The Dolores star., 1924-02-29


where you wouldn't want 10 go alone
And mornings she could give you les
sons. She'd want to be the right sort.
! OF course. But there wouldn't be much
| trouble about that; there are plenty
OF them to choose among-some Eng
| lishwoman, l suppose, would he test."
Still without looking around at him,
she askei, What kind OF lessons?
History and French and things like
/ thatf"
| Her tone was muffled. ambiguous;
| and 1t was this. more than anything
/ else, that made him hesitate. why.
l suppose So he answered dublously,
Manners. too?' she inquired. How
to talk with an English accent. and
never raise my voice? And what kind
of clothes to wear, so that nasty little
| Dorothy Williamson can't luugh At me
behind my back"
Look here, Trix." he commanded.
| We've been over this before Iou
agreed to learn their game. It's no
/ disgrace not to know 1t. but its silly
/ to make fuss about learning It. when
\ to go on not knowing 1t will put you
| at II disadvantage. 1t won't be hard
/ to do
But II you 20 around fiinching at
| everything and imagining people are
| laughing ut you, you can be d-n un-
happy. II is Imagination, mostly. with
| you. Certainly no one was laughing
at you last Sunday up at William
sons"
She whipped around upon him with
furious contradiction. They were.
A whole lot you know about it! You
weren't there to see"
Il could see you were having what
| sounded like Il good time"
Il laughed too loud. l suppose" she
| commented. "Oh, some Of the fellows
were decent enough. But the girls.
especially your dazzling Dodo- Oh,
she makes me sick -
She's no darling of mine" he de
| clared-with grin. for the notion that
| TriN might be jealous amused him.
| Go after her, If you don't like her.
Beat her at her own game. Take her
boys away from her. Show her up
| Only you won't do II by wishing you
| could. Let me hire you the right sort
of governess. and after she's showed
you the ropes you'l be able to give
| Dodo the laugh
That isn't what you want her for"
the girl said, with sulky conviction, at
| the end of a long stare. you want
| her because those women have been
| telling you how horrible it Is for me
b.,
anywhere alone. or taking drives with
anybody but George George Burns,
| mean This in answer to his
sharply interrogatory frown.- | sup
| pose Dodo would call him Burns
| They've made you ashamed OF me, too
l guess
Don't be fool. Trixl" He hadn't
meant to be as sharp as that. though
and he paused TO get control of uui.
eter manner. I'm sorry. but guess
| you didn't know how that sounded
Nobody's said a word to me about
Burns. And when it comes to enter
tainng your friends here, you cant
have young men coming TO see you and
finding you alone nobody but the serv-
ants. Even for going anywhere at
night. when I'm away, you'll want
someone. ! hadn't thought it through
as far as that before. Well call that
settled. l guess, Tri1."
But he saw 1t was anything hut
settled in his daughters mind. "AI
my life" she said. with sort Of
vicious Quietness. I've had people
sticking their noses into the things |
was doing. telling tales on me, making
mother say couldn't do this or 1t was
wrong to do that. And now you talk
about hiring someone to do just that
thing. Well. 1t isn't what I came here
| for. II you trusted me you wouldn't
mind having people coming to see me
without chaperon spying on me all
| the time. But you don't trust me
that's the trouble. You asked me to-
night who I'd been telephoning TO. II
wasn't anybody-but II it had been |
wouldn't have told you"
She was, beyond concealment, CRYING
now, and this phenomenon, while It
| paralyZed him, seemed to rob her of
even the wish for self-control. you
wouldn't have thought of it. yourself"
she sobbed. IT'S all been put into
your head-that I'm a freak that has
to be taught how to act, and watched
to see that don't do anything awful
Jennie Macarthur and Mrs. William
son-and 'Margaret'!'
She crumpled her handk erchief into
her fist and beat on the table with it.
I'm not going to have your mistresses
telling you what I'm to do" she cried.
Nor an old maid that's trying to
marry you, eitherI"
He reached across and seized her
by the arms. what the devil do you
mean by thatT' he roared at her. She
wasted no breath answering; her
sinsle-minded purpose was to break
out of his grip. Her teeth were locked,
her face flushed, her eyes blazing
| you listeni" he went nm durin0 =,