The Somerset reporter., 1892-01-07
SELECTED.
Eleanor S Summer at the
sea- Shore.

aea-Snore.
Three girls were talking together as
they walked home from the high school.
what are YOU going to do in the va
cation, Alice?p asked her friend, Ruth
"Oh make the best use of my time [
can. | have great deal of studying to
do to make up my conditions"
"Ah. yes, you poor thing, sick SO long
last winter"
"Aud wonderful store of patience to
cultivate for waiting ON my cross old
aunt"
Patience will come for the asking,
dear. What are you planning Ruth2a
inquired Eleanor Gray, tall, tine-lookng
gitl, looking affectionately at her two
friends.
ooh nothing more than the same old
thing, Always plenty to do at home.
Children to train and sew for, one stupid
girl to look after, mother to pet and
nurse. | sometimes get tired Of the same
old groove" she cl Jsed, with weary lit
lie sigh.
al know what it is" said Eleanor,
pressing her hand I've had plenty OF it,
too. Only there isn't any girl at all to
look after, for mother and | do the work
But we are going to have delightful
change this summer-yes, indeed, girls,
| am going to be giddy for once In my
| life. Mother has a sister who has taken
a cottage at tine sea-shore. Not one of
the iiue resorts. of course, but a place
where moderate people like ourselves go
and have little subdued gaitty-"
Dear me, how delightful" exclaimed
Ruth.
WAVES signing, and surf breaking and
ocean breezes flaming you, said Alice.
Yes; dou't | wish you were all 20
ing" said Eleanor, fervently. well.
girls, wherever We are We may stlll claim
cur royal lineage
Yes, yes responded the others in
earnest tones.
"Aud the daughters of our King esn
never lind work too humble or too tircsome
for them
Pm going to look out for grand work
this summer said Eleanor, her eyes
lighting with enthusiastic resolve Il
nave never before had chance Of get
ting out of my groove as you call il
Ruth, and 1T will be strange If cant
ind something far beyond he ordinary
either to learn for my self with view to
more usefulness or to do for some one
else.n
What stories youll have to tell Of
your adventures 10y the salt sea, laugh
ed Alice.
"Possibly,' said Eleanor But what
ever else we do, We shall remember each,
other night and morning, and hope to
meet here again when the leaves begin to
turn"
Eleanor and Alice lived at some dis
| -. Ill
been boarding and attending school A
few days after their little talk the three
| girls babe each other an allectionate fair
well, and turned their faces toward their
| respective homes.
"Iiome again. said Eleanor as she
met her mother. 40 mother, how good
1t is to be home, no matter how plain
things are. But we're going very soon.
aren't we? How soonf 1t seems as
though | couldn't wait day, | am so
crazy to get sight of blue water.
Nothing has happened to change our
plans, hey, mother2n
"Nothing at all, said mother, smiling
With pleasure at seeing that the hard
study had not subdued the bright glrls
dow of spirits. 81 suppose you viii need
little while for sewing won't youF
mo; not a day here. The few new
things | can have, and the old things to
turn, twist, trim, by way of trying to
hoax people into thinking they are new,
| | can do all after we are settled In our
summer house. And you wrote me that
Robbie is all fixed. What dear indus
triOus old mother you are. And how
Robbie will enjoy the sea shore, with Il
sand bucket aud shovel"
| With a kiss to her mother and a pat on
he head of her small brother, Eleanor
AN to pick up the thread OF some small
louse hold duties.
"I'l attend to things In the kitchen.
mother, hut | must take y run Into tht
garden. | am fairly aching for bunch
+ the dear old pan-ies on the supper ia
lie. or course they're thriving AZ they
| always do >"
Who would have thought a walk in the
garden would bear sRch lasting results
Eleanor secured the psnsle-, selecting
with beamlng smile the kind which from
child she had sought out, those with
markings which size dee AIRED showed
face looking into hsf own. Then sh'
gave little exclamation OF pressure a
/ her eye caught sight Of "a bright cluster
above her bead.
"a bunch OF appie-5los' oms so lac IA
| The SEASON | musi take them TO- mother
Apple. b.asse tAey surely were ihan k.
to a backward spirg. ard the fact OF p
rec having been oyer-hatoWVi aI
l~hrfcd boy u rapidly growing box alder
Elcauur stepped upuu an Inverted Hover
pot. then 90 the low stone"HN which
surrounded the garden.
But a stone slipped, and she missed hei
footing and came near falling. Graspinl
] - sbsa tri.I regain han