Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1909-01-06
BURILLA'S
REEVE N G Z
How It Proved a Boomerang

uation when he declared that sh
mad a polar temperament and a
equatorial temper. a remark whic
indirectly reached Burilla's cars an
caused that young woman to voy
vengeance upon Vance.
Vance had been at the Wave hon !.
only two weeks. He had given up hi
vacation the previous year becaus,
Elsie Tabor was in Europe. VIVA
was vacation without Elsie?
This season he had four weeks al
me shore. The Wave house was an
Understandable hotel, adopting the
more quiet designation through os
tentatious modesty. Vance hated the
place, but Mrs. Tabor had settled
herseif there for the summer and
thither he went.
Inc chances are that Mrs. Tabor
would have left on his arrival for
she was not minded to permit an In.
eligible person like Vance any greater
opportunity than she could help.
put Taylor Phelps was also a guest
at the Wave house, and 1t was Mrs.
Tabor's Intention to land him for a
son-in-law before the season closed.
Elsie and Phelps were good
friends, and Mrs. Tabor made the
pest OF bad situation by hoping that
Vance's attentions might spur
Phelps on to greater enterprise. So
far the young millionaire had seemed
content to idle along with Elsie as
the companion of his sailing and mo-
toring trips.
With the arrival of Vance and of
Alva Wynn, however, the duo be-
came quartette and a quartette that
Burilla particularly despised. They
frankly showed that they had no de-
Sire for further additions to the lit.
tie company and Miss Bischoff raved
inwardly while her outward demon
STATIONS of friendship were as pro-
fuse as they were insincere.
Alva Wynn was designer, a wage
Garner, just as Vance Edmonston was
the manager of one of the bra inches
of the Sixteenth National BAN; aud
Taylor Phelps was multi-millit uair4.
The rest of the permanent board
srs at the Wave house looked on ia
ylee at the maneuvers of Mrs Tabor.
With the possible exception of sore
lalf a dozen mammas with eligible
daughters who wanted Phelps for their
'wr son-in-law.
To their number was added BIZ
lila. who had enjoyed a monopoly
Il Phelps company before the arrival
f the Tabors.
That this was largely due to the
act that Phelps was too lazy to seek ,
o evade her schemes Burilla could
ot realize, and she was convinced
hat Elsie Tabor had cut her out. ,
When Vance added to the score by
Is apt description, she gave herself ,
q rest in her search for vengeance. .
But three weeks passed before the .
pportunity came. 1t would not be =
olite to say that Burilla deliberately
pied upon the quartette. but 1t was !,
britain that she almost Invariably ,
'und herself in their vicinity with. a
1T making her presence unduly prom \
Ient. She was soft of movement q
i'd she wore dresses of the soft, "
inging kind that did not rustic. :,
Burtlla was always called upon %
r parlor entertainment at the week. ~
hops and other functions, and now a,
e planned to put to use her mimic u
fits. 4F9 =,
Some Of the leaders Of the fash p
nable set were getting up an enter W
for the benefit of a pet chart n,
. and Burilla was to be made the star. a,
'In an Entirely New Offering" was tr
Q announcement upon the hand. tb
inted posters that advertised the q,
ent upon the piazza and very mys- b,
rious was Burilla when questioned
garding her new offering.
It does not require much to excite "
group Of bored summer sojourners.
d when at last Burilla tripped out -
on the improyised stage . hush fell
er the crowd following the buzz OF
lispering that preceded her en-.
nee. IN
I will one. an original monologue "a
titled On 1.-The Porch" announced %
rilla, and forthwith she plunged ns
o little monologue in which, de- IN
tie the substitution Of other names. ar
} entire summer colony recognized ca
quartette. "a
3urilla was really i clever mimic, 70
SO closely did she copy the voices 20
the four that names were unneces-
y. For the first time the rest Of ma
colonists realized that Phelps az
ed Alva Wynn and that Vance Ed al
nston was determined to marry er
lie. ad
III eyes were turned upon Mrs. VIC
Dor, but that woman wrested tri. SUI
phi from defeat. tel
Miss Bischoff spoiled the little sur er
Sc in store for you." she said, VT
the guests crowded into the supper eh'
m. Il think 1t most suitable SCI
tch. and l am almost as much
ased over Mr.. Phelps engagement. cal
has been almost like a son to me orc
&c his mother died." KIN
he swept on, leaving the quartette oe'
cked by cross current of won ole
and Joy. For moment they stared
, each others faces, then with one gay
ord they turned to seek Burilla, to sill