Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1908-11-25
BURILLA'S
r Ev ( N G E
How q Proved . toOmefana

nd uoi iihe ilufliin lilsohuH WIS dna
almost entirely ~ iinfliin herself
Vance fdmUnai0n rpliumiged tho slt
uaiiun whom he declared that she
hnd y p0lnf temperament and an
"Nn1iornl temper. femnfi witch
indirectly reached liuflliaH ,ifs and
caused tint yuunH woman 10 Wv
vengeance mon Vance
Vance had beon M the wave house
Only iw0 weeks lle had given 40 his
vacation the previous year because
Elsie Tabor WIS IN Europe what
WIS vacation without lcisle9
This season he had four weeks az
the shore The Wave house was an
fashionable hotel. adopting the
more qulet designation through us.
tonlatlous modesty. Vance hated the
place, but Mrs Tabor had settled
herself there for the summer and
,hlther he went.
The chances are that Mrs. Tabor
would have left on his arrival, for
she was not minded TO permit an I'm.
eligible person like Vance any grenter
opportunity than she could help.
but Taylor Phelps was also n guest
ut the Wave house, and II was Mrs.
Tabor's intention to land him for
sonin.law before the season closed.
Elsie and Phelps were good
friends, and Mrs Tabor made the
best of bad situation by hoping that
Vance's attentions might spur
Phelps on to greater enterprise. So
far the young millionaire had seemed
content to idle along with Elsie as
the companion of his sailing and mo-
toring trips.
With the arrival of Vance and of
Alva Wynn, however, the duo be-
came Quartette and a quartette that
Burilla particularly despised. They
frankly showed that they had no de-
sire for further additions to the lit
tie company and Miss Bischoff raved
inwardly while her outward demon
of friendship were as pro
fuse as they were insincere.
Alva Wynn was designer, a wage
just as Vance Edmonston was
the manager of one of the branches
Of the Sixteenth National bank and
Taylor Phelps was a multi-mllCuaire. |
The rest of the permanent board F,
ers at the Wave house looked on III
glee at the maneuvers of Mrs. Tabor, /
with the possible exception of solre
half dozen mammals with eligible |
daughters who wanted Phelps for their |
own son-in-law.
To their number was added Rl.
rilla, who had enjoyed a monopoly
Of Phelps company before the arrival
Of the Tabors. |
That this was largely due to the
fact that Phelps was too lazy to seek
to evade her schemes Buriua could
not realize, and she was convinced |
that Elsie Tabor had cut her out.
When Vance added to the score by
his apt description. she gave herself
no rest In her search for vengeance.
But three weeks passed before the
came. II would not be
polite to say that Buriila deliberately
spied upon the Quartette. but It was
certain that she almost invariably
found herself in their vicinity with
out making her presence unduly prom
lnent. She was soft of movement
and she wore dresses of the soft,
clinging kind that did not rustic.
Burilla was always called upon
Tor parlor entertainment at the week
y hops and other functions, and now
she planned to put to use her mimic
gifts.
Some .. the leaders Of the fash
enable set were getting up an enter
.ainment for the benefit of pet chari-
y, and Burilla was to be made the star.
'In an Entirely New Offering" was
Ne announcement upon the hand
painted posters that advertised the
went upon the piazza, and very mys-
erious was Burilla when questioned
her new offering.
1t does not require much TO excite
, group of bored summer sojourners,
md when at last Burilla tripped out
Ipon the improyised stage hush fell
over the crowd following the buzz of
that preceded her en-
rance
Il will oler an original monologue
entitled On the PORCH" announced
3urilla, and forthwith she plunged
nto a little monologue in which, de-
'pite the substitution of other names.
he entire summer colony recognized
he Quartette.
Burilla was really a clever mimic,
md so closely did she copy the voices
Il the four that names were unueces-
AIRY. For the first time the rest OF
he colOnists realized that Phelps
owed Alva Wynn and that Vance Ed
nonston was determined to marry
elsie.
All eyes were turned upon Mrs.
Tabor, but that woman wrested tri.
Imph from defeat.
Miss Bischoff spoiled the little sur
rise in store for you," she said,
s the guests crowded into the supper
Dom. Il think It most suitable
match, and | am almost as much
leased over Mr.. Phelps engagement.
lie has been almost like son to me