The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-03-23

pie in the story.
"There; is a girl,'' she Informed them
"and I 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 it 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 u.s.
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 a sense
its leader. She had peculiar, quick
way of assimilating the things she
read, and that made her companions
feel that Marion had attained to a
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 a 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 airsw gasped.
Marion.
1T is evident that she feels miles
above us!' sputtered Kitty Benton.
I'VE will not trouble her," comment
ed Doris Morton, with dignity.
Its just as 1 told you," insisted
Marion. "Now the only thing to do
is to let her absolutely alone"
They did. When she passed them
upon the street they We're deeply alb
sorbed 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
nave 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 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 was
a girl~to@ whom friends were a 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 a beautiful day in September
ana her young, naturally buoyant heart
made her wish to get outdoors and be
doing something, even if she must do
IT by herself. Will and her father had
gone in the automobile to an adjoining
town, and her mother was lying down
with headache. So she started out
alone to drive up the winding river
road which skirted the edge of the
woods. =.
The country round Elrhwood 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 to
enjoy the world with her. and that
meanwh Aex2she would try to enjoy it
by herself...
She was succeeding in getting more
pleasure out of the drive than had
been hers for a long time, when sud-
denly she heard laughing voices, and
Speering thr6ugh the trees, saw the five
girls into whose friendship she had at
one time supposed she would be taken.
They were spreading cloth upon the
grass and opening some parcels. She
watched them through dimmed eyes
until they sat down and began to eat.
Then, when she could bear it no longer
she whipped up her pony and started
brlskly up the road.
The day had lost it's charm, She did
not see the woods and the river and the
soft sky. She knew only that the
world seemed a hard, lonesome place,
and that her heart was yearning for
friends and companionship, for: the
kind of fun those girls were having.
1t was very near the same spot that
upon her return, a half-hour later. she
saw Marion Foreman and one of the
other girls helping Kitty Benton down
to. the river. It was evident that some
year in the oil country. He>is coming
here to live because he has some in
terests near. here, and then I dare saw
he thinks it will be a pleasant place
for his family. think heard some
one say that there was, young girl
and: boy. L believe they are very.
nice,, sensible people" :,.,,.: g.