The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-06-07
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.ey Jessie DOUGLAS

NJ Number OF times before
+ NE 81 spoke to her. But at
last ID eeting him ON the fourth
Handing he had said Good
and passed on down the
tAkatfs. That was what he always
tsfds pass n. 4.
Nellie shook her head pertly and
1t sN3d We ii seer But the strange
Sfpaft 69 dt was the man on the 1loor
beIowg continued to speak when he
r saw her, and continued to pass her
was puzzling She was the
nrAttiest GIRL lat worked in John
sfson IL Hughes offices And she
tskneS 1t. a Almost with exception
every clerk had made some kind
sof advance to her. She could &c
hout every night If she chose. and
8texen old Mr. J ohnson himself had
given her theater tickets.
The girls in the office envied her.
IN their quiet way. She had the
Sral lest, Snuffiest hair, and she did
SSiIssin the most elaborate style, SO
that any one would have stopped
10 admire.its intricacies alone. she
srouged IS OF course. Perhaps lit
tie too much. but habit du'ls the
Ssperception. Her light blue eyes
,s1gere the color of forget-me-no OTIS.
- er flashes gold tipped. but. Nellie
saw that they came out
lefty black.
Her lips were. pretty and soft
IN slightly aided by art. She was
Mpre tty. Startling pretty. and she
would have been foolish virgin
s:if she had not known it. There
was never the slightest doubt in
3SNeilfe,s s. mind about her charm,
- o.
ond Of her life i Her blouses were
the most elaborate, her stockings
the sheersts She could buy.
So q it was no wonder that she
lifted one piu cked eyebrow a trifle.
and eyed askance the girl who
had just knocked at her bedroom
door
According to Nellie's standards,
sshe&was worse than plain, q regu
lar old maid, OF a9bit, OF makeup
land her blouse OF irreproachable
& cut was Opaque. Her hair: 1T was
true, had a beautiful luster. but II
&sFas arranged SO simply tnat any
Oneacou1d have done tiff she had
time and patience.
beg your pardon the girl at
the door said. 81 realize rs rath-
FER queer of me but my brother and
"a have seen you SO often on the
stairs that almost feel know
3you-SEI'm going away for two weeks
Saand I'D be grateful If you'd keep
this picture for me.
Sheffield out a picture in tur-
SdHoise frame and Nellie, without
footing at it, laid it on her bu-
greaI1and answered, "Glad ito, I'm
rouge her other cheek with the
greatest non cha1ance.
Nellie did not really bother to
@Iook at the picture until she came
ain#from the movies that night. She
saw that it was a. photograph of a
low stone house, 1vy-girdled, with
III charming view of garden and
Ywoodland behind and she guessed
shreHdIy that it was the girls
home The little frame OF oddly
Scut flat turquoise was fascinating
"A sheck the girl had said, Her
broth her. Why that mus: mean the
man on@ the stairs
Nellie put the frame in the cen
#ter4O Of her bureau and eyed it with
fresh interest. But something was
the after It didn't seem some
how to go with her bright pink bu-
reau$set nor with the artificial ger
anium that she had stuck in her
Slowing she removed the geran
ssss,,r11 and Sstill studied the effect.
Somethinsgwas still wrong
She had decided to buy herself
one Of those new green hair orna-
nnents, sbu that noon she found her
self instead at the toilet goods
ascannter That ivory set would go
wei With the turquoise frame-she
hesitated and then plunsed-and
she sfoun d herself waiting for the
s5Hotciock whistle.
81 did go well! Somehow the tur-
;anoisesframe seemed to rest against
sthat creamy background. and Nell
Pile cycling the bureau critically real
Size5 that som ething still was the
alter The imitation lace cover,
~ n the pink sateen underbody,
n ru wrong note.
ssssSt Twas queer what happened in
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