The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-07-18
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The Girl d ac ON,
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JESSIE DOUGLAS.

4 s6fs#fnto the street below her ere
s%na6nJa ike ants yer &crOWd1ng%o ut
SAof the doorsas It was s o ci tt'' *.
z I'm going &home g .s32S
ohn Merrill black brows were Is
issSeft was looking drea .l pass :
gtbsa h11i1dinxs, past the swarm Of !,
ssfnaeSeets inS the street below into ms
HnWn Thoughts Alice WaT1ng snaa
$ssfeYerSseen quite that xpress1ons ~ ~.
81 hin face. but she had 1magll y;
she could have closed her eyes !: an ~!
seen the mouth that smut y 1. 20 tn
s1y, th easquare@c CHR, !he p plgasa.
IA, = = s5:Well8a she did with him
III ere before her. ii h
waited for. him to so on O.
III K1tce #waring was the well-trafned5
{ 8 aatrat larry She knew VII en 70
sneak, knew too when Silence 1!cte
81 knew. i lived il the mid die
she s. nodded. For some reason
her breath was coming faster; she
gssscouId not have spoken IL she had had
tried sS "
Yuu,ye, been my secretary for
ssSfour years, haven you = And It's
that long to get&o my
Ssfeet. "a girl 1back#Sho has be zen
for me- I'm going nome "
maTry her. q =
ssSSss,5ssfI g picked up the paper knife
Ind began drumming with 1t on his
Adssk. Alice felt her own heartbeats
keep time to it. He went on almost
SasEthough he were talking to HIM
III Be glad is get out OF New
York and Z; into that quiet little
II tow d. sT They don't do things there
#as they do here. The girls don't
Il smoke and wear skirts up to Their
knees and make clowns OF their
faces, thank God ~ He pushed back
sShis chair a bsuptlyl and stood up up
leave Everything in your hands
miss Wafing want to tell you
ii gave her hand a firm hard
sSpressure and then the office door
CLOSED after him. Alice neither
cried SnoE$pressed her hand against
81 her, heartMnor8Iea leaned over to kiss
the lace where his hand had lain.
sa til there. Sat there
VERY till with head dropping
tile, looking out past the roofs to
sssstheS sky that was sapphire blue
studded with nails of silver light.
sShe4sat there while all her dreams
died and her youth seemed to slip
sway and her heart felt like a. piece
rs lead 4 hat had dropped into her
sssbosomS by mistake. @
! When at ] asst she put on hershat
s5and adjusted her -eil her hands
&SW ere steady, but she made a mo-
mentor d ecisi on She. would
keep her osition and run things
until MINI erri1 was almost back;
1.-THE day3 before he arrived she
would leave. The sight of him
sssaft erward would be! daily tor
her the sound of his voice
cruelty her; she was going
ITO do the only thing she could
aatTys and forget him in other work
but J ohm Merrill as he stepped
M the train to the wooden plat
orms Of Evanston was another
ysSm al. He felt youn ger. He drew
az aSdeeps breath OF air and strobe
down the platform
why Airline hadn't
n come to meet him. He lon ed for
sssnnoo tn light hair, the pale
sskin;aEt he I'd elieious innocence OF
nout d.
DIN Merrill. you don't know
81 Ohm Merrill didn't. He had
tStsn MISUNDERSTANDING oCLoi
the had.seen many of this type;
had lust left them all benin
I'M, or SO he tn ought, in New
s had a rakish hat on the
YS6nGofS a bobbed light fuzz of hair;
\ Igheshad coral earrings, a little too
;Tsn much slipstick.gand bare knees. He
s saw al i his first glance.
ssSFssSss.. OF course,Syo don't have to
s Kiss me- she tainted 5
sgsssssJ ohn@Nerri gasped when he
card the voice; thatwas the only
thing he Id remember now: This
n was airline! This f1ippant bit OF
scheeKgSand her ION chalant, bored
manner. sa8ss'5
There's Ed he'll run us home
FL his Stutz la5s ~,
Ed, inshis long red roadster, re-
4 moved cigarette. but not his hat
Gas the otI1er#two stepped In beside
h h I'm 81 j o1ns Merrill tried to catch
sup to their rapid-fire conversa-
on the time he reached Ar
lines home hessWas not4onlysa 1T
ssst tie tired but very q etermined
When, tW o weeks later, Ohm
ssMerH returnedst ito New York he
lett the ay before, he
swssEtAldI Everything was in! order.
ThaE6deTks looked at him s1yly, at
~ 4 s1thi ssgna an with keen brown eyes
SsSwh oSWas somehow rejuvenat ed
from is vi ISL home They all
"A EnewThesh had gone to get married.
q iiss Waring gone!'' ohm
IN erri1f stormed.
Ife&was not used to being
He knew the office
sFonldn'tSr4nH without her What
sVfy.a kT,fr E1n~, 1.f1 Ia
hes@wasS away He'd raise her sal
NJ arygif that was what she wanted.
to it himself. At S
go'cI0ck he stopped before the
in which Miss Waring
lived.
HeSwas shown into a very new
rbIeAhal1&w with Imitation palms