The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1906-08-02
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ming here and there. Sit down quietly
on the porch and cool of or you will
worry me TO DEATH" There was an
anxious lcok habitual to Mrs. Wade's
motherly face that made strangers
think she must be numbered with many
cares.
Il should think, Emily" observed
Amt Louise, that you would have some
regard for your appearance" Aunt
Louise had always been called the beau
~ of the family and she enjoyed that
honor even after ner nieces in their
Young girlhood aspired for the position.
"Just imagine yourself In low neck and
short sleeves, for example. Every time
see your blouse sleeves tucked up 1t
makes me shudde-. You will never be
graceful as long as you race from one
thing to another. In my day it was
thought very unladylike for girl to be
50 energetic"
Well Auntie. the world do move"
said Emily, bit nettled. IF you en-
JOY being graceful and looking pretty
am glad you have the opportunity. AS
for putting on more flesh, don't want
to get heavy on my feet as old Mrs
Trent says. l love to be doing some
thing all the time and that has nothing
TO do with my being thin. Now, don
say must stay on the porch, moth
please. l promised Mrs. Lowe I'd laz-y
with the children and It's time for ME
to start. 1t won't hurt me in the least
for all have to do is to teach them to
march on and of the stage. They need
so much drilling, and Mrs. Lowe was
kind enough to say no one can manage
~lem as well as your accomplished
laughter. l wonder why the things
love to do are all unhealthful."
Il suppose you will have your way"
said Mrs. Wade with sigh. You al
ways argue and coax and talk till give
in in the end. Of course you can man
age the youngsters because they always
ask you to help with everything. If
you ever get heavy on your feet 1t
won't be your fault. II you will prom
ise TO lie down whole hour this even
ing and eat that new food the doctor
ordered, You may go. should think
you would be glad to rest in vacation
without taking a lot of unnecessary
work on your shoulders"
Il suppose I'll have to submit said
Emily, catching up her hat. Did |
tell you what Paul Norris said about
that new food? He happened in one
day when l was worrying down some
OF It and told me I might just as well
eat the door mat. / think so myself,
but am powerless to help myself
Il am worried to death about En-
.ly,r said Mrs Wade the instant the
door closed after the girl You have
no idea, Louise, how she losses and
mutters In her sleep She is so thin
that IL some disease should get hold
On her system she never could survive.
There 8 Mrs Rose with six children,
al healthy and strong, while my one
is as thin and nervous as can be.
think I will have DR.. Benson change
that food, for since she has taken a dis
Ike to it 1t seems to do her no good l
wish / knew
There goes DR.. Benson now" broke
IL Aunt Louise, and her sister called
him in without delay.
"Send her to the country a month or
two" advised the old doctor, breaking
IN on Mrs. Wade's long list of her
daughters symptoms. mo matter II
school does begin next month. Put off
her graduation year If necessary and
LET her do nothing but rest Pack her
or with some sensible clothes and rden-
~ of good books for several months and
You VIII see decided Improvement DO
you know Of any good quiet place where
she would be well taken care OFF,
NO. l do not" said Mrs. Wade
promptly. Il have an aunt in Ohio on
a large farm. but Emily would die of
inconsistencies there There is nothing
gong on, and If they go to town once.
q week and 10 church in the country il
Is as much as they ever undertake. |
haven't been there for years, but
THAT is the very place for Emily.
Tell her If she does not stay three
months she cannot graduate next
spring. and that will do the work. Send
her with some books or little sewing
to occupy her time on rainy days, and
insist that she shall rest and loaf in the
open air as much as possible. Tell Der
as soon as she weighs reasonable
amount, something like one hundred
and twenty, she eau come home TO
school. don't believe the girl weighs
over ninety pounds this minute"
Il was just telling her she would be
4 perfect fright when 1t is time for her
to go in society,"" said Aunt Louise.
"Her mother is entirely too easily per-
,uaded and lets Emily do as she pleases.
I hoTe the child will have a good rest
somewhere and fill out some of her
h0llows."
So, in spite of all protests, Emily
went TO the farm in Ohio. In her mind
Ohio represented a bowling wilderness.
out of school that resigned her even in
slight measure to her fate. The jour
pcy from her home in a prosperous New
York city to the wilds of the far West
was made possible, because a business
friend of her fathers took charge Of
her tc the capital o. the State, and
there put her on the train to her great
aunt's native place.
What do you hear from Emily?'
asked Or. Benson a week after the
young lady had been banished to the
wilderness. Us she homesickf"
very; and it breaks my heart 10
think of her in that out-of-the-way
place. She writes that she thinks she
has gained two pounds. and that aunt
has not been to town for three months.
That Is exactly the way she jumbled