Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-09


for where you are is always sprinp
AND Spring alone
Julie M. Lippmann in American Ma
MY LADY'S SHOE STRING
MOST through, Cleogp 'sYes. almost T,
zen minutes l shall have finished - m.
young person addressed is sitting with he,
p ek 70 her sister, and all the face ana
uan OF her head is hidden by the hood Of .
~sdching frame. She is leaning eagerly
NJ forward Her eyes are riveted on the nao.,
ave before her and her deft, dainty finger,
are making swift, magic strokes on the wort
uef her hand. sin ten minutes mora " ~,
aone musical voice repeats; land when T,vs
ra.a ny ! shall place before your astonjsbsf
IA, sonething too utterly lovely NV T,a,lv
s;a taer sisters name is janet Init VIII,
saucy, winsome, mischieyious beroina 1 -,
ar wishes to be crushing in ber ro,n,,.,,.
TIL eaafesses her by this high sound;no
cha. Like one of Sir Walters Scott,s
tic n aoeeFs, shall be 'puffed up with ma las.
fr,;.t p'iue over my handiwork. Even vow
t,ah I'm pompous wave of her left bart,,
.,,a aniplon retoucher though Won ara nil
.n green with envy when Won behold t,,ia
laugh. 'H0 enuS' Win little gay
,. Ai'er this braggadocio speech there 10 9,
i: euce Ior 25ew moments. Then lanai uo,th
ser head YEARLY from the cnsb;orS ~
Ter Invalid couch and signs imnatiant,v
CleoS quick ear catches that sigh instarti,,
Are you in pain, JanieF'
mo; not particularly
Then why do you sigh in that angina
like fashiona Do you want To blow mo
awayn '" hie
Don't be flippant, Cleo, for pitv,s s.to.
and sighed because feel so cross abont
everything. It's just perfect shame that
you are oohged to work so hard And it's a
far greater shame that I shopld b,ra $50 q
III at this particular time, too. One would
have thought that this awful afIliction ,vi.t
my eyes was quite enough of a trial On1r,
think, dare not even read aloud IN yo, any,
more. begin to think that comicoj e,sri1 ivy
Sir Boyle Roche, was exceedingly eornos. '
when he said that the greatest of all ca,on,;
Ties was generally followed bv one mroh
sleasef, III seems so, actually! Oh. dear.
sa e why doesn't some good fortune be-
.a.i Us i.o"' wonderf 1t always does turn
out that way in books, You knowo-
sn,. rs IN BOOKS, Cleo interrupts, dryly;
but nowhere else that l am aware of "
Why don't some of our rich relatives
NUM- US up and insist on making us a pres
emu OF few hundredsl They could easily
auord 10 DO IT. and only think what a god
send it would be to usn
wen Tor your sake, jamie, I sincerely
wish they would. Then you could have that
operation performed on your eyes at once.
anu snouio De able to get you all the nice,
nourishing food that the doctor recon-,
mended, and that fine wine that ba soid ~,
ought to-
Don't mention that again, dear. 1 have
quantities OF nourishing food now that /
nave no appetite to eat, and it Just breaks
my aeart 10 think of all the hard earned
money you nave spent in that way for me.n
"HumphF' says Cleo. lyon don't saam
70 understand that that is deep, dark, dia-
bolcaI plot of mine to get loads of good
things to eat. You can't eat them. YOU see.
50 must-to save EN-. I'm living on the
very cream of the land at present, and am
getting too fat and sassy for any use,n she
adds, telling her little unselfsh fib with
marvellous promptness. For whatever han
pens, poor unfortunate jamie must not guess
how the getting Of these delcacies worries
her' nor how alarmingly low their little stock
OF money has run. So. although there is a
mist before her eyes and lump in her throat
sne begins hnmming careless little tune
In spite OF Janet's deplorable state of mind.
she laughs little ct her sisters last remark.
and surveys her beautifully nodded, graceful |
dgure with much amusement.
well, yes, sassy you are, grant you,n
she says after moments pause but fail |
-poohl Don't lay that hattering JUNCTION to |
your soul Besides, you don't want to be. |
IL Is so excessively vulgar to be fat. A little
OF that commodity wouldn't hurt me any.
however, she goes on, lifting one slim, pitiful
arm and long, transparent hand.
AS she finishes speaking, Cleo pushes back |
her chair, jumps to her feet, lifts her arms
above her pretty head, and deliberately in
dulges in long stretch.
"Oh, myl How good it does seem to stand |
once more" she exclaims
AtTer that She picks up the negative she
mas been so faithfully working on, and steps
to her sisters side
ihere!" she says, with dramatic flourish |
and much pardonable pride-''there! Is not |
That beautifully donel Even you couldn't |
nave done 1t as well, could you? Don't dare
TO say you could, Or shall dig up my toma-
hawk In one brief instant Isn't il q splepdid |
facei There is so much-so much-er-well
there is so much in it,
Yes, ever, so much muchness.n Janet
answers, mischievously.
who is fippant now, / should like tn
knowf Practice what you preach, my Lady
Jane. But, honestly, now, isn't it a hand
some facet And it does seem so very familiar.
100, especially the eyes Doesn't it to YOUR
well, yes, rather" Janet replies, gazing
at the negative
Geo Is standing in front of Janetis couch
whlle they talk, and the light from the old
fashioned French window falls full upon her.
30 tneiH is very excellent opportunity to ex-
anime her face just now. Her fine, delicate
white hands are folded behind her back. and
her head is slightly raised, so that YOU NAV
discover that there are pair of velyetv.
golden brown eyes; there are heavy. dark
CURING lashes that shade them, and fine.
straight brows above; there is a pretty.
artistic nose; there is a mouth that resern-
bles vermilion tinted flower. and a pair of
round cheeks whose bewitching dimples arc
like inverted rose petals.
yes" Miss Janet says, after regarding
the negative critically, ''you certainly have
done splendid work upon it, and it is really
an exceedingly nice face; but / have seen
you retouching many and many one that
was far handsomer"
"Weli, will admit all that the girl an
swers, receiving the negative back and gag
ing down at the face. "Still this one has in
terested me greatly ever since began work
ing upon it. But good gracious, this won't
dol Only look at all the time I've been
wastingi ] must scramble into nv things
and take this work to the gallery at once.n
she breaks forth, suddenly
linen she flies to the closet, takes ont n very
ODD, quaint poke bonnet, ties it on, and. 1
catching up the package of well done wsrk. I
hurries to the door. !
Good-by, janet Don't get lonely while
I'm gone. l shall return the instant l can, {
you know, dear, so just make a modern Pa t
.lence on a monument of yourself until l |
loom up on the scene again. And, one last y
caution: don't you dare to sit up and worry
about things while I'm gone / shall know C
10 II you do, so beware, rash femaIern she t
says; and shaking threatening forefinper v
at her sister, she departs.
Wen, jamie, here am at lastr' Cleo ex-
claims, an hour later, flashing into the cool. :.
lark room in breathless sort of vvav ,yitb :