The Brunswick daily news. [volume] (Brunswick, Ga.) 1903-1906, 1903-12-13

The Passing of Juno.
A STUDY IN FEMININE CONTRADICTIONS.

By RUTH CRAFT.

On crisp afternoon In early au-
tumn Juno was walking across the
campus. The Greek professor when
she entered the class room greeted her
as Miss Lawrence, and in the registry
her Christian name was Eleanor. But
if you had watched her progress down
the straight path, you would Kno"
why the girls called her Juno. Tney
had given her the name in her 1resn-
man year. Now she was a senior and
it fitted her still better. She was tail.
There was rhythm in her motion, ana
vigor, as if all her muscles mad Deen
developed in harmony. Her head turned
the least bit to one side and sllgnty
tilted backward, the erect shoulders
and straight back, the grace ana polse
of the whole body as she walked all
befitted a goddess. Her hair was
black It was parted and coiled loose
ly just above the line of her neck VIII.
out breaking the natural contour OF
the head. The eyes too were dark anu
the cheeks rosy. 1t was in colorlhg
rather than in beauty of feature that
the charm of her face4ay.
AS Juno opened her Iliad and knoIted
her brows. Mary Tilton, watching her
in corner. felt like protesting against
the infections of education. Theoretl-
cally, to be sure, there was PROPHECY
enough in Juno's reading the lllad;
nothing could have suited her style
better. But Juno lad displayed no al
finity for Greek nor for any oCher
branch of learning. 1t seemed to Mary
preposterous that such girl should
be made to NOPE over books. 1t wouiu
be quite as sensible to capture young
deer and compel it to study logarl'nhs.
Juno belonged out of doors. She shoulu
be free. 1t ought to be enough LOT
anybody to see her beautiful, sIrons'
natural being. Juno would nave ell
dorsed Mary's views if they had come
up for consideration. She had not
formulated any like them in her own
mind, but she lived up to them. sac
placed no strain upon her intellect WILL
ingly. She fell in cordially with ma
lures plan regarding her person. Such
aids to it's realization as the morning
plunge, a full allowance of exercise III
the open air, and nourishing food, she
employed generously. She took pains
that her dressmaker should acqulesce
in the designs that seemed to nave
been conceived in Paris with special
reference to her figure. The beauty OF
her hair was enhanced at home by the
activities of her maid; at college 1t
was Mary Tito who delighted to brush
it every night. Juno did not revel
selfishly in her natural attractlveness'
She was perfectly willing that others
should enjoy it.
AS the class leftrttihs arasJsa, ufio anu
Mary walked away arm in arm. IL was
the last recitation in the afternoon.
Come out for walk" Mary sug-
gested. Lets have supper on the hlli.
We can wrap up warm"
"You always know just what Will
suit me, Mary" said Juno. Il want
to get off somewhere, and have
chance to think
Mary looked UP in vague alarm. she
never before had known Juno to want
to think. But she said nothing.
When Juno reached her room she
threw her Had on the desk and ner-
self on a couch, where she lay with
eyes closed. her hands clasped over
her head. Mary Tilton meantime ran
up two flights of stairs to her room.
She extracted from the larder, which
is more requisite part of a college
girls room than a desk, four eggs.
These she put on the gas stove to boil.
Twenty minutes" she said to herself;
Juno won't eat them unless they are
hygienic." Then she ran down the two
flights to small grocery store that
thrived under the college roof on the
patronage of the students, to mount
once more with the materials for sand
witches, fruit, and a jar of milk. The
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. I was dread
fully tired, and l don't want to look
played-out tomorrow
Anything special?"
Kent is coming"
81 thought you forbade him to come
again. rose to Mary's lips. What she
said was: you'll have a good time"
"On the contrary" said Juno. "he
bores me good deal"
The next day was Sunday. The girls
did not meet until evening. Mary spent
the 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 in
the afternoon Kent Thorpe was shown
into the college drawing room. The
fortunate circumstance that his great
grandfather had married Eleanor Law
rences great-grandmother established
blood relationship between student
and guest that made it within the
bounds of college discipline for them
to leave the building together. AS they
did So it was observed from several
windows that the tall stranger with
fair skin and hair and manly bearing
did not look out Of place beside Juno.
They did not return until shutdown.
During the evening they conversed Sc
dately in corner of the college draw
ing room, Kent looking as if the whole
institution was weighing him down.
A spectator would have detected mis-
chievousness in Eleanor's demeanor
that she hardly could have introduced
for the Durnose Of allaYing bis discom-