Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1900-07-12


discussioi good deal being said on
both side when some one said, Girls,
wouldn i be Just perfectly awful if
smaIlp0x Should break out in this dor
nitory When my aunt was in col
lege she WINS interrupted by a girl
tossing hyer book ID the air, contemptu-
ously III ing, smallpox, nonsense
say, haf@ You forgotten all about that
GernangS The very idea Of giving
test over the whole book positively
never he4lrd of such presumption. No,
not in Israel. Haben, hattie, gehat,
kommepD kan, ge-ge- geld sticks!
who cares, anyhow? Say, do any of
you happen to have any candy about
your person RI either they had be-
come so4nused to hearing this question
from haf, or they did not wish to COM
NIT thehhselves, for she received no an
swer. Nothing daunted, she proceed
eu When get rich, I'm going to
live in a college town and run candy
store. and give candy to the students,
especially the girls. People who live
| ia college towns don't half appreciate
what a comfort they might be to stu
dents in just such little ways as that"
| They were all laughing heartily,
when Alice Thompson came into the
! room with a detected look on her face,
and German book IN her hand (the
i two usually go in PAIRS, inquiriag for
Jean, saying: I've gotta German story
here about COW, and can't get head
or tail to it. Is Jean here7s Que of
the girls spoke up, saying No, she's
not. She's up on the third floor helping
Julia Mitchell make up the work she
missed when she spraineI her ankle
I'm sorry | can't help YOU Alas. Ich
spreche NIGHT Deutsch nlesif already
gehaben sein, but you better guess
Jean can. She took the gold medal in
Dutch last year, you know. dent
blame George LOCKWOOD for adoring
her. My, but that pearl she wears is a
beauty! And she's got clpthesko match
I'll I don't see what would become of
| Kate Lennox If it were nofYfor Jean.
Jean can treat her nicely Without be-
ing afraid of losing CASTE ind that is
more than some of the r&a of us can
de- BY the way, Kate is opt of school
to-day"
The next day the excite1ent ran still
higher when it was rumofd that Kate
had fever. The girls il gre sure that
it was smallpox, and alfkept their dis
lance, leaving poor, unpopular Kate to
lie hours alone in her fttle bare room.
1heNall protested AMI threw up their
hanos in horror WHICH Jean declared
her intention of gQag right up to
Hates room with tlass of lemonade.
AS Jean entered thu room, Kate rose
up and gratefully hid, II just knew
you would come, Im so thirsty"
Later a physical was called. And
sure enough it WIS smallpox The
physician advised hat Kate be moved
from the dormitorI asaaYacskly and with
as little eonfpsid as possible. She
was takh to a forlorn little cabin
mile dow the river, and Jean, poor
girl, wenlyFith her. This was the only
thing AsheJould do, now that she had
been expded to the dread disease.
s
Two mathis, and Jean was in school
again. 3,hanged, on, so changed. Her
once bdntifnl face was pitted and
Scared but she still had the same
queenl,Y beating IA she was sitting
in her hrtistie room after her first day
at school, her elbow resting on the
tablepQd her head leaning against her
handN IA which the pearl still shone
like alcrystallized tear, a feeling Of
utter election and sadness came over
her ali she realized that she would
never lie beautiful again and perhaps
Georgf Lockwood might not care for
her nJw, although he had been as at
tentite as he possibly could be during
! her illness. The unbidden tears were
Iereebing slowly down her face, when
ii I'd, was heard upon the door. Sam,
! thefholored boy, handed her q card,
81 with bore the name, George Lock
1 Sid vent down to the reception room
Mith al feeling o. dread, mingled with
; flglo ,rnx forebodihgs. AS she entered
I the room ana George came forward to
meet lier, she nstinctiyely drew back,
4 in a way entirely unlike her former
. frank self And she said, slowly, hest
{ Itatingly, with downcast eyes: George
III Rave changed since you gave me this
ring. Now I think it only just and
Alright that I return il" George Lock
n ood was born orator, but there
1never was more eloluence or more ear
. nestness In his voice than when but
y why attempt to tell what he said?
! Suffice to say that the ring was re-
: placed and Jean never again had occa-
: sion to remove i'll
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