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Literary
December 30, 1920
The Milwaukee Leader
Milwaukee, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin
What is this article about?
Katherine and John arrive at a house where Elizabeth Moreland lingers, revealing a discontented expression that surprises John. Elizabeth leaves awkwardly after an offer of a ride, and Alice suggests John is beginning to see Elizabeth's manipulative intentions amid family relocation concerns.
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the house and tell me where you want the furniture put."
Although I was very tired I decided that I would not let John know anything about it, and started immediately.
When We arrived I found that Elizabeth Moreland had made the mistake of remaining. Alice was also there, but Tom had evidently had to go about his business. Elizabeth had an annoyed look upon her face and for the first time I saw that when her face was in repose she looked absolutely cruel. There are many women whom we think are always happy, always charming, whom we never see without smiles upon their faces, and we are quite surprised sometimes when we catch them unawares to find that their faces express something very different from anything that we had dreamed of them. Elizabeth Moreland did not see John coming up the stairway behind me and she did not feel it necessary to compose her face into one of her radiant smiles, therefore I was sure that John caught the glimpse of absolute discontent upon her face. The sight of this moved me to pity, but it evidently surprised and annoyed him.
"Are you still here, Elizabeth?" he asked briskly.
Turns Her Face.
She gave a start and turned her face. "Why, yes," she said. "Didn't you expect to find me?"
"I didn't think anything about it," he answered gruffly.
"Well, I thought that I would remain as Alice was going to," she rather timidly ventured, "but now that you and Katherine have come I think that I shall be going."
"Tell my chauffeur to take you home in the car, Elizabeth," I said, for I really pitied her.
"I can walk," she answered. "I think that I need the exercise."
"That is the first time that I ever knew Elizabeth to walk when she might ride," said John as she went out of the door.
"I don't think that she would have objected, John, if it had been you who offered the motor," said Alice.
John looked slightly bewildered, but Alice smiled at me. She understood perfectly, and as John went out to direct the men who had just come up with a furniture van she turned and said: "I believe upon my soul, Katherine, that at last John Gordon is seeing just where that woman is going to lead him if you will let her."
"I am not sure, Alice," I answered. "John, as you know, with his one-track mind, is only thinking of getting me and the baby and the entire family into this house and shut off the $40 per day that we are paying to the hotel."
"Maybe so, maybe so," she retorted, "but I think there is a glimmer of light beginning to permeate his brain."
Tomorrow --John's Money-Spending Habits
Copyright, National Newspaper Service.
Although I was very tired I decided that I would not let John know anything about it, and started immediately.
When We arrived I found that Elizabeth Moreland had made the mistake of remaining. Alice was also there, but Tom had evidently had to go about his business. Elizabeth had an annoyed look upon her face and for the first time I saw that when her face was in repose she looked absolutely cruel. There are many women whom we think are always happy, always charming, whom we never see without smiles upon their faces, and we are quite surprised sometimes when we catch them unawares to find that their faces express something very different from anything that we had dreamed of them. Elizabeth Moreland did not see John coming up the stairway behind me and she did not feel it necessary to compose her face into one of her radiant smiles, therefore I was sure that John caught the glimpse of absolute discontent upon her face. The sight of this moved me to pity, but it evidently surprised and annoyed him.
"Are you still here, Elizabeth?" he asked briskly.
Turns Her Face.
She gave a start and turned her face. "Why, yes," she said. "Didn't you expect to find me?"
"I didn't think anything about it," he answered gruffly.
"Well, I thought that I would remain as Alice was going to," she rather timidly ventured, "but now that you and Katherine have come I think that I shall be going."
"Tell my chauffeur to take you home in the car, Elizabeth," I said, for I really pitied her.
"I can walk," she answered. "I think that I need the exercise."
"That is the first time that I ever knew Elizabeth to walk when she might ride," said John as she went out of the door.
"I don't think that she would have objected, John, if it had been you who offered the motor," said Alice.
John looked slightly bewildered, but Alice smiled at me. She understood perfectly, and as John went out to direct the men who had just come up with a furniture van she turned and said: "I believe upon my soul, Katherine, that at last John Gordon is seeing just where that woman is going to lead him if you will let her."
"I am not sure, Alice," I answered. "John, as you know, with his one-track mind, is only thinking of getting me and the baby and the entire family into this house and shut off the $40 per day that we are paying to the hotel."
"Maybe so, maybe so," she retorted, "but I think there is a glimmer of light beginning to permeate his brain."
Tomorrow --John's Money-Spending Habits
Copyright, National Newspaper Service.
What sub-type of article is it?
Prose Fiction
What themes does it cover?
Social Manners
Love Romance
What keywords are associated?
Social Dynamics
Jealousy
Family Tensions
Interpersonal Drama
Romantic Rivalry
Literary Details
Key Lines
There Are Many Women Whom We Think Are Always Happy, Always Charming, Whom We Never See Without Smiles Upon Their Faces, And We Are Quite Surprised Sometimes When We Catch Them Unawares To Find That Their Faces Express Something Very Different From Anything That We Had Dreamed Of Them.
I Believe Upon My Soul, Katherine, That At Last John Gordon Is Seeing Just Where That Woman Is Going To Lead Him If You Will Let Her.