Coeur d'Alene evening press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1929, 1908-01-07
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By CECILY ALLEN.
Copyright, 1907, by Il. c. PARCELS.
By cEcILY ALLEN.
Copyright, 1901. by q. c. Pa

Ibe tail, angular girl tnub HunOn-
ished returned to the kitchen and then
the deluge of merriment!
Young Graham, the superintendent
Of the beet sugar factory. bit his lip,
then choked over an inhnitesimal scrap
Of breakfast food. Professor Kinds Of
the high school faculty cleared his
throat. then, with fork and knife up
raised In an attitude much decried IN
the modern books on etiquette, stared
blankly after the retreatlng figure
Bessie layton, the stenographer at the
Sampson implement Offices, she of the
hu6fy pompadour and retrousse nose,
giggled, then hastily swallowed a
spoonful OF coffee which promptly went
down her Sunday throat" and this on
Thursday morningl And simultaneous
ly gale Of laughter swept around the
circle Of boarders at Mrs. Brents select
and "homelike" establishment.
To the accompaniment of this laugh
ter Violet passed the hot rolls from
boarder to boarder little dreaming
that she was responsible for the unto
ward merrlment. Not that laughter
and merriment were uncommon at Mrs
Brents. The cheerful atmosphere OF
her boarding house as much as her
own good cookery kept the same circle
Of guests there year after year. Only
Professor Kinds, the new principal Of
the high school, and pretty Grace Saun-
derB were newcomers this season. And
violst--yes, Violet was the new wait
reas. Violet!
As Rhe thrust the delicious rolls I'M
der Fred Graham's shaking shoulders
he remembered, coughed and OK.
claimed:
''That was the best story you ever
told, Mrs. Brent"
Grace Saunders shot him a grateful
glance, but Professor Kinds looked up
blankly as IL trying to remember the
story that had never been told. Then
as Violet again disappeared through
the kitchen door, he murmured:
"Most homogeneous. Never saw any.
thing further removed from a shrink
ing, delicate violet in my life-six
fest, II she's an inch. Funny how par
ents do select such inappropriate names
for their children! Violet! Ought to
have called her Sunhowerp
'But, professor, you must bear In
mind that the name was bestowed
when the girl measured perhaps twelve
inches. Babies measure about foot,
don't they" And young Graham gazed
inquiringly at his fellow boarders.
"Probably was one of those dainty,
fragile sort OF babies that shoot up
like bean poles later on. Did that my
self. my mother tells me-"
Half an hour later Grace Saunders
returned to the dining room intending
20 ask Mrs. Brent some questions re-
garding the best stores In the town
She found Violet darting about the ta-
BILE clearing away crumbs, setting back
chairs, etc, with a worried look ON her
face. Mrs. Brent came in from the
Kitchen.
There. Violet, don't you try to
Btraighten up the whole place. You'll
be late to school, It's Ave blocks to
the business college, you know. and
you've got your dress to change yet"
''Oh. are you going to the business
eollegeT inquired Grace. The tall,
slender girl stopped untying her apron
at the cordial note In the boarders
voice, II am 30 glad, because l am
going there too Today Is my first. and
It win be so nice to see familiar
face"
Then as suddenly as II had awaken
Cd the expression OF delighted antici-
patton died In Violet's face. She re-
membered, She was the waitress at
Mrs. Brents, waitress for her board
and room, and Miss Grace Saunders
was the daughter OF millionaire
ranch owner and cattle raiser In the
southern part Of the state Mrs. Brent
and the rest OF the help" In the kitch-
en- had said II was most remarkable
that girl with such father should
not be studying In an eastern college
instead n an unknown business col
lege In an obscure western city.
But Grace Saunders was not the sort
Of girl to be snubbed. When school
closed that afternoon Violet Andrews
found that Grace could keep pace with
her and would not accept the excuse
that there was work awaiting the pu-
pu waitress In the Brent home.
Come into my room tonight and we
win 70 over those dreadful curlycues
together." Grace urged as she turned
mto the front door at the Brent house.
while Violet wheeled to the walk lead
ing to the kitchen Something told her
that a shadow had come into that girls
life since morning, that here was a
chance where she herself might be
helpful. and Grace Saunders belonged
In the class OF girls who simply must
be Of cheer aud service TO their fell
low creatures.
The curlycues were not gone over.
however. for within two minutes after
Violet had entered Miss Saunders
room they We're talking of more per
SonAl matters.
Il know now why the men all laugh
Cd at the table this morning. 1t was
me. They laughed at the business col
l.