The Newark journal., 1910-05-06
THE CITY co U 5 1 N

fully. Still, l am tired of reading continually about the annoying guest from the country. Some day l shall tell my experience with city guest
 Her caller laughed. Aunt Mary, she said, you will never have more appreciative listener than I would be at the present moment"
 Well think I shall tell you about it, my dear. Cousin Annie, who was brought up on the next farm to me, was my dearest girl friend She mar ried a Chicago man and for a few years We visited back and forth quite regularly. Then troubles came in both families and we couldn't get away at all
 "Annie's husband made a great deal of money. l think it did not change Annie bit, for occasionally I would get warm, confidential letters from her. But, you see, different cireum. stances must make a difference with the children. Her girls were educated at fashionable schools and abroad, while the country high school suffieed for mine.
 When my last and youngest mar ried and went to the Pacific coast to live, l was so lonesome that I sat down and wrote Annie long. blue let ter It wasn't week before she an swered, offering me her youngest for a visit. She said that none of her children had ever seen the old neigh in 1ah ck and that Eunice was the only one to send. and that if I wanted her she would come and try to take my girls place for a few weeks.
 If I wanted her! I had never wanted girl so much in my life!
 "Eunice was a dear girl, she really was But a wealthy city and pros porous farming community are far apart
 T had sent the hired man down with the democrat wagon to get her trunk. but he had to make three trips before he got all her luggage. was charmed when she stepped off the train-she was so fresh and dainty that 1 fell in love with her on the spot"
 T had invited all the young people of the neighborhood in for supper that evening SO that Eunice could get acquainted at once. l told her about five o'clock that she would better get ready for them. as boys and girls would arrive at six.
 All the guests were in the sitting room when she opened the door, and, my dear, she was picture, I dis. covered afterward that she had on her simplest house gown. although it seemed very elaborate to Us. Her arms and neck were bare-I think none of LIS had ever seen a woman dressed so before outside of pictures in novels. She carried her train like a queen.
 There must be something in what she calls .poise, for doubtless she was as dumfounded at their appearance as they were at hers Some of the girls wore dimity gowns, but most of them had on white waists embroid- cred after some newspaper pattern and their best skirts They were breathless with astonishment, but she never wayered for a moment
 "It wasn't such an impossible eve ming as l had thought it might be. for she made herself very agreeable l think the girls all enyied her and the boys were half in love with her l loved her myself when she kissed me good night and said:
 Cousin Mary, I promise never to wear these clothes in your house again You know that I didn't know better, don't you?
 The next day the minister and his wife called We haven't imhibed many religious fads here. although I'm not so set as some. But the old ortho. dox faith seemed new to Funice She told the minister she didn't know that any one now believed the things he did and that she was inclined to Buddhism. herself She did so love mysticismi I know the poor man is praying for her nightly,
 "Then she went out violet gather ing with John Miller and I could see that he was getting too deeply inter- ested in her.
 "He invited us to the Cemetery as sociation supper the next night Flu nice was eonyulsed. It hadn't seemed queer to us to meet once month for a picnic supper and dance to talk over affairs of our cemetery. but it did to the city girl. The square dances tlckled her nearly to death she had never seen any before. All the women were busy getting the pat tern of her simple morning dress fixed in their minds. while the boys were afraid to ask her to dance, except John, who didn't seem to see any one else in the room. l am fond of him, so didn't like it.
 When she was ready for bed went in and had a talk with her, just as I used to do with my own girls She seemed really annoyed when told her my suspicious about John She threw her arms about me and laughed and cried bit.
 "tDear Cousin Mary he said what