Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-06

~ for Dora Skipping. because on friday
morning the two girls who shared with
her the large room under the northeast
-- caves of Rayield Hall had classes
straight through, while she was free Also be-
cause this washing and renovating of her own
clothes was one of the ways in which she made
both ends of her budget meet. One end of the
budget was smpe,-a small. small sum of
money in the form of monthly allowance by
mail-the other end was complicated, being
IN extremely pretty girl who had good taste as
well as good looks and ambitions.
Three military cot beds paraded in a row
under the east windows On their countepanes
was spread Dora Skipping'S daytime attire-One
wool jersey dress, one hand-kntted sweater
with q flannel skirt. two frocks of silk crepe.
These costumes. stripped now of their washable
accessories awaited an inspection for spots and
q thorough pressing when the laundry should
be hung up TO dry. The washable accessories.
together with a pile of lingerie and her entire
supply of silk stockings, were occupying Dora
ut a WaShstand in a small closet-lke laVatory.
Dora was working hard and fast. The faded
old blue smock she wore at her washing was
distractingly becoming, because her eyes we're
blue-a very positive blue and not serene or
placid, but with the very dickens dancing in
their depths. Her gold bronze hair glinted with
a constant effect Of catching a sunbeam, and
had supplied odd little curls in the hollow of
her white neck and over her ears. Besides own
ing these lovely eyes and this enviable hair,
Dora Skipping was 20, healthy, slender and
sweetly rounded of contour, and anybody would
suspect that In two minutes that somewhere
there must be young man who loved her
madly
THERE was. His name Frederick Balm.
graduate electrical engineer with ex-
cellent position. He came of people who had
means. He drove out to call on Dora or TO
fetch her elsewhere every week end. Each time
hat hn AArk 0f A;=
honest, not too handsome face identical.
His nice hazel eyes would light up. stain
OF red would run under his year-around sun
burn. He would want to marry Dora Skipping
the next minute. He said so in every way
known to man.
Finally, the week before this Dora had ad-
mitted that she wanted to marry Fred as much
as he wanted to marry her But it wouldn't
be the next minute. 1t couldn't possibly be
one minute before year from the coming June
Gorgeous" reproached her lover. How can
you be mean to me?"
II knew you wouldn't like the idea" sighed
Dora. That's why waited 30 long to say
yes"
You knew-a long time ago?" Fred caught
his breath sharply.
Right from the beginning" said Dora APP
peasingly.
Fred doubled his fists and thrust them into
his trousers pockets. The proposal had been
DdO6 ana accepted CnlS time OnQer trying cir
cumstances In the afternoon there had been
sleet storm Roads were treacherous The
dean of women had made an announcement at
dinner that no girl was to keep automobile
date that evening. All callers were to be en-
tertained in the parlors of the dormitory.
Eight dollars worth of tickets to a show in
city lS miles away were going to waste in Fred's
pocket this minute. With this entertainment in
mind, he called early That Melted him and
Dora an alcove off the main parlor, but there
were no curtains to this alcove and right in
front of it doomed piano, played all evening
by a brainless male idiot who did things by ear
inexhaustibly.
But why a year from June?" protested Fred.
TITS wasteful enough to wait at all, but why
the extra year-after you've finished school
and all?'
why do you think you love me?" asked Dora.
why do I think" Fred glared at her
helplessly. Say, If you don't know the answer
to that by this time I'll never be able TO
tell you"
II do know" said Dora softly. I'm awfully
proud. 1 want you all your life to think lot
OF me. If didn't have q sense of honor, .
pretty keen sense of honor, I'd never satisfy q
man as honest you are know. But I've
got contract to fill out-with my family
before marry any one"
what do you mean? contract" said poor
Fred.
Have ever told you about my family?'
"Oh, mentioned them now and then. know
your father is O preacher"
MY father is angel and my mother is y
queen. She could have married any number Of
rich men; I means, any one Of q number. She
married father because she loved him-and he
had just nothing. For long time there was
just nothing: Dad was educated to be O law
yer-and the law asked him one time to defend
q man whom he knew was guilty Of terrible
crime; and in his thinking Of the ethics Of that