The Wyandotte herald. (Wyandotte, Mich.) 1879-1943, 1939-06-09
''That was a great opportunity, !

THAT was q great opportunity, j
think"
''I thought so, too. But dad
died" Milly turned abruptly from
the book, remembering her man.
nefs, just as Mrs. Boyd, halfway
down the stairs, paused to see what
was going, on in the library.
Meanwhile Lawrence was all tax
en- up with Milly. He voted her
rare find. She had sense. She had
an air. And her dark eyes with
their long fringes sort of thrilled
him.
Milly loved her dinner.
She was honestly hungry, and
there was lots of food, all of it de-
icious, some of it untasted by her
before. Everything went smoothly
until the maid told Mrs. Boyd that
Miss Hawkins wanted her on the tel
ephone. Mrs. Boyd came back look
ing flushed and grim, but while she
was gone Lawrence had discovered
that Milly knew a great deal about
lacrosse. Her father had played la
crosse splendidly.
Milly didn't have to walk back
home
Lawrence pulled out the car and
took her. And when she got there
he placed the travel book written by
her fathers friend in her slender
hands. He had kept the book out
of sight until the right moment.
When he got home his mother
was waiting for him.
"a salesgirl from Waterman's!"
she said icily. Instead of Miss
Hawkins. A very poor kind of joke,
my son."
mo joke at all if the salesgirl
finds out the mistake" Lawrence
returned. Il knew ! was in Dutch
the minute ! saw the expression on
your face. But you were talking
about both girls at lunch. I'd never
seen either of them and-I was
thinking of something else. Besides,
look at this" He took a slip of pa
per from the desk and gave it to
her. There's the telephone num-
Der you wrote down for me- The
devil himself couldn't tell your IS
from your 6s."
81 didn't have a rich father to edu-
cate, me the way you did" she said.
81 was working in a store by the
|, time was IS"
"A girl. like Milly ought to appeal
to you then"
"Milly!" Mrs. Boyd started.
But Lawrence was lighting Gig
arctic with a thoughtful look on his
| face.
Deep in the night Milly jumped
into wakefulness. She began putting
two and two together and they made
four all right. There had been some
mistake. She'd had no business to
eat Mrs. Boyd's dinner. Mrs. Boyd
hadn't wanted her. Mrs. Boyd
wasn't the kind to make amends for
a hasty word by inviting the girl
she had accused of making a mis-
take to dinner. Mrs. Boyd's kind
never made mistakes. They were
rich and splendid, they had always
had everything they wanted. Be
sides, there was that telephone call
from Miss Hawkins. Milly knew
Miss Hawkins. She was handsome
and moneyed, young enough for
Lawrence Boyd. Miss Hawkins often
bought silks at Milly's counter. She
was just the kind of girl Mrs. Boyd
would pick out for a daughter-in-
law.
The following night when Milly
went home from work she was met
by the good news that Mr.. Swan had
got a job.
And Miss Avery is coming back
to board with me-" her mother said.
At the table Milly dropped.
She was too tired to eat pork chop
and fried potato. She couldn't help
| thinking if dad had lived all might
have been different. He would have
pulled mother and Milly out some
how. Now
The telephone
go answer it, Milly," Mrs. Swan,
dishing stewed tomato, commanded.
Milly's voice was listlesS as she
spoke into the receiver.
Miss Jenkins-Milly?" 1t was a
voice she had never expected to
hear again. This is Lawrence Boyd
| speaking. Mother and are COM
ing round to your house in half an
hour. Can we get you to go for a
ride with us?"
Milly's heart skipped several
beats.
I'll guess So" she managed to
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