Shoshone journal., 1923-12-28
EASY ENOUGH
BY JACK LAYTON.

Alice turned 70 her friend Tes
- sIained face Il don't know what
or am going to do she bemoaned. ii
" dreadful to be born with g bashful di
. position. And having to be tied CO.
ne Siantly 10 Aunt's old fashioned aprd
h strings. keeps me growing more pail
fully bashful al tie time or n1ayh
. Its embarrassment over my own Lac
Of confidence Anyway / never ca
i have good time wherever am. Will
e. I an bound 70 remain tongue tied o
y. stuffer at every effort al conversation
y II was not so hard to bear bef0r,
e George William Prescott arrived os
5 the scene. but he Is bashfully silent
too, therin lies my present difficulty =
: ~gho." asked Cissy abruptly, SIS
this George William Prescott?" Her
diiident friend sighed. Hes the man
in my life she confessed.
"At least never took much in
terest in any man before He came to
Aunt Letties. one evening TO pay
duty call being the guest of her friend
Mrs. Seymour. Ny it was an awful
evening we just sat and stared at
each other like two people at the
| dentists; and when I tried to make a
remark II sounded insane, and when
he did, he'd get red 10 the ears; but
1 he has been mixing more or less with
| our set ever since, because Mr.. Sey-
mour has taken him into his office and
Mr. Prescott is doing so well there,
that he's decided to stay on in town. |
But no one has been able to become |
very well acquainted with William,
that's what Mrs. Seymour calls him,
because he Is so difiident" Cecilia
Rose wrinkled her pretty brows.
"What am trying to find OUT she
remarked sis why anyone should care
to-"
The wide eyes of Alice were tenderly
reminiscent, "Mr. Prescott is so
wonderfully good looking" she mused,
his eyes look as If they were trying
to say many wonderful things that
his lips cannot While his ways"
Mercy interrupted Cissy, Il do be-
lieye you are in love. That would be
a serious state of affairs especially
# your George William-oh let's
call him Bill, to take the stiffness
away--if your Bill were also speech
lessly In love with you. Fancy two
frigid glaciers. shining upon each
otherr "Cissy dear" begged Alice, +
"you have such drawing power, couldn't
you draw George William-Bn, l
I mean, out of his shell, and make him I
approachable" L
"A roachable TO your" Clssy :,
laughed "Oh think 1t would be easy T
enough; but you must promise to take a
him off my hands afterward / am E
too fond of being entertained myself
to do all the drawing" l1.~-
George William Prescott, standing
aloof against the supper room curtain,
ooked as lonely and as uncomfortable
Is he felt. His stilted replies to
several maidens who had ventured in |
'iting remarks regarding the evening,
n the success of Mrs. Seymours party, |
we're not encouraged to further |
|
had suggested that sup
'er would soon be served, and was
flowed to drift on, to the escort of
drawer and newly arrived man.
ieorge William, mentally reproached
imself for leaving the assured en-
of books for an uncer-
ainty of enjoyment, when laughing
oice accosted him, ,ss-,
Il am your fate as supper com
anion," Cecilia informed him, "Being
uest of honor, Mrs Seymour gave me
ne privilege Of choice, and l." Clssy
.ose smiled, 81 chose you" Mr.. Pres
oft started to bow perfunctorily,
hen bending, drew her hand instead
trough his arm. Alice, at an op-
osite side of the flower decked table,
azed wonderingly at her admired
les evident enjoyment of the oc-
ision. Once she heard In accom-
animent to Cissy's merry glance at
IN. her daring use of the name, "Bill."
An eager light showed for a moment
the young mans eyes, his work was &
so his hobby, then from the doorway
cecilia looked back on the two. and -
Gorge William turned. dazedly, to
e shrinking figure at his side. But
was not OF his beloved art that
) spoke, "Cissy Rose" he repeated -
fly, "Why, you'd think the name
rs made for her, wouldn't your with A
e rose color In her cheeks. and that OK
RI Of saucy way. she has"
II was long speech for William, =
lich may have been accountable for FO
e long silence that followed. From n
Is silence Alice was only rescued -
her former supper escort. Hello" FOL
ed that young man breezily, ''been NJ
king for you everywhere. want -
U 10 play a certain song for us. on Fol
5 you WILL he waved her shy OBJ "
'tions aside, Il viii sit on the bench Pho
side you and give my moral sup -
n ron