| Show I t V The Th e P Parisian D Dress ress e II III 1 1 7 L EN EX turned their lr heads henda 45 z j to glance backward hlll k and women turned t completely to ar W 4 stare ataro at nt Hetty Colton gWi V In her new creation r It was a n dress c 17 A oven on ont Firth Fifth 41 t c Avenue might have IHlo I attracted attention m I UK tit an 81 unusually or 01 i e f lint costume co s t II m 0 In J tt le Ic It was isas a d t double doull sensation I 1 for I It I 1 Culton would b bt lie J tile the lh last lastS S person to be suspected of donning lion 1 a adress adress adress dress such euch as ns this product of Paris j i Hetty HeUr looking neither to o the right I nor left nor noi yet et behind was w is still con conscious scions of or tho the admiring rig arid aiM glances that followed all ow 1 her Site She smiled 1 to an as she math madr her 1101 herway way down d wn the tho one ono main street of o lh th thI the town lown I lowns AK A s ahe she retraced her steps to her home she sho faced a n new and nud still more moro III admiring audience She smiled patron patronizingly at the tile other girls aa us she e iii passed but hut her moment of arrived when Howard Walden came cameto cameI I to a stop before her lUm J I was wondering who the stranger was ho said eald effusively Theres a n ashow show at tho theater tonight and I thought you rou must bo be the leading lady lad Im Jm glad slad that I mot inet me you because beC use I was apU Q rr over this afternoon to ask you oU to give mo ma the pleasure of oC your OUr LOut com company t iii pany to tho the performance I 1 hope you ou havo not promised anyone an one else No Hetty paused to ponder I dont think that I have havo any I promise site she Bald slowly Jimmy R Belton was wa speaking of or going but ho he botoS toS say sa M anything definite so BO If It you O want t r wa n JiT I do want Interrupted Walden I iii i eagerly thinking of ot the sensation ho hoe hoerr e would make malte as ho followed Betty err d down the tho center conter just Juat nd n the 1 lights wont went on and the band started C up Ill call about quarter to eight Hotly HU continued toward her hOr homo home Iii In a shiver of ot delight Sho was In tn Intoxicated taxi with a n sense of trl i and when she sho reached tho gloomy l tone stone house bouse that seemed moro mori hike a n aprison prison than a n home borne eha B 10 performed por a dunce dance of or trIUmph before beCore the tho b g huge hugo plato plate glass mirror which In an anlu mailer earlier day dar had been tUb undo of O f nil ail Ui 1 lu OJ ct Walden wan WM ahead ot at his hlo hI appoint appointment I mont ment and came caino armed with With trembling hands Hetty put them I In lii and nUt paused to survey IU l herself D 1 Ii In tho the glass Sho She saw a thin eager little face now softly flushed with excitement ment largo large wistful eyes eos a n thin sensitive mouth now parted in a smile It was not an nn unattractive face at nt any time limo but just now tho the girl was ns radiant for forshe she ahe wore again agalli the tho dress of at tho the aft afternoon Ho H had a livery coach Instead of o his own horse hon ho se e and buggy and as they thoy wore wele ero whisked off oti to the theater Hetty felt that her cup eu of happiness till full to overflowing In her wild wildest est esl anticipations she site had bad not dared dream of th the hack that called calle Into service on I y for tor and funer funerals funerals als B close She plain Hetty fletty Hett Colton Collon had bad been at the theater with tho the man In mid and Rena had been beon there thero to see There Thero might aught be other otho but never noor again agal n ono one Just like this which was ending now It was the tho local custom to Invite ones Olles escort to stop for tor a glass of at cider elder and ii It lilt bit of oC cake after aCtor an evening at atthe atthe atthe the theater There were no good res 13 restaurants restaurants i In dis rill dismissed disI I missed tho the hack and aud followed Hetty into the he 1 house as a mutter matter of or ionise anti and they proceeded d to the dining room I whore where Hetty Betty had prepared tho the light refreshment before b rore sho she loft len ft I U n r t tI I 00 f t j 11 I WAS WONDERING WHO THE TH E STRANGER WAS HE III H SAID EFFUSIVELY had hod taken seats scats wen welt down downIn In ir 11 front and Hetty knew that Rena whom she hated above all other girls who was waa usually Waldona companion at the theater was sva sitting well back with her hor broth brother er or for tor escort She Sho had despised Hena Henn as only on I a plain girl sir can hate a n one and Renn with her h r sharp tongue and acid speeches had given ample cause for the tho hatred Hetty Betty signed when at nt last bad had boon been frustrated and right raised to the pinnacle of or happiness Jho hud had wished tho evening might go goon gothi 0 I on thi ori forMer forever f r ver and rid how It hUh hat come conic lo to a Walden did not scorn hungry He was content to sit back In his chair and watch Hetty nibble at her ber bit of or cake while she feeling the tho tenseness of oC tho the moment soon laid tho the cake cako up upon upon upon on her plato plate and rose from rom the table As she aho passed him Walden caught her hor hand Hetty Betty there Is IB something I want to say Bay to you ou he cried huskily I want you to marry me dear Will WillOU you OU Tho room seemed to whirl before Holts Bettys eyes Tho moment she sho had maneuvered for tor had come como had hall come como cometo comoto to crown this great night nn an yet t L She drow her lid he hand from his grasp glasl and 1 sank Into a 1 chair I cant sho sli saul said with I l a n i little shudder I cant cont I cant But you Ol and IId will he said masterfully I shall not cease to ask until you OU do say a yes Dont moaned Hetty You oti 01 cant understand I only understand that I 1100 love you Oll he cried but the thC girl gin shook hook hor lwi h head hend You Yon enni understand she mon n nl d You YOl cant understand what It means to lo a n guI girl to be bc homely I never wits was good looking and aunt Em Emmy I my m made e It ii worse by making all my m I dresses Ever died when I was a n little girl aunt Emmy has bas looked after me and she sho bo be In girls grow vain Thoro Thore was no fear of that in lu tho the dresses sho she mado for fOl me mc I Last summer Bessie Rayburn Raburn came back to visit 1 lt her folks She Sho Sh Ii i a n toro fore woman oman In one of oC the big shops In New NewYork York and wo had a n talk She Sho told mo that I must make e the most of or my mr figure since I had no face Cace not Just that but you ou know what I mean She showed shoed me how to dress 9 my hair and all nIl that and last month when I became of ago ase and aud the money monor mother left mo tao was my very or own I sent word to Bessie Dessle and aull sho she got sot mo me methis this gown sown Its what they the call a model dress They buy bu one In Paris Parla to lo give tho the de designers designers signers Ideas and amid then thon they Holl Hell It cheap when It gets dirty dirt Bessie Bessle sent It to Iho tho cleaner and then to lo me mo Its tho the first dress I over ever had bUd In fn nil all my life that looked well and and I thought that perhaps you OU alight no notice notice tice Uce mo me All AU the tho girls are aro crazy to t havo have you notice thorn and sometimes you OU ovon take tako your hat lint off to tome tom tome me m I I wanted to make matto you notice me I and I put the dress dross on anti went up uit tho the street I 1 know lenow that you would bo be coming coaling from Crom the bank about that time And now Its Ils all aU right I havo have moro more than noticed you ou I love lovo you OU cried Waldon You lovo love the Iho dress explained Hotly simply Im glad Itt its Just the tho dress you love hove because because Jimmie liked mo me before borore I had tho the dross dress and you sec but I wanted to hurt Renn you see seo 11 I see soe agreed Walden kindly I Iam Iam Iam am glad that you have havo found your happiness Hett even ovon though I am ant amnot amnot not to share It I 1 guess that dress was waa n a t investment after all aU HoLL Hetty nodded |
