The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, 1900-12-05


managed To save herself amazingly
from glaring blundcrs. Occasions
which were quite new to her she oh.
served with outward paSsivity. Her
CAVITY was aScribcd to her lack of flu.
eht English 1t was I'm reality the
spccchlcssncss that goes along with a
hood OF new impressions at critical
moment of growth.
To be quite honest, she sometimes al.
lowed herself to be surprised Such
things, for example, as the kalcido.
scopic shop windows, polite social lies
and some of the very dccollcte gowns
she saw did at first call forth astonish-
mcnt. But every day she learned.
She seldom spoke Of the old Mexican
life. She did pot seem To wish to speak
or 1t. In the beginning there were the
fortnightly letters TO Inocencio and the
padre. Dear padre" she wrote, "be.
cause that YOU gave me into the hands
of the sweet American sonora can |
ever say enough avcs for you?" Aud to
1nocenclo she wrote: The Scnor De
Wittc does nothing with his hands, and
they are white, like Il PADRES. like IL
man who is strong and has brown
hands, like yours, lnoceucio. But tell
this not"
BY and by the letters became more
1nfrequcnt. The friends who loved her
30 did not quite understand and felt
hurt. Time moves SO slowly and peace.
fully in that faron Mexican land that
one does not realize the brcakneck
speed it has in vast metropolitan
center.
1t was Liana's third spring in New
York. She was now nearly 10 and was
considered sufficiently skilled In the
amenities of civilization to be intro
duced to society early the following
winter.
Anna Abbott dcbutantc Of the previ.
Gus year, had tcascd Mrs. Morris into
allowing her protegcc to spend the
summer with her at the Abbotts' coun-
try place In Twyellort- blythe Sea. at
promises to be Jolly season, and, YOU
know, it will give Llama nice little
foretastc," she had argued sagcly. SO.
accompanied by Annals maid. they set
of for Twycffort, whence the family
had gone some weeks In advance
they had something like two hours
to travel and compartment quite to
themselves. The maid put her feet up
comfortably and doZcd at intervals
Anna was in high spirits. At last she
had dear Llama quite to herself. Llama
took her 50 thoroughly In earnest,
which her other friends did not; she
sympathiZcd so fully and, above all, SO
quietly mHkinG just the fun Of her
that was essential to prevent her
brooding. Then she had the most orig
inal ideas about everything from the
arrangement OF ribbon upward Yes,
decidedly, she was a dear!
"Thc Maitlands have been in Twyef.
fort for the last fortnight" Anna be
gan tentatively. She held out box of
chocolate mint.
IL have been thinking It," said Llama
In her prcttily deliberate English
"Why, yoh witch: And how"
Llama shrugged her shoulders slight
ly and reached for another chocolate
mint.
"Why and how"
"Well, then, you have been so-walk-
Ing in the air. She glanced at her
long lashcs.
Tease. Anyhow you're going to find
Margaret quite your style Of girl. You
will like Char'ce. too tor my sake at
lcast!"
"Of course" replied Llama dcmurcly
as nun The Maitlands had been
spending their summers at TWycfrort
for several years and were ncighbors
to the AbbOttS. by her own account
Anna was deeply I'm love with Charles,
the only son.
"Oh, look here" exclaimed Anna, sit
ting bolt upright with an energy that
split the chocolates and nearly woke
the maid. The greatest fun i'm the
world would be to have you lose your
heart to that wonderful parsonage they
have up there"
mo doubt" Lima leaned back
against the cushioned seat and laugh
ed softly for whole minute "But
what wonderful parsonage. goosic;"
"Oh, painter or something. Hes
up with Charles FOR month or So
They were chums In Paris | believe
But, on the whole, ] guess YOU won't
like him. This is what Margaret Says
In letter | got yesterday" Anna
hunted in her pocket ana pulled out an
envelope. IL kept 1t on purpose to
read to you," she explained. Then she
found the place she wanted.
"M. Pcyrac is man of surprising
beauty, and he has che face of an an.
gel, but he's impossible He rcmcm.
DcrS my existence every now and then
and comes up TO me with his cleaning
eyes. He has eyes that make You
think declaration at the very least Is
coming. Instead Of that this Is what
one gets: Have YOU hathcd this morn.
Ing, madcmoiscllc! | did not see YOU
In the water Not very consoling
when YOU happened 10 he IN the water
under his nose all the time. The first
thing YOU venture to say that is not
monoSyllabc off goes his attention
goodness knows where You can see
his eyes rowing In every direction but
yours"
The girls looked out of the car win.
dow and laughed. They were merry
that morning.
Twycnort was pretty place uniting
the advantages Of seaside and country.
The Abbotts' home was built facing
the sea. with its garden sloping i'm
three wide terraces toward the beach
Back of the house and behind the
winding white road that led TO the IT.
tie station there were green and shady
walks. Charles and Margaret Matt
and had driven to meet Anna and her
friend.
Secretly Llama was disappointed In