The Coalville times. [volume] (Coalville, Utah) 1894-1923, 1903-07-17
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Clara sat opposite TO him with her ex-
operating charts and blue book The
Doctor glanced at her and his eyes re-
NAMED nxcd In establishment upon the
'front.' OF her skirt
My dear Clara" he cried you have
torn your skirt"
Ills daughter laughed and smoothcd
out her frock. To his horror he saw
me red plush OF the chair where the
Dress ought to have been. 1T II all
l'rh'' he cried what have you
done7"
Ny dear papa" said she. what do
YOU lnrw about the mysteries of ladies'
dressg This II a divided skirt"
Then he saw that Il was indeed so
ARRANGED. and that his daughter was
cled IN a sort Of loose, extremely long
kmckubockers.
IN. viii be 40 convenient for my sea
boots. she explained.
Her father shook his head sadly.
Your dear mother would not have
liked H. Clara" said he
For 2 moment the conspiracy was on
the point Of collapsing. There was
something In the gentleness OF his re-
Duke. and In his appeal 10 her mother.
which brought the tears to her eyes.
ana ~ another instant she would have
been knscllng beside him with every
thing confessed, when the door few
open and her sister Ida came bounding
into The room. She wore short. grey
SKIRT Ike that Of Mrs Westmncott, and
she held II up In each hand and danced
about among the furniture.
II feel quite the Gaicty girl" she
cried. How delicious II must be 90 be
upon the atagel You can't think how
nice this dress H. papa one feels no
free In H. And isn't clara charmingg''
GO 70 your room this instant and
take II on" Numbered the doctor. ~
call II highly improper. aud no daugh-
ter of mine shall wear t."
Papa lmproperl Why. II Ia the
exact model OF Mrs Westmacott'a."
II say II Is improper. And yours also.
Claral Your conduct II really outra-
geous' You drive me out OF the house.
] am going TO my club In town. I have
no comfort or peace OF mind In my own
house. will stand II no longer. may
be late to-night--I shall so 10 the Brit
ish Medical meeting But when re-
turn shall hope to find that you have
shaken yourself clear Of tho
pernicious Influences which have re.
Gently made such an alteration In you,
conduct" He seized his hat, slammed
the dlnlng-oom door. and few min.
utes later they heard the crash OF In.
biz front gate.
Victory. Clara. victoryi' cried Ida
etlll pirouetting around the furniture
did you hear what he saldf Pernirloui
innucnceal Don't you understand
clara7 Why DO you sit there 80 pal,
and glum7 Why don't you get up an,
dancer"
'oh, shall be 40 glad when Il 4
over. IDA. l do hate TO give him pain
Surely he has learned now that Il In VEN
unpleasant TO spends ones life with re
formers"
HE has almost learned H. Clara
just one more little lesson. We mus
not risk all az this last moment"
what would you do. tda2 on, DON
do anything too dreadful feel tina
we have gone too far already"
"oh, We can do Il very nicely. Yoi
see we are both engaged and that make
u very easy. Harold will do what yol
ask him. especially as you have toll,
him the reason why. ana my Charlie
viii DO u without even wanting 20 know
the reason. Now you know what Mrs
Weslmacott thinks about the reserve o
young ladies. Mere prudery. affccta
tion, ana n relic OF the dark ages OF In,
Zenana. Those were her words. wor
they not7"
what then7"
well, now we must put II I'm prnc
tlce. We are reducing all her othe
views TO practice. and we must no
shlrk this one"
But what would you dor Oh. don
look 40 wicked, fdal You look like SOM
evil little fairy. with your golden hal
and dancing, misohevous eyes. know
that you are going TO propose some
thing dreadfulr
We must give n little supper TO
night"
"we2 A support
why not3 Young gentlemen civ
suppers Why not young ladies7"
but whom shall We inviteg"
why. Harold and Charles. OF course
And the Admiral and Mrs. Hay Den
ver7'
"oh. no. That would be very old
fashioned. We must keep up with tn
times, Clara"
hut what can we give them for SUP
peri"
"Oh. something with a nice. fast. rol
Z licking, late-at-night flavor 20 IL. IL
me sect Champagne. OF course-an
oysters oystern will do. In the novel
all the naughty people take champaign
any oysters. Besides. they won't nee
any cooking. How is your pocket-mon
ey ClaraT
II have three pounds"
And have one. -Four pounds hay
no idea how much champagne cost
Have your
Noi the slightest"
"How many oysters does a man eat?
u can't imagine"
IN write and ask Charles. No,
won't III ask Jane. Ring for hei
Clara She has been a cook. and
sure 70 know"
jams, on being Oas-queationed, n
fused TO commit herself beyond N
abatement that " depended upon IA
gentleman, and also upon the OYSTER
The united experience OF the kitchen
I however, testified that three dozen wa
a fair provision.
Then we shall have eight dozen al
together" said Ida, iottlas down al
her requirements upon "a sheet OF pa
per. And two plnts OF champagne
Ana some brown bread ana vinegar an
pepifr. That's an. / think. II r. no
80 Ylry dinlcult 10 give IA etpner nfts