New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-02-04

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and frank Gi' as he e was "a During dinner shs t6aE
her cousin was giving Dick Of FOOTBALL match
should love TO play Iootos!i sac 80 "a ~
who play hockey on the green are really as good
You. don't play hockey with the boys on the
green Raymond's voice expressed indeseIaoa04s
"Weil-why not she said.
to psS fogstSsT Raymon dan answered 4 DO bar
manly games for girls who have begun 70 grow up
but Raymond paid no more stteas5n. to her. ana
ses , % spSN 20 me S ~ hs9 NOV
and again glance furtivey at her cousins face. and
cspitulaticn or fresh defiance, I could not quite
The same expression looked out of them the
next morning, b'r Raymond either did not observe
frank. brotheTI- fashion. vet with The shade Ok
6eierence due 70 nearly grown-up girl ! could
and that she listened to his words cf wisdom witt
an attention she was not in the habit OF oestowing
on the words of elder.
II can't stand untidy girls, the words IN RAY
,nond voice aoated into the library window from
both united Let ne 20 them up for you
pesped out. and there stood HeJty looking down.
ne fastened her rebeiiioas laces tor her
Women ought always 10 look jolly neat" he
went on when he was MS feet gain; its al
very well for boys to Dc grubby and uhudy; they're
fu for girls to have dirty hands ana untidy hair.
Fetty hands were suddenly, might almost
kept her ewes bent on the gravel. which she vas
I say you know" Raymond went on IN apollo
getlc tones. you muslin mind il 1 say things
see. so have do instead. and there lots OF
little things brothers can tell a girl You wont
''I-don't know" Hetty said obstlnately; 'T-don's
sweet temper reasserted itself and she looked Up
All right she said: you can say what you
like All the same. thinks it jolly rotten having 10
'oh: Hetty you don't think that really. do YOU.
raymond voice sounded quite hurt; the world
en- like women 10 be women, not 0eastly sort
woman. anyhow" he ended phnosopnlcaiiy. win
I don't see why we can't do the same things
you do" Hetty said but she saIo it with hesita-
OH can't put it into WORDS Raymond an
swered: but, you see, you're made different Girls
mems clothes, and talk mems slang and
play the ealy goat all round-are silly sort OF Jug
fit of laughter induced by the conclusion OF the
ed at He aw ce 0 n 5 uncheon Int
looking sPick and span from head TO foot. and with
Raymond and she took many walks together. and
rag 3ag ana scarecToW. fancy she was not al
lowed by her new mentor to scramble through
longer breathed word about playing hockey on
The trick seems to work. Dick said TO me one
night; i thought Hetty wanted bit OF proper
pride knocked into her by a man Of her own gen
'ohi that was the trick. was it?' I said; cit
Only after Raymond left did discover that
Hetty was sitting silently by my side on the ter
race watching The sunset across the meadows.
| siysiy:
things after all I believe III just Try put I'D
with the limitations and stop my side Of the fence.
From that day forward she did try to get the
better Of her tomboy ways. and, though az first
believe il was real struggle 20 her, she sue
I cannot pretend that she ever really liked CO.
things which are supposed 70 constitute woman
all with patience and perseverance truly admirable
IN 50 young q glrl. and she began TO lake prlds
clothes. Cor which fervently blessed Raymond and
Sometimes I wondered-as mothers. wilI-whethsr
nc - -E;, 49, = = --7-s.
come rlpen into sGnletnlns deeper LoF the COUSIN
ship was only distant one. and believe in love
/ from nv mind when Raymond went 70 Canada 70
ranch and We did not see him asain before he left
Astty grew VIII up { into ~, tai yisoE99s giT32 no
| ana with a frank sunny aisDosi17or 10 TT1sfch
that endeared her TO everybody. Her hoyish pro-
open air life and occups tons. and Dick was able
| 70 arIord 70 give her me training Iot Wnch heT
are trained in gardening and agricultural work.
much 50. that At The end Of her Two years she
/ OF her life Raymond came home.
He arrived quite IN xDectedly at our house
way Of spending a useful holiday. was grub6ing in
one Of the beds She looked very trim and neat N
with a big blue Pnafore Of the same material thar
"HuIlo' Hetty." Raymond exclaimed. seeing her
| back only because she had not heard him an
nounced. II had no idea gardeners- Why
Hetty!''
His sentence ended in 4 sort OF amazsment as
she turned and faced him. Hash OF color IN her
/ cheeks. her eyes fun OF a demure welcome
You were going TO say you had no idea garden
could be tidy weren't you?" she said mischev-
ously, a hooking smile her lips; meaning that
you didn't know could be tidy! OH haven't for
forgiven them. either she added. with little
laugh
In the days that followed It was really very
funny to the reversal OF positions that occurred
between them Raymond was no longer the
tor the teacher. the guide Hetty had learned her
lesson from him seven years ago, but now she
very quietly, but quite firmly, put him into
other place At the end Of three weeks ne
the chd's slave, and before six weeks had gone
I thought Hetty would ever listen TO him II he
asked her TO go back 70 Canada with him.
Try" answered succinctly; she is not tom
boy now, YOU know. Raymond
''Tomboy." he answered. quite Indignantly: she
is just woInanly be, and Vet she Is
frank and natural-not a scrap maWllSh or narnby-
panby"'
81 shall make quite a good farmers wife, she
said Il Just love outdoor things, but l can look
something worth living for the wonau's
side of the fence. know. and now don't a
bit want TO climb over i'll would rather stay
always my sidei'-(Lady's Home Magazine
MRS ROGERS BREAKS DOWN AT LAST