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

If you had watched her progress oo"A
the straight path, YOU would Mno"
why tho girls called her Juno. he'
had given her tho name in het lies",
man year. Now she "as senior at..'
It fitted her still better. She was taii.
There was rhythm in her motion, anu
vigcr. rs if all hcr muscles had pe9,
developed inharmony. Her Ecad lulheu
the least bit to che side and snsu''
tilted backward. the erect shouiuei'
and straight back, the grace ana poiso
of the whole body as she walked s.o
befitted a goddess. Her hair "a'
black. It was parted and coile'. looso-
Iy lust above the line Of her neck VIII.
out breaking the natural contour ..
the head. The eyes too were dark al"
The checks rosy. 1t was in coloIlhs
rather than in beauty OF feature 'A"'
the charm Of her face lay.
AS Juno opened her Iliad and knot1eo
her brows, Mary Tilton, watching ne.
in a corner. felt like protesting a5ains'
the infections Of education. Ihco.e.t
cally. to be sure. there was pfoprie.s
enough in Juno's reading tne iii"u'
nothing could hare suited her ssie
better. But Juno had displayed no d.
fnity for Grecl, nor for any oCAei
branch of learning. 1t seemed 10 WAY
preposterous that such girl s:io",u
= be made to nope over books. II "ouiu
be quite as sensible TO capture souns
2 deer and compel ittc study losariIhhis,
Juno belonged cut Of doors. she shou'u
be free. 1t ought to be enough ioi
anybody to see her beautiful s'loNs'
natural being. Juno woulG nave e
dorsed Mary's views if they hao coile
up for consideration. She hau ho'
formulated any like them in Ter own
mind but she lived up to tEeIa. 3 que
placed no strain upon her inieiec. WIN
ingly. She fell in cordially win it'
lures plan regarding her person. ou'h
aids to its realization as tne morning
plunge, a full allowance OF exercise !"
the open air, and nourishing too1' sue
employed generously. She TOOK p"iN'
that her dressma1er should acquiesee
In the designs that. seemed 10 ha'e
been conceived in Paris with speciat
refrence to her figure. The beauty or
her hair -enhancd at home by tae
activities of her maid; at college, II
-+sssNary Tito who delighted to pfush
II every Naisst - DIG. not rssss.
selhshly In her nat,if faIaS fraSssiVeness.
She was perfectly willing that otheis
should enjoy it.
AS the class left the ROOM 'uao anu
Mary walked away arm in arm. IL was
the last recitation in the afternoon
"Come out for walk" Mary sus-
gested. Lets have supper on the NIL
We can wrap up warm. y,
"You always know just what VIA
suit me. Mary" said Juno. wait
to get off somewhere, and nave
chance to think
Mary looked ND in vague alarm. She
never before had known Juno 10 "'n'
to think. But she said nothing.
When Juno reached her room she
threw her Iliad on the desk and her-
self on a couch, where she lay WIZ"
owes closed. her hands clasped over
her head. Mary Tilton meantlme 'an
nm two flights Of stairs to her rooni'
She extracted from the larder, whlch
is mere requisite q part OF a coilese
pirl,s room than q desk, four eggs.
These she put on the gas stove TO Doll
Twenty minutes" she said 10 herseit'
"Juno won't eat them unless they are
hveienic." Then she ran down the tWo
flights to a small grocery store lnat
tbrived under the college root on the
patronage of the students, TO mount
once more with the materials for sand
w,cbes. fruit. and jar Of milk. Ihe
college supper bell was ringing when'
lunch basket in hand, she knocked at
Juno's door. The "Come!" sounded
drowsy.
Did wake you up?" asked Mary
contritely.
No matter. I'm ready. was dread
fully tired. and don't want to look
olayed-out tomorrow"
Anything special?"
"Kent is coming.
"I thought you forbade him to come
again. rose to Mary's lips. What she
said was: you'll have good time
ION 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 up
history topics. There was no evidence
IN Juno's Monday recitation that her
friend had confined her exertions to
her town subject. At an early hour III
tho afternoon Kent Thorpe was shown
into the college drawing room. Inc
fortunate circumstance that his great
grandfather had married Eleanor Law
rence's great-grandmother estaDiisneo
F.. blood relationship between student
and guest that made it wlthin the
hounds of college discipline Tor then
- leave the building together. AS the!
Aid so it was observed from seVera
,rindows that the tall stranger WIFI
fair skin and hair and manly bearing
did not look out of place beside Juno
They did not return until Sundo"h
During the evening they conversed sc
date,y in corner Of the college draw
inc room Kent looking a if the who'll
institution was weishin! him do"l
A spectator would have detected mis-
cbieyousness in Elcanor.s demeano
that she hardly could have Introduce
for the purpose of allaying his dlscon
future.
At bedtime, when Mary was brusf
ing the black glossy hair that TOO
more of her attention than her owl
Juno said: 1--WE tramped for miles
Then he read me magazine artici
that he has written. Here are III