The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-03-23
THE GIRL
FROM SUNDANCE.
She Came East to BE ''PoIished,"
but She Did Not Find the Process
Pleasant.

By Izolo L. Forester.
Copyright, 1902. by S. S. Mcclure Coz
"a most undignifed, ill-bred young
person"
Bess sat up with a jerk that bobbed
the hammock violently and sent the
pillows flying onto the floor of the We
randa. as she heard the voice from the
library.
Every nearly Is, Stanley" it contin-
ued in a low, peevish tone that could
only belong to aunt Cecilia Three
months older than Ethel--are you lis
tening to me, Stanley?"
Eyes, mother, dear" Stanley was
always so patient and courteous.
But, you must remember that Ethel
did not come from Sundance and I'm
Gle Jacks tutelage. like Bess. She
is as straight and true as, we'll, 1 was
going to say as boy. You know, 1
don't like girls, mother"
Girls to you, Stanley, simply means
Ethel land her friends replied Aunt
Cecilia severely. You are very poor
brother"
Then I'll be a good cousin" laugh
ed Stanley. THAT is, if all cousins
are like Bess."
She makes my heart ache" went
on his mother, plaintively. What do
you suppose she told Mr.. Fairfax when
he asked her in the vestibule at church
! what service she attended in Wyom-
ing. She told him that the only church
was in the mission school house 20
miles away, so on Sunday she usually
went horseback riding with her father,
or else trained the dogs. Stanley, do
you hear? Trained dogs. A girl and
on Sunday"
yes, dear" replied Stanley. absent
ly. "Bess showed me a snap shot of
them. They are beauties"
There was a long drawn sigh, and
then silence and Bess looked about for
the quickest means of escape. There
was but one at hand. She promptly
climbed the veranda rail, and dropped
| lightly down into the dahlia bed.
Wonder if Ethel could have done
that" she thought with a lump ris-
| ing in her throat even as she laughed
at the very idea of her demure, lady
like young cousin vaulting over In
such heller SHELTER fashion. But
there was a heavy ache somewhere
inside her that had come to stay. Day
Lagrange, she had realized how diff
ferent she was from her uncle's fam
lily. Only Stanley seemed to approve
| OF her, and even he would throw back
his head and laugh at her at times,
when she had no intention of being at
all comical. And as for Aunt Cecilia
Shes dreadfully precise, pet" Bess'
father had told her, when the visit
East was talked of first in the long.
| re
range. She'll make you walk a chalk
line, and braid up those curls Of
yours, and you mustn't say Jehosa-
phet johnson, or Great Jumping Hal
lIaX, or any of those things that Won
got from your old dad, you know. 1t
won't be just a bowling, jolly time for
you, dearie, but it's got to be because
you're girl and Cecilia says YOU
| must have polish
Polish! Bess wondered if that was
what made Aunt Cecilia and Ethel 60
stiff and tired looking
They look as if they had seen everv-
thlng worth seeing in the whole world :"
she wrote home to Ranch Y o. "and
were so afraid they might have to take
second look they didn't know what ~
do. 1 guess Stanley is the only one
who hasn't polish He's just naturally
bright. Wonder if I'll need much shin
ing up, dad?"
1t was three weeks now. since she
haa come to Lagrange, and Aunt Ce-
ella said she must stay a wear at Tba
very least, and possibly another. in
order that she might attend Miss De-
lancys select academy with Ethel.
won't, | won't" Bess had de-
CLAIMED frantically to the four walls OF
her cosy, pretty bedroom, the night
me latter scheme was proposed. I'll
run away before I'll be Selected" And
lhSt night there was a wet pillow, and
d lorlorh' crumpled young person from
wyoming curled up disconsolate in a.
DAINTY brass bed with lace on the
sheets 'i 'iie
Lace on the Sheets" Bess had said
IN nigh derision the first time she saw
them. Wonder if they've got cunning
little ruffies on the tablecloths and nan
| kins, too"
BUT there was not a particle Of use in
repelllng, and she knew it, The year of
Pollsn must be endured. and as she tod
! otanley, 1t would not be so hard. if oniv
they liked her the least bit, ana did
not look upon her as such a heather.
why, L wanted to ride Teddy in the
| park the other day." she told him GIN
stead OF sitting up like a wax doll be-
sue Ethel in the carriage, and auntie
looked at me through those awful
SlasSeS OF herS on that funny LITTLE
STICK as if she expected Inc t. enrour
an Indian topknot and war paint on fine
spot. Teddy's the only decent horse in
the stables" -
How Stanley laughed. Teddy, of all
horses. The wicked, slim-necked thor
oughbred his father had brought from
Kentucky after he had won the Derby
NO one ever mounted h& glossy back
except the little stable boy, Steve. He
was never taken out except when his
master exercised him in the sulky. No
wonder Aunt Cecilia had looked sur
prlsed at such a proposition.
Bess ran down the path through the
garden, and took refuge in the arbor
on the south terrace.
| person" Souiis
Those were the exact words. and
nov they ala sting. o, for a pair of
S Scout; widespread wings to tack on
! ier shoulders, and fly back home. She
lay at full length on the arhor set
chewing nscrnlng glory petals. and
now and then a green Crane She liked
! green grapes. They tasted inst the
way she felt, all sour and puckery. II
was sunday afternoon. She saw DEFY
yer, the coachman drive out of the
sldo4e' with the carriage, and nres-
entry ethel called her name from fine
NeIanua, out she never answered. II
Wouid De glorious to be alone and free
even TOT an hour. She would not have
70 stun her hands into hot. close
sIoVes ana tilt a parasol over her face
Ophosle aunt Cecelia's purple one
GU II be frecked Elizabeth " tbs
la !q had said severely.