The Kendrick gazette. [volume] (Kendrick, Idaho) 1892-1968, 1908-12-25

FHaEA s24NtfF ANNN$ H-eF ~ BlH
-tsa~sicaiiy II s~sns{ines nee. ~
Rive to ~ Name.
Would you lik4 me for Z sister this
year. Bessielcx The sensitive-lookine
gtrl who ASKED the question slipped In
arm ROUND Bessie Ailburn's waist q
they walked down the boarding seheso
hn tog(ther.
To Re sure I would" Bessie a.
swered Aromptly. but with q trace q
smbarrasssnent which wal instantiy 70
Elected in the manner Of the other giri
~ she hurriAd to add:
because father viii let me Join he
sorority now, w you girls still wana
me. Ever sincA he came here ana ~
how I was left opt Of all the good tlmsa
By not belonging, and found out that I
was crying nighA about It and III
that, he's been weakening. I thought
I'd tell you to-day. because I knew thai
this was the afternoon for ssrssity
meeting, and"
~Yss. Of course. Jean, III till ~
giris." and Bessie turned ipts Asr cla0
room.
A few hours later, when IT, Bsts
Tan Rho sorority meeting broke -
Bessie Milburn was The center q .
knet Of girls.
~Its Z messl !" she was declaring
ABlackballsd, after the way " rushed
her last year, and after telling hss
right out that we'd bid her again n
her father ' gave In. I think SOME
body ought to explain to her that the
one vote against her was hy new
member, who just did It to show her
power, and not bscau1 she had any.
thing against Jean harsslf."
That wouldn't b truA," saA Isabel
Gardner. In the tone Sf lsadershin
sAadys has Z real objection b Jean
She thinks her manner and her accsnt
are affected. But anyway, w cssldn't
tell IN outsider about the actioa ~
tack At Z sorority meeting, BeasL what
ars ron thinking of There's notAine
b my b Jean. She'll simply have y
realize. a. time goes On, that she didn't
ct another bid"
"All the same, IT. Z mess" Bealde
repeated. warmly. -She's : dindy girl,
I think. but she's fsarfully sensitive,
and I don't know how to look her u
the face"
For two days after that Bs9sls MI
burn lodged into doorways and dew
down halls { avoid Jean Hill. Thes
something happened. A new and do.
sirable girl, straight from Paris, with
trunks full Of smart gowns and I Do.
cidedly foreign manner, had entared
school, and all the sororities wanted
her.
For the first time Bessie had forgot.
ten jeans disappointment 40 she camA
down the hall, planning IN immediate
grand spread to which the new girl
was to b asked, and suddenly mat I
sroup Of pale, shocked girls.
"Tried to kill herself" she heard
.Father telegraphed for" .Sad nh
couldn't bear It because VI dida't iikl
her any more" @Dean Treat says W
sorority girls have been cruel. xha sayl
'twould have besn our fault u Jeaa bad
killed herself"
THAT'S perfect n-onsenssi" pr
nounced the incisivs voice Of IMbe
Gardner. "A girl that's morbid elouk1
to slash her wrist with q penkpif,
would Be queer. sorority o. no sorority
and I say It's . very good thing ~
kept her out I hope hsr father VII
take her straight home"
"what ID it7' the new desirable cir
asked BESSIE. In III ~undertone. II dom
even know what the word seroeiu
means"
Isabel turned quickly. why, soror
ity ean s~isterhood," she explained
In her sweetest tones. yook-thls I,
the pin We wear-right evee oul
eartA"-Youth's Companion.