The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1906-04-25
Gl1ENhe Boycott
KsgHSlN :. on Caroline
|NNsE lE8SgNElkM BY SUSAN KFATNG GIASPELL.
BY SUSAN KFATING GLASPELL.


ly attrlbuting to the unfortunate Stu
arts the qualities possessed by the peo-
pie In the story.
There Is girl" she informed them.
and think she Is about our age.
suppose she will attempt to buy her
way into our crowd She will wear
better dresses than any of the rest of
us. and she will think that just because
she has more money than we have that
it is her place to lord 1t over us. Now,
we must show her that the old fam
lilies of this town are not going to sue
cumb to mere wealth. We must be
quite oblivious TO her guady display.
1t is fortunate we understand the stu
alton before she comes, for now she
will be given no opportunity to hui
initiate us"
All OF this made a deep impression
upon the four other girls. Marion be.
cause she was the most imaginative
of the crowd, had become in sense
its leader. She had peculiar, quick
way Of asslmilating the things she
read, and that made her companions
feel that Marion had attained to
very deep understanding of life.
The first day Caroline Stuart walked
down the main street of Elmwood,
they felt their suspicion that she would
attempt to "lord it over them" to be
confirmed. Her gown bore the marks
of city dressmaker, and she walked
very straight and carried her head very
high. That was partly because she
had been taught to do so at school, and
in part because, feeling timid with so
many strange eyes upon her. she
sought refuge in dignity. Her impulse
was to look with friendly interest at
the five girls as she passed them, but
feeling shy, she looked straight ahead
instead.
"Well, of all the airs" gasped
Marion.
ut is evident that she feels miles
above usP sputtered Kitty Benton.
1--WE will not trouble her." comment
ed Doris Morton, with dignity.
ITS just as l told you," insisted
Marion. Now the only thing to do
They did. When she passed them
uron the street they were deeply abb
sorted in one another. They studied
the art of passing her house without
knowing it was there. When she be-
gan driving in her pretty pony-cart
they regarded it as a personal affront.
The strange part of it all is that they
were in truth kindly girls, and would
have felt very badly indeed at the idea
of hurting any ones feelings. Their
attitude had grown upon them TO such
an extent that with the coming of the
big red automobile, the first to be
seen in Elmwood, the ignoring of Caro-
line Stuart had become a duty.
Perhaps few girls of her age have
ever passed as unhappy summer as
Caroline Stuart passed that year. OF
a warm-hearted. sunny nature, she wa!
girl to whom friends were neces
sity. She was so free from any idea
of distinctions created by money that
the secret of the thing never dawned
upon her. She supposed, on the other
hand. that the girls did not like her.
1t was beautiful day in September
and her young, naturally buoyant hear
made her wish to get outdoors and be
doing something, even if she must dc
it by herself. VIII and her father had
gone in the automobile TO an adjoining
town, and her mother was lying dowI
with n headache. SO she started ou
| alone to drive up the winding rivei
road which skirted the edge of the
| woods.
The country round Elmwood was
| very beautiful, and Caroline threw
herself into the spirit of the day, tell
| ing herself that some time. in some
other place, she would find friends tC
enjoy the world with her and thai
meanwhile she would try to enjoy Il
by herself.
She was succeeding in getting more
pleasure out of the drive than hnC
been hers for long time, when sud
denly she heard laughing voices, ant
peerng through the trees, saw the fiv,
girls into whose friendship she had n
one time supposed she would be taken
| They were spreading n cloth upon thu
grass and opening some parcels. Sh,
watched them through dimmed eye
until they sat down and began to eat
Then, when she could bear il no longer
she whipped up her pony and starte,
brlskly up the road.
The day had lost its charm. She di,
not see the woods and the river ana th
soft sky. She knew only that tn
world seemed hard. lonesome place
and that her heart was ycarning 70
friends and companionship, FOR tn
kind of fun those girls were having.
1t was very near the same spot tina
upon her return, half-hour later, sh
saw Marion Foreman and one of tn
other girls helping Kitty Benton dowi
to the river. 1t was evident that some
thing had befallen her, for she wa
hopping on one foot and moving a
if it palned her. Caroline guessed n
once that the girl had spralned he
ankle and that they were helping he
to the big. fiat rock close to the river.
They did not notice her until she wa
near them, so near that she hear,
Marion call to the girl behind, 30
course this had to happen the very da
we walked instead OF drove" an
then they glanced up and saw her, an
looked with studied care out at til
river.
Caroline drove by, her heart beatln
very fast. Every Instinct prompted he