The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1901-03-29
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'ltS no good going on ike that, man. !
ma" said the girl blushing suddenly
red. Il stuck to kimberley as long
as there was a ghost of a chance, and
when l saw there was none, and no
other man came forward-well, l sup
pose love George Anderson as much
as a girl like me can-I know we can't
marry-but what's the good of going to
dances and dancing with useless stick
after useless stick all the timeT
Lord Kimberley is not useless
stick" said Lady Lester, with sudden
warmth; which brought a tinge of color
to her cheeks and made her look much
younger and unusually handsome. 1T
is you who are such a foolish and friv-
olous girl that you are incapable Of
approaching his talents His speeches
in the House of Lords have been much
ADMIRED"
"Oh, why don't you have go-in for
him yourself, if you admire him so
much? I viii make you present Of
my chance, for it isn't worth a straw"
"Alice, how dare you speak to me
like that? Remember that am your
mother"
Alice had not seen her mother angry
for years. She was amazed and trife
alarmed at the unexpected ebullition
of the wrath Of the dove.
"Of course was only joking" she
said, sulkily. "You gave it to me, and
I thought l might have a little one
back. OF course he is not likely to
think of you. He is a great deal too
wise to make such a-er-um-wen,
you know what I mean"
you are an exceedingly insOlent
girl" was the mothers reply to this
polite apology, "and I terribly regret
crippllng myself in this way in order
to give you a chance that you have
wasted"
II never asked you to-"
eyes, you did. You were always say
ing that you never had a proper chance
like other girls. and what you would
do If you had. Well, now you have
had it, and what good has it been"
In this dialogue Of " never did" and
'I wish / hadn't" there was no doubt
great deal Of truth on both sides.
Lady Lester had been foolish; Alice
had been unsuccessful. Both had con-
CURED in this folly with their eyes
open, and success, after all, does not
depend solely on the desire and need
of the seeker. 1t would have been bet
ter if the ladies had accepted. the in
g evitable without recrimination, but
they had both been ground to such a
sharp edge by the continual stress of
poverty that the slightest contact was
> liable to wound Doomed as they were
by nature to fill the greater part OF
their time with talk, whether it were
well or i'll. it was inevitable that theil
! conversation should recur again and
. again with increasing sharpness TO the
topic which they had most at heart
equally whether it were well or ILL.,
There was a ball that night, and tn,
;, Testers went. Lady Lester was queer
distract, sharp, but distinctly looking
( her best. Alice was thoroughly down
and conscious that she was by TX
means in her most attractive form. No
did any special success attend her en-
trance to raise her spirits. Pretty
penniless girls with sharp tongues ar
y a mere drug in the London bathrooms
u George Anderson was, of course, faith
e full. and she danced several dances witt
} him. 1T is better than sitting out al
the evening"" she said defantly whel
Lady Lester demonstrated.
Lord kimberley took her iron
s. George for his usual one dance.
:, THAT seems a nice young man." h
: said in his kind. friendly, unlOver-lik
u way. "Not well off. is he? 1t is
pity he hasn't some clever woman t
push him along"
!, "why, what could a woman doY dc
4, manded Alice. surprised and interes
: ed.
n ooh, lots of things. Women ca
push and ask when men can't. The
Ia are sure to be treated politely eve
: when they are refused, and very ofte
TO they get what they want simply b.
cause it Is difficult to refuse a woman
10 Besides, they can stick to the subjec
g Don't you remember that the unjui
Ie Judge gave way to the impOrtunat
Mt widow solely to get rid Of her, wher
IN as he would have ordered a man
Is be thrown out. Well, now, what NJ
ve Anderson wants is that woma
he should find out some comfortable bert
of vacant and never rest until she hi
re pushed him into It."
"But how does a woman begin
NJ said Alice, with deepening interest. fl
there was something fascinating in Il