Show MEET DORR by CHARLOTTE TALLEY baa yea 0 b by Y mcclube syndicate miss weston meet lieutenant dorr tile the speaker was the over dressel dressed miss smith pretty miss weston bowed boived with her gracious little smile and again to lieutenant james Ja Illes whom she had met before I 1 enjoyed the comedy that I 1 had anticipated when I 1 saw mrs weston emerge fr rom m the house liokhe she was a monomaniac on the subject of social pa poi and hoping to better her ONN own n through her daughters marriage she terribly every time marle made a ne acquaintance now who do you suppose that tha I 1 girl has introduced to marle she elie ques milled nip lie throwing out her lands hands with itil a helpless gesture you meet all kinds of people in a boarding house you do indeed I 1 said to myself I 1 but aloud 1 I dont know this officer adding mentally so it a first lieutenant wont do for martel marle I 1 I 1 had heard that mrs weston was looking tor for at least a captain As we flocked in to dinner lieutenant dorr was presented to the rest of us and to mrs westons displeasure be had been placed next nest to maxie marie marle wits was not the cyp type e I 1 admired I 1 decided the black lavlies that drooped so BO modestly over marle maries blue eyes exasperated they looked artificial to me I 1 was beginning to suspect myself 91 Y of prejudice when suddenly my eyes encountered the brown ones of lieutenant dorr derr and confused I 1 turned away al nay to converse with lieutenant junes s on my right ile he and dorr were bachini ba ching it while dorrs famili were away lie he informed me arid and then he launched upon n R eulogy of lieutenant dorr lie he was as good us its liis ills name naine would have indicated it if it had been written in ili french why dorr derr he said had sacrificed the large income from his business when 11 he enlisted el ltd aa soon as war was declared so lieutenant dorr was one of the wealthy and socially prominent dorrs of el and mrs debton was trying to signal marle not to be so cordial to him for a reason which I 1 discovered later this managing matron had bad not been averse to having her daughter re cehe the attentions of blonde loquacious cious lieutenant james but she had made a mistake about his status too which came to her as a crushing blow when slie site heard of it it was jack who told me about it in his slangy fas fashion lilon as I 1 labored over a pile of his gaping socks in my bedroom the following day gee sue you aughta heard that ole hen bell bawl marle maria out when site she leal bained ned that the one gilt bar on lieutenant james shoulder was insignia of a second lieutenant instead of a captain as she had supposed every evening after this disappointing discovery mrs weston drew her daughters arm within her own after dinner and took her for a walk it was a week later when she found out her mistake concerning lieutenant dorr ml s smith had just told her about bi his prominence when he be in ili a long black glossy car drew up to the door wearing two silver bars ou on his shoulder instead of one as formerly mrs weston made no mistake about insignia now and slie she knew that he had bad been pro to a captaincy site she was so attentive to him at din ner that eliat I 1 could see that marle was embarrassed I 1 avoided them the gallery afterward in sheer disgust with avith my sex ses slipping away to the piano in inthe tl IC parlor where I 1 began softly to play piny it a chopin nocturne I 1 was feeling more pain than pleasure from my performance because the piano was out ot of tune when hen I 1 turned to face lieutenant dorr derr hat in hand band asking jack and me to go to drive I 1 accepted tor for us both I 1 fear with alacrity my heart beat to suffocation we drove to ysaleta Ys eleta a mexican village some miles from nel el ariso but to me it seemed more like ai driving to paradise I 1 was in much too hoo happy a mood on our return to cou cofo denin mrs weston whom we awatt awaiting frig us sitting in the couch baul hanl mock with lier her feet scarcely touching the lie floor slie she waddled forward oil captain dorr I 1 failed to congratulate you on your promotion allow met me and she thrust forth a pudgy hand tile the newly made captain took it and murmured mur inured his thanks but as mrs M wes tan dpn turned to me with more lie he inet nn t the eyes of lieutenant james with tin an intentional and deliberate wink of one brown eye oh boy exclaimed jack later did you see sec dorr wa winy say I 1 thought you suld said it was comman to wink sue langdon 11 well I 1 suppose it depends olabe faithe way its done I 1 back watered if you can wink like cawin diirr 1 I 1 conceded concede on occasion you rou ma y V 1 its a pity mrs weston her daughters pleasure so ho I 1 said insincerely because for the arst first LIM li n my life I 1 was jealous marle hid too much pride to make any advances a ies to an admirer her mother MS ilas I 1 once snubbed captain dorr picked up his g altar and with will laughing eyes on cinq inan he sang you mean Some somebody budy dart ing but you dont mean me I 1 1 I 1 received a presentiment abe of what meeting lieutenant dorr dore was to bring me cliss bliss unspeakable id 14 becoming tile the firby lady of his egl b lit art and then anguish in parting ton lie he went to face the enemy leavin leavans 1 I me only dewdrops dew drops for me memories morles dhosi thos I 1 of grief in my eyes but one 0 of if ripe glistening on my fluger cuger j |