The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1881-10-01
BELLA'S GLOVE.

dayP"
1t was on the broad piazza of the Ba-
den Baden Springs, one of the summer
hostelries in the Santa Cruz mountains.
Not man to be seen-the long piazza
was vista of skirts, At one end sat the
matrons, either doing some one of those
numberless things called fancy work, :"
or else retailing their household troubles.
At the other sat the young ladies. some
with novels in their laps, some idle.
They were gazing listlessly across the
garden to the disused croquet ground.
No one said: Lets play croquet," No,
indeed, there had been pitched battle
on the croquet ground the day before.
Miss Helen Winn had remarked that she
named no names, but when person was
wired she did not think il fair for her to
move her ball when the others were not
looking, Upon this Miss Tillie Robert
sou had burst into tears, and said that
Miss Wlnn WAS hateful thing. Miss
Carrie Bunner, partner to her OF the
teras, Immediately laid down her mallet
with great dignity, and ostentatiousiy
escourted Miss Robertson from the
ground, saying, There now, Tillle."
Never mind them," etc., all of which
was expressively eoadirg to the other
side.
By way of showing the two sece lers
how unnecessary they were, two other
ladies toak their places, aud the game
ior n while was conducted ia the smooth
est manner, and the conversation in
suSaIed tones. From the fact, however,
that they came home in four different
direction" it is supposed that something
went wrong John, whose duty it was
10 put away the mallets and balls after
the ladies' used the ground, related, on
his raturn to the kitchen, that-he found
them there malletS scattered ull over
creation, jest where them gals Aung EN-
when the game bust up"
No, although they had all made up
since, the ipfuences upon the whole
were not favorable TO that game which
Stirs the II minnie soul so deeply BY
the way was the woman ever born who
would not cheat at croqnet if she got a
cbanc,?
well, girls, what shall we do to-
dayH' 1t WAS Bella Chester who spoke.
Now Bella had not been mixed up Ia
the quarrel OF the day before. II there
Vas any one thing she did not care for,
1t was croqnet without gentlemen Il is
unnecessary. then, to tell you that she
Was coqntti,h But she WIS pretty.
Bella was-hewitcbingly pretty. And
Yet she was not SO pretty that other
women did not Ike r, for they did.
Fnere are two kinds of pretty women.
''Lrt's 80 to the springs" SAID HELEN
Winn, land watch them bottling the
water"
"Pshawl" said Bella, 'qheres only an
old man and boy there. Girls" she
went on, Il have an idea. How far is il
from here to Santa Maria College?"
"About six miles" said Helen
"Then I'll tell you what let's do.
Wen have the rockaway team hitched
mp, aud get John to drive MS over there.
It's vacation time now, and the students
have gone. We'll have the monks show
US all over the buildings, the mission
church and everything"
They're not monks, said Carrie Bun,
ner, with an air of wisdom, Miss Bun.
ner was catholic "they are fathers
"Well, I'd like to know what the diff.
ference is, +" said Miss Bella briskly.
"I-don't-know," said Miss Carrie,
weakening; "but you must call them
fathers. anyway"
Il call them anything they like" faid
Miss Bella. bat come, girls-let's GO
and get ready"
ln fifteen minutes five of the girls were
all ready. They had simply put OH i'm.
mense straw hats and very ugly busters.
There gloves were veterans; their shoes
substantial, but not beautiful In short,
they were attired as sensible girls should
be for ride over u California road in
summer.
But the minutes passed, and Bella did
not come. John chewed tobacco, an6
soothed his impatient horses as they
fiieked the flies from off their backs anG
paved the ground. John was never i'm
patient. A sweet and tender restfulnesi
filed his soul when he was waiting foi
ladies. He had driven around watering
places for many years, had John.
At last she came. A simultaneous or,
arose.
why, what ever has kept you 81
longG"
Suddenly Helen exclaimed; "Well.
declare Ii that girl hasn't gone An'
changed her dress r
''Yes. and fixed her hair 70
And put on clean pair Of gloves r.
J Aud changed hei boots r.