Mower County transcript., 1905-10-25

Il am a poor GIRL Alice thought,
when he made the admission, "bSt I'll
wear old clothes all my life before his
naughty mother shall read him lee
t11re for dancing twice with me."' 5,%1 (:
Ever since the day Mrs. Mears had
related the village gossip to her she
had thought good many times about
the cause Of it, but to no one had she
mentioned the matter. Her only as
sociate, good natured Abby Miles, had
never dared to speak Of it, and Aunt
Susan was wise enough not to. "
Now that Frank and his fashionable
sister were coming to Sandgate, Alice
felt a, good deal worried. Firstly.
she knew. her own stock Of gowns
was inadequate. While not vain of
her looks, she yet felt his sister would
consider her countrided in dress or
else realize the truth that she was
painfully poor. She had made the
money her brother gave her go as far
as possible. Her own small salary
was not more than enough to pay cur
rent expenses. When the day and train
arrived, and she had ushered her two
guests to their rooms, her worry began.
A trunk had come, and as she busted
herself to help Aunt Susan get supper
under way before she changed her dress
she was morally sure Miss Mason
would appear in gown fit for state
dinner. But when she was dressed
and went out on the porch, where her
guests were, she found Miss Blanch at
tired in white muslin, severe in it's
simplicity. It was pleasant surprise,
and at no time during their stay did
Alice consider herself poorly clad.
During the conversation that evening
Blahch gave an interesting description
of her life in the mountains, who were
there, what gowns the ladies' wore, the
hops, drives, tennis, croquet and whist
games, and when that topic was ex-
hausted Alice, turned to Frank and
said, ''Now, tell us about your trip
There is not much to tell,'' he an
swered in disappointed tone. ''The
fact is, my yachting trip was failure.
I had a two weeks trip all mapped out,
no end of stores on board, and antici-
pated lots of fun, but it didn't materi-
alize. The second day Bert got left on
the island; and we didn't find him un-
til the next day. In the meantime he
had found pretty girl and acted as if
he had become smitten with her. Then
we ran to Bar Harbor, and the rest Of
the boys found some girls they knew
and decided that a gander cruise had
lost its charms. So I threw up my
hands and turned the Gypsy over to
Bert, and for all know@or care he is
using her to entertain his island fairy
Alice Joined with Blanch in a good
laugh at Franks description of his trip.
hen the chitchat slowed down Alice
said: IT don't know how to entertain
you two good people in this dull place.
There are mountains and woods galore
and lots of pretty drives And, look
ing ataFrank, Il know, where there is
q nice mill pond full Of lilies and an
old moss covered mill and a miller that
looks like picture in story books.
There is also a drive to the top Of the
mountain, where the view is simply
Grand. have: a steady going and
faithful old horse, anu we will go wher:
ever you like y NJ e.,
"Do not worry about me, Miss Page
replied Blanch. IF can see mountain
and woods 4 am perfectly happy u Z szgsE 5 q
When the evening was nearing its
close Frank begged Alice to sing, but
she declined 81 s&sss
/ Do you play or sing, Miss sNason?'
she asked cautiously B . ]
OH please don't be afraid Of me-
was the answer. ST never touched .
piano. IN my life Once III awhile joil
in The chorus as III u, feor my owl
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