Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-06-07
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The Turquoise Frame
BY JESSIE DOUGLAS.
: BY JESSIE DO

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lug ne .so,d 5000 morning. M .
passed on down the stairs. Ihat wa
what he always did, pass
Nellie sbook bor h..d ,ertlv ant
.s,d twin 50, p... A.. ..ron,,
"' "eh out t"o ee,
part OF IL was the man on the hoo
below continued to speak when he saw
her. md continual "a noss bcr by.
7. Coo. .-,,- CO., A., ,,r..
"as puzh'hs. one "as ."e p'.
tiest girl that worked In johnson q
Hughes Offices. And she knew 1t. AL
most without exception every clerk hat
made some kind of advance to her
She could 60 out every night II sh,
chose, and even old Mr.. johnson him
self had given her theatre tickets.
The girls in the Office envied her II
their quiet way. She had the palest
fullest hair. and she did it in tn,
would have stopped to admire its in.
tricacies alone. She rouged, Of course
Perhaps a little too much, but habit
dulls the perception. Her light blue eyes
were the color Of forget . me -nots, hel
lashes gold tipped, but Nellie Dwight
saw that they came out ietty black.
Her lips were pretty and soft II
slightly aided by art. She was pretty
Startlinsly pretty, and she would have
been foolish virgin II she had not
anown 81. u. Ihefe was never the sight.
charn' and she played up to 1t every
second OF her life. Her blouses were
ahe most elaborate, her stockings the
sneerest she could buy. ,
90 ~ was no wonder tnat sne hIteC
one plucked eyebrow a trihe ana eyed
ashance a the girl VINO mad just knocked
ae ner bedroom door. IT,
Accordlng 10 Neille,s standarps, sns
Mas worse than pam, q regular olu
malo, not q bit OF makeup ana her
DIouse OF irreproachable cut was
Spaque, ael nalr, IL was true, nao
oeautl.uL iIster, put 1t was arranseo
80 simp,y that any one could nave oone
Ut she mad time ana patience.
Deg your paraon' tne girl at lne
ooor said, realize It's ratner queer
OF me, out my brother and l nave seen
so1 20 oiten on the STAIRS tnat a!mcst csv
teel Snow you! I'm gong away .cs
Two. Two weeks s; ana Ia DC gratetui II you u
KEEP this picture ior me;
.. Sne neia OUT picture IN q turquoise
ir frame ana Nelne; without looking at ~
.eTi .ata y on ner bureau ana answered
niaG TO- m sure ana tneh con
I'm tlnuea 10 rouge her other cheek Win
'ne greatest honehalance. :,
Nellie did not really bother to look
the movies that night. She saw that
1t was photograph of q low stone
house, ivy -girdle>,, with a charming
view of garden and woodland behind
and she guessed shrewdly that 1t was
the girls home. The little frame Of
oddly cut fiat turquoises was fascinat-
ing in itself; and then she realized
with shock the girl had said. Her
brother" Why. that must mean the
man on the stairs
Nellie put the frame in the center Of
her bureau and eyed 1t with fresh in
terest. But something was the matter.
1t didn't seem somehow to 90 with her
bright pink bureau set nor with the
artificial geranium that she had stuck
in her hatpin holder.
Slowly she removed the geranium
and still studied the effect. Some
thing was still wrong.
She had decided to buy herself one
OF those new green hair ornaments,
but that noon she found herself in
stead at the toilet goods counter. That
ivory set would 60 well with the tur-
quoise frame-she hesitated and then
she found herself wait
Ing for the 8 o'clock whistle.
IL ai6Sgo well! somehow the tur.
luoise frame seemed 10 rest against tnat
creamy oaeHerouhu; ana Neihe; e!Sms
lne bureau G,ltlcahy realiaed tnat ma
sometnlng sun was the matter. Inc
lmitat'on lace cover, with the PINK
saIeen underoody, STRUCK wrong note.
~ was queer "nat happened III the
neAt i week nrsl Nelne haa 10 set q
men cover 10 SUIT ner oIrsau' ihStead
49, ~ ,"o eo,,nt;na S.Em Sppe1 n rhou n sue nau
'e1" 'e tba hnnoo, om stonJ n''t . TIL i,Sn eye
'si"d ' ~, ~ .a,,,a.u ~ ' rh u"
ts'rns ~ 80 S. ~ m"M 'saohn,, tU j,S p.S
~ ,hot oaierd"r a " ,.;tI, ,ho h,onI uH o! noi
.bcrvh ~ " ,bot e odrert,sed Me '"f fobmaon n e'ea
IJwrho. ' tho chromo ne rosos aNJ o
,,e' ~ vnt' .M Ma' 81 say 49,. .Uev; a., se.inea
,o - mur. r. tne auaet bureau. Wr. she TOOK
!vMn ' nc. p;stu'e'' Du' "'" '"e foo"
"as toI Iuiea. x.s H.. ..
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. lam ".a.i,, stou s anu n VIII inia Sme naa .aae
WA Iu.a" LUZ nef VII wanu'm anu some
io iusIon' ;oi, tJL aei Iu".I, .m r,ei Cack
- 1r aai'' her wIener Snan, SUE Sne s'aneeu nrr.
.!eu' .icu CSer at 'he tusquo'se frame. Inc
.sh. nsynooe naa oeeI @ s.rucS. How
I tooheu us 'houe" oe''hsea there.
She gave pleased sigh OF se!f-sat.
sfactton and went over to the bureau
% look in at her pretty face. She
'ould sec reflected as well, the soft
tray walls and the chair with its gay
,ack. Staring still Mt herself 1t almost
eemed us though she did not belong
- though-she continued to look In at