The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-08-24
WEDDING PLANS
Chapter "a.

Gloria Gates and her amazing
clothes, her quiet, appealing little son
ana the nurse in the strange costume,
disappeared from Norris City, and the
gossip and speculation she had created I
IN time died away. To Dora she was
comet of flame and red and gold
that flashed for moment across a
leaden sky and left a trail of colorful
memories behind it.
She had seen he. few times at the
farm, once at an evening party, twice
TO talk with for an hour in the Innislev
home. She was quick as a flash at
repartee. brilliant, she seemed to have
read everything, TO have travelled
everywhere, her sense Of humor bub
bled like fresh spring of clear water.
She was nervous, quick-tempered, per-
haps as neurotic people are, but all
the more vivid because of that
She's wonderful thought Dora.
She's everything I'm not How could
she like me?"
Once she met Mrs Innisley on the
street, while she was doing errands in
the town. The Innisley's and the Mich
olsons were in different sets" prin-
Cipally because they attended diffe-
rent churches. In small cities like
this, religion makes almost as much
social difference as it did in the Mid
die Ages.
Gloria liked you so, my dear" Mrs.
Innisley said in her sweet, rich some
what throaty voice. She beamed upon
the girl hunched up in the carriage,
talked a little more. and walked on.
Her smile was as richly honey-sweet
as her vioce At 65 or so she was as
active mentally and physically as she
had ever been; she adored her bach
elor son, and ruled him with a rod of
iron-and went to wild west movies
with him whenever he grew restless
Dora drove home less lonely. Some
one liked her.
Being liked is such a precious
thing" she wrote that night in her
diary, that | should be content with
only that-but being liked, being given
very little of the thing one wants
in life makes one selfish. l want to
see the person that likes me now, az
least | want to hear from her"
She gathered her courage to send a
note to Gloria. She dared not write
simply for the sake of writing-some
few things had been overlooked in the
house, she would pack and send them.
After some time she got back letter,
dictated to Mrs. Gates secretary
but at the end of the chilling, business
like epistle was scrawled in large let
ters-
Thanks so much l hope you are
well and happy. You are my incest
memory of Norris City.
Gloria had that divine gift-of TAX
ing the ice from & formal letter or a
formal situation, of sending her gen
erous personality across distance.
Meantime, a curious change had
come over Gladys. If she had done
the counting rather violently, she kept
up to the devotion during the engage
ment in a still more violent manner
Morton had rebelled once-he had re
fused to visit Gladys the night oil
Gloria's goodbye party, and had gone
there This caused a quarrel, tears,
protests on Gladys part, words and
finally resignation and apology on
Morton's, and a ring set with small
ruby as a piece offering.
HE won't do that againi" Gladys
remarked with cheerful calmness
when the ring arrived. ''1'll take him
away from the Innisley's too, when We
ere married. He spends too nue.
time WIN Lndt HdH
But her attitude towards Dora wa:
the most curious one.
she acts as though she were jeal
Gus of you" Jim remarked once afte
Gladys had deliberately excluded Dor;
from a party Morton tried TO maxi
include her.
And he was right. Gladys was jeal
GUS of Dora because she knew Nor
toms real preference.
You can't be sure of any man unit
you've got him safely married, sh
said once to her mother.
You can't be sure of them then.
Aunt Maude remarked pessimlstlcally
"Oh, could be of Mort! I'd be Wit