The Indianapolis times., 1927-05-30
I'm not sure that really love him."
dJohn Walden, guess" repl

John Walden, I guess" replied
Diana with large indifference.
/ You don't seem particularly ex-
cited over TIL anticipation"
I'm not. Neither over Walden
nor tn dance. 1t was all fresh and
wonderful after my debut, but 1
guess I'm becoming jaded. 1 wish
something thrilling would happen
something. for instance, like
Teddy's cellar affair Sometimes L
think she has it all over us. At
least, she has tn satisfaction of hav-
ing been Of some benefit to tn
world" concluded Diana Grossly.
THAT seems an incongruous COM
parison to make" said L1oda with a
shrug. Considering that Teddy
Farrell is. after all, more or less of
a nobody"
Diana whirled in her chair with
the swift grace of cat, her gray.
green eyes flashing.
"See here, Lola Mantell," she spat
you keep your claws off my Teddy.
know. of course, why you hate her
since Don and she had that cellar
experience. 1 know, too, what you
don't know. Don asked her to
marry him-and she refused Don,
himself, told me, not her. I think
it's altogether unfair for you to
harp about her original obscurity.
She's a fine, brave girl who earns
her own living, and Dad says that
she's got tn making of a splendid
newspaper woman"
p An angry flush stained the creamy
cheeks and white throat of Lola
Mantell, but her good sense told her
not to bait her young cousin too
far.
"Oh, come now, Dia," she said,
conciliatingly, calm yourself. II
didn't intend to make it a problem.
And besides, she added rising and
kissing the other playfully on the
ear. I'm grateful myself to your
Teddy for saving Don's life. Really.
am
Diana's anger dissolved instantly.
Hers was too big and fine a nature
to harbor rancor, especially when
anything that even savored O. apol.
ogy was offered. At the same time
she wasn't deceived in the least by
Lolas change of front. She knew
her cousin too well.
You have a right to be grateful.
Lola" she said earnestly. 1T think
Teddy is perfectly wonderful and
I'm going to see that she gets to
the Country Club dance, for know.
she's just crazy to go. Exclusive
or not exclusive, Teddy's going to
that dance if I've got enough in,
fuence to get her there"
Well, g'night, I gotta go now"
came from over Lola's shoulder
with an airy cheerfulness, and the
next moment Diana was alone with
her own reflections.
And they were odd, passing odd
those reflections taht came push
ing their way into the wakeful mind
of Dina Brooks that night.
1t was many hours after Lola left
before Diana finally fell asleep.
She had always been more or less
puzzled in her estimate of her cousin.
Until Lola had come there to live
following her fathers sudden death
which had left the girl utterly pen.
niless, she and Diana had never met.
In very truth Lola's and Teddy Far
relTs experience had not been dis
similar. Both had been left destitute
upon the death of their parents. Had
Roger Brooks not come to the rescue,
of Lola in the hour of her greatest
need she would have found herself
in a position identical with Teddy's
in all save that of age. While Teddy
had been II at the time of her great
bereavement, Lola was 20. But
Lola's ability to earn her own living
was even less than Teddy's had been.
All things considered, ruminated
Diana, Lola's eternal snubbing of the
little reporter was altogether out of
place and unethical. She hoped her
cousin would take profit from the
little incident of that night. -.
She had almost disliked Lola when
she spoke that way about Teddy.
Diana tried to analyze that dislike.
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