The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1901-08-23

ed next door 10 the pyramids all my
life and never thought them worth
the trouble OF study. and now you have
materialized on the scene, and you
want to know all at once every secret
that is connected with them. Now
can show you the way TO the pyra-
mids. but | don't In tue least know
what the writings mean. Did you ever
read the BibleY"
"My father used to read 1t to me-"
did he ever read about the garden
of EdenT
mo; do not remember II"
"Of course not. Ii is about a woman,
and he wouldn't read that. Well,"-
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS was such a place
when God made the world. and there
was a man there. He was all alone.
There wasn't another human being in
the whole world, and Adam-that was
his name-was lonely. Pm not surpris-
ed at that. 1t must have been horrid.
He raised some kind Of a row about it.
and so one night while he was asleep
God took a rib out Of his side and
made a woman out of II. After that
Adam became the father Of all men,
and Eve--that was the woman's name
became the mother Of all women.
Men are all made after the same pat
tern as Adam. and women are all made
after the same pattern as Eve. and
they are no more alike than horse
and a cow-at least not to my mind.
Now. look here! | have an idea. My
clothes are much too small for you, but
! am going TO dress you up in them.
My goodness"
what is the matterY'
my trunks had forgotten all
about them. They've been out on the
prairie all this time. and everything
will be ruined or stolen"
Isle smiled.
"They are here in the house." she
said. IL gave orders last night about
them. Shall l have them brought
hereT'
"No. If they are safe. that is all
care. The clothes we have on are all
we need. We will change. You shall
wear theae, and will try yours. Take
them oft"
"In your presenter
Certainly"
81 have been taught by my father
never to-
Bother your teaching! l am your
teacher now.'
well, at least you need not put these
on" said Lisle. Il have other apparel
here. You shall have a much better
suit than this one"
The extra suit was soon forthcoming,
and after that the two girls worked on
in silence, with here and there an in
PERFECTION from Erna. Isle did not Of
fer any remark, and every question
that she would have asked during the
process Of removing their outer gar
ments was nipped in the bud by vehe-
ment protests from her companion.
The interjections came when the
work Of arraying Isle in feminine APP
parel was in operation. The ''instru-
ments of torture" were made to fit by
altering the lacings. and when at last
they were clasped around Isles waist,
so tightly that she found it difficult to
breathe, Erna believed that the most
heroic part Of the work was done.
/ Nothing about the costume cams. to-
gether but woman's ingenuity is ever
equal TO feminine emergencies of dress,
and the difficulties were surmounted
one by one, so that at last Isle stood
before her instructor, having success
fully donned everything except the
tight fitting waist and skirt and the
footwear
THERE" exclaimed Erna, stepping
back a few PAGES and viewing with un-
disguised admiration the consumma-
ton Of her toll. you are simply glo-
riousr' she added. "As boy you were
Enthusiastically handsome, but as a wo-
man you are simply out of sight! You
are perfectly beautiful! Here, let me
pin this skirt on to you. 1t won't meet,
and it's too short, but 1 can make it
do. The waist will never come togeth-
er in the world, and We'll have to do
without that. oh, dear, what ravish-
ing creature you are! There! l can
talk TO you now without feeling that
every drop of blood in my body had
gone TO my face. | could not get rid
Of the idea before that you were a man
after all. Now l know that you are
not. Look at yourself in that glass.
How do you like it,"
81 don't like it. This steel jacket is
the worst of all. Aren't you going to
dress in my clothesY
"No. l don't want to. Come here
Isle, and sit down beside me. Are
you so very uncomfortable"
81 feel as though l were in wise.
Must wear clothing like this alwaysp
Always with a vehement nod.
Then, with sudden emphasis and wis
dom, Erna added: "But not at once.
The people on this ranch must not
know of the discovery we have made
at least not now. You must be to them
as you have always been."
"WhyY
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