Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1907-07-25
In Doll Land
Copyright, by Daily Story Pub. Co..

Aunt Martha's headaches had oc-
CURED with distressing regularity,
sometimes slightly marring the Joy
of Kathleen's wonderful first sum-
mer away from home. But Kathleen
endured all disappointments cheer
fully until the morning of the boat
race. On that occasion when Aunt
Martha said she had the headache
and did not feel able to go, Kathleen
exclaimed rebelliously, 81 might
have expected it,"
''Why Kathleen said Aunt Mar
tina in shocking tones.
''But auntie," tragically, "you do
not know how very much wanted
to 60"
81 didn't think you cared SO
much. Perhaps l can arrange for
you to go with Miss Newton's party.
l will send note to her"
Kathleen did not want to go with
Miss Newton, but anything was pre-
ferable to staying away. 1t was
Miss Newton who had spoken in
tones of plying liberation of Kath-
leen, as child just out of the school
room. And Kathleen had felt sud-
denly that it was almost disgrace
full to be so young, and to have been
in school. But it happened on this
morning that Miss Newton had al
ready invited all the guests her auto
mobile would hold. She came in
herself to express her regrets to Aunt
Martha and Kathleen.
$50 sorry" she murmured sweet
ly, 81 would have been delighted to
take charge of your little niece"
Kathleen stifily assured her that
it did not matter in the least. So, in
her prettiest frock she sat in her
room, holding a magazine with a
firmness born of resolution, and
reading over and over a soap adver-
tisement. She heard the merry
voices below, but she kept back the
tears, for to weep would have been
too much like the girl still in the
school room.
'She's going just because he's in
the race" said Kathleen spitefully.
This statement was quite definite in
her own mind. Then an obtrusive
conscience reminded her that her
own reason for wishing to go was
near Of kin to Miss Newton's, and
hence, comment might be unbecom-
ing.
They were gone at last, and Kath-
leen put down the book. She went
to the mirror to unfasten her dress,
for a palmer one would do on a
day when the summer colony was
deserted. She thought with fresh
pang, how pretty the gown was, and
her hand fingered irresolutely.
'I'll take a walk" she said. 81
suppose I can enjoy looking nice,
even if no one does see me-"
Aunt Martha offered no objec-
ton. Her headache was very bad,
and she wanted only solitude and
silence. Kathleen stepped out into
the summer world that was fresh
and smiling after yesterdays bap-
tism of showers. AS she walked the
crumpled rose leaves of the morn
ing were smoothed out. The boat
race might have been taking place in
another planet, it had so utterly
ceased to trouble her. The lane was
very long, and the trees overarched,
and zigzag rail fences, all overgrown
with moss, separated it from the
fields. Kathleen called the walk the
Elm Tree avenue. She walked slow
ly, and was glad of the breeze that
lifted her curls, and of the cool
shadows above, and the tender grass
at her feet. The lane led to the town.
When Kathleen was near the end of
it the minister's wife overlook her.
The minister's wife was young
and prim and lovely. She had a sus-
picion that the summer people held
themselves aloof from the town, so
she was shy and proud when she
met them Not that she believed
the summer folks were of finer clay
than she-she would not have bowed !
to the superiority Of a queen. TO be
joined to the ideals and destiny Of
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