Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1903-06-24
VOL. LX VIII.

campus. The Crock professor Wleh
she entered tho class room gr@Steu hel
as Miss Lawrence, and in the resistIs
her Christian name WAS Eleanor. D"'
if YOU had watched her progress do"h
the straight patn. you would kho"
why the girls called her Juno. "I'
had given hor tho name in her ires".
man year. Now she was senior ''','
It fitted her still better. She WAS '"'i
There was rhythm in her motion. anu
vigor. rs if ali hcr muscles i'au 80
developed IN nharmony. Her Ecad lulhcu
The least bit to enc side and sllSa'!y
tilted backward. the erect sho"'oo''
and straight back, the grace anu l"'Hv
of tho whcle body as she walked Ill
befitted q goddess. Her nan "
black. 1t was parted and coi!o;' ioosc-
" Just ahovc the iinc OF her neck W.
out breaking tho natural contour ~
the head. Tie eyes tcc were oa' ~ a.
the checks rosy. II was III GOWN,
rather than in beauty of feature '''''
the charm Of her face lay. a.,
AS Juno opened her Iliad anu hh'''eu
her brows. Mary Tilton, watching he'
in corner. felt like protesting a5aihs'
the infections OF education. lhe'. w.
cally to be sure, there was pEopiie.'
enough in Juno's reading lhe ii'''I'
nothing could have suited heE e! ~
better. But Juno had displayed no d.
finity for Grecl, nor fer any oI'cl
branch of learning. 1t seemed 10 Ma,
nreposterous that suc.! a girl s:io","
be made to mcpc over books II "ou'"
be quite as sensible to capture !oune
deer and compel it tc study loSar'thlaS.
Juno belonged cut OF doors. She ".ioa'u
he free. 1t ought 10 he enough l'f
ANYBODY to sec her q beautiful. s'EoHS'
natural being. Juno would have ell
dorsel Mary's views if they had come
up for consideration. She ilau "o'
formulated any like them IN Ter own
mind but size lived up to them '.S
placed no strain upon her in'eiec. VIII
incly. She fell in cordially Win HI
lures plan regarding her person ou'h
aids to its realization as thc h'o'iii!e
plunge, a full allowance CT exercise AZ
the open air, and nourisAins 1o2"' sic
emplovcd generously. She took pains
that her dressmaker should acqilesce
IN the designs that seemed 10 nav
been conceived in Paris with speciat
reference to her figure. The beauty ct
her hair was -enhaucd at home Dy 'ne
activities of her maid; at college II
wssss Mary Tito who delighted 10 orusn o,.a,
It every Nstsst--.sIIrss alS. not rssss
selfshly in her natufaF=attracti'ennoSS. .noss
She was perfectly willing that o'''o''
should enjoy it.
AS the class left the rom, juno anu
Mary walked away arm in arm. II "''
the last recitation in the Afternoon.
"come out for walk, Mary sus-
eested. Lets have supper On me NIL
We can wrap up warm. >,
"You always know just what WIN
suit me, Mary" said Juno l wait
to get off somewhere, and nave
chance to think.
Mary looked up in vague alarm onc
never before had known Juno 10 "'''
to think. But she said nothing
When Juno reached her room silc
threw her Had on the desk ana he!'
solf ON a couch, where she lay Win
owes closed her hands claspca o'et
her head. Mary Tilton meanli1he l"h
nm two flights OF stairs to hcr looH.'
She extracted from the larder, which
is more requisite q part OF a coi'eso
rirrs room than c desk, four eggs.
These she put on the gas stove 10 Doll
"Twentv minutes she said 10 hcrSel''
"Juno won't eat them unies; they arg
hygienic." Then she ran down me tWo
flights to a small grocery store 'ha'
,,r;red under the college ROOF on the
uatrcnaSc Of the students. 10 ihou!!'
once more with the materials for sand
wicbes. fruit. and jar of milk. Inc
college supper bell WAS ringing when
lunch basket in hand. she Knocked At
Juno's door. The Come" soundeu
drowsy.
Did wake you up?' asked Mary
contritely.
No matter. I'm ready. was dread
fully tired ard I don't want 10 looh
played-out tomorrow
Anything special?
"Kent is coming"
"I thought you forbade him to come
,rain.' rose to Mary's lips. what Sne
said was: you'll have good time.
"On the contrary" said Juno, he
tores me good deal.
The next day was Sunday. The girls
did not meet until evening. Mary spent
tho holiday in the library working III
history topics. There was no evidence
IN Juno's Monday recitation tnat hci
friend had confined her eXcrtlons tc
her town subject At an early nour II
tho afternoon Kent Thorpe was show1
into the college drawing room. Inc
fortunate circumstance that his great
grandfather had married Eleanor Law
rcncc's grcat-grandmother estapnshe'
blood relationship between s'udeh
ond guest that made it within I'M
hounds of college discipline Tor thcii
70 leave the building together. AS the
did so, it was observed from severa
windows that the tall stranger WIZ
fair skin and hair and manly bearin
did not look out of place bcSide 'un'
They did not return until snndowI
During the evening they conversed SC
dately in corner Of the college draw
ing room. Kent looNinsa a if the whoi
institution was wcishin him dowi
A spectator would have DE- cctcd Inl
chicyousncss in Eleanor dcm@ann
that she hardly could have introduce
for the purpose of allaying his diacon
future.