The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1897-03-13

sins the little village beauty, Mamie
Stevens. made elaborate preparations.
She did not want them to think her
countrified and was even tempted to
bleach her brown hair yellow because
the town politicians wife said 1t was
the proper thing among the Upper
Ten" In the city.
The twin cousins went with their
father to the station on the day Mamie
was expected.
While they stood there arm in arm,
eagerly watching the travellers as they
filed past them. Grace exclaimed In a
low tone:
"Oh. Gertie, look at that dreadful
glrlr
The next moment the dreadful girl
came up to them and said. with easy
self-possession:
Isn't this Uncle VIII and the glrls?''
Grace and Gertrude managed to muir
muir some words of welcome and then
they took their seats In the carriage
and were driven home In Mortified sill
cnce. Having arrived. they left their
mother to look after their guest and
fed to their own room. where Grace
threw herself upon the bed and gave
way to tears.
'Oh. it's too badr' she moaned. "And
TO think | was afraid OF her being coun-
trlfedl Why. the greenest country girl
that ever lived would be better than
thisr
"And she Is here for the wlnterr
cried GertIe. wrInglng her hands. "What
are we going to do? should be ashamed
to be seen In public with herr
Uncle WIZ had escaped to the Office
as soon as possible. but Mrs. Stevens
could not escape. In sore perplexity
she attended to the wants Of her young
guest. and was as courteous as possible
but she was secretly filled with dismay
In very truth. what were they to dc
with her?
At lunch the mother and the daugh-
tiers were conscious Of the look of well.
bred surprise on the faces Of the serv.
ants. but Mamie talked and laughed
and felt that she was making fine i'm.
preston on her relatives. When she
retired that night n satisfied smile was
on her pretty face.
Il think have shown them that we
are not quite out OF the world, lf we
do live In little town." said she.
The next morning she came down in
all the glory of her new silk dress, and
greeted her cousins with:
oil
round OF sightseeing this morning"
But not In that dressr exclaimed
Grace. In spite OF her mothers warning
look.
This dress? oh. certainly This Is
my street Dress" Mamie replied. with
airy complacency, willing to show then
that she could AFFORD nice things as wei
as they.
isn't 1t too bady cried Gertrude
tearfully. when they went to their owl
room to prepare for their outing. "And
just think how quiet mamma has al
ways kept us and how she has never al
lowed us to associate with girls thai
made themselves conspicuousr
"Be patient, girls" said the mother
with an attempt at comfort. "She seem.
TO be bright girl; perhaps she may
soon discover that she Is not showing
good taste"
So the girls went with their cousin
and devoted themselves to her enter
tainment. but It cannot be said that tn,
experiment was a successful one. Wher
ever they went people cast looks OF sur
prise and amusement at Mamie. Ii
their sensitive condition the sisters no
ticed these things with unusual quick
ness. and perhaps gave them undu,
prominence. They had worked them
selves up to a nervous watchfulness
T and when they were passing through
one OF the parks and saw a group o
Z their schoolgirl friends approaching a
though to speak to them. with horri
fed glance at each other they turne,
sharply down tF-path, not qulckl,
enough. however. to avoid hearing on
of the group say:
who can that be with Grace an,
Gertieg'
Looks rather freaky.' doesn't she
Where do you suppose they picked he
app came TO them in the clear, big
tones Of Fannie McGregor. the sarcal