Iowa state bystander. [volume] (Des Moines, Iowa) 1894-1916, 1898-12-30

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CHAPTER II. ~
Now, vi" says Ruby q few evenings 8
later. seeking her cousins room, and and
speaking to her$tn tone OF confidence
II want you to do rue favor this even rem
Ing. ... 4
"All right, dear" answers Violet
coiling up the long plaits Of her haxen
hair with artistic precision. How can
! oblige you" II.
"Well, as you know, the Champleys
are coming in this evening for some
music, and want you to prevent smell
from putting herself forward IN any
way and talking to them. She mas
such a strange blunt way with stran-
gers that I am always afraid OF n 'a !
doing or saying something outrageous,
"I'm sure you needn't be-" responds
vi, looking rather astonished. she
was we'll named Pearl for she hides
herself In her shell as persistently as
her namesake. He who finds out her
true value will have to be q very per-
sistent man."
."Oh, she is a good deal sharper than
you think" says Ruby, with a little
sneer; "and at the same time she IS SO
extremely odd that I never feel SAFE
as to what she might say! I actually
heard her confiding to the rector's wife
the other day that our stair-carpet mao
been turned four times"
"Well, and If she did, there was no
harm in It," declares Violet, who is
far more attached to Shell than to the
brilliant Ruby. .
t'Of course you don't care, because 1t
Is not your own home-you are only
staying here" retorts Ruby bitterly
"but for my own part I think there is
no need that our poverty should be
exposed to strangers. II she gets In
to conversation with either OF the
Champley's, shouldn't in the least
wonder at her telling them that our
dinner is always badly cooked because
we can't afford new kitchen range. "
Il don't think she would" laughed
Violet. ss .sis
"she is quite capable Of it-she is so
eccentric. What other girl would in
sist upon being called Shell. when she
has such "a pretty name? Nothing
could Ia sweater than Pearl: and yet II
,ono dares - call her by her right name
sha aiea into ona q her tantrums.'
"sha q - ! n,ractical turn Of mind y
Ian chs VI. 1"she thinks Pearl too fanci-
III ! nama fnr 4 wvotrkaday mortal. I
wpr dar What induce,fl aunt to name you
three girls after precious stones r
/ ~ rea,lv can,t save, returns Ruby.
- 'cnldlv. esnerhaps the same rea-
j +h.t indnced your. mother ia name
~ v,nlet !, 4
I .soh \ was ca1led violet because my
4 I, MA Il Flow,eur explains ;Vi. A q
Il 4. 49,, .teaIin. oVer her fare ID her
~; IN. ~ back ~ .her lost mother.
NJ S,aed M be- }oke 81 pap8 ~ that
.rs,y r,han / mnarridd should not cease
- u \ 7t,nw,er. S'Es4s5
4 s.vou "a ! howveff at which / should
4 ,ncnmmon1y afraid il YOU we're not
3 d ped . laneis Ruby.
'ssAfraid.-whv ., asks Violet. opehing
: har Hire eyes
9..pecan,suap Won are "a terribly pretty, 5,
J : J uara Rnhv truthfully.
vin,at knows full well that she is
,,, -. mirror tells her so. morn
n - -, .ra nioht-vet sha likes to
haer q acain even IL only from Ruby.
g 80 waxas amiable and gives her
q $500 s fo,+hfnl nrom,se that any
ssas - forwardn asa IN Shells part
s srs,, W ;nstant,v suppressed.
ena - v w. foresaw however there is
80. 40 sa,,sa - taor snv attamnt At IA
il.,.e "a, -, sho,1,. mart The Girl has
nl .,a from Rnbv,s constant illusions
So a. mo mnlavas aimee their return
harr,a +hat her elder sister contemplates
nue J, 80. aas,,,, conf,dence tha nossihilitys
WV :. 1877. miatreas q champley
=. u s,.1,,s+ad aoaa shel, feel at
taous s,..a.,, .nsrca,v concealed scheme
nel s a.a as : reso1ves - adont 4 line
..a. az a,at 81 totallv a variance ia that
9. G CON-. .ss a. sysn tha most obtuse man
u isu u:,, .,,,,st go - least that she has
~ go at. =. Z. - stsa, from him his free
~ VIZ 49, whar .ha hear. that Ted
u y. !, 80 .hs NV .v,th vhom abe used
cnampie S,,aLba.ryirr and nutting ia
70 81 :,asrn n,,th .Pohert she makes
COLLINS uo ,,+t,a Mind IN he civil
UP nc, uel e nnth;n. more
70 n'n 49, aran,ng waars awav both
o. ~. - - attar - af1ectnal attempts to
p.o'neie' a aanaan,ai tonic - converse
~. ~ - 1870 - tho conclusion that the
'lon, .o s.uahtar ~ tha honse Is
younger ''1A -,-..r. :.