Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1890-05-24

ara nellei and adjusted a glitter
in4 aer sllve~ bangle On her wrist.
a eoa0 ono, said she, emphatically
Ru' how fa~lcd yor are, Clara Are
-ou SIRE .o4 arc q'.i.e weii1" persisted
B4roara Ard how strangely vou-
! eyes Same
Clara 2sygi1i ar eaaed forward to
.ooE 4. herself IN he plush framed glass
| opposite
You are TOO innocent for .ny,hing,
Barbara said she Every one does it
/ nowadavs is Breath Of Poses PEI
! maps Ive touched It ii little TOO strong
today And thc eyes-i,s the least
teenty line Of belladonna It brings on.
! the sparkle, don't YOU see? Don't look
j So shocked, child we all have 10 make
| m" most of ourselves, one iddri, with
superior sniIo. Isn't t stvhs4 But
| As ] said, I'm getting sixty dollars
month, and almost nothing TO do but to
dress and look pretty. And YOU can
, 90 the same, you poor. paie. Dieacncl-
| out little thing, if Won choose
81 don't understand YOU, Clara"
IN IN the company of t1e Cecilian
/ Theatre, explained Clara We are
/ supposed to be singe-s. but or ~oiccs
! don't signify a pin 'Tno Cecilian takes
! pride in it's chorus beng the handsomest
| girls IN town And you are pretty, Bar
bara, you know very wel-prettier than
| am, # you would only give yourself
chance. could make first class beauty
| Of you And its only the evenings, you
&C., with IN hour Or 50 at morning re-
i $ saci faa. There's one young man in
| Inc audience who has thrown bouquet
. me eve~y night tor eight nights run
ming And there are suppers and break
Tasts, and All tha- sort Of thing.
Involnntarily Barbara drew back
Bat. CIar& is it rlghi to
Rl9nt rh. von silly, little goose
vhy not There Mrs Dowdin, the
,and naste, I wife to cnapcroa Us. isn't
here, And Shes an old woman of fifty.
On, assure you, II < very select com
pans indeed. Sixty dollars month and
Your salary raised II von DO well And
when ! heard 'hot there was vacancy,
thought of ven the ve"y first thing |
knew YOU h2@ q nica n"z<"- soprano voice,
n.!, = ! sad befor-, that lont matter
50 mucE. long as vo,. arc 50 pretty 4
brunette too-we have an overplus OF
Blondes already Aud knew. also that
vcu ryre only getting fourteen dollars
here with IN old martinez for com
mandins officer Conc, am not good
friend to yol2"
Still Barbara looked With questioning
eyes a the handsome, voluble girl. Could
! b" possible rha his self-rossessed,
beautifully dressed woman was Clara Bel
den. har lassmate Al school. and only a
month Older than herself
Sixty dollars Yes. il vas kind Of
Cara-,t would indeed be IN outlet Of
Escape from this vrctcned, grinding bond
age of her daily lie Sixty dollars with
suppers. bouquets admiration unlimited.
Barbara drew her breath with a gasp. Il
seemed almos+ TOO much to realize
lust then Mary, the nouscmaid, tip
tocd into the room, with her finger or
her llps
Ni>- Bake, sad she, with a side
long glance Of adm.ra.,on =. the snowy
visitor in her silks. bangle. and Breath c.
Roses. tns ould lady is afther wak,n
NJ as cross as two sucks An she savt
vouve forgot her moTniag fo1ic. an6
Bfioa'S % iar i 100 rich,, ard-this way
mis-. u aze, as Clara rose p-eclpitately
It> rs mucn As ne place is worth for
Ms. Dickinson 10 know that Miss Blake
had company unboknown to her. Run,
pla7e, Miss Blake--I can hea- her sco!d
in2 now
Never mind, dear eocour,cingly
vh!snered Clara. as she rustled BY lear
M IN oior Of franCpanni IN her wake
the oaious shackles will sooa drop Of
: send M line Il oace Nr. n7Tdil