Show ethelwynn Ethel yellow dog by DORA td lilby mcclure mcclur newspaper te there Is it a tradition in the five dullar dollar trill trimming gouni of the fit corset company that mrs ludden has been the ol of that department since some time in the durk dark ages and that she Is the sule bule bUti of au all euald husband ot of whom Il UlrA she never speaks peaks anyway sadie carson who hs h has s worked in the room fur for live e years had it f fruin roin it a girl in whose giuse employment antedated aute dated Sai ulis alfs by three years and that girl hadit from someone else elge sirs mrs ludden Is a small woman with nith gray cray hair and gold rimmed eyeglasses which slie she always removes when hen she lias has something to say she held them lit in tier her hand for fully two minutes on the day ethelwyn smith small announced tier her engagement to Alle michael bitel daly prevented from making herself heard by the surprised ejaculations occasioned by the size of the solitaire alre which blazed in its platinum setting on ethel left hand when mrs ludden at last did succeed her thin gentle voice spoke the words which have also become a tradition in the five dollar trimming room sadie carson had it from the girl before her time and she ditto from someone else that upon a like occasion sirs mrs ludden always put the same question 1 I hope you are marrying tor for love miss smith ethelwyn smith ans was a dark haired dark eyed beauty who believed in eni emphasizing pha plia sizing her own good points to this end she penciled tier her black eyebrows rouged gouged her pink cheeks and powdered liberally the white allete skin of her throat ethelwynn Ethel reply to mrs Lu luddeni Lud dena dacris query bi ought brought forth louder and more startled and alls from ill chii group of girls clustered around her and caused that lady to replace her eyeglasses with fill a jerk no replied ethelwyn 1 I dont love michael daly and more I 1 dont believe in this love stuff fit at all I 1 most alost women get gei married like they were walking ng in their sleep and when they wake up and find out the truth about what vital they got they stick to him like ilka the man an that owns a yellow dog and folks call that love he may be if rout mut and not good for much and ills his owner knows it but he wont let anyone elsa else say so I 1 ethelwyn paused for breath then continued im marril ng with my eyes opa open mike dalys a structural iron worker find and he earns the most money of any man I 1 know and lies hes the best spender and the best looker and I 1 wont ever have to make any apologies for him no yellow dog stuff for we me the girls listened wide eyed and openmouthed open mouthed mrs luddens lips nere w ere drawn into a straight line as though she were in pain but when she opened them and removed tier her eyeglasses it was only to call her force to work it was piece work in the trimming department and mrs ludden did flot not encourage conversation ethelwyn i only came in afternoons for she boasted P pa wont take any board from me and L I 1 only only work to earn my clothes ethelwynn Ethel clothes testified to the tact fact tl that at she he was as a rapid worker arid and tho the sparkle of tier her engagement adlam diamond nd that afternoon seemed to fill the room mth aith its brilliancy and the heart ot of every girl N with fill envy michael daly was all ills his fiancee had claimed tor for him a tall powerfully built young man with wiry browa hall hair which was in a continual state ot of standing on end as though protes tiu with horror at the dangerous altitudes into to which it was daily borne he was waiting outside that night flight for ethelwyn and shook the hand of each girl hear heartily tily as she offered tier her congratulations it 1 Is to be feared that tile the sight of hint him did not lessen the envy which the diamond hud had occasioned only im mrs rs ludden was nas free from it for stra strangely angely enough slie she envied no one in this whole world as she hurried home to a shrunken figure watching from his chair by the window for the big event of his bis day it w was as a week later that sadie carson burst into the trimming room one morning all out of breath eath bringing brin gini some soine gruesome news 1 I saw it anse amsell 11 as I 1 was coming coining by that new buil building dim down to the corner of jasper street I 1 looked and there was a crash and seen win him lying there flit all twisted ur up with a great piece of iron across ill bl legs find and it was 1111 mike L daly I 1 knew right oft off because ills his hair stood up s straight and a doctor came and ar ac ambulance ambill ance came and took him away well pity him if he be lives that k all I 1 got to say eth ethelwyn elwyn S ID chuck him over now like like a yellow dog jennie sims h harsh arsh voice brol brok tile the silence which followed sadies spasmodic tale jennie sims with tier scrawny og fig disposition was vas novel nevel ure and sour a favorite now site was given th tb cold shoulder while words of pity ful foi ethelwyn were ex mike daly and changed mrs ludden said nothing contracted in a but her lips line arid and that night she haSt hastened eDed home even faster than asua usua usual 1 to the belp helpless leq acure waiting in the armchair by all tin an excess of 01 window as though by devotion in her own case she the lack of 1 for somehow ow make up elseri elsewhere liere I 1 1 mikes frill fall and its c consequences sequences on be came the chief topic c ot in ili the five dollar trimming ing room of th careful fit corset company newspaper accounts were eagerly tol fol owed owe dand and when alwn it was hiis stated that one ft f mikes alikes feet had teen been amputated a 0 was held among tile the gi girla is to whether they should extend their sympathy ym lym pathy to ethelwyn but doubtful is to how slie she had taken the news fiey chipped in out of their earnings ill of them but jennie jenale and sent bent flow rs to alike instead As the trimming room was as settling iowa to work nork one morning a couple f days later still discussing vili whether ether thelwyn would ur or would not stick to ier enga engagement Et belwyn herself albed bulked in ili thele was not rouge of up er pale hecks cheeks and no do powder ou on her chite throat was vias no ring rift on oil ner left haud to arouse envy in the beart of any ady ww utie quietly jul etly sie removed ker ier hat and coat while chile the llie girls seemed lich ach one to be wailing tor for another to 0 peak ak first ulrus 2 Ethel ethelwynn voice trembled 1 I want to thank you all for tile the flow ors irs you sent mike lie ile says it seems is though lie never dever knew how many malty I 1 mends fiends he had before then turning 0 0 mrs ludden ill be in fill all day low if theres work enough were to need tile the money mike arld and L I 1 1 I thought when ahen I 1 seed yuu you liae hane that million dollar sparkler ou on hat lived live d up to your words and i arnt going to own no liu dellow dogs jennie sims li arIi voice bruke broke in for a moment tile the flash in ethel cyns black eyes boded ill for jennies craggily crag gly throat but when she sp spoke ake here was a note in her voice the iris never dever heard before that rings cne back to the je jeweler ieler to pay mikes hospital Il bills jennie and just as soon is hes out were viere going guang to get mar tied the doctors will ns fix him up so aie can call get abound just as good as any one tie and liell hell learn to dia do something ase ise hes smart as they nuke make them mike like Is ill never lane have to make tor for him that night sitting by his bed at the lo pital and holding one of his big lands in both of hers ethelwyn repeated to michael what site she had told the girls mikes big voice g grown groin eak answered that he going 0 allow tier her to make the sacrifice he be so yellow you let me hear any one call you chat replied Et ethelwyn belwyn indignantly you are going to do as I 1 say mike because I 1 loe ione you |