The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1909-12-15

time. Sand now if may leave my car in the carriage
road, will go and paint the cows"
With Of his hand, he went away and Vir-
gina flew upstairs and told her mother all about it.
Looking out of the little peaked window they saw
him set up his easel, and then they went back and
opened the trunk with the key with the pink ribbon
Your grandmother very rich," said Mrs Ran
dali with sigh; and your grandfather met her first
at a dance, and this was the dress she wore"
It was funny and wde-skrted, of pink satin, with
tight pointed bodice trimmed with yelowed lace There
were high-heeed pink slippers and long pink feather
with gold rosette that was furnished and dull
Try 1t on, dear heart" her mother SAID "and I'll
TX your hair like your grandmother's"
For the next half hour she pulled and pinned and
twisted and at last when the little girl looked at her
self IN the glass that hung beside the peaked window
she reflected vision of beauty, with coronet of
bright braided hair The pink plume waved back from
her forehead, and the rosette, pinned amid the puffs
gave finish to the whole effect
And then, just as her mother was hooking up the
door. -.a'. n "a
IT'S that young man again" said Mrs Randall
and you will have to go, Virginia, / can't see any
one in this dressing sack"
SO Virginia with her head held very carefully trip
ped downstairs IN the pink satin slippers and opened
by Jove" calculated the painter, as he stared at the
rosy vision.
4 was dressing up" Virginia explained with little
blush as she picked at her skirt Its my grand
mothers dress"
Talk about luck" he went on, not seeming to notice
he,e explanation WoAfd you mind standing about
Virginia, all aautter her silks and laces did as
he told her
"There," he said dear over that railing b;+ All
you need is rose il your hand With that dark stair
way as background and the clock on the landing it
is perfect"
You see" he went on, as. Virginia looked at him,
questionlngly i have to have an illustration for
book and here it is right to my hand am in need of
an old-tashioned lady in an od-fashioned house
Would you mind at all if sketched you nowp@
III go up and ask mother" Virginia said and re-
gained the attic in whir of excitement you must
come right down and see him. mother" she said He's
So Mrs Randall slipped on pretty lavender lawn.
and went down with the little girl and talked with the
artist while he sketched the pink figure on the stairs
Virginia talked too and told him about the Fourth
o. july picnic. II was awfully disappointed at the
time she said; "but think this is nicer
Where is the picnic ?" he asked
4P the ts grove owe By the bay It's lovely place
i will stop at the hotel for my mother and we will ali
have supper the beach"
!, oh lets" said Virginia but Mrs Randall hesated
II don't know whether ought"
yes" ",.
It was late in the afternoon when at last they got
off, but there were many things to do. First Vr-
GINA had to put her best white dress and then
there the artists mother to be called for and
big hamper, which one of the walters of the hotel
brought out, to be strapped at the side of the car
Virginia sat on the front seat with her new friend
and told him about the doves and squirrels who made
their home in the tulip tree and Of the world as she
It's Virginia Randall" gasped all the excited chill
dren, as the great red car whizzed into the grove
The Morrison girls came running UP. Why Vir-
ginia Randall they questioned "how in the world did
you happen to come this wayp
And Virginia, who was so happy that she couldn't
bear any ill-will toward Them, told all about it. with
her eyes shining, and her braids bobbing
Hes going to give me little picture of myself in
the pink dress she sad and they looked at her with
increased respect she added He says that he thinks
straight hair is just beautiful"
And he's going to stay at the ahotel all summer
and we are going to have lots more rides" was an
other bit of information that they talked over among
themselves, their fortunate little cousin made her
way back to the big motor-car and it hug-chugged
its noisy course down toward the beach
When the hamper from the hotel was opened there
were found knives and forks and plates and cups fitted
IN IN most miraculous way with receptacle for ice
SO that the lemonade cold and there were
roast chicken and sandwiches and salad and cake and
they ate all OF the good things at the edge of the
grove, where the blue waters of the bay broke in 4
silver line along the shore and the sandppers fitted
back and forth on their thin little legs and the fiddler
CRABS scuttied like shadows over the hard sand
It's beautiful world" said the artist with his
eyes on the guls that dipped and swayed above the
restless blue 3srs
It's beautiful world Virginia echoed that night
as she looked out Of the peaked window and saw the
little moon through the branches of the tup-tree cts
beautiful world, isn't it, mother2" and her mother
IT'S because there are such beautiful people IN it.
dear heart -
4 And then they went to bed to sleep and dream Of
their happy day.