The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1893-11-25
MIS-. Chadwick. ''Ten, twelve, fourteen,
tWensy, tWenty-four-I had twenty

one away upstairs" said Dilly.
. My lands!" cried Mrs. Chadwick;
go and find it, then"
And Dilly went pattering upstairs,
looking into all the rooms, until she
spied the missing jar. ~. III.
. 1T was on Miss Sophy's beaury, no
less," she said. fE0- ~.
No matter where it was" said Mrs.
Chadwick; pour the rest Of that jelly
INTO 1t as quick as you can, and Wen
begin the new,'
covered the white envelope wing
against the side of the Jar. And soon
thickened jelly trembled above that ex-
PLANTATION that was to make everything
right for Ned.
Inc sun was going down on Sophy's
wrath when she walked into the kitch-
en-, very bolt-up-right, and with her lips
tightly SET
so Ned did not come for you, So
phy?' the mother asked "Well, sup
pose something kept him"
Kept him!" said Sophy scornfully.
He had no right to be kept when he
had an engagement with me-"
"Wen, maybe he can explain to your
satisfaction" said the mother. "Cover
those jars for me, won't you. There's
the paper and scissors and brands"
ana Sophy set to work shipping and
dipping and filling, and the first jar she
covered was the one that held Ned's
letter.
AND Cupid had no way Of telling her
what she was doing. But other things
were told her. Miss Pamela A1ittens,
on her way to take tea at a friends
house-when was not Miss NIittens 60
ing to take tea with some friend?-
looked in at the kitchen window.
MY" she said, "doin' up currants? :?
How good they SMELL! You didn't any
Of you 60 to the picnic?'
Il don't admire picnics," said Mrs.
Chadwick. I'D rather eat nv meals
at a table,"
"But I should have thought Sophv
| would CO." said Miss AIittens. $50
| many girls went. I watched the cars
| off, and saw Kitty Runs and Maria,
Gray and Sue Lapham. Mr. Edward
Arthur was escorting her, and he
seemed most devoted. He had his arm
| around her waist, before all ewes. 7
| wondered at him."
! Then having done her little deed of
mischief, Miss Aittens walked away.
| But all that evening, and all next day,
people came dropping in; and they
w re aH peop ~ho oad b. en- to the
beach picnic. And not one of them
but said something about Ned Arthur
and Sue Lapham and their conduct,
They were in one of those big swings
together, last I saw of them," said Mrs.
Price. 'I say, Sophy, I thought Ned
was your beau?'' s.al y S &c.. = ~ 3
HE wanted to be- said Sophy, toss
ing her head. But gave him to un-
derstand that he might as well give uD
the notion. I want that Well under
stood"
Her mother looked at her,
"Sophy is in one of her tempers,"
She thought. She'll spoil her life by
them yet"
AS for Ned, he had gone to the hotA,
met Mr.. Shaler, found the old gentle
man too i'll to talk, gone up to the
beach and looked for Sophy. But as
she was not there, Sue had seized upon
him, and given broad hints on the sub
ject of the swing.
OF course he could not ignore them,
and had also offered her ices and cake.
Then he had returned to the hotel,
where he was obliged to remain all
night in view of the patients possible
ability to give his statement on the
following day. Therefore he did not
appear, to plead his own cause with
Sophy, for several days.
When he did he found that she had
gone to pay visit to an aunt in Pa
tanket, and though he wrote to her,
she returned his letter unopened.
II think we had better not CORE
spond," she said, in card inclosed with
this despised epistle. Il have been very
foolish to encourage you as I have,
when really meant nothing by it."
HE shall be the one to be jilted,'
she said, with her chin in the air. I'll
have that satisfaction anyhow"
All the time her heart was aching
and well-nigh breaking, and poor Ned
was more miserable than she, and it
was all very, very dreadful.
Little Jim knew nothing about 1t,
but he was sorry Ned Arthur, who was
so generous with penkn1yes, had ceased
to call to see his sister Sophy.
Back against the wall on the pantry
shelf, stood the jar in which the last
letter hid itself The last Of the twen-
ty-fve doomed to oblivion, for all any
one could say. for the rest Of the year.
When Sophy returned from Patanket,
she was thinner and paler than she had
been. But she had evidently not vast
ed time; she received many letters and
replied to them promptly. The letters
were from a Mr.. Paxton.
HE is good match, mother" she
said, in tone that Mrs. Chadwick did
not like, "and think cannot do bet
ter" 5- - -.. a...-S.
mo woman does well unless she loves
the man she marries," said Mrs. Chad
wick. ss.
'Oh, love-" said the girl, eontemptu-
ous1y; that is thrown away on man"
A little Later she asked: 'Is Sue Lap
ham married yet? / suppose Mr. Ar
thur continues his attentions?'
I have not heard OF them," said Mrs.
Chadwick. And as for poor Ned, he is
very tiIl-typhoid. His mother told me
that the doctor said he might get well
II he could be made to take an interest
in any thing, but he can't be reused"
Sue ought to try what she can do. y
said Sophy. Her lip quiyered; she bit
it to keep it quiet,and went to her
desk.
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