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THE PENSACOLA JOURNAL -SUNDAY-MORNING, MAY 11, 1919.
Fheir 'IMktried Life,
By MABEL. HERBERT URNER
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Helen' glanced questioningly at
Louise's rmjrless hand on which had
glittered Bob's engagement ring.
"I've returned it,' briefly.
"You thought that would road him
into action," persisted Helen, merci
lessly. Louise, who was crumbling a tea
cake by her plate, did not look up or
answer.
"Oh, I could have told you it
.wouldn't," despairingly. "Bob's like
Warren. He Just freezes upl He'll
think you will wish It final.''
"Apparently that it what he wishes."
returned Louise coldly.
"Oh, no, no He looks absolutely
haggard! I can't tell you how he's
changed in these last few weeks."
And yet Loulre's dark eyes looked
straight at Helen now, "He's never
said a word except that once!"
"That's all he's ever said, but that's
the Curtis nature the more deeply
they feel, the less they say." y
The orchestra in the palm-fringed
balcony was now playing the "Glow
worm," and Louise's lips quivered as
they listened to the plaintive melody.
She had refused to go to Helen's
apartment for fear Bob would think
she was coming there on the chance
of seeing him, but she had consented
to meet Helen at the Astoria for tea.
Helen, who had not seen her for over
a week, was startled at the change.
She was much thinner all her bright
color ad gone, and yet her very pallor
had a loveliness of its own.'
"Did I tell you father and I are
going to Florida the 10th?" Louise
asked suddenly.
"To Florida?"
S "Yes; lots f people I know are at
Palm Beach now. I'll go out like mad
end forget." Her laugh had a harsh
note.
"Does Bob know? Did you write him
when you sent back the ring?" Louise
shook her head. "1 don't want him to
know until I'm gone. He might think
it only a ruse to influence him.'
; "How long will you stay?"
"Until April."
"You'll be perfectly wretched," de
clared Helen with conviction. "You'll
be thinking of Bob every moment."
"Possibly, admitted Louise coldly.
"But I'd be thinking of him here, and
I'll at least feel that I've restored some
of my self-respect if I go away."
"If I thought you could forget, I'd
want you to go, for I believe there are
many men who might make you hap
pier than Bob ever could.' But I know
you can't, you can't forget him any
more than I can forget Warren."
"I can try!" briefly. Then, with a
startled "Oh!" Louise put her hand to
her throat. "That man the one's that
just sat down at the table back of
you! Doesn't he look like? '
Helen turned, the poise of the man's
head and shoulders was startlingly
like Bob's, but the full face view dis
pelled the likeness.
"I loathe myself for it, and yet."
faltered Louise, "whenever I see any
one that looks like him, it makes me
sick and faint."
For the last half hour a daring
scheme had been formulating in
. Helen's mind, and now with one o?
her sudden impulses she yielded to it.
"Oh! I've caught my heel in this
hem, it'l trip me on the street," stoop
ing over and examining the fold of
her skirt. "I'll run to the dressing room
and pin it up before I forget it,' push
ing back her chair.
"Why can't you do that a.s we go
out?"
"It won't take a moment," hurry
ing off before Louise could protest.
Out in the lobby Helen made
straight for the telephone booths.
"Give me Rector 10825." breathlessly
to the girl at the switchboard.
"Number three," snapped the girl.
Helen entered the third telephone
booth, and tremblingly snatched down
the receiver. .
"Rector 18025? Is Mr. Robert Cur
tis there?" "Bob, this is Helen. I'm
at the Astoria having tea with Louise
she's going to Florida next week.
Take a taxi and get here as quick as
you can. No, she hasn't said a word,"
loyally. "But if you want to see her,
come, and come quick!"
When she came back-to the table
Louise was gazing out of" the window,
too deep in her brooding thoughts to
wonder at Helen's long absence.
"Let's have an ice." suggested Helen
to prolong the tea. n
"You have one, I don't care for any,
listlessly.
For the next half hour Helen s
thoughts were almost disquieting. Had
she done right? Should she have tried
to bring these two together? Might
it not be better for Louise if she never
saw Bob again? And yet Helen's love
rt inv was so deen-rooted that she
had been powerless to resist this im
pulse to telephone Bob.
Suddenly she saw him, tall, broad-
shouldered, coming toward them.
Helen caught her breath. HOW mucn
he looked like Warren.
"Well, this is luck! Already had
tea?"
"Yes. but we'll order you some.
Helen's laugh was a little hysterical,
and she dared not glance at Louise.
'Are you sure," he turned to Louise,
"That I won't keep you?"
"Oh, quite sure.", Louise's voice was
low, but icy cold.
"Do von often have time for after
noon tea?" asked Helen, to' give him
a chance for the explanation wn.jn
she hoped he had prepared.
"Unfortunately no, but I had to meet
a man from the west here at 4:30.
Just left him when I saw ybu. It's
curious how many westerners stop at
this hotel. They used to go to the.
Aldorf."
T.niiisi kent her eves on her plate,
but Helen ' could see her hand trem
bling as she toyed with her ice."
Now came a silence, strained, Whlcn
Helen broke with a nervous, excited:
"Oh! there's Irene Moore and her
mother! I must see them!"
The next moment she was out in the
corridor, flushed and trembling. Had
her excuse been too bold? But she had
to get away. The strained situation
had been intolerable.
Helen, unconscious of her tightly
clasped hands, her flu.ihed cheeks and
her shiny eyes, did not realize that
she was being watchei with interest
by several men sitting around the
lobby.
But in a few minutes she instinc
tively turned to the shelter of the
ladies' dressing room, and sank into
a gilded chair, her heart beating tu-tumultuously-.-
How long should she
stay away? What would be Louise's
attitude? Slight not she too "freeze
up" If she suspected this plot? Would
Bob be tactful? If only he would
sweep her off her feet by his tender
ness. But if he tried to argue that
would be fatal. Louise's pride had
been terribly hurt. He would have to
meet her much more than half way.
What would he say first? Helen felt
so much depended upon that and the
way he would say it his voice, his
attitude.
But what if they should say nothing
if they should only carry on a stilted
strained "small talk?" What if Bob
should not take advantage of their
few precious moments alone?
To stay away too long would look
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too apparent, so Helen reluctantly re
turned to the tea room. .
They were talking earnestly, Louise,
with averted eyes, playing-" with the
stem of her glass, while Bob leaned
tensely toward her. At; least they had
not been talking conventionalities.
. But the expressions of both were
baffling. Louise might have been
flushed either from Joy or embarass
ment, and Bob's face was inscrutible.
"I'm sorry to he so long, but I had
not seen Irene for months!" said Helen
nervously.
At that moment the waiter ap
proached with the check, and while
Bob took possession of it Helen tried
desperately to think of some way he
could take Louise home alone. It was
plain that things were not settled..
Louise was already drawing on her
gloves, and as It was now almost six
there was no excuse for lingering. '
"Well,- shall we move on?" asked
Bob, as Helen turned to him expect
antly. ,
They made their way out through
the lobby where Bob ordered a taxi.
"Oh, I must go to Ardman's. I've
got to get some silk before they close,"
said Helen hurriedly, resenting that
Bob should leave all thehe scheming
to her. w .
"All right. We'll drop yoSi there."
It was only a few. minutes drive to
Ardmans and no one spoke on the
way. It was a relief when the cab
drew up and Bob Jumped out. ' .
"Is It all .right?" whispered Helen,
as she sooped to kiss Louise good-bye.
"I don't know," in a low tense
whisper.
Bob helped her out and Helen called
back a gay good-bye to them both.
"Store's closed ma'am-" The big
doorman put out a restraining hand
as Helen, absorbed : in her thoughts,
started in Ardman's. "It's after six."
It had been closed when, they had
driven up. How fortunate that none
of them had noticed it.
Shrinking from the glare of the" sub
way Just now. Helen walked on up
the avenue. She was still trying to
analyse Louise's whispered i' "I don't
know." .
I- Was, all this scheming to be of n
avail? .Were these two Impossible.
Would they quarrel all the way home
and part more embittered than ever?
Y. M. C A. FINDS
MUCH TO DO THOUGH
THE WAR IS OVER
Atlanta, Ga, May 10. Next time
you hear Somebody wondering out loud
what the T. Ml C A. finds to do for
the soldiers, now the war is over,
you might recall these few things,
which, constitute a portion of "the really
long list of matters attended to by
the "Y" of this country:
In the monthly report Just filed, it
is noted that in one month 3,067 sec
retaries in 501 war work - centers,
maintained 904 huts which were visit
ed and used by 12,534,766 soldiers.
They gave 4,300 entertainments and
7,885 motion picture shows, for a total
audience of 3,442,380 men. A
Games were staged and exercises
provided,' in Which 1,371,599 soldiers
took part, witnessed by 1,855,091 spec
tators. Envelopes to the number of
6,318,636 were given out, and twice
that" many sheets of writing paper.
Money orders aggregating more than
half a million dollars were sold, and
13,867 educational classes, attended by
147.218 soldier students, - were held,
while 236,889 books were lent to sol
diers from hut libraries. In" the re
ligious work:, 7,713 meetings were held,
attended by 708,996 men, and . 5,218
Bible classes with an attendance of
93,760. .
And this was' merely part of the
work "over here" during, one month.
The T appears to be a busy little
organization. '
LOCAL OPTION
IN ERADICATION
BEING ADVOCATED
pulsory dipping bills, said tonight: "A
government representative has made
the. statenemt that Florida has made
more progress toward tick eradication
inthree years, and my -contention is
that local option and education will
succeed, bringing quicker ' and more
lasting results that a right compul
sory dipping law slapped on a people
who do not understand the advantages
of dipping and possibly resulting in
and maybe the killing of good citizens.-
I am a strong- advocate of dip
ping and realize the advantage to be
obtained from tick eradication, but I
contend that a general progress of tho
work under a local option plan will
do more good than drastic laws at
this time."
Florida has profited by the mistakes
of her sister states" continued Mr.
Phillips." without having to go through
with their unpleasant experiences.
Vhe.e is not a county in ' Florida that
is not building vats, and in my opin
ion the tick will be practically eradi
cated in two pears if the local option
work is put under the right manage
ment and is not disturbed.- The sub
stitute bill provides for a two mill
tax in each county and an appropria
tion of one hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars for the livestock sanitary
board to act in an advisory capacity,
and I am against it."
BUT NOT NEW PEOPLE
We are glad to announce that we have
opened a garage at the corner of Gregory
arid Tarragona Streets, where we will be
pleased to serve our, friends and the public.
No job too small or too large; all will receive
prompt attention.
BE CONVINCED TRY US
Hoffman & Sellers
A. R. Hoffman
Geo. B. Sellers
(BY HERBERT FELKEL)
Tallahassee, May. 8. Representative
W. -Wi Phillips, of ; Columbia county,
who ; "has - been leaader in the house
fight precipltted by the statewide com-
WASHINGTON AND
LEE IS PLANNING
ALUMNI REUNION
Lexington, Va.. May 10. With the an
nouncement , of speakers for Its com
mencement exercises on June 20-24, ar
rangements at Washington and Lee for
a victory alumni reunion and final cel-
ebratalon are naring completion. Rev.
W. Crosby Bell, T.' D., professor in
the Episcopal Theological seminary of
Alexandria Va., will preach the baeca
laureate sermon, while Dr. William A.
Garfield, Ph. D.. president of Centre
Collette, Kentucky is slated to deliver
: the commencement address.. t A . -j
n unusually large number of alumni
are expected to return- to Washington
and Lee for commencement this year!
when special exercises are to be held In 1
honor 0f th part played by over 1,200 J
W. and L. men in. the ' service.
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MAKES YOU ENJOY YOUR RIDE
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