The Lehi sun. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1913-1949, 1922-08-31
An
August Moon
By RUBY DOUGLAS

reality too long to have retained her
faith in anything so pretty. But she
did believe in following a persistent
urge that seemed to come to her re-
peatedly from somewhere out Of her
own ken.
II was her last summer vacation be- |
fore she should leave college and she |
was worried as to how she was going |
TO pay her expenses In her senior year.
She knew there would be many extras
and her meager income, earned
through the college year by work out
side OF her studies, barely paid her
actual expense.
School teachers whom she knew
were going up into a mountain hotel
to wait on the table for two months.
Surely II school teachers could do II.
she could. Somehow, II seemed to her
not quite the sort OF work that she
would have chosen.
"Beggars can't be chOosers," she
said at last and. following the urge.
she wrote to the manager OF the noun
tain Inn and applied for position.
She did not tell Tom Baker what
she was going to do. lie was senior,
also. but In a different college, and
she felt. somehow, that he would not
approve Of her doing this sort OF work.
lie had never known that she had so
difiicult time getting along EyI.
IDENTIFY his people had plenty OF money.
for she had never heard him speak OF
being worried.
With two Of her friends who were
going 20 the same inn, she left the
city for the small mountain town
where she was to spend the next two
months. Every time the girls talked
about the work they were about to do
they burst into peals of laughter. And
what they wouldn't do with the tipsl
Il do hope shall be able to hold
the position, girls" said Hope as they
were being carried over bunny noun
Tain roads In the hotel bus.
'Posltionf It's a Jobi And what
you get will be wages--not salary.
You might as well get yourself right,
Hope. before you get II wrong" said
one OF the school teachers. She felt
that she could come down OFF her dig
nifty now that she was not being an
example to fiftyodd children.
Hope was so nervous the FIRST night
nj dinner that II was all she could do
TO serve the nice family at the table
TO which she had been assigned. The
family was evidently remaining for a
few days, for there was no tip offered
60 her. and she felt relieved.
Her zone In the dining room was ex.
tended the following day until she had
four tables, and then she had little
time TO be nervous. she found herself
becoming very proficient waitress.
and she agreed with the girls that the
white uniform was very becoming 10
her fresh coloring and fair. well-kept
hair
The wecS-ends brought many tour.
ists. and the girls had busy time and
received some substantial tips. They
used 10 gather In the room OF Hope, as
they called II. and count their change
and giggie and have relaxed hour
after the hard days work.
S0ne OF the men calls her Sister
and Is ne kindly as he can be. had
ouiy one crank today-an old-maId OF |
man who wanted his beans cooked
why down low In the pot. the way |
they do back home In Kentucky.
tried to get him some frizzled.looklng
black ones and he grunted thanks.
I'd hate to marry some OF these men,
wouldn't your
The other girls agreed that Il wasn't
bad way TO get Insight into mnscu-
line characteristics. Altogether, they
found the work interesting, amusing
and very profitable. Hope could see
herself quite free from financial worry
during her senior year. And the
mountain air was giving her a new
lease on life In spite OF the hard work.
Nm expecting my fnmIly this week.
end, Sister," said the man whom Hone
mad been serving for a week. could
you arrange for a larger table--three
children and Mrs. Winter And-rd |
like you 70 continue to take care OF
ua. II you can"
Hope said that she would do the |
best she could and felt battered at the
kindly interest Of the elderly man even
though he had chosen TO call her
rather familiarity SISTER" She could
see that he was well mentioned
sand my wlfe's chauffeur is col.
iege lad who isn't accustomed, think.
10 rOughing It, Piease see that he Is
we'll served outside, win your"
Hope said that she would, and when
she had taken care of the whole White
family and had been ntroduced-much
10 her embarrnssment--tO Mrs. White
and the children, she slipped outside
20 the room where the chauffeurs ate
their meals
Coming In at the door opposite, lust
as she entered the room, was the tall.
eoodloolslug figure OF Tom Baker in
chaumeur's uniform.
He came toward her with ont
stretched hands. "Hopew
tom Baker" she said. And then.
for fear she would make herself con.
splcuOus, she told him under her
breath when he Insisted. that she
would meet him after she was finished.
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