The weekly Iberian. (New Iberia, La.) 1894-1946, 1922-07-08
Tie Turquoise
Frame
}, JESSIE DOUGLAS

ID BY Mcclure ,hor If
md seen him a number 81
ynis .. nra he spoke to her. But 5n AZ
% Oeso's eur him on the fourth lahu,
" peefl ns!d -Good-morning" and
" y !, ' down the stairs. That was
r's' ! = always did, pass ..,,,, and
fsi Pc MAI Max her head pertly ana
yslu sss sap0 see" But the strange
VI wv |, was the man on the floor Oe-
pfd i've ',ad 70 speak when he "a"
N s CO. continued to pass her BY.
M ano .,s,ling. She was the pref
. w. y, that worked in Johnson \
ss 49, ~ Offices. And she knew y,.l 1t.
a'sn s. without exception every clerk
nns ,.ds some kind of advance to he .
Nd paus - out every night If she
81 '' s'd even old Mr.. Johnson him
ba ~ r,ven her theater tickets.
~ y a'e ~, s in the office envied her in
i' \ ,sst way. She had the p'Itst'
I as.. s' hall, and she did It II the
''a' elaborate style, 50 that any one
81 ,s'd have stopped to admire re d T. u
' 'osS alone. She rouged' Of course
rass' little too much, but habit
r ss',. ppsreeutIon. Her light blue eyes
aS ~ color Of forget-me-nots, --er
sss . ~ sold.tIuped, but Nellie Dwight
~, 81 they came out jetty black,
~ y. ''I Inns were pretty and soft, If
., 4 aided by art. She was pretty
s ss%lsgIy pretty, and she would ha'e
- ! foolish virgin If she had not
Ut There was never the slight
~. : doubt III Nellie's mind about her
4.,r and she played up TO It every
49,. .s.d Il her life. Her blouses We're
j. most elaborate, her stockings the
s.srsst she could buy.
Soft was no wonder that she iifted
:, ulucked eyebrow trile and eyed
dance the girl who had just knocked
,t,b9 bedroom door.
leeording to Nellie's standards, she
~ worse than plain, a regular old
MA NOT q bit of makeup, and her
vme Of irreproachable cut, was
naoue Her hair, 1t was true, had
ksutIful luster, but it was arranged
! duply that anyone could have doEe
~ she had time and patience.
T beg your PARDON the girl at the
ise said, Il realize it's rather queer
drs but my brother and l have seen
= . often on the stairs that l almost
ii | know you! I'm going away for
TO weeks and I'd be grateful If you'd
tsp this picture for me-"
So held out a picture in a turquoise
h,ue and Nellie, without looking at
l. hid II on her bureau and answered,
Acld 10. I'm sure" and then con-
tnued to rouge her other cheek with
be reatest nonchalance.
Nellie did not really bother to look
4 he picture until she came in from
be movies that night. She saw that
/ M Q photograph Of a low stone
lswa iyy-girdled. with a charl.iing
~ 6 garden and woodland behind,
I'd ~ guessed shrewdly that it was
n c1i's home. The little frame of |
W cut fat turquoise was fascinat-
+ h Itself; and then she realized |
Sth shock the girl had said, Her
kuhtfr Why, that must mean the
M q the stairs!
nellie put the frame In the center of
n bureau and eyed 1t with fresh In
llss9 But something was the matter.
: 6dnt seem somehow to 60 with her
nat pink bureau set nor with the
lluldll geranium that she had stuck
J ~ htptn holder.
Aosly ne removed the geraEium
= ul studied the effect. Some
- NJ still wrong.
= nad decided to buy herself one
\ uoae new green hair ornaments.
uat noon she found herself in
4 the toilet goods counter. That
VI e would go well with the tur.
J name -she hesitated and then
and she found herself wait
! = &c i've o'clock whistle.
: g g we'll! Somehow the tur-
! frame seemed to rest against
. aeamy background, and Nellie.
VI s ue bureau critically, realized
etning still was the matter
NJ ". nation lace cover, with the
1 ven underbody, struck a wrong
: - queer what happened in the
drst Nellie had to get a
! ! @yf g suit her bureau. instead
een slipper buckles she had
anung %. Then her keen eve
~ eureau stood out like an
: "a tawdry room. The pic
=. . 9 she wall somehow did not
I 4 c'eadar with the black-eved
tht advertised John and
g chrome of roses and pa re
: g . gaily colored. seemed
e quiet bureau. She tnos
lctures. But now the room un
4 aocn found her purch,s,n
w quaint pink blossoms on :
I'D and when she had made
80 q her window and some
s her coach, even a back
s'slsr chair. she glanced bur-.
- q the turquoise frame.