The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1922-02-15
When 4 Girl
 MQrries
By ANN LISIiE
CHAPTER 4S7.


 After Daisy Condon had ordered | chilled orange juice. dry toast and 1 tea, and I'd given my usual breakfastI 1 order of coffee, rolls and a baked ap-I pie, I sat back and surveyed thej 1 smart and engaging looking younSI | person opposite me- You look nothing less than Mar guerfte,' my dear" tossed to herI 1 gaily. Not field daisy at adlt'' "so chic and F'rench?" demanded Daisy, giving her sophisticated HttleI jade green moire urban pat which tilted it still farther over her pluckedI and tinted hairline of black eyebrow. And fresh and unspoiled atI yet," I returned dIaly. "one has to be smart" DaieyI game in selling antiques at an exuiu -5 sive shop like ours. It costs a lot, too. Of course, Tom's very generous about salary and he does give mel the duckiest things-laces, bits ofa silk and occasionally something ad do<able like this chain. Don't youl love it ?' She held out for inspection 0 rare old chain of gold braided into g. fat strand and crossed by a slide euaGn eIled in black. Pendent from theI chain were two gold tassels uppedI in pearls and held to the chain byI balls of black enamel, pearl encrS1st ed. It was a beautiful piece of n11d-I Victorian goldsnith's craft, rare and ! valuable. Did Tom give you taate'' I ex- claimed.
 Daisy cr1nsoned and flung at mel tart1y.
 Of course, he did, or I'd not say &<~M keep your figure and that famona hower+petal skin of yours, you ousa1tI to cut out the apples and cream. and coffee and hot rolls, and take a breakfast like mine.''
 I'm not worrying about my skiny'' I replied a little distrait. Then Il veered back to the necklace: 'Tsn'tN that a rather valuable gift for a girl to be accepting from her employer ?''
 Daisy bridled. But she patted the necklace back amidst her laces be- fore she replied shilly and self-con- scdously despite her efforts at boise: "Oh! Toms not an employer in the regular sense. We've come to be friends He gave me this as a com mission. I got him the contract to decorate a prominent bachelor's house at Southampton a twenty- thousand dollar job--and Tom asked If I'd like a percentage or what. Sd l said I knew Just what I wanted- and took this. It's nice isn't it?"
 Very I replied, wondering if this dashing. many-faceted edition of theU little grain of dust Daisy once waa had come to breakfast with me merely to exploit the necklace.
 ''Now, I suppose you'll be all tho more astonished when I tell yol1 what brought me here.'' Daisy plunged ahead consciously. ''It's to ask your advice about - leaving Tom"
 "Yes,' I managed to say quietly, in spite of the possibilities latent in her words And why do you want to leave-such an excellent position?"
 Daisy picked out a scroll on tho breakfast cloth with her unused but ter knife. Then she laid the little silver implement in neat parallel to a spoon. pushing the silver and he'd plate of toast away from her a sec | ond later as she rested folded arms on the table and leaned toward mel H Don't you think man and o woman can see too much of each other?' she asked brusquely. What do you mean?'' I countered H They say familiarity breeds con- l tempt" Daisy laughed consciously Sometimes I think there's some- thing in that idea. You get accus-
 
 When man knows 8 girl is-5ustI where he can land her-aIways there as the saying goes--sfle sort of loses the charm of the unexpected for him. And-that goes both ways" she add- ed suddenly.
 SBut what has that to do wfthN your excellent and paying job?'' I in- ing a lot of emotional subtIeties1 fn 3 htIe1 QS4M matter purely business?"
 Pure business paraphrased| Daisy laughing in a knowing way I'dI have hated good old Kate to hear. Anne, you're simpleton in spite ofX all the years and years of marriageI and experience-and things you'vsI been through.-One of those PeterI Pan, giriy girls, who won't grow upsE | aren't you?''
 "Oh. I couldn't say that!' I drawl-E | ed good-naturedly. refusing to cda7vf | in turn, since I felt Kate's sister[| neded guidance and not a lesson ir}I conversational give and take. "Idi 1 say that I'm a bit idealistic and thagf I've hung onto my belief in humanA nature in spite of all the terribieN things I know about Barbara Anne.d So I believe in you. Daisy. And youlI owe something to that belief" Maybe that's why I came her41 this morning. famed Daisy. "May-N be I wanted to tell you that I'm get-I ting too fond''-
 I stirred and put out hand to layZ encouragingly on one of hers. ThisI had exactly the opposite effect fronlf what I intended. It broke the spell. '"Too fond of an easy berth," fin ished Daisy self-consciously. 'AndA absurdly given to making up ro-I mances about the prominent bach-M eIors, princes of high society meet in Ton's shop. There's oHeX man in particular I've thought& might be more interested if I were& a little more elusive = not always there in the shop when he chooses toX stroll in.''
 You can be elusive in manner" replied lightly. but hoping Daisy