San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1890-10-18

81 needed new gown" observed
Rosamond. And Zu can do very well
with her dyed sage green. Besides, I'm
the oldestp
us that any reason you should be
thief" retorted the irate Zuleika.
Girls, girlsl" protested the professor,
turning his slim white fingers in the
hair of his head.
Make her give it back to me, papar
said Zuleika. Its minel Aunt Pauline
never sent it to her. She has no bust
ness to take it."
Tell her to remember that she is only
child, papa" calmly remarked Rosa
mond, land that she ought to defer to
her elders"
Zuleika so far forgot her dignity as to
make a face at Rosamond at this stage
of the discussion.
"Oh, l just wish Capt. Calverly could
know what a whited sepulcher you are,"
said she. Just wait till get chance
won't tell him about the Balm of
Roses and the Coreopsis Cream for the
Complexion, and"--
"Papa, will you silence herr" appealed
Rosamond, with the expression of
grieved angel.
Girls, girls" groaned the professor,
do reflect. Here is this manuscript to
be sent off to The Scientific BIZ Weekly
at 4 o'clock this afternoon, and how do
you suppose it's to be done? Rosamond,
don't tease your sister. Zuly, be good
girl. and mind what Rosamond says"
The professor went back to his stacks
of pens and pools of ink. Rosamond
darted one triumphant glance at her
younger sister, and sailed like a royal
galleon out of the door.
Zuleika ran headlong into the garden
and never let loose the torrent of her
sobs and tears until she was safe down
among the pinks and phloxes, where the
bees went il and out of two little hives
and kept up murmurous hum.
81 wish was one Of you, you dear
little brown belted things!' passionately
cried she, resting her chin in her hands
as she sat staring at them, her vision
blurred by tears. Then there wouldn't
be any question of gowns and boots and
horrid, cross elder sisters / wonder is
it wicked to hate Rosamond as l do?
shouldn't hate her if she was kind and
considerable to me and acted as if
she loved me just the least little bit
in the world. 1t isn't the cherry col
ored cashmere so much-though would
like new gown that hadn't been dyed
over, and that Rosamond hadn't worn
all the beauty out of before l got hold
of it-but it's the hateful, hideous, out
rageous injustice of the thing. I've al
most mind to run away, or to go for
hired help, or drown myself or some
thing. "Jacob!"-springing suddenly to
her feet-"what are you doing here?'
please, Miss Zuleika," said the stolid
farmland, "Eben Phelps. he's come
arter the bees"
"And what business has Eben Phelps
with my bees, I'd like to know"
Miss Jefferd sold 'em to him, miss.
She don't want no bees here. She's goin'
to have the ground leveled for tennis
court-whatever that may be"
Zuleika Jefferd stepped tragically to
the side of her beehives.
This is too muchg" said she. They
are my bees-not Miss Jefferd's, and if
any one dares to lay hands on hive I'll
have them prosecuted for tresspass! Do
you hear that, Jacob
Jacob retreated. There was no mis-
taking the determination in zuleika's
eyes.
Eben Phelps was forced to drive away
without even parley.
"Nots expected to carry away two
hives O. bees in broad daylight" he ex-
planned to Jacob. ''Ye might knowed
better'n that, Jake; but sort o. wanted
to look at EN- afore Iclosed the bargain"
"Guess We hadn't BETTER" said Jacob.
"Our young missy she means just what
she says, and the bees is hern, anyway.
Squire Bassett he gin 'em to her hisself."
Rosamond Jefferd only shrugged her
handsome shoulders when she heard all
this
II mean to have my tennis court, said
she, "and / mean to get rid of those obi
Gus bees, all in good time. OF course
zu will rage, but she's always raging
about something"
Time passed on. The cherry colored
cashmere was made up, and Miss Jefferd
decided to wear it for the initial time ON
the OCCASION of the visit of Mr.. Franklin
Jefferd, distant cousin in whose eyes
she desired to appear her very best.
"If he's really the rich T4e.Lber of the
family" argued Rosamond, Its worth
while to take little pains with ones
iress. We all know that first impress
zion is everything"