Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-12-29
ABOUT A MINK.

N0 ISS BETTY MAYNE had been
Im back In Lindenthorpe for q
S~S week, and for q week Linden.
thorpe had been shocked. Miss Mayne
felt hurt. When she returned she had
bsen homesick for the sea and the sea
board folks, left behind when her aunt
carried her up to London years before,
and friendliness was In her heart to-
ward them. Instead Of receiving the
same, she had been met with envy and
Jealousy and all uncharitableness Part
y II was her fault, partly theirs. They
only remembered her as the imp ana
scapegoat Of the village. who played
on the rocks all day long with bare
eest, and they resented her grown.up
eashionability. She could not help re.
alising that she was better dressed,
knew more Of the world. and was In
many ways hundred years ahead OF
Lindenthorpe.
It was Sunday that the shock OF
shocks occurred. To begin with, sever.
al minutes after service had begun Miss
Betty Mayne walked In almost str0lled
mas cool as cucumber and clad In
the most Outrageously fine dress, and
stood In the entrance INSTEAD Of mod.
sstly finding herself q seat poking
away at the stones with a green par
asol until Mr.. Attenborough. who was
church warden-the youngest church
warden Lindenthorpe had ever had
rose In his Sunday best to show her to
. place.
People were more disguised than sur.
prised when Miss Mayne. after fan.
ming herself SYSTEMATICALLY for some
time, rose and stalked out Of church
BY the front door. Such behavior was
to be expected from Mink. 1t was
what followed that left Lindenthorpe
resigned to anything short of an earth.
quake. Miss Mayne wandered down
toward the beach In penslve mood
and took seat on bit Of sandstone.
She was q pretty sight In blue and gold.
whatever Miss Griggs' opinion might
be A church warden Is at lib.
erty to differ from Sunday school mis-.
tress on Q question like this, apd Silas
Attenborough, as he walked from
church down to the sea and saw the
Mink on her rock, differed In toto from
Miss Griggs. He felt desire to rebuke
the Mink for her conduct In church
that morning, but was 1t wise to ven.
ture onto the rocks? He was In bis
Sunday clothes and not very sure OF
foot among slippery seaweeds. Never.
theless, his sense Of duty being strong
Mr.. Attenborough crossed the rubicou
and at length reached the sandstone
rock. The Mink nodded to him. ~
saw you In church this morning." she
said.
II gee YOU" said Mr.. Attenborough
gravely.
ut was very funny" she went on
1.-THE very frst thing noticed was Z
chalk mark on your coat from leaning
against the pillars-and do believe
you've got 1t on STILL"
This was hardly the conversation Mr.
Attenborough had pictured to himself
and he rubbed the chalk away bef0r'
replying.
ut seemed you left the church avor'
the sermon?"
"Dreadfully ventilated, isn't it?' sh'
ssid, noddlng. II really wonder peOpl'
ti,n't get suffOcated sometimes"
tits agreeable by t sea here avor
dinner" he remarked.
"The same. as ever" she said. "Al
Lindenthorpe's the same as ever-th
sea and the village and the folks. The,
might have slept and never wake,
since the day | left-seven years age
Oh"--she reused herself to sudden AM
mation-'but I'd like to shock them!"
"ShDck 'em" said Mr.. Attenborougf
aghast.
"Shock you all-because ! detest pee
pie who can be shocked. And IL kneN
for certain that detested Linden
thorpe I'd be content to leave 1t an
never see 1t again" She sank sbac
against the rock.
"Would you now?" said Mr.. After
borough, astOnished.
She nodded. "It's quite true" sh
said.
II doan't think I'm easy't shock" b
said guardedly. ..
| perhaps you're right" She SAY
But" she pointed finger toward th