The Carlisle independent., 1909-01-14

Jane HunS down her brush and got up, letting the comb slip after it with d clatter. High scholastic ideals be d-darned!" she said with emphasis I'm just going to have some clothes!" Louie gasped with shocked laughter. Why Jane." she remonstrated. You mustnti"
 Mustn't what?" demanded Jane Mustn't swear. or mustn't buy me some clothes?"
 "Why-neither one. You know you're poor as anything just now poor as am, and couldn't say more" Jane delivered her ultimatum with Ie convincing serenity. I'm going to 'dhe Alpha Delt prom" she said, and I'm going to have a new gown Won't that be nice? Moreover, it's going to lbe worth having-a genuine creation A great light of comprehension was ,dawning in Louies eyes. "Oh it's the Alpha Delts!" she said slowly. Why, Jane. Jane! has it come to this?" Jane shook out the shabby little blue gown and went to hang it up in the wardrobe. She looked selfconscious, but she carried it off very well. Its come to this,'' she said, that the camel has been crossing the desert long enough It's time she was sight ing an oasis. I've lived upon my inner consciousness of responsibility until my hump is exhausted. My self-respect absolutely demands some decent clothes"
 But, honey!" protested Louie. "He won't like you any less for your clothes!"
 Jane turned upon her again with the little ieaping lights in her eyes.
 My purpose being to restore my sense of my own gentility," said Jane in parenthesis, you must know that economy is not going to put it's horny hand on this dress. Utility is going to be far from it. It's going to be pur- poseiy and deliberately perishable."
 Louie had thought lanes talk about the dress a mere empty threat; but the very next day proved that she was mistaken. Jane cut her beloved Greek class and haled Louie down to the city. Long familiar with Jane's stern and cheerful economies, Louie could hardly believe her eyes when she saw the quality of the purchases.
 How much is it?" asked Jane serenely, as she held the shimmering stuff to the light
 "A dollar and half" said the clerk. Honey, you can't"-began Louie in an anxious aside; but Jane interrupted in her sweet, even voice, quite as if that were the minimum price she would consider. xsn
 And it's aboiau Twenty inches wide, isn't it? I wonder if 1G yards-no, I'd better get IS. I'll take it, please
 Honey" gasped Louie as soon as the clerk was busy with the next GUS toner.
 Jane smiled at her lovingly Save your breath, good soul she said.
 When~ tIfe- great occasion came Louie also went to the prom" though she had no creation to wear There was no Dickensian dowager to remind her Of the fact, however, and she en- joyed herself serenely. But she was chiefly interested in watching Jane anu OH JoIniHSS.
 As she heiped Jane to unfasten the creation that night it went to Louie's heart to see hoy Jagged and spiritless it's owner looked. Jane insisted that she had had Q beautiful time, and talked nervously to keep Louie from talking. Finally she said:
 Tom Jennings is going away to- ,,,orrovu To told mo tO tal1 xo1, UOoJ by for him. We looked everywhere for you when he thought of it, but you'd gone, I guess"
 I'm so sorry" said Louie, wrestling with intricate silken eyelets. Isn't he coming again?"
 "Oh, no; he leaves tomorrow after noon, and he won't have time. Nice boy, Tom is. He's bigger than the av- craze"
 "Oh, yes-yes, indeed" said Louie
 The next morning Louie awoke to find for her comrade new Jane; a quiet, business-like Jane, starting at her books again with the indefinable whole-heartednes that recalled former days. f OOutlIS lTOHl d1l CldSS InaC morning she surprised Jane in the act of making the creation into a bundle. She could hardly believe her. eyes; Jane was actually crowdihg the fragile, radiant creation into a newspaper bun dle! Apparently she had not meant to be caught; but she faced Louie's amazement with characteristic gtraightforwardness
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