The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1908-05-22

| SliS u idltiSl Stay away tIldll lcC &C.
Gil take her to the theatre in false
colors. Oh, dear, what would hand
some blue-eycd Cecil Lawrence say
if he knew? She dared not think.
And she shivered slightly.
Il say, Burton" commenced Co.
Gil again, cts deucedly hard for
you to stay coopcd up here SO close
ly and have no recreation at all.
Remember those lines of Charles
Kingsley:
"'Whcn all the world is young, lad,
When all the trees are green
And every goose swan, lad,
And every lass queen;
Then hey for boot and horse, lad,
And round the world away.
Young blood must have its course,
And every dog his day."
Boy smiled and looked at Cecil
brightly: 81 suppose you do think
it is hard for me, but I assure you
that | enjoy it, Love makes labor
light YOU know, I'd ten times rath-
cr never sec inside Of theatre than
to get in the habit Of spending mon
cv which my father badly needs at
present. do not feel myself mar
tyr at ALL
Time passed on. 1t was Novcm-
Der. Boy had been in the employ of
Mr.. Lawrence nearly five months
anG ;,uL sent home over two hun
drcd dollars. She had been home
only twice. for she felt that it was
'risky business" to exchange her
male attire for feminine. even
though she did go home and return
under the friendly cover Of night.
She had been obliged to get another
suit. and had to have her hail, trim
med several times. much to her re-
Srct. Her spiritual monitor now
continually urged her to confess her
''dcccit. she now called it. to her
kind employer, but she had put it
off from day to dav till it seemed
that she could not tell him. In every
letter that Minnie wrote she begged
Boy to confess her identity and to
trust in the goodness and mercy Of
MIR. l-aWrcnCc-not to wait until
she was "simply found out"
lhe few servants at Mrs. Over
tons had seen nothing suspiciou;
in the quiet young gentleman board
ing there who seemed to be lccid-
ed favoritc of both master and mis-
tress, and treated as a member of
the family, spending the long even
ings i'll the family sitting room with
them and often reading aloud to
the two older people, who enjoyed
it very much. So far, nothing had
happened to frightcn Boy, or to
make her feel that she was on slip
perry ground. But she felt now that
the time had come when she could
not conscicntiously keep up this
dreadful masquerade. Aunt Ellen.
too. thought it time for her to "cn-
ter the confessional" and began to
urge her to do so. But oh, how
could she tell kind, honest, old
gentleman the deceit she had prac-
ticrd ON him: Woudn't he de
nouncc her as bold. unScrupulous
girl: \nd oh. he'd be sure to tel!
| Mr. Cecil.
One day not long after this, Boy
had been unusually occupied and
had very little to say, in spite Of
the fact that Cecil tried with all lis
might to 'lraw her ont. Finally she
laid her pen down for a moment
and looking straight into Cccil's
eyes. asked:
Say, Lawrence; what would
you think OF girl who would mas
Qucradc whole months in male at
tire :? Brcathlcsslv she waited TO-
the answer.
"Wcll, ', Burton, I'd think her
dcucedly immodest, to say the least.
But why do YOU ask that question :"
a little puzzled.
"Oh, | have just been reading
very interesting novel on that line.
The girl was driven to it though, in
order TO get work"
'Lend me the book when you've
finished, please. I've no doubt it is
interesting. Wouldn't do for real
life though"
Cant lend borrowed property"