The Farmville herald and farmer-leader. (Farmville, Va.) 1934-1957, 1953-01-27

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For after while her girl friends
got used to the queer manner with
which she did things. and forgot to
mention them. Only when some
enc new appeared, some OF her
classmates men friends. for en-
ample. would she be noticed.
She missed most of the fun OF col
lege If she ycarned for male COM
partnership, yearned to be taken to
dances and parties, no one ever
guessed it--mtil Bill Smith came
along.
The party wasn't prearranged.
Duncan Hartley had dated Agnes
Hutchins. At the last minute he
called and said a friend of his was
up from the South. and could Agnes
get another girl? Agnes could and
promised, But when she tried she
discovered that every one in the
dorm was busy that night. Sha
called Duncan. but Duncan had
left, and 50 as a last resort. she
appealed 70 Dorothy.
Bill Smith was tall and dark and
quiet spoken He had nice eyes and
pleasant smile ard a way OF
making YOU feel that the world
was al right They drove out to
Spittoni's, on the Post road. in Dun.
cans car and ordered dinner Dor
othy. remembering her aftliction.
dreading ne moment when the
soup arrived and Bill or Duncan
made a crack about her affliction.
hesitated before starting 10 eat,
considered pleading lack Of hunger
and then suddenly she saw Bill
Smith pick up his spoon ana dip II
INTO his soup, Her heart gave a
bound Bill was left handed. And
Bill was pretty awkward about it.
too,
1t was as if mon bonds that had
held Dorothy in restraint for years
had suddenly fallen away She bios
somed ana blossoming had an ef-
feet on Bill Smith that was rniracu-
lOuS.
In fact, it did 20 beyond the
bonds Of friendship. for that June.
after a spring Of gay and thrilling
~ happy dates with Bill. he pro-
posed marriage Dorothy, not dar-
ing to dream that his interest in
her went that deep. though secret
ly hoping that such was the case
accepted, after breathless mo-
ment Of ecstasy. in which he held
her tight cnfolded in his arms and
spoke words that few girls can
hear without either thinking them
utterly ridiculous and absurd or all
important and sincere
They PLANNED to be married the
next fall During the summer Bill
came out to Butterfield and met
the family. Her father and mother
and brother liked him instantly If
they hadn't Dorothy would have
thought them crazy, for no one in
her estimation, could be so glorious
as left-handed Bill Smith.
Two days before the wedding
Dorothy sat in her bedroom window
and watched Bill and her brother,
Tom. playing tennis in the courts
beyond the hydrangeas. And as
she watched. curious feeling of
doubt possessed her
An hour later she asked Bill to
walk with her through the woods
beyond the house When they were
well out of sight. she stopped him
and said: Bill. | Just watched
you ard Tom playing tennis. =
Now don't rub it in, Bill
grinned. Toms had more prac-
tlce'
IT isn't that Bill" She looked
at him intently Bill, you were
playing with your right hand"
Bits mouth fell open Blood
rushed into his cheeks He swal-
lowed. tried to speak and couldn't
Bill" Dorothy went on, you
aren't lett-handed at all You only
pretended to be - because you
thought I'd be embarrassed You've
been pretending all along -