The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1907-08-24
By ELIZABETH SUTTON
Copyright, by Joseph B. Bowles.)


face. She beat the sponge with such
vigorous strokes that a number of
small bubbles appeared and broke
on it's surface. mo; I won't let you
co." she snapped, so it's no use'n
you settin' there teasin'. amt
thinAin' of lettin' you go, so there's
an end to it. After awhile you'll be-
lieve that when I say thing mean
it. I won't let you go there, or to
any other party. You know without
astin' I never let you go anywheres."
Twill you please tell me why you
never allow me to go anywhere? Will
you tell me just why you never let
me have good time like the other
girls of Boisville?" the girl asked,
calmly.
Miss Lappin let her spoon fall into
the butter. She rested her hands
upon her hips and faced her niece.
WELL Marie, bein's you want to
know SO bad, I'll tell you this much.
don't let you go round like the 9TH
er girls because of the kind of
mother you had. When you wuz left
an orphan, with not one in the wide
world to see to you but me- I took
you an made up my mind I'd raise
you an never let you git like your
mother if I could help it. I hate to
say one word ag'in' the dead, but your
mother wuzn't much, Marie You
know as we'll as I do, an that's we'll
enough, that you mother went an
ran off with German professor,
]eavin' you little thing of three, an
my poor brother broken-hearted."
Boisville had gossiped long time
| about Miss Lappin and her pretty
niece Marie. They said: marie looks
just like her mother. It'll be too
bad if she takes after her, too; but
Miss Lappin is little hard on the
girl. My goodness, youth must have
it's fling, an if it doesn't, somethin's
sure to happen. Young folks will be
young folks. Even if her mother
wuzn't much. Gracious, that amt
no reason Marie should be shut up an
never let go anywheres. An she
dresses her like holy show, for fear
she'll git proud or any one'l look at
her"
Marie received invitations to every
thing going on in Boisville, for all
liked her, and all felt very sorry for
her. They pitied her as the victim
of a tyrannical spinster who was de-
termined to cut the girl from all So
cial life, because, unfortunately, her
mother had furnished Boisville with
it's one scandal.
So Marie was always asking her
aunt: Aunt, may l go?" and Miss
Lappin was forever answering her:
mo; you can't CO." It was rather
extraordinary, under the circum.
stances, that the girl was never seem
ingly ill-natured or resentful because
of these. refusals. When her aunt
said mo- she appeared perfectly sat.
isfed and then would ask her permits.
sion to go somewhere else in a few
days.
One day in early summer Marie
who had been out on an errand, rushed
into the kitchen, where Miss Lappin
sat sewing. She threw parcel down
ON the table and seemed quite breath
less. ooh, aunt, there's circus here,
she cried. 1T came in this morning
met some Of the girls and they are
all going in crowd tonight. They
want me to go with them Aunt
may I go?"
| Miss Lappin dropped her sewing in
her lap, She pushed her glasses uI
on her forehead. Marie Lappin," she
said, "you must be gettin' crazy, fol
sure. You wantin' to go to circus
A girl 10 years of age. Why, Marie
you must be gettin' soft'nen of the
brain. No, Marie Lappin, you can't &C
to the circus; !.
Every well, aunt" Marie said, but
not as humble as usual
"I'll tell you what I'll do. I'll lei
you go an see the parade" Miss Lap
pin cried suddenly. "I'll let you stay
out this morning till it's all over.''
Marie murmured her thanks for this
concession. ~ ,,..5.: ..
The girl left the parlor and went
into her own room opening off thu
kitchen It was bare little place
She took a pink dress, much beruf
,, fed, from hook behind the door. 1
was her best gown She removed til,
dress she was wearing and donnet
this one. The pink was not particular
" becoming, but the girl was hand
some enough to carry it Of welI sh,
Iduffed out her pretty blonde hair il
!. V becoming pompa dour.. Their. . Sd,
! put on s. cheap little sailor hat, al,