The Glenwood post., 1923-02-01
MEET LIEUT.. DoRR
BY CHARLOTTE TALLEY
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Miss Weston, meet Lieutenant
Dorr." The speaker was the over
dressed Miss Smith. Pretty Miss
Weston bowed, with her gracious lit
tie smile, and again to Lieutenant
James, whom she Lad met before.
l enjoyed the comedy that | had an
ticipated when l saw Mrs. Weston
emerge from the house. She was IL
monomaniac ON the subject of social
position and, hoping to better her own
through her daughters marriage, she
fused terribly every time Marie made
new acquaintance.
Now, who do you suppose that girl
has introduced to Marie?" she ques-
TONED me, throwing out her hands
with helpless gesture. "You meet all
kinds of people in boarding house."
you do, indeed" l said to myself.
But aloud, 81 don't know this officer"
adding mentally, so first lieutenant
won't do for Marie!' | had heard
that Mrs. Weston was looking for at
least captain.
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ant Dorr was presented to the rest. of
us and, to Mrs. Weston's dispeasure,
he mad been placed next to Marie.
Marie was not the type | admired, l
decided; the black lashes that dropped
so modestly over Marie's blue eyes
exasperated; they looked artificial to
me. l was beginning to suspect my
self of prejudice when, suddenly, my
eyes encountered the brown ones of
Lieutenant Dorr, and, confused, I
turned away to converse with Lieuten-
ant James on my right.
He and Dorr were tbaching" 1t
while DORIS family were away, he in
formed me, and then he launched upon
eulogy of Lieutenant Dorr. He was
as good as his name would have in
dicated if. it had been written In
French. Why, Dorr, he said, had sac
rificed the large income from his busi-
ness when he enlisted as soon as war
was declared. So Lieutenant Dorr was
one of the wealthy and socially promi-
nent DORIS of FL Paso! And Mrs.
Weston was trying to signal Marie not
to be so cordial to him.
For reason, which l discovered
later, this managing matron had not
been averse to having her daughter re
ceive the attentions of blonde, loQul-
cious Lieutenant James. But she had
made mistake about his status, too,
which came to her as a crushing blow
when she heard of it. It~Was Jack
who told me about it, in his slangy
fashion, as l labored over pile OF
his gaping socks in my bedroom the
following day.
Gee, Sue, you oughta heard that
ole hen bawl Marie out when size
learned that the one gilt bar on Lieu.
tenant James shoulder was insignia
of second lieutenant instead of q
captain, as she had supposed"
Every evening after this disappoint'
| ing discovery Mrs. Weston drew hel
! daughters arm within her own after
| dinner and took her for a walk. 1t was
week later when she found out heI
| mistake concerning Lieutenant Dorr
| Miss Smith had just told her about his
| prominence when he, in long, black
| glossy car, drew up to the door, wear
| ing two silver bars on his shoulder in
stead of one, rs formerly. Mrs. Weston
made no mistake about insignia now
and she knew that he had been pro
NOTED to captaincy.
She was so attentive to him at din
ner that | could see that Marie was
embarrassed. avoided the gallery
afterward in sheer disgust with m.
sex, slipping away to the piano In the
parlor, where l began softly to play q
| Chopin nocturne. was feeling more
pain than pleasure from my perform
ance, because the piano was out OF
tune, when turned to face Lieutenan,
DOrr, hat in hand, asking Jack and me
| to go to drive. I accepted for us both
l fear with alacrity. My heart beat
to suffocation.
We drove to Yseleta, a picturesque
| Mexican village some miles from u
Paso, but to me 1t seemed more like
| driving to Paradise. was in much toe
happy mood on our return to con
demn Mrs. Weston, whom we fount
awaiting us, sitting in the couch ham
mock with her feet scarcely touching
| the floor. She waddled forward
"Oh, Captain Dorr, ! failed to con
| gratulate you on your promotion. AL
low me!'' And she thrust forth 6
pudgy hand.
The newly-made captain took 1t ant
murmured his thanks, but as Mrs. YVES
| ton turned to me with more effusions
he met the eyes of Lieutenant James
with an intentional and deliberate
wink of one brown eye.
"Oh, boy!" exclaimed Jack, later
"Did you see Captain Dorr wink? Say
l thought you said 1t was common tt
wink, Sue Langdon."
"Well, l suppose it depends on the
way it's DONE" / back-watered. "h
you can wink like Captain Dorr,"
conceded, ION occasion, you may"
''Its pity Mrs. Weston spoils her
daughters pleasure so,' said insin
cerely, because for the first time In my
lifa wns ieolOus "Marie has toe