The San Francisco call., 1908-03-29
The San Francisco Sunday Call
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nsi. , ntte s shs ~ had perfect village simplicity and
wonder at life as to part OF ner nth tSs world In
part she entirely different from All tne ss ~ Us
ps anu from her ssimatioE at very tender
with people who bad had the care oL nsT
baa belon ed v right birth with the most orilane
social ,,t lack of money hanpered them Tney
blazed it under ground gass Win NJ @ .ss1,
with the brilliant incaErdescents. Roses money nao
all Otherwise they might have still remained on me
shelf it is true, dark stars
sons one reason was Miss Farrels. the other orig
with caretakers Miss Fsrrei naa jsa.oSs
ships which are really diseased love affairs win an
other Girl or a teacher aud Wiltons reason was
Among the wi1tons few assets distant female
relative OF accomplishments and educational
attainments who was even of financially than
It had become with her ques1ion OF orsao 1no
the simplest necessares OF IRE
Wilton and her Pamela still owned the old
family which, although reduced from us Tor
heights Of fashion was grand. VIII ~ ~ 80 ea @ 49,
grandeur it is but still grand ano tnere was
resort There were also old and Jewels and
aces and all that had @ been the % sDsrs AN sddo
which essential to the mere existence OF
law OF 9ToTvfh Rose Fletcher's advent although
was. after ALL only moderate one permitted
kept intact upon old family homes 1t enabled
to be paid and fuel and FOOD 70 Ds s
morbid victim OF her hunger for love- kno wn wnst
pracced at her expense in order that
all this should be would have rsbsllsd
She the inapecunious female relative was
only stipend therefor her bread and
butter and the cast Off rament Of Mrs Wilton and Miss
stock Of party gowns limited that she had to
ays ma f =. rrrants we're Concerned She did NOT
know that during Roses two trips abroad the expenses
had been so carefully that the girl had not
those advantages usually supposed to be d.
rived from foreign travel
While Mrs. Wilton and Miss Pamela would have
scorned the imputaton Of deceit or dishonesty hsr
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them had almost become religion They had nsver
bsnsnt Miss money; It is
doubtful If they really were capable OF knowing It,
with essential for maintaining their position
upon the society shelf Of feather.
Mrs Wilton and Miss Pamela gave regular dinner
ties and receptions through the but they invited
people undoubted social standing whom
would have neglected for others Roses BY
tact agreement. voiced In words. young
and vfands seldom invited The tor
dyspeptio clergymen and elderly and gsntssi females
with slender appetiss. stout people diets It
was almost inconceivabls how Mrs. Wilton and Miss
ticed economies and maintained luxuries They seemed
to move with spiritual unity Ike the physical
Gently. the most splendid conservatism with the small
po.si9ls amount OF comfort moved them a. one
with them had never realised the true state OF Affairs
making visits In where eyes might
opened Then. too. she naturally and
sharp eyed. concerning her needs. When
We're guests at dinner and she from tabls
rather uSsnssd after her half plate OF watsry soup
peas her tiny salad and spoonful Of dessert she
de1rauded
sweet ungraspng disposition, almost childish
trait OF accepting that which offered
one and only thing which she deserved She
tween elderly clergyman and stout Judge
dieting account OF the danger of apopexy
there dinner party with the graceful agree
ableness with which she would have between
young
Rose had not developed early her temperament.
She had played with dolls Miss Pamela her
duty to remonstrate- She had charmed the young
whom she had seen and had not thought about them
when once they were out OF sight Her pulses
quicken easily She had imagination. but shs did
make herself the heroine Of her dreams. She
cerely puzzled at the expression which she
faces OF girls when talking young men She
felt a vague shame and anger because it. but she
did not know what IL meant She had but
the love interest in them like musical theme
which she hearing. did not fully She was
not in the least boyliks girl; wholly
but the feminine element In . delicate and
gentle restraint. Without doubt wilton's old
fashioned gsntility and Miss Pamelas govern
ess who belonged to the epoch, served TO
mold her character not altogether undssirably She
was. on the whole, pleasant and surprising contrast
to girls OF her age with her pretty shy
elders and lack OF selfasserton entire
possession and good breeding had rnfsssd
many things which Miss had considered de-
sirabe for her. and which their
sanctined evasion, had led her think been done
To Be Continued Next Week