The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-10-13
On the Blue Mountain Road.
By SOPHIE SWEET.

sI wish that wistful looking girl Win
the crooked baby wouldn't stare at me
sou exclaimed the pretty girl on the
back seat of the blackboard. (She was
a very pretty girl, and her rougn ana
easy costume bore 10 initiated eyes the
unmistakable stamp OF the most iash
jonable tailor) I'm getting TO dislike
tbis road because she's always sitting
on that log; lefs go home by the Cornlce
road"
Il never mind the natives; 1 ion't see
tbom AT all" said lively little Gladys
Rcurke. clutching at a deeply pink Wlld
rose. as the bush WAS crushed by tho
buckboards wh.els-for in some places
the Blue Mountain read IS narrow.
They're not squalid like the poor PEOPLE
in the cities, you know. Constance.
Gladys Bourkc wore flowers in her belt
and sang gay little songs, and boasied
that she always had good time. Bat
Constance Poole looked back NJ the kirl
with the crooked baby.
"Shes an ugly little thing, with her
high forehead and her wispy hair she
said.
but there's something aoout hrr'
said Dollie Erskinc. somewhat obscurely.
'"rhat tall girl who waits on the Car
isles table at the East End' is her sis
ter: MIR Carlisle calls her Juno. That's
Il delightful little place where they live;
30 piny and ea-blown," and The house
painted only by wind and weather Is
such a delicious color" Dollie was the
sister-in-law Of famous artist, and
liked to have people know that she un-
dersto5d picturesque values.
can they be civilized. these natives
asked Mile Briard. Constance's French
governess. who chaperoned The party.
civilized" echoed Dolly Erskne.
little Indignantly. dolly was an old
halituee of the HarbOr, and held an at
utude OF friendly proprietoiship toward
It's native inhahitants.l The Juno IL
going 10 the Normal shool at Castine IN
the fall and the older boy OF the family
owns the Midget tho cathoat that Lieu
tenant Boiling said was the tidiest
craft IN these waters, and gets the lam
lily living by her. Lieutenant BOILING
said he was Il skilled navigator, ne
shouldn't be surprised TO see him cap
tain of Cunarder.
Mademoiselle murmered that II was
pays extraordinaire," but that was her
final comment upon everything that she
didr't quite understand.
"'rhe girl with the crooked baby looks
like an anarchist" said lsutL silsbee,
carelesslv.
THAT'S ~" exclaimed Constance Pool.
''She makes me feel AS II l were TO blame
for having better times than she mas. DO
YOU remember the day when she had the
lunch party at Rowle's. just we girls. and
she came and stared in al tile door
until we had 10 ask them 10 send ner
away?"
poor thing" said Dolly Erskine. 1T
was she who let the baby fall and nnrt
its suno the day Of their mothers fu-
neral; and they say she is perfectly de-
voted TO it."
81 thought she was always tugglng IT
around with her TO make her look more
forlorn and anarchstic." said Ruth Sis
bee. young Peyton, the Nirginian, VINO
was with Ruth's brother on the front
seat. had laughed about the anarchist.
and Ruth thought 1t was a rather bright
thing TO say) INV
A discussion arose just then as 10
whether they sh )lld go W the mountain
or around TO Hank Pond, and there were
lamentations that they had not ordered
a dinner with fried chicken and popo-
vers, deiicacies for which the little Inn
was famous at Summerville. And Lore
ma Dilsey and the crooked baby were
quite forgotten. In the summer twilight
GLADYS Bourke was drumming her BAN
10 on the plaza Of the Pooles cottage on
Paradise street. Ruth Silsbec and her
brother and the Virginia boy had come
over from the "Phillipsburg. The pi-
aza was gay with Japanese lanterns
swaying In the breeze. and there was
tinkle OF merry tunes and ripple OF
happy talk and laughter. A white-cap-
ned maid appeared and said there was
girl at the door who asked to sec Miss
Constance, and wouldn't go away. The
butler (who was OF impressive pompos-