The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-05-16
EEi55ElEllEl EilElEiE
G GE
81 BRIGHT STORIES
ri E
Is FOR YOUTHFUL READERS :
E q
lT5[5ElE GTllGiTlE59El[5 glsl5TIElSGl9@G51


were all seated. The majors grand
daughter was seated opposite him, enc
| there was a tall vase between them
You were speaking of your school
Marian" said his mother. Miss Moui-
toms school means a high standard OF
scholarship, if reports are true.
20. have we such a reputation for
being brilliant?" the girl replied, laugh
ing Drettily. But perhaps we don't
deserve Il"
You don't find your studies toe
hard then?"
30, no. We have so many things tc
do when we want change-tennis ano
the gymnasium, and bicycling and bas-
ket ball and rowing. Miss Moultor
makes a specially of athletics, and we
| all encourage her in that"
Then Charley looked at her.
He saw comedy young girl. Was 1t
the same girl? Yes-yes, it certainly
was But where were the frizZes
+, Where was that ill-fitting, awful plaid
waist? The girl he gazed at wore a
! blue silk waist with a white ribbon col
lar and her thick hair was parted from
her smooth forehead. quite simply.
| There were no glass beads. There was
nothing that was not perfectly modest
and ladylike, and stylish and Lecom-
ing.
Charley sat dumb and motionless. He
/ WIS staring DTOdI4gs anu lie was IN
able to stop. He was not sure but
that his mouth was hanging open.
Let me see,' his father VAS saying,
L think I've met your father, David
HAYES. He's quite a traveller, ism
he?"
Yes. He only waits for my summer
vacations to pack us off somewhere.
Last summer we went abroad. Papa
! is talking about Alaska now, and we
! are telling him we think it would he
! exactly the place for US ALL" said the
majors granddaughter, with her bright
! laugh.
Charley struggled to catch her eyes.
He did not succeed. He made re-
mark and she looked over at mis- salt
/ cellar; he put question to her and she
/ dropped her eyes to her plate as she
/ answered demurely.
CHARLEY'S APOLOGY.
He fretted and fumed; he devised
plans and projects. And when they
rose from the table he carried one out.
Speaking of flowers he said-al-
/ though nobody had spoken of flow srs-
would you like TO see our lemon tree,
Miss Mariana"
Il Marian began evasively. but
| Charley led her out on the porch and
/ around to the conservatory.
There he said. Now, where did
( you get those copper-toed shoes? >"
/ The girl from East Burckett had put
! her handkerchief 10 her Lips to hide the
smile that Quivered there. It was not TO
be hidden. 1t increased and intensified,
and l. melted into an irrepreSSible,
mirthful laugh.
I found them in the garrett" she
| answered, as soon as she could speak
And the other things belong to the
cooks niece. You viii never forgive
me; l don't suppose there's any use in
my asking you. But Dolly told me-
Dolly and are good friends, you know
that you didn't care about coming to
see me because l came from East Bur
cllett and you thought l would
be a jay and you didn't like jays And
the idea occurred to me all at once, and
l couldn't resist 1t. We've had little
plays at school, we girls, and l thought
1 could act a gawlly country girl well
enough, for I did once. And of course
said Marian simply, Il am a country
girl-Only not quite that kind"
And the cooks niece comes to wash
dishes every day. and L knew her
clothes would do splendidly, and 1 gave
her a dress of mine and borrowed them.
l had them ready for a whole week be-
lore you came. That was why 1 took so
long getting down to the parlor. l had
to get into all those things, and friz
hers"
'.M-h-hm. [ seer said Charley
Marian looked down in the rose in her
belt. Il thought, you know" She muir
INJURED, that since you were so sure
that l would be a Jay of the worst
kind 1 wouldn't disappoint you. But it
was a dreadful thing to do. Mama
would be perfectly shocked at me. And
of course you viii never forgive me-"
I col 11ar .la To
felt that not to forgive so bright a girl
as Marian HAYES, so pretty and de-
lightful a girl, was a feat quite beyond
him.
1t was too good a joke to be kent.
When they went back to the Darlor
Charley told it; and he was so far in
the spirit of it himself that he did not
care at all that Dolly jumped about
hilariously, and his father slapped his
knee and roared, and his mother
laughed till she fairly cried.
A week later Charley gave dance
in honor of the majors granddaughter.
It was his own proposition and his
mother consented to 1t warmly. 1t was
a nice affair. The only blot upon Char
ley's enjoyment was the persistency of
the other boys in getting introductionS
to Marian Halves and securing dances
with her. Charley could get only the
opening march, a two-step and part of
a waltz. and he thought himself lucky
TO get that much.
He talked it over with his mother
the next day, amid the tell-tale dis
order of dancing cards and wilted flow
erS that Uttered the waXed floors.
Marian was the BELLE" his mother
said
I should say so! With a capital B"
You were not so very attentive to
Bessie Martin. were you?" his mother
said.
"Oh, I danced with her once or
twice. said Charley The truth was
that he had found the majors grand
daughter decidedly more attractive.
There is one thing about it, Char
ley" said his mother, seriously, IF
Marian HAYES had really been the girl
you thought she was when you called
on her, I suppose nothing could have
prevailed on you TO go near her
again.
And / want to ask you if you think
that would have been just right" said
his mother, with her hand on his head.
Because people are not just to our
taste, is it a good reason for treating
them cOntemptuously2 ! don't think
myself that nice clothes and outward
good manners are everything. And if |
we have had better advantages than |
some others. should we not have pa
thence with them? Shouldn't we be the |
so as TO let them learn from us some |
of the things that we have been
taught, and they have not?"l
4 know what you mean, mother" |
said Charley, soberly. I've thought of |
it myself. l think that little joke of |
hers has done me good. l believe |
deserved it. And I'm not sure but that
lnn