, 1888-11-22
CORNER LOTS.
By ROBERT HOWE FLETCHER.

( guueh, picking lavender Although the sun
shone, and tho waters of the bay sparkle,l.
and the distant Coronados Islands and the
I hills OF Mexico aoated in a blue haze before
her, Tulita had no eyes for the pretty picture.
Her mind was occupied with weightier mat
tiers: Perhaps she was not even aware that
( she herself made q much prettier picture
, with her girhSh figure relieved against the
/ white adobe house behind her. and her
J shapely head poised on one side, as she critic.
ally examined, with her big dark ewes, each
! spray OF lavender. She may even have been
unaware that the young man walking on the
other side or the road Yves evidently of this
opinion, although when he made a miSstep
into chuck hole full of dust, through hav
ing his eyes on her, Tulita's rosy lips puck
cred themselves up, and suspicious little
movement 6f her shoulders suggested that
she was not entirely ignorans OF the young
mans mishap.
But, as has been said, her mind was en-
gagged with weightier matters, and scarcely
vouchsafing second glance at the retreating
figure of the young man, she entered the
white adobe house. Placing her fragrant
load upon a table, she took up an old copy of
The Fashion Guide, which she had left face
downward when she went TO gather laven-
der, and consulted it with studious frown
Then going to chest of drawers, she pro-
cured some odds and ends Of ribbons, and,
seating herself with business like air, pro-
ceeded, with many references to the inStruc-
tions, TO braid the sprigs of lavender together
with the ribbons.
These useful as well as ornamental little
articles,n the book said, at the end Of its dis
QUESTION, ARE rapidly becoming indispensa-
bic in every household. In fact, we know of
several young ladies who derive a comforta-
bic income from the manufacture and sale of
lavender sticks"
II don't know said Tulita, to herself, as
she regarded her first effort disparagingIy,
lit seems to me that anybody would be
fool to buy that. But, there she continued,
more hopefully, "you never can tell about
these Americans
And, proceeding with the work, sne soon
exhausted her lavender and ribbons and had
instead neat little pile of Lavender sticks"
s'Madrs de Diosp said Tulita, as with her
chin on her hand she gazed at the result of
her labors, ''if that little mother of mine WAS
TO catch me at this, how quickly those things
would go out of the window ~ and she laughed
softly at the thought. although" she con-
tinued, "if she can do sewing for money, why
should not I also workl At any rate, l must
have ome shoes, that is the truth" And
thrusting her foot out she leaned over the
table to look at it. 1t was a dainty, slender
foot with an arched instep, but the shoe upon
it Twas unmistakably, hopelessly ragged.
''Ab! go hide yourself, % said Tulita, severely;
''you make me ashamed"
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ayes, it is I-all that is left of me- said
the lady who had entered, q woman whose |
still handsome face was lined by grief and
trouble .'Saiated Motheri but it is warm in |
the sum-" she continued tanning herself with |
that indoient, graceful sweep of the wrist pc |
culiar to women of the south. Then, pausing |
a moment, she elevated her head and said; |
HWhat is that odor in the house. like sage
brushp
'IPerhaps it is this bit of lavender y said |
Tulita, hiding her guilty face behind her
hair,
'sPaughi" said her mother at Is too |
strong. Throw it away"
And as she obeyed, Tulita's heart went
down into her ragged boots at this unexpect-
cd disparagement of the odor of lavender.
"Sage brush, indeed" 1t disheartened her
SO that the idea Of attempting to derive
comfortable income from the manufacture
and sale of lavender sticksn was at once dis
missed in scorn Even the possibility of new
shoes grew very faint
But with the next mornings sun Gs hope
and high spirits of youth returned, and when
Tulita started to walk in to San Diego to
make some purchases for her mother, the
lavender sticks were hidden beneath her
shabby little black mantle. Last night, after
she had gone TO bed, she had lain awake for
1t least an h7ur deciding where to offer them
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