Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-07-10

July has come again at last:
With Summer gowns the rocks are gay;
To meet her on the beach to-day.
She's even fairer than of yore.
And yet, could not tell you why,
find the girl an awful bore
So long il is since last July, -...sr
Sophie 81. G.. Lascrc1icc. IN Century Magazine
THE CAPTAINS DAUGHTERS. 40
With her chin upon her palm, Alice
Denver looked thoughtfully out of the
window.
Upon broad. old-fashionsd- hearth,
mild, inconsequent flame rambled fit
fully among the embers of morning
fire, while through an open door came
the MOST fragrance of a sunny April
noon.
Ia the hap ~of thesyoung girl lay a
pulse Sopenzwith no plcfhoric yasvn,
2 but idIy,I as il its Office were sineetlre.
She dropped her hand. and turned a
Piquant head to contemplate, with hall
comb sscorn, q weulwofn but shapely
boot.
81 despise being veneered into re-
spectability by the blacking bottle, J"
was her comment.
She glanced at her sister, who sat be-
fore an easel absorbed and unheedng.
'sRuthi Wake up! 1 want somebody
to growl to-! My last summers hat is
a mere limp wreck, and look at these
.sS 1' Tiss al inaradlas murmur. the.
ssyoangartst came to life, pushing back
her chair with lingering eye still upon
her canvas.
Alice continued: .Ad0TS Iii
81 am irving to be fine on three
dollars. Sympathize with me-
Ruth SIN led:
Zone more than have, sisterkin."
s.But your picture is almost done.
ooh, yes-I have painted, but
(grimly) who will buy?"
..Pray don't start another conundrum
till you have answered mine"
"iours?"
.sYes. Which, is worse, q shabby.
s@sheaa d a shabby foot one seems in
evitable:"
.Perhaps not said Ruth, cheerily.
1.Let us cudgel our brains." .,.-,rz,1.
Alice smiled mischievously.la5 ssit4
"You might send your story to an
other magazine.
Ruth shook her head.
..Return posta e is too expensive"
.sBut it is so good, it must be accepted
some time persisted Alice.
This! from aost - cried Ruth. "Who
was it that dubbed my previous story,
Bread Upon the Waters?'"
..But you know, Ruth, it alwayssdid
return after many days. was the
Il wondestat is worth while to risk
!. Loss 6fs nostago ana ] heshS ehagrins bg
trying again. said Ruth.
ook at us!'' exclaimed Alice, with
sudtleh svehemencei .Um Turkish
snub-nosed Eastern teapots and grim
ming dragons, that Know we cannot
even pay our postagen'
don't be savage. Alice, you are
proud of them, too.'
..Proud OF course I'm proud.
There's the rub"
"A meaeer wardrobe is better..than
meagre home," said Ruth, with low
ing glance around the room.
1t was room with a history, evident
ly. Its career had opened in the rigid
deeorun of hair-cloth and mahogany;
and generations of slippery gloom had
ill-prerared it for the invasion of the
Vandal horde which one day took pos,
session. The bleak sofa muftied in.
luxurious Eastern stufls, barely pre-
served its self-respect by the solemn
contemplation of its own claw-feet;
while the prim, high-backed chairs.
with their feet tucked under them and
their heads in the air, ignored the eff
Terminate cushions thrust upon them
But nobody cared; for bamboo chairs,
and Oriental divans fulfilled all
hospitalites; while the ancestral
andtrons, weary pf.aG cold hearth and
q sselesstiess rseoiced in The change, and
warmly Rugged the blazing logs of the
new regime.
..Choose boots,''. said Ruth. "a
princess like you should be daintily
shod."
.But that fiabby, jaded hat" sighed
..Where is it?'' -
alt ought to be in the ash-barrel, but
of course it's here, tender,y band
boxed"
VERY well; we'll try variety. and
back your head in ,teaG of your feet"
..What?''
- { .Vaitr And RGth, hat and hack
= IN bottle simultaneously disappe Area.
Presently she returned. holding a crisp,
.tIs gSoa y peari god crafty Idasll
auth,la6dasd albas feather Now
twist this around, and be irresistible.
as usual
.'Your best fec her? No, no." said
Alice. -------------------------
y
imperative elder-sis;er kiss"
When Captain Denvsr retired freua
the sea, twenty-three years before, and
gathered the accumulated treasures of
bis Eastern VOYAGES into thesold sea-
= Sh6reh nom stsaf near NeV York, all
i The GIRLS d Atfling Eenvisd tbs shy
bride from Boston who came to take
possession.
: Here two lovely daughters grew into
JOYOUS gir1hood, adored by the gallant
Captain. who treated both wife and
daughters with an exquisite mingling
of old-fa shioned formality and tender
ness. His air of command. nautical
.phrasessand eourtly bear ng,. his storiesI
Of adventure BY sea and land. and the
sever-present souvenirs of foreign travel,
captivated the .fsrag patien 6f tlis
daughters, to whom life became a sort
of enchanted voyage.
Sea lhreesfe assHad the daily speeshi
OF fhe fafai1y. The PIAZZA was ..the
deck the little square staircase .sthe