Ripley County democrat. (Doniphan, Mo.) 1905-1920, 1910-06-03
The Charm of
Lillian

n assAlsps4 q 6emezsaiEIns fnn1aeee
for her echoolmste. Lillian. Who was
q yssr elder. than she.
~Lst me have the Preach Aeei8
mothers- isabel had pleaded one de-
whsn they were buying foctssar.
THESE square onaa are - ugly! They
haven't any styiei Yoa ought 10 see
the lovely heels Lillian has on hsr--
'Iiilians Who ID HIiianr hse
mother had demanded.
'Eheis the sweetest lcveiisst stfs
you can imaginsi- Isabel had breath
lessly explained. I'm erazy abose
hsri She has eyes iust liks those yoa
read Of In novels, with dslieasely psEr
ciled brcws----s
What novsisr' sgnin demanded
her mother, aghsst
LILLIAN lent them 10 me" Isabel
said Q little petulantls. ''They are
very nice books. Her eyss are fuse
like the eyes Of the heroines, niethert
And she walhs Just % though shsL
were trailing siiken skirts scross mar
Ble halls. you khow-
"i.m quite sslre I don't knowis broke
In Mrs. Gable IN displeasurs. "You're
not 70 read books without Arst asIEing
me end French heels aren't the thing
for schoolgirl. Isabel Do b sem
sfbleis
Isabel therefore wore square hsela
and mutinous injured expression-
One morning Isabel came down 10
breakfast flushed and tribe hssitant.
with her blonde locks wonderfully and
fsaffuziy crimped and puifsd cut
around her childish face. In that hrse
amased gianos her mothsr dseided
that tape hns laid across the top cf
he structure would measure q lsase
q ynrd from side 10 side.
'Tt's ffis LilIisn'si" Isabel burst cszk
rIfsr hair looks perfectly boauttxnt
and d 20 stylishi she says yon can
sol shs says your head skocld awaS
lfke-itha . lily On its Etalk and
-fsabei." said hsr mother. 'i'm scrsys
but yuu1l have 70 80 apstaiss and pus
It up fa Jour usual bfsids and ribs
bousis tr
"oh. n,other," Isabel walled. ''You
are 20 CEosii II you could ses In
lian.sI"
Isabsi.s passionate admiration tosN
Lillian threatened to become sericu1
affair. she squsndered III her pochst
money on candy and flowers 10 taks.
10 t1Iiiau. She sung Lillisn's praisss
morning, noou and night She wsa
bscken-hearted Fridays because sizs
souN not zee her divinity TN ths
nert Monday, her mother refusing -,
let her 10 10 Lillian's house. Ana shs,
vas continually breaking cut IN the
mssl unexpected direCtions and -
plainihg tAaa Liiiian ala 90 y hsr
dSvfsity had . blue dFsss Isabsi ~
tufiy ocntrtvsd that her owa nsxe
dress should be blse- 0Aes her mosAs.
found her ripping tns hsm IN ssf
school dress.
'Pqsass let me wear n iongcr." ne
he'd begged. IF you could roe II
llansl she looks 80 grsosfuli-
Fuf the hundredth tina Mra oehse
hsspisssiy wished the fascinsting Lxt
lsnn were thousands Of miles swsy.
sAs wss losing al control q her
daughtsF.
-TaII.an says I an % sympsthssfs.
rsahsi snnouneed ons day. why. sAe
eonsdss IN me, mothsri Ehs says -
are twin souis. she = perfectiy
haupy when she u wifh me and % an
I with. hsrt she hns the most bsauki-
iui thqushts. why. sAss psrfssay
vondsfhif'' a..s.....,.,. .,.......
xfssr ISIiias had psrmestsd ths
yery atmosphere Dor nonthss invadin9
eyery conxersation and upsettfrg Al
a<rs aabIs's rules ana regulaficnn
- 6.rcsplins. that mnch-tricd womau
u course noticed II when vhols day
p.s-ea with no menszsn of Alliaziz
name For Isabel 10 refrain from
singing her adorsd ons's praises 80
aimost too good to b trse
A wnrss week, however. v~nt ~
and nr.. Cabis s44 lszSl act1-ss
rsturainx 70 her ususl stAts q shiI6'
hcod naturainsss. Il Wa - thouBz
sbe bad smsrscd from srrns raehgr
spsit cur6rity finally overcsms -
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