The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1898-10-16


Well. said Louise as We vert along
then she must be richer tb.l Ruth Nor
rin. aud think how Ruth g., just as gen
! CrOus aud lovely as sho caA be- | was
sfIaid Phoebe Williams might hear her,
and / looked around ana ] knew sac had,
/ fo~ she was looking 40 us hard. and she
I was real red IN the face. Girls that como
! from the same town always stand up fol
J each other. OF course. but Phoebe Wiz
! Hams sworc By Kate Stilwell. anyhow;
/ anybody could see that
"WoH Kate got op a perfect reputation
! FOR s;nglaess. She didn't seem TO care u
cyen bo0y knew she was sungy nor what
( anybody thought OF course ST we had
/ though; she was scrimped for money not
! enc Of Us would have criticised her moi
7 q R'rl IN tho han would have been so
mean as that, bat when We ali knew
bow wei of she was 20 just provoked us.
+ There was sac Camera Club. Kate had
! camera. and Eva PAYNE asked her 10
join the club. but when Eva told ner II
/ was five dollars tor the Initiation fee
she said on And she didnt join. Then
there was a grind IA the Record *. S.
Kadt Spend. Miss Chase didn't allow
grlnds On the paper. either. but hat got
IN somehow Kate Sulweil dion pay any
atteutcn 20 a. but Phoebe Williams Old.
shc thought Louise dad 20 pot 30. ana
she went 10 her. o. hot as could be. ana
asked her IL she had but Louise hadn't
Y think 10 was Eva Payne.
Kate had pleuty 90 nice clothes when
she came 70 school. but sne didn't set
ANYTHING more sara Decker said she
hadn't bad So much as q rev collar hut
Ton since she came TO the nall And IA
just waiting 10 see. sai3 enc. wnether
shall wear tha. sane old white swans
Gown % Che Generals reception
II.
eve were an wild about the Generals
reception Tho General wa- friend OF
Miss Chase an o.G school ir'eno ani he
was going 10 pass through town on his
way 20 Washington. and he he'd prom
lssd Mas Chase NE would stay over night
a the hail and shake hands Eita us gir.s.
and cen Us some war stor 81, ana OF
course Miss Chase vas 'as 10 MAKE o.
fine anrir Of TO- 10 was the winter when
The talk about the war was CROWN all
time and me girls were gil crazy about
meeting the General.
"AlIn,st every girl Was going 90 have
something new fpI that reception. sara
Decker had beautiful pink SIX waist.
and ] had a new Dress and lots o. the
sirs dlt sara was determined 20 know
what Kate 3tlwel was eo'ne to DO about
3d. and finally ,he asked hrr Sara ana
were ll thl gymnasium, au- kate came
ln.
What about the reception. KatoY
s1id sara What ore Sou eI-ur To wear
My white dress. sil kafe. tl- one
WITH The r9seftcs, you've seen &c. ana
She picked mo ler dumbhe.ls os cool and
unco0ccInod as anything.
"sara DIDN'T sag anything; she jrs-
looked al me.
we did aii we could to help Hiss
Chase 90 make &c "a lovely affair. There
VAS o great big committee on arrange
meufs. about fifteen OF us. I was in &C.
and sara. and Louise. ana Kate ou'wall.
AVID "a iot az oilers. %. ycs-and Phoebe
Williams. Ruth Morrl nominated her
Louise and s1ra raoWed together and
a week before tie reception they invited
the whole committee 20 their room /"
talk things over ana 20 have a spread
what we called O spread, We had CAKE
ana olives ana oranges and we made
fudge They borrowed tables ana chairs.
and every eld hal plate and Just for
fun thev Rad favor for every e.rL lnet
were paragraphs ana verses that tnfy d
cut ont az olf newspapers an1 DOCKS.
ana Ve read them out loud in turn. They
were hits. mostly. Ruth Morriu is a
vresr chaftorbox ana ler7 was verso
8h,ut II gentle. qn,at child THAI never
talked auv She diIn't care nor any or
us. we laughed ana h7d great time
ul A. got around o. KATE SuWelL
"Neli-Kate read hars right out Ike
me rest Of us. She looked at sara and
Louise q minute ana her checks sot
u.te roddeI. and this was her verse
90. yes. 7 am kinder s1vin' ana clus'
Wal. yts. I know J De;
Tia urht as the bark nj tree;
grt tan $50 I'D suffer considerable Wuss
To spend my gu0d money says Die.
cone or two girls laughed bat I think
vve feH scared "a htf'o: Z dl'. I know
ana ! tried 10 think Of something 90 say
to smooth g. over it = could but aidn
have time TO say aaythng Somcoody
jumped mp an at once. and ] looked
around and saw Phoebe Williams stanA.
Ina $40 She didn't look warm. like Kate
she locked pale. and we all knew SOM
ching was going 90 happen. and ~ was
ne stiu as az could De-
" 81 IN going 70 speak out sala sne-
can't bear 10 any longer. You girls have
thrown out ainls like this before hin-S
about Kate suiweu being singy and
I've stood 50 o. long as l can 10. don
STOP me kat8-I must ana ? Ntli sara
she
"shs made me think OF spar,ocus 70 The
rfqGlrfors or HOraDus at tne Dridse'
or somebody the way She iookcl anu
inc there ] want 90 ask you sometime
she sa.3 Yust one thing. 1 Kate SUI
we'll is stingy 90 you know why sne
stinev7 Wen. I'm going 90 leil you why
we've always been friends at nome
SAID She though I'm poor ana she iS
rich. and $50 Kate has known an ABOUT
me- She knew I wanted 10 be teacher
. rovernes- ia could and the academy
.. Vanl,y Is not considered very good.
and Kate said II J could 20 TO lue
nrlva.c school i could set gooa aea'
bette. position as a g2rerness Ana sne
was coming here, and sne brought re
win r,r Yes she iuat made ne come
Sns said the allowance her father gave
her was plenty enough 90 pay iol Two
Girls instead %. ono. l we were Itue
economical she wanted 70 40 it and
she would 90 So she juat brougn. me
a.ons
g Per family and mine knoT all
about IL. Of course. but She didn't tell
ANYBODY else. and she wouldn't let me.
Ard ale made rae promise not TO tell
s,yhosy about % here, either. SIZE said
.. --e-.l't arvbody's business. but knew
uha. she thought She didn't want any
~ VOL girls to know che was doing It
necou.e she never wants TO take any
,~aSit for anything. and she thought.
hasires that 7 should take "A better
nosition here Il NOBODY knew bat that !
had money OF my own.
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