The Greenville times. [volume] (Greenville, Miss.) 1868-1917, 1897-04-24
o smiIe Of itank plensure. oIs Cousin

have my carriage here to drive yor
out OF town. Shall / take the check
for your Laggagof"
VI am desperately hungry" she an
sWered, could We get something t
eat while the trunks are being CARRIE
out2"
n "aere? l could drive you to
queter restaurant"
mo, no; here | could eat friet
whale, | Nm 80 starved. l have ha,
nothing but gingerbread and apple
since yesterday neon. -
There was no resisting such an ap
peal, and Clarence led the way to tht
depot restaurant and offered his cousin
the bill OF fare. 1t being one of hi,
great points in feminine perfection
that the appetite should be delicate
and needing coaxing. he was abso
lutely shocked to see Myra Delnno
eat Such au indiscriminato tumble
OF provisions woull have mado his
mother Ill for a month; but Myra
heartily enjoyed steak, eggs, coffee,
PIE, rolls, cakes, oysters, anything and
everything, as the waiter put it before
her.
She was not rude, did not eat with
her knife or her fingers but she hal
not one of the little dainty tricks OF
manner that made Mrs. Parker's table
etiquette 50 chqrming; and Clarence.
| trlhing with his own luncheon, won.
| dered II in six meals he could eat as
much as this 'squaw" eat in one. In
his own mind he christened her
"squaw," though he was far too
courteous ever 10 speak SO Of her, even
to his mother.
All through the long drive home,
she chattedr frankly as Il child, OF her
journey, her home, her antioipations
OF pleasure in her visit, and, while her
voice was clear, ringing and musical, |
her language was well chosen, giving |
no jar to Clarence's iastidious taste,
though he wished her tone more sub
dued. But her dowdy hat, her cotton
gloves, her stout leather boots, her
untldy HAIR were all an otfense
In his first hour alone with lis
mother, he implored her to buy some
dresses for their guest that we're no6
two sizes to big and seven sizes too
short.
And Mrs, Parker, utterly over.
Shelmed by the tall handsome girl
thrown upon her care, found her life
suddenly blrdcned with unwonted re.
possibility. First, there was daily
light to settle between Lucille, her {
'wn French maid, and Myra. /
But, madame, the dresses uevara /
viii mt, negare, ii mam'sele will not t
fear re corset, or let me make ze ft,"
he maid would protest. Q
i cannot breathe, all pressed up SO, {
'ousin Clara, Myra would remon. 81
trate, II should stife in an hour" C
1t was difficult to compromise, but
lrs. Parker, by exercising the h
atlence and gent!eness natural to b
er, finally presented Myra in we'll. Il
losen wardrobe that gave her the
eedom Of lungs and movement she a.
'aTed, and yet set off the magnificent
cure. f.
The girls own utter ignorance of M
'ess amazed the little lady of fashion. ia
he found that's haIf-yearly visit to the III
arrest town, an order to the dress wi
aker to make warm dresses for win iii
r and cool ones for summer, com. pr
ised Myra's idea of dress. Scrip nj
ously eleanly, she was absolutely ce
thout vanity, and as pleased rs in
I'D to note the improvement in her ra
)Gs produced by becoming ar int
ngement OF her abundant raven hair, wa
d the tasteful breach of bright color mc
her carefully appointed dress.
Lie first time Clarence saw her in ms
9ss of black silk tissue with dash on
vivid crimson here and there, at the
'oat, in the glossy braids Of HAIR, eve
sash and sleeve knots, he was alb, ve,
utely amazed at her beauty
II only she was not such a savage"
thought, regretGully.
suit there was not one hour OF the w.
that she did not jar upon his fas. to
ons ideas. He rode with her at the
request, aud told his mother, I
hdentially, that he never imagined loy
thing but an Indian or circus nv
lie sang with her. ana found that be wild
It actually exert himself to prevent Del
deep baritone notes being over hon
cred by her ringing powerful Mex
'e, full of sweetness and music, but
rly uneultivated. <
g found her in the garden, dry -
the gardener distracted by her G
Icisms upon his plants, and prov. for,
oil her theories by transferring osIs
s with her own hands to spots of No.
own selection. whero they invari. 10 q
improved. l
Q caught her in the woods. prac. oPa'
g with revolver, shooting at DaF
K; and she pathetically told him 'he
was all out Of practice, and only Ri
Ter mark six times in nine. ever
suppose there is no shooting to they
ad here" she said, dolefully, and cupy
described hunts she had taken M
her father, in the far Western prem
Is anu piHlns' as II shooting deer pass
squirrels were every day affairs in inste
lng la9y > ne supp
ldlce rn1ely shocked and every o,d
~ I'm frt ~ ~ , .-7si'iAlioA IN Myra s desiI
n IN the very frankness of her -;
lner, the daring Of her movements, Pg =,
were free as a child's but never ~
ard or abrupt. She was absolute. ah
norant Of all feminine pursuits. oe'. 4
nothing OF sewing, housekeepiny Hio'b