Middletown transcript., 1907-06-29


we sit and work like mad, trying
to lay by enough for our lessons,
and other necessary expenses,
next winter. By night we are
tired and heated through and
through, SO we rush out and buy
a glass Of soda or a plate of ice
cream, than bring back a box OF
candy. maybe, to while away the
hot night, which isn't at all the
wise thing to do.
Often we take a car ride through
dusty, uninviting streets, and re-
turn unrefreshed having spent
our hard earned nickels for
naught. Since my aforemention.
ed interview, have come to see
that we must reform, and that
we could save the money we
tspuander, and do something with
| it that counts. When we are
thirsty we could drink home
made lemonade or iced tea,
which beverages are much
cheaperand more wholesome than
soda. Instead of unsatisfactory
car rides, we could take leisurely
strolls through pretty residence
streets, with wide pavements
and green lawns. In short, we
could stop wasting the five to
twenty cents apiece each day
for things that hurt our con-
sciences and our constitutions,
and do something lovely once q
week.
Now my finale is reached in
mysuggestion for our first depar-
l.ture from the beaten track, and
is composed of five words, Let's
Ego to the mountains!
Cora threw out her hands with
q tragic gesture, moaning: It's
what I am pining for. Don't
tantalize me, Allison. It's bad
enough to be haunted by ghost of
other summers spent in cool,
fascinating resorts, without be-
ing forcibly reminded that you
never can hope to afford such
pleasures again.
Don't be doldful, my dear. 1t
isn't becoming. Besides, | mean
lit. Even one long luxurious day
| in the mountains is better than
fnothing at all, and-what's the
| ter with Glen Alton?
Oh Could we and Rosalind
bounced ecstatically.
Of course not! Don't be absurd,
said Cora wearing her most su-
perior air. I went there once, and
it's frightfully expensive. Father
took a party of us-that was
before we lost our money, of
course-and I heard him say
afterwards that the day had cost
him fifty dollars. By the time
you consider your railroad fare,
your two mealsat hotel, and your
carriage for the afternoon, you
can see what it would amount to.
lean see what it could amount
to, if we were anxious to spend
money. But I also see other and |
quite different possibilities, Al.
lison replied stoutly.
Oh, of course, one could go
cheaply I suppose, but / don't
choose to faunt my poverty be-
fore the public. You could eat
crackers and bologna ost of a
shoe box, and walk up the noun
tain to the interesting places,
and come home again so limp |
and exhausted that it would he a |
week before you'd be able to |
work. But beg to be excused. |
AS you please, Cora. Itseems
to me that there ought to be a |
happy medium somewhere be-
tween expensive hotel repasts
and bologna sausage, but per-
haps I'm wrong. However, /
mean to try the experiment, if |
I have to do it alone. Allison's |
face was slightly flushed, but she |
still smiled good naturally. |
Rosalind slapped her on the back. |
I'm wild ye, mum. If you can
stand it, can, and maybe the
mountain breezes will blow the
cobwebs out of my brain it needs
q clearing up, mercy knows. They
say Glen Alton is worth seeing.
Oh, th ere's no denying that. ]
wasn't disparaging the place, only
Allison's wild scheme of visiting
it.
Allison's schemes aren't usual
" wild. Let her finish, Miss
Davidson, before you condemn.
Go ahead AL, and tell US about
| it.
Well, firstly, the railroad fare
is only one dollar for the round
"trip if you take theg excursion
train. Secondly,a neat and dainty
luncheon put into laundry car.
ton If Cora ahiootc IN shoe hoxqS