The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-05-13
ON THE WAY HOME.
The Happy Ending Of Pleasant
Summer Vacation.

"Good-by, girls. good-by! I don't
know how to thank you. l feel as
grateful as the midgets who profit by
the fresh air fund. Yes, of course I'll
write. aud-be sure to come out and
see me as soon as you can-good-
Dorothy Adams spoke rather sorrow
fully and leaned out Of the car window
with reckless disregard for passing
trains to catch the last glimpse of the
merry party of girls who were waving
good by.
Was it really the end of her beau
tiful summer?
She settled back in her chair and
tried TO prepare herself for what looked
such an uppromising future; but try as
she would her thoughts went back to
her life that summer SO different from
anything she had ever before ex-
perienced.
Queervilie. Dorotgiy's home, is de-
lightful little place, just far enough
from Boston to be independent Of it,
and in this respect it is wonderfully
like its inha bitants, who, having them
selves or their ancestors lived in Queer
vile for the past two>hundred years or
more, are sufficient INTO themselves
and perhaps tritle contemptuouS of
those who have not had such ad-
vantages.
The academy at Qneerville, like
everything and almost everybody else,
is an institution of age, and for many
years an Adams has been master there.
And it has long been the regret of
DIR. Adams life that Dorothy, his
daughter. should not have been Jona-
than, his son, SO that QueervMle could
be spared the shock of seeing a Smith
possibly even Jones-as his sue
ceSSOr.
But during the last few wears strange
notions had crept into Queerville, and
DR.. Adams had willingly grown to
think that in these days of woman S ad-
vancement it would be most fitsing for
Dorothy, whom he had gwen most
classical training and who had thrown
herself heart and soul into his work
for Dorothy herself to become in time
master" of Queerville academy.
To this project Dorothy had given
eager assent, and it was after no little
pleading that her Phihstine cousin
Mildred, who lived in Boston, had won
over Dorothy and her father TO her
own plan for the summer.
Accordingly the last day of June had
found Dorothy with the Wards aboard
the boat bound for Bar Harbor, and
perhaps her gratitude had been shad-
owed by the thought that it was some
thing of 4 condescension for one of
the Queerville Adamses to be part of
such frivolity.
But it didn't last long" thought
Dorothy, peeriug out of the car win
dow for comfort. THE first glimpse
of those grand cliffs bidding US well
come made me humble enough; and if
ever there was a grateful girl. you dear
cousin Mildred. she is land | couldn't
tell you half how / felt. Oh, dear,
dearl It's all over now, anyhcv-yes-
terday was in it, and to-day l am snot
so l must be sensible or father will
wish he had kept me at home!n'
For two months she had led the most
delightful, the most idyllic life. So
ciety, that mysterious something that
DR.. Adams regarded with such scorn,
and that Dorothy herself had had a
little pharisaical feeling toward-so-
ciety had taken an outing, and with
her.
She had been part OF it and she had
liked it. Yes, before eli Queerville
she was willing to become its cham
pion.
Talk about society being frivolous
and hollow" she thought TO herself,
rehearsing tritle, perhaps, as she re-
called how she, Dorothy, who had her
Greek and Latin at her finger tips, and
who thought she knew something. had
been obliged 20 remain silent many 2
time when they were discussing in
tensely interesting subjects, simply be-
cause she knew nothing about them.
"Oh, It's a thousand times better to
be part of this living world and inter
ested in the things that are troubling
men to-day than to be existing way
back in the dark ages and trying to
hammer Greek and Latin into heads
NAHN az NAAAAaAAA1- VI III anu IOOb-
ball"
Dorothy looked defan.ly out of the
window and the trees nodded approval
as .he train rushed by. taking her back
faster and faster TO oueerville and the
academy
Yes, it had been adelightful summer.
and Dorothy had shown as much eager
ness for pleasure as she ever had for
learning
There had been riding and rowing
and canoeing. lsthere anything much
more delightful than canoeing? To
feel the water in subsection beneath
her gave Dorothy such 4 sense OF Sc
curity that she laughed at those who
SAID there was danger
And the FRANKS they had played.
and the fun they hal had.
Probably II i because people only
hear OF that side OF the story that they
call society frivolous" thought Dorothy
as She remembered some Of the queer
notions She had had herself
Why, even .he men had been de-
ligitfnl surprise, Tor with all their as
surel Indifference they had done some
OF The best things Low small she felt
that morning she congratulated Ned
Marshall 50 EGshin-iv CT mis- b-averv,