The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-12-30

BY Catherine SLOVENIAN Long
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schoolteacher, and sister Lucia wrote
for the magazines AS for Mrs Win
tiers, she was president Of the Brown
ing club, secretary Of the Womana
| club, and an active member Of yari.
ETY. OF other clubs too numerous 10
mention
II would seem rather strange that In
a family SO stepped III the atmosphere
| Of books and newspapers there should
be one black sheep; although To call
| Dorothy a black sheep were certainly
| a libel, for II there ever was white,
! sweet, dearly loved lamb IN any flock,
she could lay claim To that distinction
| The term il only used to convey the
idea that she was different from the
| others Mhilc they were All studious
thoughtful aud serious IN their tastes,
she Was the gaycst, most careless anil,
50 they All declared. the most frivolous
liItle bodY IN existence, Everyone
loved pretty Dolly She was so sweet
nattWed, 30 gcncF0ns, 80 full ST vitality
and spfighillncss, that It was impossi-
bic to do otherwise
Il never happened that anyone ever
questioned the domestic talents and
nclinations OF Dorothy. It had been
settled when she was quite a small
child That Nature had intended her
for little housewife. She could make
the most delicious desserts and the
most touthsomc confectionery; shc
had such beautiful taste In arranging
the diningroom table and kept the
house 50 fresh and orderly that no ono
over suspected that she abhorrcd the
dishpan, hated to make beds. or was
made faint and sick by the sight OF
yaw meat when she went To market
70 select her fathers faYoritc cuts.
Dolly never said anything about it,
Naturally, no one could be supposed To
know.
Now. 1t frequently happens that the
careers laid out for us by our friends
are not always the ones we should
select If left TO ourselves This WAS
the case with Dorothy. secretly she
longed to be literary, like the rest
instead of domestic, She did try to
write sometimes, just as the others
ditl. and worked bard over some ex-
tcmey Indifferent little stories whieh
were destined 70 travel MANY weary
miles between herself and various pub
fishers
Dorothy knew well enough that her
writing Was very poor. and soon
.ccaTed To hope 70 distinguish her
.self IN this way As q matter Of fae'.
ahe did moi like 20 write III al, aad
pnly did s0 because She hated 10 BID
a drone III this literary beehive. II
Was Simply 4 bore 70 her, aud sAa
speat raeh Of Tier tine making |
sbcfehes oa the margin of her parcr,
az fnmmy Traddles did In David Cop
pcgHt ID @orig instead Of drawing skef |
cioHs, she made curious brownies and |
animals that It certainly !
menla haze been no sin 70 worship,
for they we ike nothing on earth or
In the wat, 5 beneath the earth. The
family caliGd them Dorothy's queer
COWS
AT lat she dcspaired altogether. I
and when ibe rejected manuscripts
had al coHae back she tumbcd them
h heap into a drawer, which she
never cpcned without very downin-
.hc mouth sort Of feeling. II Is 70 be
rcarcd, hat inst the least little bit
II a grain Of bitterness was in Dnro
hys heart when she thought of the
position OF the household director 90
which she had been 80 summarily role
,ated rs her alfectiohatc friends SIN
he old longing 10 du something kept
milling away at her. aud when she
,egan to beg TO be allowed to take
lrawiDg lessons at The Art Institute.
Tor mother said.
Why not let her do IT. The dear
fri has good many lonesome hours
yhcn We are all away or busy. even
she Is so domestic Looking after
he house doesn't take all her time"
WHY Of course" said Mr. Winters
II there's anything in the world thar
can DO to give Dorothy a pleasure
IN only too glad
oh. certainly" said sister Lucia.
u viii give her something TO think
& even II she doesn't accomplish
much with it,
And so Dorothy was entered in one
( the classes OF the Art Institute.
nd then the family, absorbed in its
wn more important affairs. az once
rocceded 10 forget all about it. No.
ods ever Thought "a inquire about her
ok except Mr. Winters. to whom il
ccurred once in awhile in a vague
,ahion.
And how are the queer COW
snghter he would ash. pinehins ies
Dft round cheek
"Oh. they're just as bad As ever
orothy would say with an answering
nile They pop out on the casts
nd still life exactly a. thee dld
a the manuscript" She was a bravo
tile soul and II she felt hurt bg
us indulgent neglect she kept il to
erself. u
When she had been in the Art Insts- =.
tie Tor about a year without having
yer seemed TO accomplish anything :
} attract attention in the beast. Mr. ,,
'inters began 10 talk very much =
bout a new artist who had Of late
zen sending in drawings IS iliustra =
ons Of current events. They were
amorous in character. and : good
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