The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-06-23

calmly. when some man referred to his
4lsVottOu to the Misses Trevor as "a case
Of caTdiacai MOrmOnism.' But they all
rods i. one chariot. This threw the pub
lie off the scent, but the trio slept better
at night Women, even sisters. do not
trust each other out of their sight when
the affair is one Of the heart. This rule
does not except those who may be very
interest they had in Eustis, what else
could explain their beatific and uuan-
imous acceptance of his attentions and
their collective indifference to those of
other agreeable and eligible young men2
The Trevor girls had typical blessed
trIIie. ana stCicel,'' Tbev were al
tractive girls when they let themselves
60 EuSriS was attractive at all times
ana without effort. He was the SORT or
man that babies put out their hands 10.
young women Sentmentalize about Sc
cretly ant crave opportunities to talk
about openly; matro1S with maria ge-
able daughters rise up whenever his name
IS mentioned and call him blessed
r His charm had not begun to wear thin
when he was In the sixth year Of his
reign IN the Trevor affections. At this
Tor Gertrude, writing to Cicely and send
ing all over the country for gaTdenias,
which was the eldest Miss TrevOrs IA
Vorlte hover Little Things Ike this pro
NOTED the idea that he eldest Miss Ire
vor was a neck ahead.
He is going to wait for Lucretia.'
people said. finally. falling back upon
an ancient joke in their Irritation at not
receiving cards for the wedding Of any
The "LucTetia'' in question came home
early that summer owing to a heaven
sent visitation of chtcken-pOx at the
very expensive school where she inn
bibed a very. expensive brand of knOwI-
edge. The insinuation that Eustis was
waiting for IUCretia'' had 81. the usual
absurdity O. that venerable jest Luz
creUia bad come trailing along so far
bGhind her sisters that she was never
thought of as "One OF the Trevor girls"
She had suffered the usual petting 3nd
snubbing Of any little girl generously en-
dOWed with older sisters. When she
very short and her legs very hin and
her eyes much to large for her legs III
cretia had been sent on her boarding
school way. She reappeared at intervals,
each time her skirts q bit longer and re-
vealing new dimpIe when she smiled.
Arriving after the Blessed Damoscl PEE
riOd, LuCretia had been given stEe high
sounding name of her grandmother who
a fitting legacy They called her LII
crece'' for snort
Lucretia was rather different the sum
mer OF this story. Her sisters had Ihear
own affairs to worry over just about that
time and could not be expected to observe
very closely a small child who would not
be- is until the autumn and who was still
so much of q tOmbQy that she uuaffeCt-
ing off a spring board into the sOJnd
than driving in the victoria with Ger
truCe or serving punch on the piazza for
the friends of the eldest Miss Trevor.
That little sister of yours is going to
be beauty one Of these days, If YOU
don't head her Off said Jimmy Car
stairs at one of the functions spurned by
Lucrece- (Ca~stairs would like to De de-
today in q white frOck with her hair
down her back, and, by Jove, she did
look ripping,"
Eustis had also observed Lucrece. He