The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1922-04-22
THE DEAN
BY MoLLIE MArHER

OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Copyright 1922, western Newspaper Union
We girls had been the happest little
crowd until Celia Warren came among
us. She was visiting the Llvingstons
when we met her and after that, she
and her snobbish old aunt came and
rented the Ballie's fiat, the Battles
were south for the winter. AS a rule,
we girls welcome stranger, and try
to make her enjoy herself. But II
Celia Warren needed any ones assist
ance In enjoying herself, / hadn't no
tlced It. The trouble was, she LET
nothing stand in the way Of her en-
joyment, other peoples hurt feelings
or things like that did not give her
the slightest concern. In fact, we
learned later that hurt feelings were
part of Miss Celia's enjoyment, yes
really Else why did she walk Dora
Bars beloved Billy up and down be-
fore the Barr home, after she had I'M
fairly taken him away from Doral
That was why we heartily disliked
Celia Warren when we knew her I'M
fairness. Perhaps she reasoned that
"all is fair in love and war; But she
had not been with us a month before
we were quarreling with each other
we who had been so peacefully chum-
my.
Dora and Billy were the first to sep
arate 1t seemed that Celia Warren
told Billy things which he should have
known true little Dora never said
And the last to drop each others SO
ciety were Ted and /, and / never
would have believed that Ted could
he such goose.
When Ted started out in business, /
wasn't q bit surprised that he asked
me TO marry him, while Dad agreed
cheerfully and reslgnedly, as a matter
Of course.
But like Dora and Billy, and Nell
and her Jackie Ted and had decided
not to announce our engagement until
nearer the somewhat distant marriage
time.
Then all at once Celia Warren blew
in Ike a mischlevous cyclone and
mixed things all up.
"Sallle dear" Celia Warren said to
me with her annoying, amused SMILE
"Why in the world do you LET Ted
Lorlng be so dead sure OF your affec-
ton for him. II a man were us sure
and conCeited about his power over
me, I'd show him, | would. Why, when
lie was talking to me at the party last
night said, joklngly You'd better
90 and find Sallie or some other hand
some man will take her TO supper, and
Ted laughed, a queer sort OF laugh II
was and said, oh, | will find Sallie
alright. Just where left her That
new lie Strange man has a bit OF
crush on you, too, Sallle," Celia added,
though It would be hard to make your
Ted believe that"
SO | did Just what Nell aud Dora
had done under the same proyOcation
i determined 10 show Ted LOring
that he need not be so conceltedly sure
Of me, after all. | talked TO that lie
Strange man so long at our next gath
ering that he insisted upon taking me
into supper, while Ted walked OF
,,.tth rn1fu Wurwan
So she added another conquest--and
and had another man, as days passed,
leaning over the piano Joking with her
as she played, while We three deserted
girls sat, like wall flowers, back on
the dlyan
III Jackie only would not take In
everything that girl says" lamented
Nell "He. wouldn't attach himself To
her train II II wasn't In plque against
me-"
Gentle Dora's tone was actually
Spiteful. when Celia Warren talks
about the wonderful places she has
been and the noted people who enter
tanned her and the great musicians
whom she accompanies, we'll just
wish could face her with her lie"
Nell sat up.
"Thats it," she exclaimed wrathful-
ly, III we could show those inbecie
unhappy boys that she is untruthful
In one thing, they might guess that
she's been untruthful too, concerning
us"
The music ceased abruptly and Celia
Warren swung around on the piano
stool.
Zine" she praised my obtuse Ted,
you sing as we'll as Georger."
Georger was being llonized In our town
Just then.
Did you every hear the Dean Of
Hampton sing, Miss Warreni" / sud
denly asked.
Probably not. Hampton was our
college. Dora. Nell and l went through
together
The Dean is really celebrated as Il
singer. You took up music, believe,
you said, at our Hampton one YEAR,
OF course then, you know Dean Cor
dom"
"Oh, yes" Celia Warren answered
careleSsly,
She looked up at the three boys i'm.
pressvely
II have often played for him" she
told them. and he was mighty good
looking Such wonderful dark eyes.
lie used to take me around lot.
though II wasn't In accordance with
,nli,,,n r,in, Xo,, eoo hod tha bopnv