The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1898-05-17
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hardest STRAIGHTFORWARD chair in the
room and stared uncCmpromisingly out
at the apsurdly beautiful day
The window had been thrown open
and faint breeze stole softly in, laden
with sweet scents from the garden. 1t
stirred the dainty white curtains and
toyed playfully with the curl in the
middle of the Dutiful Daughters fore
head, tossing about at unheard-of angles
and causing similar CONSERVATION among
the other well-trained curls.
But the Dutiful Daughter was seem
ingly oblivious to all this. Her breath
came hard and fast and her disturbed
condition was so painfully apparent that
the Tear and the Smile forgot their
recent strained relations in watching
her
"They have certainly quarreled :"
whispered the Smile. 81 was afraid OF
it when l saw him today with the plaid
neck-tie ON she always has disliked paid
neck-ties.) Just see how angry she is. !"
The Tear cooked its head on one side
judicially. ''She is more hurt than
angry" it said "It is shame Per-
haps he has been criticising her new
spring hat ;sof course no dutiful daugh-
ter would stand that But | think |
can fix them. In fact, I'm rather glad
they have quarreled. l have been want
ing to try my skill as peace-maker for a
long time and now the opportunity has
home. | thought it never would; that
is why l was so discouraged a moment
ago. They have been unreasonably
happy for month at least, and little
variety will enliven matters. Let's see,
who is it calls variety the spice OF life
1t seems to me it is Bacon, but l really
have forgotten
e"Oh, come now,' broke in the Smile;
you're getting slightly mixed. You're
too salt yourself to judge of spices of
any kind, with your mind forever on
bacon and such things. 1t is wonder
you wouldn't suggest that Shakespeare
made Hamlet say it. Besides, you'd
better not soar too high in your intel
lectual flights; it's hardly safe for
person of your vaporizing tendencies.
You might find yourself converted irto
an airy nothing. But, positively" ~ it
added, .syou do make me laugh. Just
as though you could bring them togeth-
er I! Why, bless you, Pm the one to do
that l always have done and probably
always will There's really nothing
equal to my winning ways in a case like
this Modesty was not one of the
Smiles cardinalvirtues.
"But," insisted the Tear, ~ am sure
this particular quarrel was intended for
me ). I feel called upon to do this great
work. 1t is a responsible undertaking,
but, as say, feel called upon to do it,
GIVE heard of poor, misguided souls
who had mistaken their calling before,''
sneered the Smile, "Why,, in the first
place, you lack one of the prime essen
5ials-that characteristic not infrequent-
y denied American girls by our best
novelists f"
"And what is that, may I ask?'s in
luired the tear.
"Tact," briefly responded the Smile
sYou won't know when to start
'For that matter" answered the Tear.
Pm going to start Immediately, so
goodbye. l must not waste more time in
talking. 1t is very distressing to see
The Dutiful Daughter SO unhappy" and
It rolled .hurriediy off toward the eye
The Smile looked after it, highly
"Justsas l said" it chuckled,
as it turned to join other smiless ''that
Tear will never succeed. Tact is re-
luired in these matters. It's altogether
TOO soon to begin operations now !"
So the Tear found when it reached
The corner of the eye and peered eau
,iously out The Dutiful Daughter was
n anything but a susceptible frame of
mind.
Just here the Tear had very bad
scare. In its eagerness to view the stu
alton, it leaned little too far out of the