Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-05-17
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A Box of Flowers.

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see some of the sights of Denver In
the late afternoon.
Geoff noticed that the boy con-
suited his wristw atch frequently as
six o'clock approached. When the
car was finally headed toward home
he said hesitatingly:
"0ld man. I'd appreciate 1t II
you'd forget to mention this drive
Of ours to Cynthia You see," he
went on overwhelmingly. "T've lost my
job, and I'd just as soon Cynthia
wouldn't know 1t until | land an
other. I'll pick up something else
in a day or two and then I'll break
1t to her gently that I've bettered
myself. Till then I'd just as soon
she didn't know | was fred from
my last position"
"Would she raise a rowT Geoff
asked curiously.
would shell Cynthia's the grand
est little raiser OF rows you ever
knew"
II a imagine" Goeff said dryly.
"Well. your dark secret is safe with
me. Maybe | can land something
for you in the laboratory"
Don't bother. I never have any
trouble getting a Job. It's holding
EN-" he explained ingenuously,
that ties me into bow-knots."
Cynthia was home when they ar
rived. She eyed her brother q little
sharply. ibid you pick Geoff up on
your way homer" And to Geoff: u
didn't know you intended to start
work today"
II didn't" he said offhandedly
"As q matter Of fact, | met Cary
ah-on the street, and he gave me a
lift" That the street was the one
which ran In front of the house he
did not think 1t necessary to ex-
plain. II want to buy a car of my
own" he went on. "Im going to
explore the mountains on Saturday
afternoons and Sundays. They're
not at all like our eastern noun
tains. you know. They"
81 know" she interrupted short
ly, Il spent two years In the East"
you did? And never let us know
you were theref" )
II was In college. Your mother
was abroad with your father"
"What college?"
"Smith."
"Did you inish?"
Miss Nona's gentle voice inter
vened. mo, she didn't finish, Geoff.
| was SO glad when she decided to
give 1t up and come homel / sup
pose college life Is all right for girls
these days. but somehow | never
could be quite reconciled to my lit
tie girls living so far from her fam
ily." She smiled at Geoff. 81 be-
haved awfully well about letting her
go. | didn't say a word against II
though cried myself to sleep night
after night after she left. And be-
hold the reward of virtuel Gym
thia came home of her own accord
after the second year."
Geoff shot her a questioning
glance. What had changed her
mindf She didn't seem like a girl
who would stop halfway through
her college career.
Cynthia rose suddenly. dinners
late. I'll go and speak to Mar
guerite."
Geoff delighted In this appellation
for the dusky maid-of-all-work. 1t
fitted In exactly with this casual,
contradictory family. Only Cynthia
struck a discordant note In the gen.
eral harmony.
Geoff, who was on good terms
with almost everybody he knew,
found himself actually disliking the
girl He a uneasily aware that
she tolerated him as his mothers
son rather than accepted him for
those winning qualities which other
girls had given him to understand
he possessed. He was saved from
egotism by a healthy realization OF
his own defects. Nevertheless Il
was a new and rather painful ex.
perience to find that this small
brown girl whose one beauty wal
her blue eyes observed these defects
also.
Dinner tonight was in noticeable
contrast with that OF the evening
before. The food was abundant ant
well-cooked but there were no fancy
frllls Of mushrooms and Ice cream
rosebuds. Brolled steak, creamet
potatoes, tomato salad, cherry dump
lings with hard sauce-that consti
tuted the meal. Marguerite's car
and apron had lost a little of theil
crispness. Only the flower center
piece was as beautiful pink snap
dragons, tonight. with baby-breatl
and cornfiowers.
From your ~garden7" he asked
Miss Mona.
Yea Cynthia fuses II l worl