il Wander1ust lived IN EmllS ely
Ssraised heart.
SsS And this morning when she was
on her way to give decided NO
s to Peter Williams proposal thar
she share his salary as assistant
manager Of Horton 6 Hastings the
company whose employees they
both were, the distant blue waters
particularly appealed. on TO geI
X away from it all! To sail and sail
n and sail
sd eep down somewhere in En-
SiIy,s heart tiny voice whispered
sEst.Why not?" Why not take her
savings and fare forth into some
I'M strange place and seek adven-
u ture Just once before she gre"
too old and settled for romance
S&sPeter wasn't offering her romance
sYNo, indeed. Just ordinary stoi i"'
& Smatrimo ny-
\ The humping of the trolley car
fEover the bridge reused Emily 70
3 more than mere dallying with the
SFinteresting proposition. ~ 90
sa5si t,', she all but cried aloud. ~
sS4 d 8 that very thing.'' And prob
81 ably she herself did not reallze
how much her dread Of seeing the
ookg in Peters face when she re.
fused him had TO DO with her
81 mad scheme.
, That was how it happened that
l M s 81 81 I hat particular morning the
OF Horton & Hastings was
n minus its star typist. Nor did
ANY OF the puzzled force picture
s Emily as she actually Was-hur-
sTYIng first of all to the bank and
then to the station; sending
telephone message or two; buyiug
LlChGl. 10 lIlSi4 3 IA W. - . @
syS city; and, finally settling back III
The train with q current magazine
a box Of chocolates and shrug or
shoulders. Peter felt
Z sure she was Ill. and kept impati-
ants tabs on the clock until the
moon hour arrived and he could
telephone il privacy TO Emlly,s
Ss boarding house.
Then when he did he. turned
h mr. ''75 Id
ID mily's landlady acidly, had sent
8sB an expressman for her trunks.
NJ with never aWord at the break
ri fast table about her plans!
Life for Emily had become in
at last A modest room
& III a moderately priced hotel:
as late as she pleased
4 and n a varied menu 70 choose
fro N; WI sightseeing tours through
fhe -shops; matinees and concerts.
s7 galore. Just what would hap.
non when the savings OF ten
Vet "a were gone she did not both
5 5i4 err to ina tire Had she given the
Il matter q thought, she would
doubtless have quieted amy Turk
ling doubts by rejecting that her
n ability to earn living IN one CITY
would stand her in stead OF an
~ other. But for the present the
passing moment alone interested
her. Even Peter had retreated 70
81 the&bacl,ground Of her mind.
Then, oddly enough, SO inconse-
duential a thing as a heavy down
pour brought the first twinge OF
regret to Emily Shut indoors
through. "a thrifty desire to spare
ss anew suit she had recklessly Law
she read steadily for several
hours. Then ;impulsively she
s5st threw the book across the bed.
gLoye--love-lov Was there
IN othing else to write a bout Was
aS8not there anything else worth
while in The world?
An hour later and Emily driven
n by sheer boredom out into the
II storm. took refuge from the pene-
$Strating chill of sleety rain in a
Al huge moving picture palace. Set
vi ting down III the all but absolute
# darkness, she gave herself up to
ssWatching, at first half-heartedly,
hen with more interest, the pic
sz#fnra# on the screen. Strange to
#ssay, there was just a reminder OF
Peter In the stalwart hero. Absurd
though it was, under the ctrcun1-
s# stances $Emily's heart beat trffle
faster.
The story progressed, the plot
thickened and resolved. and at
8I last the heroine melted into the
Il Peter-like heros arms Emily
heaved a tiny sigh. At that NOM
ent, out OF the darkness at her
side: a masculine hand took hold
of her arm
( Like a flash Emily leaped to-
her feet, squeezed past the unpar-
donably inapudent person at her
side with never a glance and rush
ed out into the rain Then she
drew long BREATH She had
heard of strangers attempting
such familiarities but had never
supposed such things could hap
pen to her II Peter had been
Il there. But then 1T was only TO
lone women that thing of that
sort occurred. Suddenly Emily's