Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1922-12-06
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BY MoLLlE4 MATHER


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''There goes that woman again.
Phoebe flew to the window, and the
Merry Makers club followed i'm q body.
Don't it beat alt the way the fell
lows go to see her? And she's not
even good looking, in. my opinion I
:, What surprises me-" Mrs. Tomkins
remarked, lis the. way folks will take
to stranger. Mrs. Lew Hampton
has her out often in her car, and never
any of us, Mrs. Tomkins' old neigh
bors, asked to ride ~ s ..>s.>' =
Nettie Wells smiled. eve don't
wear the stylish Clothes this stranger
does," she said significantly. go
"Where did the girl come from p
Phoebe wanted to know, ''and is her
name Jewel Joyce, as they say?
Sounds made up to me- u IA.
Miss Joyce seems real agreeable
small woman timidly suggested. The
others laughed. $50 the. men folks
Think" they said. -E. u:
The object of conversation passed on
her way. Miss Jewel Joyce was al,
ways provokingly happy. Snubs an
| noyed her not, lll-natured GOODNESS
| passed unnoticed.: From an office
stairway young man sprang to walk
at her side.
Il saw you from the Office window"
he said ~::: ii :;
II am on my way to meet the 6 3d."
Jewel told him, and smiled. :: |
The young mans bright expression
faded. "Say," he asked aggressively,
chow often is that man coming out
here, anyway"
LAS often as he can," Jewel replied;
as an afterthought she added: (Which
MANI"
You'd better ask" Nettie Wells
brother sarcastically replied; folks
here are betting on which fellow comes
most" s.7
Jewel Joyce stood still and stared
at her informer. -
you mean to tell me-" she indig-
nantly cried, that the people here are
gossiping about me?"
"Gossiping!" Jim Wells laughed,
"the men in the stores are guessing as
to which Of those two men from the
city will be the winner, and the wom-
en- say that neither Of them is serious !;
and my sister thinks you want me.
Gosh!" added Jim, II wish you did"
Jewel glanced at the boyish face i'm
patiently, then she laughed. "Oh, Mr.
Wells" she -said,;r please don'ts be fool
ish. So have come to town of ro-
mancers." Her pretty brows drew to-
gether in frown. "Good-by"; she dis
missed her new admirer, abruptly.
The frown had disappeared when
she returned from the station, a. tall.
pleasing man at her side. The men
In the store windows gaped, and the
little stranger returned their bows Of
greeting, flushing, remembering Jim's
conversation.
"Queer one, that" shrewd-looking
character remarked; saw her when
+ was in the city, and she was at a
movie theater with different man
!, from them two what come out here
a thick-set, prosperous sort of looking
man, and" the speaker leaned close
> to his eager audience-"the man was
, holding her hand al, through the play.
She passed me going out, and~smiled
as cool as you please. Knew I'd seen
, her, too, all the time"
Lyn Wendell spoke up eXcitedly.
Young chap, wasn't he? Lightish hair,
actorish looking?"
The first speaker regarded Lyn with
interest. "What are you talking about
The man in the theater was middle
aged maybe, dark hair, acted as
. though he owned the girl, engaged to
her, you'd think-and them other two
= coming out here all the time, both
paying her steady attention, : and
knowing nothing, I'll be bound, about
S this bird in the theater."
,. Lyn Wendell shook his head. "Prob
g ably she's waiting to see which one
: is worth the most money. Our young
: J1p, here ought to be warned. She
y might even marry Jim and spoil hi,
: career at the start. But what 1 was
ta]llng about was a. fellow I saw this
h Jewel woman with in the city. Ligh1
o haired, young. She was driving Will
n him, and they stopped for gas at thu
r; place I did. slow do you do?' sh<
v, says to me. Mr.. Wendell, this is Mr.
i Bruce'-Bruce was the name. Philip,
d I heard her cali him, and he sail
# right out, Yes, DEAR"
Lyn Wendell, returning some day:
t.. later from his farm, passed an auto
- mobile driven by the same Nightmare,
chap he remembered having seen III
n the city. The Jewel woman was1b b,
e his side. 3es3$ S&s@. ~ ,Fes==.s4.@ : h.
d "How do you DOT" she again greet
y ed the astonished Lyn; she stopped
e ''This IS my husband, Mr.. Bruce, MI
IS Wendell We are driving out to loo
It over the field of my half-brothers ney
II work. You have seen Mr.. Johnson, m
k half-brother, here with me often. II
it is civil engineer. The shorter mar
a whom you may also remember, is n:
a. husbands brother and Mr.. Johnson
le business associate .s5. y
IS Lyn, meeting the brides twinklin
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