The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-02-17
The Girl from Boston


pepsia and can eat any and everything.
1 know you Chicagoans prefer fish
from your lake, pork from your pack
ing houses and frankfurters and sauer
kraut, such as we ate at the Worlds
Fair. And 7 shall be more than dis
appointed If you vary in the least from
your everyday manner of living, for
want impressions of things as they
really are.
"By the way, saw a book at one of
the book stalls which | am sure will
charm you. 1t is called Mr.. Dooey in
Peace and War" l bought it for you
dear. With lots of love to e., your
fond friend PRISCILLA"
NJ. gasped as she finished the letter
and passed it over to T.. and then tried
to recover her shattered complacency
by returning to the Browning love let
| ters, which she had been reading when
| the postman came. +. was speeches.
as she tucked the astonishing letter
back into it's blue envelope. but as
Providence would have it the door
, opened and Tom walked in. Tom, as Il
! privileged second cousin, was taken
! into their confidence.
|
! brief comment when all the hitherto
unutterabe things had been uttered
| most emphatically.
AS result of the conference. after
| dinner a visit was made to all the
news stands in the vicinity. BY mid
night the CorOts and Madonnas adorn-
! ing the artistic little apartment We're
| hidden behind posters gay and hide
| Gus. The rooms were transformed
The lockwood, old Delft and Venetian
glass were consigned to an upper shelf
| of the china closet. borrowed beer
stems and jugs of sunflowers and mari
| colds decorated the mantel shelf,
The Browning love letters. the Ru-
balyat and the rest of their cult were
stored away in the darkes. bookcase
and the literary table was loaded with
illustrated journals.
Tom outlined a carefully planned
programme for the coming week. ever
to n bill OF fare for the kitchen. and
| promised to devote his vacation to The
scheme. The cook regretfully gave uI
her plans of fancy salads and ices fol
August weather and became a fourth
| conspirator. Certain features of tn,
programme called forth qualms of con
science, but Tom assured them it wa.
| perfectly legitimate, and since every
| body they knew was out Of town III,
chances We're no one from the Woman.
club or Browning circle was likely I,
run across them in their excursions.
Sunday afternoon two young womer
in plaid golf skirts and shirt waists
and pronounced long-quilled outin.
hats, accompanied by young man II
equally correct golfing attire, met TIL
limited from Boston. Priscilla, fai
and unruftled, had arrived. The plat
skirts disconnected her somewhat. an
the enthusiastic embraces of the tW
gaudily dressed friends caused her fac
to flush and she failed to introduce tn
emnently proper party OF Bostonian
who waited to see that she should b
carefully escorted to her destination.
"Of course you haven't carriage,
said Priscilla, "but ] don't mind tn
cars. Mr.. X, who came on this train
said he had frequently ridden on tn
limits line and had never heard of
hold-up. Here are my checks"
Tom ofiiciously entered the number
of the checks in his notebook, took
snapshot of the waiting expressmal
remarking in a dictatorial way; "Nov
look sharp; II those trunks are not u
by the police will be on your track.
The tough-looking expressman selecte
r for the occasion grinned sympathetica
: " at 'rn"''s wink and disanneared. 'rh