Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1905-06-01

ever S. slightly,
II see" he said, dryly, his eyes
aSato running over her from head to
foot shall hand YOU your tea nov,
or arc You going to have q wash and
brush up frSt?"
The words were quite courteouSly
spoken, hut felt they were scathing,
and 50 did He(ty She opened her
lips 10 speak but no sound came from
them and she turned away abruptly
and rushed into the house without ut.
terms syllable.
She is rather tomhoy stIu." /
said cooking up deprecarugly into
RaNmoUd's amused face
My goodness. she is! What Jolly
pity aoUgh, isn't ii. he added. att
CT moments pause, Immediately
changing the subject aud heginuius
= discussion upon landscape painting
Ne.ty did not reappcar until dinner
time when, to my uuhounded aston,
ishmou, she Walked into the drawiuG
room dressed in the soft white muslin
usually kept for state occasions. and
l9okiug most immediately tidy. But
there was & mutinous glance In her
brown eyes and a certain set express.
Sion about her mouth which had
learned to know. and watched her
treatment of Raymond with secret and
intense amusement
She was very distant to him at first,
but this position soon became uuten.
able because nobody could continue
to h" distant to any one 81 sunny and
frank as he was DurinG dinner she
thawed somewhat, and waNed euthu.
siastc over an account her cousin
was giving Dicl, OF football match,
Il should love to play football" she
exclaimed. and know could play
too, none Of the boys who play hockey
ON the green are really as good as I
am
You don't play hockey with the
boys on the green Raymond's voice
expressed indescrihable things, and
Hetty's face grew rosy
We'll why not she said.
because hockey isn't game for
girls and boys to play together" Ray.
mond answered II do bar manly
games for girls who have begun to
grow up"
Hetty laughed small, high laugh
of mutiuy, but Raymond paid no moro
attention to her, and turned to speak
To me instead, Hetty was very silent
throughout the meal but saw her
now and again glance furtively at her
cousins face, and an odd look began
To dawn In her eyes. whether OF capt.
ulation or fresh defiance, could not
quite decide
The same expression looked out or
them the next morning, but Raymond
either did not observe It, or preferred
TO ignore It, and treated her In n
frank brotherly fashion. yet with the
shade of Difference due 10 nearly
grown-up girl. | could see that she
was very much impressed when he
rose to open the door for her as she
left the room and that she listened
to his words of wisdom with an atten
ton she was not in the habit of he.
slowing on the words of an elder.
Il cant stand untidy girls" the
words in Raymond's voice hoated in.
to the library window from the ter.
race next morning; why your shoe
laces are both united, Let me do
them up for you" | peeped out, and
there stood Ietty looking down. with
crimson face, on Raymond's bent head,
while he fastened her rebellious laces
for her.
Women ought always to look jolly
neat, he went on when he was on his
feet again: "It's all very well for boys
to be grubby and untidy; they're 1T.
tie asses, and don't know better It's
hateful for girls TO have dirty hands
end untidy hair"
Hettys hands were suddenly /
might almost say. automatically,
thrust behind her beck; she kept her
eyes bent on the gravel, which she
was shufling to and fro with her feet.
Il say you know" Raymond went