St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-23
Mrs G D. A in BOSTON Globe.

Mrs G. D. A in Boston Globe,
"Good-by, girls, good-by! L don
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, and-be sure to come out and see
me as soon as you can-Good-by!
Dorothy Adams spoke rather sorrow
fully ana leaned5outQf 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 y her beautiful
summer?
She settled back in her chair and
tried to prepare herself for what looked
such an unprOmising future; but try as
she would her thoughts went back to
her life that summer SO different from
anything she had ever before expert
enced. .'
Oueerville, Dorothy's home is de-
lightfur little place, just far enough
from Boston to be independent OF II,
and i'll this respect il is wonderfully
like its inhabitants. who. having them-
selves or their ancestors lived IN Queer
vile for the past 200 years or more, are
sufficient unto themselves and perhaps
trifie contemptuouS OF those who have
not had such advantages.
The academy at Qeerviile, like every
hing and almost everybody else, IS an
Institution of age, ana for many years
IN Adams has been master there.
And it had long been the regret of DR..
Adams life that Dorothy, his daughter.
lhOuld not have been Jonathan, his son,
30 that Queerville could be spared the
shock of seeing a Smith-posSlblY even
JOneS-as his successor.
But during the last few years strange
notions had crept into Queeryil!e and
Dr.. Adams had willingly grown to think
hat in these days of woman'S advance
mtnt it would be most fitting for Dor
,thy, whom he had given most calass-
ical training and who had thrown her
self 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 philistine cousin Mil
bred. 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 per-
haps her gratitude had been Swallowed
by the thought that it was something of
/ cOndeScensiOn for one of the Queer
Vile AdamSes to be part Of such friv-
)lity.
But it didn't last long" thought
Dorothy. peering out Of the car window
Of
grand cliffs bidding US welcome made
NE humble enough; and if ever there
was a grateful girl, you dear cousin Mil
bred, She is land couldn't tell you
half | felt Oh, dear, dearl It's all
over now, anyhow-yesterday l was in
it and today 1 am nOt-sOI must be SEN
sible or father will wish he had kept me
at hOmei"
For two months she had led the most
delightful, the most idyllic life. So
cietys that mysterious something that
DR.. Adams regarded with such scOrn,
ard that Dorothy herself had little
pharisaical feeling tOWard-Society, had
taken an outing, and with her.
She had been part of it, and she had
liked II. Yes, before ali Queerville she
Mas willing to become its champion.
Talk about society being frivolous
and hollow she thought to herself, re-
hearsing trifie, perhaps as she recalled
how she, Dorothy. who had her Greek
and Latin at her finger tips, and
who thought she knew some
hing, had been obliged to remain
ilent many and many time when they
we're discussing intensely Interesting
subjects, simply because she knew notL-
ng about them.
"Oh! It's 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