| Show i I ia Ma la Sundays Sunday's Intimate I Talks With Girls THE GIRL WHO WAS A GOOD GOOb GOODFELLOW FELLOW I By Ma liMa Sunday Sanday Wife of Billy Sunday the Famous I Evangelist She had a room In a house where I 1 Iwas I was staying for or awhile and I 1 had an opportunity to study her closely I had wanted for a long time to see that partIcular particular particular par par- type of ot girl at close range for forI I had a theory regarding her Irene was a stenographer an and a successful suc sue one They said aid in the house that she drew a a. good salary and was always in demand deman I 1 knew that she had an alert keen mind for her glance lance was direct and her whole manner conI confident confident con con- and yet et unassuming I My attention had been drawn to her I before 1 saw her by a a. bit of conversation conversation conversation conver conver- between two Of the men I certainty certainly a jolly little 1 pal one of th them m said warmly j i No nonsense about her the other I agreed heartily You can call her up at the last minute to go go somewhere i and to take the place of a girl you had hadI asked and shell she'll say Sure Surel just as I pleasantly as you please One evening Irene herself came I bursting into my room very pale I knew something was wrong What Is the matter my dear child I 1 asked Ive come to you to tell you something some some- thing she said in a low voice Whatever Whatever What What- ever h her r agitation she was too strong minded a girl to show much excite excite- ment Do you ou think that I am ann a bad girl Startled I looked deep into her large gray eyes and then I Shook my head I No I do not I 1 said with conviction convie- convie tion But I 1 will tell you something I think you are on the road to be one I She sprang up and started to leave the room Remember you asked me the I truth I reminded her 1 She had a good mind midd that girl She I saw the point Pardon me she said sitting down again I think I r would like you to I explain what you have just said The reason I came to you tonight I she continued In a low troubled voice is because something very unpleasant has happened and I 1 dont don't know what to do You see my employer and I 1 I have always been very good friends He lie has often taken me to lunch or orI I brought me flowers but always in rei return return re- re i turn for some favor I 1 had done him r such as stayIng late or doing extra work Now somebody has gone to his wife wite and she has haa made a scene with him about me me Here Heie is my ray address I concluded Write to me if you feel I can ever be beof beof beof of assistance to you I did not think I 1 would ever hear of ot other her again She avoided me during the remainder of our stay but a short time ago I I 1 received a letter from her She wrote S I am so brokenhearted that I 1 am going to overcome my pride and write you of what has s happened to meA meA me rue A young mining engineer was In Introduced In- In to me and seemed to be different different dif dlf- dif dif- ferent In a good many ways from the others so I turned to him eagerly I was pleased with the attention and arid deference that he lie gave me He never addressed me by my first name He lie waited wailed for my permission to sit down when he was with me He lie drew back my chair for me at dinner and opened a- a adoor door or Shut abut a window ac according according according ac- ac cording to my comfort and anti in a thousand thousand thou- thou sand band ways showed how much he valued valued valued val val- m my happiness and my opinion I was happy for tor- for I 1 may as well admit it It-I It I soon toon grew to love him And then he began to change hange He lie was careless He lie grew bolder And Andone Andone Andone one lay flay without saying a word he suddenly kissed me When I 1 cried he he- laughed and said that a good pal pat of or a girl like 1 I was ought not to mind a kiss Some Som of ot the tle men I had thought I j were my good friends had been talking talk- talk 1 I ing lug to him I found it out in the course of a bitter quarrel with him He lIe said I 1 net need d not pretend any longer As long as he thought I was an Innocent innocent inno mao cent girl of COurse couise he treated me like Uke one But his attitude changed at once when he th thought I 1 was not I Can you Imagine how I feel feet For ForI Forel I have never done o WRONG VR you you un understand un- un el dont don't n you u But u I am afraid d no man mait man will ever ever really care for me me i unless 1 go away from here where I Iam Iam I Iam am not known and try to start over And my iny employer cr has begun to worry me me too He lie is no longer just jUlit justa jUlita a good pal but a man who makes me t afraid of him Oh pray for me rae write I to me help me For it will take me years I am afraid tp live down clown that I reputation of f being a pal rr IRENE ENE I Poor little pal I 1 am urn hoping that Irenes Irene's lesson has not conic too late I Copyright lIlT 1917 by br th Bell nen Inc Ine |
