The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1898-09-30

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KEEP ING STEP =
Go away; it s no use, Nab said
Irlsey Cartwright to her sister :" The
thing has been settled ages ago, SO far
as | am concerned. Hush up, now!-
hush up!'' z# ~ s W.. g 75},S. zS 4.
Ages ago." Nab echoed, refusing to
! hush up'-'I believe it must be ages
ago. Well, if you persist in this unrea-
sonable course, 1Sgsl s$${s$sSS 5=.# !.
u don't persist any more than you,
| Look at how you did with Tom Van
duren." :s$ .Es -
| That was a long. time ago. l didn't
do it for an example, either. And you
said, at the time YOU wouldn't do as
much for me. Then you went and did
the very same thing after all ~ 'ess:z z3 5=z
Don't care,"'svPris said. doggedly.
y will not marry off and leave YOU for
any man under the canopy of heaven. ':?2
| Them my: dear, since we cannot get
our suitors to keep step, SO to speak, we
might as we'll make arrangements for a
quiet and dignifed maidhood Let's
buy parrot or something, Prisey." E<-s y
The front doorbell rang while the two
young women We're discussing their
second floor. just as, Mab's brilliant
suggestion for the purchase of a parrot
| had thrown both the sisters into fit of.
| laughter, the, servant girl of the board
| ing house appeared at their door with a
square envelope addressed to. Nab.
The boy says he's to wait for an an
Here, Prisey.'' said Mab, as. soon as
she, had glanced at the signature, this,
must be for you. It's, addressed to me-
>Yes-no-wait a minute" ES'S !
| Then she read to herself: my dear
Miss Nab: Do you intend going out this
evening? :, If not will you see me at
| $50? have. something to say to you of
| the greatest importance myself, at
least, az ~ ,.r So. Julius Clement. -
| "Here, Prisey, read this" And Nab
handed sthe letter to- her: sister. E..'What
do you think he means % Then she
added, speaking gently, to avoid being
| heard BY. the: servant girl, who was wait.
ing at the door, do you think he's got
As Prisey read the note her, blue seyes
opened in samazement, but she only said:s
You're: keeping Jane waiting, Nab. y
Nab turned suddenly to the door:
Tell the boy, Yes, y: she said. That's
all the answer there is" -
The door having closed behind the
servant there was a silence of some mo-
ments between the two sisters. They
seemed to take the incident in. contrast
| ing ways. The brunette Nab stared, as
a child might stare at an elder sister
Prisey was her elder by year--who has
| met with a calamity and perplexed by
her GOODNESS under it. Prisey. went on
with her b. occupation, which happened to
be pulling feathers from an old hat. to.
rearrange them on a new one.
These two orphan girIs had been, alone
together in the world for so long that
each expected to understand every in
most feeling of the other by intuition.
Don't you care2'' Nab said at last.
II, said Prisey, looking up, from her
Why shouldn't her, 3 E5s9. %:,.* IT. :
Was I right. Prisey?' -,... ...-%.a III
Perfectly right, child" i'zaI
At the appointed hour Mr.. Clement
rang the bell and asked for Miss Mabel
Cartwright, sSs>sss Es,Stg s..t51 {sgr..-
.s IBID you say Miss Mabel Va Is 2" Jane.
'.Yes, Miss. Mabel ~. ~ u: ~.
Jane really felt uncertain as; to-
whether: Mr.. Clements memory had not
played him a trick. IS. '.s= p = s:sz
$50 You have something of the great
est Importance to say to meW Nab
asked him when she had taken very
sf!aEht sh' Miss sp%Gs s III ho is fea
hurry me, though. Did say 'tHa great
e st im l.[2 q In that note = SIT you?
80 yoa,s L thing she said. ) But I
don't want to hurry you. It's very slop-
py out of doors, isn't it p ..>SS:s =.
oh. nov. don't make fun Of me- ). M:
How ?, Nab asked innocently. Be
cause / asked if it was sloppy p If.
II might as well come to the point, 2
said Clement. Look here. Miss NAB, of
course you know what happened last night
at the Jernay's--to me, I mean .yyfs
Nab only fixed her dark eyes on him
and when he hesitated said Go on 4
We'll, want to know if-if you, think
Julius Clement had fine mustacle
which curled with holiness and grace and
which he.always stroked and pulled when
he was in doubt or in deep thought: On
this occasion he was in both, and he act
ed accordingly. s. i.
lido you need a great deal of sympa-s
thy?' Nab asked him. $780, 81. a - s d
Il don't know whether I ought to say
do" Clement answered.. He had al.
ready worn out his first embarrassment
and, was beginning to warm to his sub
ject. Perhaps I ought to consider my
self fortunate rather. ~ IS, sE5. s.
'Oh, may | ask" -. ~ ##5Ss.
y "Of course you may. II suppose you
know what answer gotg' q .s5ssS
dust so.,' He laughed nervously.
but then IL found out Something
think. 81 &c So
If your sister said No, IS It was be-
cause-it wasn't because 1t was be-
cause because she wasn't always t.. be;
with you, just as you are? There! Am
n right % 81 81 s
Nab had a way of Tightening her lips
which Prisey called shutting up herself
all to herself. She went through this
process now ~ Il
Eve were talking Of buying a parrot, {
she said very seriously after g little
pause. .53s u
ga parrot !? What for 3=2.ss
For our amusement and Sconsola tion.''..
Clement laughed at this idea so heart
lily that Nab began to wonder. 3S
''Tell me. 81 seriously Clement said
"isn't it something to know that some
body cares for youeyen f. ss.i ssss
Mr. Vandufen I. to see Miss Mabel
Cartwright " Jane interrupted, Opening
concealing her surprise.
oh, I-erI intended to tell you, said
Clement. He arrived in town today,
You know You hadn'' Il heard J? III ssss
There was some embarrassment III the;
meeting between this young artist and
the girl who, iii the Language Of com-
mon report had given him the mitten''s
nearly. two years before. Vanduren had
taken hi1nself off to- M exico md Central
America, alleging All Irresistible long
ing to sketch nature in those parts. rs
You quite surprised ms, e said Nab,
as she shook hands with the bearded
last arrival .'antl very pleasantly. When
did you get back Prisey will be SO
glad to see you again. 81 Let me SO up
and tell her you are here.
Without prolixity it would be impossi-3
bic to describe Wand uren's manner Of re-
ceiving this sugg estion. here was
more than mere en- arrassnent; there
was annoyance Some thing seemed To-
have gone wrong. Nab saw this much,
hut was not clear as to what was wrong