The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1931-02-27

Bet Les an old-fashioned boy. takes
off bis hat in elevators and gives
up his sea- IN street cars 70 ola
ladies. Good western type and not
fresh. He's taking me in from heels
to hair, but his eyes are as inno-
cent and free from desire as a
baby's. Elmer, you're a nice boy,
and l Hike you. Now to make you
like mepr
She fished a notebook and a
short pencil from her pocket and
smiled across at him alphabetically.
~Of course. Mr.. Clarke, l know I'm
boring you to the point Of warm
tears" she began. "But really. you
look so kind l can't feel as con-
trite about It as / ought. Besides,
make my living by boring people
making them talk when they do
not want to and putting words into
their mouths when they refuse to
talk"
What do you want to knowY'
he challenged.
"Oh, all about the fortune that's
been left you by the uncle you've
never scent I'm ordered to inter-
view you and get a snappy story on
how it feels to be a poor man to-
day and a millionaire tomorrow. I'd
like to have some expression from
you as to your ideas on the obli-
cations Of wealth. Does money
make for happiness, or vice versa?
What do you expect to do with
your money and when? Are you 60
Ing to marry the n girl who has
been waiting for you-or is there
n girl?"
That's out" he reminded her.
"It's nobody's business whether
there's one girl or two dozen-and
If there were | should not discuss
them"
Tipped a foul that time" Miss
Gatewood went on, flushing prettily.
"Still, one never a tell whether
the patient will talk on that sub
ject or not. so usually we ask to
find out. Pardon, I'll try to stick
to my knitting hereafter. Now,
then-Mr. Clarke, what is your man
Friday cooking for dinner?"
ut smells like corned beef and
cabbage to me. This is Thursday.
isn't it?"
Miss Gatewood nodded bright
ly. And potatoes boiled with their
jackets on?" she queried with
eager curiosity. He nodded. "Then
you're as plebian as I am" she
challenged. II adore plain food and
I'm famished."
To himself Elmer said: II sup
pose I'd be a dog If | don't invite
her to eat some Of it. C~onfound it,
/ think she expects to be Invited,
or wants to be. That's just like
these bohemian newspaper women"
He turned to his visitor. II should
like very much to invite you to din
ner, Miss Gatewood. but"
I'D adore to come" she inter
rupted before he could cloak his in
f. vitation with more butts. Dur
ing dinner we can have a nice, long.
comfortable interview"
"Well, Miss Gatewood, If you can
manage without a chaperon, / can"
I'm sure you're not at all a dan
gerous person, Mr.. Clarke"
st am sure you are !" Elmer
came back at her. just like that.
She blushed at the compliment
and proved herself equally fast by
retorting: 81 see you r not a
stranger to risks, Mr.. Clarke. !
had two brothers in the service.
One was killed at Scissors and the
other was gassed. He hasn't been
very we'll since. He lives with me
In Los Angeles"
Indeed! Well, | had my taste
Of phosgen gas, too. My lungs are
still a little tioklish. but I'm slowly
o%utgrowing the effect. Pardon me,
please, while I tell Jasper to set a
place for you and add a few fancy
touches in your honor
That was a very delightful II un-
conventional dinner. Miss Gate
wood was charming. 1t was her
business to be charming and she
knew her business. Her charm re-
ceived a considerable impetus, how
ever, from the charm which she
extracted from Elmer. Under the
ameliorating influence of her de-
lightful personality, Elmer was In
perfect form. He was interviewed
without being aware of 1t, nor did
Doris Gatewood have to interview
him. Everything she wanted to
know came out naturally in their
conversation. In fact, the lady al
most forgot she was playing a part.
She was returning to Los Angeles
the train which came through
Pilarcitos at ten-thirty that night.
After dinner she suggested that, un-
less Elmer had something better to
do, they might kill time by going
to a movie. Since Nellie was din
ing out that night and Elmer had
nothing better to do than escort
his new-found acquaintance to the
movie, he declared he could think
nothing more delightful. So they
to see a thriller, and once
during an exciting moment Of the
photoplay Miss Gatewood seized
Elmer's hand impulsively and chung
TO 1t, apparently quite obliviOus Of
what she was doing.