Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1902-08-23
In the
Room
Nv ANNIE HAMILTON D0NNELL,
,rIRGlNIA BOOTH, if you aren't a

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HIuRGIYIA BOOTH, if you aren't a
~ Glass in Cicero was on its way
81 10 the general assembly room
Rr.r. was always minute or two in
Ete corridor
81 virginia held her book aloft and re-
.rded the audacious little margin
.letch critically
Dpretty good, don't you think?" she
"A "Didn't any of you notice what
Il snIpndid chance ! had today If
H. think I could resist it."
n aob We don'tl" laughed Georgia
oypioy under her breath. Girls,
Il il fou look at him! Isn't that Prof,
sCregg all oyer?"
Il Prof. Gregg was the instructor in
HIatin at the girls high school in FL
Eesll He was a wiry, nervous young
Han whose smooth, spectacled coun-
Sl,pance was capable of great variety
IN astonishing expressions.
II He was also Virginia Booths best
ssubec" From cover to cover her
Hficero were irresistible little sketches
IN his fayorite attitudes and grimares
Il This very morning had not Salome
armed her. Poor Sal0me! Did she
H. always doit at the last minuteP
N "Not to-day, dear. Promise You
Mont today I'd like to lie here and
H. easy just for one day"
n oYou poor dear! But never could
3eep my promise if Prof Gregg looked
oser his ,pectacIes in that perfectly
Beautfu way. I'd have TO sketch him,
H. use Salome; I'm hopeless"
4 so am J. give you up. But, re-
bember some day you'll wish you
3adn't it's coming
i "Pity me when it does! Goodbye,
3ear, Don't begin to worry till quar-
4 atr Of eleven Cicero doesn't come till
afen. Here take this and this and
Ifk! Put EN- under your pillow
hhats every pencil I've gotl"
There was always this little scene
tsryng only in wording When Vir-
fnia said goodbye After she went
}way SaIome lay among her pillows,
fbite and vistfuL Virginia was 16,
faome 30 They had only each other.
Salome was an incurable invalid, but
: D day long while Virginia was away,
! ler thin, white fingers flew That was
|tr secret The things she fashioned |
kut Of her gay woods meant pretty |
fotbes for the child and chance for
i education, Salome never told her
lister how pititully small her income
Fas That was another secret.
One day there was a discus ion in the
ficrro class and Prof. Gregg held out
Iis hand
May take your book, Miss Booth?"
Ie said Possibly your text differs
|tre Misprints sometimes occur Er
Your book Miss Booth?' For in the
'rror Of the moment Virginia had
IBID back
Nov because there was nothing
/ Sc todo he extended the book 4
'ofi gasp was audible at her elbow and
raveed over the whole class. Geor.
L Logeioys face grew pale and Vir.
'nia', crimson,
Prof Gregg studied the open pages
ftentHeIy Now he was turning the
frps
Georgia bid her face Virginia's
right head went up high and defiant
Yes, see the cr-text differs
ere Prof Grgg'S voice was unmoved.
i'' yes, yes. see, There is a de.
ded-er- variation here, This-cr-
At is like the original see. | see.
he class is dismissed. We will look
lrher into this and report to-mor-
'V The usual lesson in advance
9lng ladies' You may go"
he made no motion as if to give bacl
le book and Virginia marched ont
F mead Of the file in silence. She wen
Gown the hall, and then was sur
Nndpd
Never mind yirgie, wen all stan,
youl"
wen body guard you! Wen tel
@ ITS species Of insanity-runs il
lamlly All the Booths have made
Ss' ,,. pack to nobody knows when"
'eS' you dear he sha'n't have YOU
peeled, he sha'n't!"
Expelled Oh, was that what If
,'nl e . poor Salome! Not ex,
f'ease stop; please let go!" Vir.
wa Vfleo, Il don't want to be body. I
,'lgfa' '..,a., ! hope you don't think I'm II
wen, ! am" chattered Georgia a
u n'rightened to pieces, He'll look {
"a al nose dreadful sketches and Il
y y growing madder and madder." n
'ns,nla smiled grimly. al sha'n't {
,he ~. nm at all. shall your" |
','er school Virginia and a "com.
w. a,ee OF four" went back to the Latin Il
, .au'u'room for the book, but Prof. f
w mad already gone, the book
* gone too Virginia forgot that
.aS .'., ntf mnHic.lesson day, and went .,
alght home. >' q a
,a '''De mad not forgotten. Music. s.
lsp ! uays gave her an extra hour "
a.. a. u ,er Wools, She was so intent e.
- ~, oe'n today that she did not hear Il
h. nI.s, I,ge ooor snap or the slow feet Il
sn p'oaolng up the stairs. They
md, M, Vume up to her in quick, light II
w, s', =, She would not have thought r,
n. ,Fg'nia, even if she had heard. II
N. m S,eps y came slowly along the hall Al
W.. W.. apor' ~, and Virginia looked in.
,,S.a '1eh ,. she found out salome's n,
''uea ,. little secret, and the discoy. pI pI
woe l' 0er to her room in tempest gi
dtbn..,m making things for Miss
rsIn sn|al,e's store; I've seen them ii
noh. Noooed Virginia. But | never k,
H. h-oh' ,h | never thought salome
' How could have known? is