Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1892-01-14
No. SO,
handsome shoulders when she heard all

she, and l mean to get rid OF those
odious 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 JEFF.
ferd decided to wear 1t 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 member of the
family argued Rosamond, Its worth
while to take little pains with ones
dress We all know that first impress
sion is everything
4 suppose you'd like to marry him
and spend all his money for him. said
Zuleika, who was reluctantly helping IN
the kitchen.
| For Rosamond had decreed stupen-
dous company dinner, and there was
no one who made such exquisite may.
onnaise as Zuleika.
Rosamond laughed scornfulIy.
Little girls should be seen and not
heard, said she. Indeed, as l have
decided to invite Mrs. Matthews and
DR.. and Mrs. Raynhan, there won't be
room tor you at the table.
Zulelka' eyes flashed.
You won dare to leaYe me out, said
she.
You'll see whether l will or not, re.
sponded composed Rosamond.
'Rosamond,' said Zulelka, her breath
coming thick aud FAST it would be a
judgment on you if l were to get mar.
ried first after all 7
Much chance there is of your getting
maraied jeered Rosamond as she
smoothed the icing on her loaf of sponge
cake.
The hour of the unknown cousins
arrival came. Rosamond looked most
provokingly pretty in the cherry color
ed cashmere and cluster of deep red
roses al her belt.
Zuleika, in the neutral tinted sage
green, felt like katydid or grasshop.
per- or any other painfully insignificant
insect.
And now, said Rosamonl, glancing
at her imperial presence in the parlor
mirror, which Zuleika was diligently
polishing with plate powder and IL
chamois cloth, I'm going out to gather
some carnations.'
Zuleika, made no comment, but with.
in herself she thought:
Yes, do. That's right / planted
the carnations, and | waterei them,
and | took care Of them--and you COOL
ly appropriated them. It's always SO
in this family, and papa never inter-
ftres TO protect my rights :
She was thus soIloqaizing when she
saw another + Election than her own in
the mirror.
She gave IL jump and Il scream stimuli
taneous'y.
Don't be frishtened,, said the appar.
ton. You are Rosamond, aren't you
| am your cousin franklin.
He was very cordial and handsome,
with pleasant, dark eyes. rich oliyc
complexion, and ii sweet, deep voice.
Zulcika was quite certain that she
Was going to like him.
No. said she. I'm not Rosamon1. I
am Z,Ieika the young sister. But I'm
very glad to see you, all the same, and
I'm sorry father hasn' come back from
the pos.ollice yet. And (hurriedly
hingiug the chamois cloth into the pot
pourri ]ar) I'll 90 ont with you into
the garden and show you where Rosa
mond is.
For she was secretly determined, in
spite Of her wrongs, to give Rosamoild
every fair chance.
Franklin Jenerd looked down at the
light, agile figure as he walked beside
it.
How pretty she was. What deli
cate pink color burned on her clear
cheek, and how intensely blue her eyes
were And then those silky rings of
light brown hair that were blowing
about her forehead-wha a bewitching
framework they made to her face
IT Rosamoud is prettier she must be
very pretty he thought.
At that moment the sound of shrieks
and vituperations burst on the scented
summer ar, and Rosamond, forcing her
way through he tail lilac bushes, rush
ed into the open garden, both hands
clasped over her face.
Was 1t RosAmond - this figure with
disheveIel hair, eyes swollen to early
twice their sz'. face ai-fgnrel with in
numer die snng>. and complexion pur-
pie With rage and pain?
Its Your horr,d, hateful bees that