The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1899-12-14
MISS BEECHER'S JOURNEY.
An Exciting Story OF a Chicago Girls Trip
10 the Maine Woods.
miss MAUD BEECHER was Chi

N cago girl. She came to Boston on
a visit TO her cousin, Miss Teresa Hol-
land, girl with fad, and that fad was
old historic houses, of which Miss Te-
resa had made large number of photo
graphs. If Miss Beecher had a fad il
WAS the adornment of her own stylish
person, especially with jewels, of which
she had a rare collection.
The two cousins did not find them
selves very congenial and Maud soon
tired of wheeling through the historic
parts of Massachusetts, in search of the
most tumble-down houses there.
She got on better with Tom Holland
aud often begged him TO take her wheel
ing with the other fellows" Tom was
ing.
AT last Tom and the other fellows
went to the Maine woods for a hunting
"trip, Mrs. Holland and the younger
children left for their seaside home, and
Maud and Teresa were left alone in the
great city house. Teresa had almost
finished an article on Historic houses"
and Maud generously offered to remain
with her till it was completed.
She repeated her rash offer as the hot
summer days came on, but Teresa pro-
tested that it was cooler in the library
of the big city house than on the piazza
of the beach house, where the glaring
sand reflected in ones face, or in the
Maine woods, where mosquitoes and
black flies made life miserable.
Maud curled up in big leather chair
aur read till her head ached, then she
spent long hours doing her hair differ
ent ways, and trying on different cos
tunes, to see if one might not be tritle
cooler than the others.
When Teresa announced that she had
decided to write an article on photo
graphic art studies before going away,
Maud walked out of the room without
a word.
Teresa was surprised an hour later
when Maud appeared with her travelling
bag in her hand, She wore a covert
cloth skirt and a silk shirt waist. She
had fastened a costly diamond pin in
l.
hold in her watch with its jeweled
pendant. On her fingers were many rare
gems.
Well" exclaimed Teresa, where
MOVE"
ITO the Maine woods to see Tom, :
Maud replied, gayly. Teresa dropped
her pen in dismay.
Going to see Tom" she calculated.
sand wearing all those Jewels, Really,
Maud, | shall have to telegraph mamma
If you insist on this wild prank. Come,
] will give up this article and go with
you to the beach ifyou wish. Thought
you were quite contented."
mo, Teresa, ! will not let YOU sacri-
flee your precious article. am quite
determined to go fishing with the boys.
Don't be a goose, Teresa; let me 60.
Mrs. Burridge is up there cooking for
the boys. | shall be chaperoned all
right, It's no worse than wheeling with
them all over Massachusetts"
Teresa gave it up and went back to
her article after remarking that at least
Maud ought to have sense enough TO
take off her jewelry if she didn't want
TO get robbed.
Maud protested that it was safer on
her person than anywhere else and
that she had a chamois bag around
her neck with all her stones in it. Then
she started off down the street and
Teresa soon forgot all about her, re.
Inaimng absorbed in her work till the
dinner bell rang. Then she remem.
bered with a pang that her cousin ha6
done a very uncircumspect thing and
felt hound to write Mrs. Holland
about Il.
Maud enjoyed her Journey immensely
and was not at all alarmed TO find She
must spend the night in Portland. ant
leave at an unreasonable hour in III,
morning. She accomplished all her ar
engagements without difficulty and was
treated with respectful courtesy by al
Abe railroad and hetel officials.
As the train bowled along northward
in the early morning she was congratu.
lating herself and thinking with scorr
of t..nid young. maidens who never
travelled alone. when she became con.
sclous Of pair Of eyes riyeted on her