Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1910-04-05

srrrnbied Penelope Penelope did not often
gEbe but Just st. NOW y as se to SS' BaPehe An
derson's party, she felt that grtnbng was the only
relief she had
Penelope was seventeen and, when one is seventeen
and cannot 60 to party because hasn't suitable
dress to the world is very apt to seem bowling
wilderness.
~ wish L could think of some way to get these SIS
tiers called "he poverty pueker coming IN the centre
of her pretty forehead your black sS[s were were
N Spgnnsed 2ns pressed anu 'F-Haa
Penelope saw the poverty puceer and immediately
grtmbled That pucker came often enough without
being brought there by extra worries .,, to ~.
unattanabls she said. jumping erisH up lid, I'd bet
ter be putting Enp my s p @s for p pz that
certainly can't get. It's a sad thing for body to
i e eoad o ~sn ABSORB Ss
music what blessing it wouidshek Come now, Dor,
be earning princeiy salary which we sQuander
on party gowns at will-if peopiehsven given up IN
viting by that time IN sheer despair OF ever De
ing able to conquer excausiveness
Penelope went off to her detestsd algebra with til.
laugh, but the pucker did not go out OF DOTS Tore
nea Penelope ha: studied hard all winter and she
faiy. She is getting discouraged over those exam
nations, and she needs {Ist good, Jolly TIME TO
Brt DORIS oG Did not see how could It took every
cent of her small salary as typewriter IN an uptown
lone in schooi-dresses and books Indeed she could
not have done that much Il they had not owned
Penelope got trough her examinations successfully
but just there absolutely noe.a spare penny
said Doris, with patient little smile thinking of Pen
eope's uncultixsted talent for music and her own
out in her business life,
Thoughts sboa 1t al the so must be
confessed, did Penelope, though she would not have
When Doris reached home the next evening she
found Penelope 5hoverng over bulky parcel on the
I'm so glad yotsve cozB" she. said. with exag-
gerated gasp Of relief. az. really don't think my curl
minutes The speessaan brossbI pares5 an hour
Hurry up end find out. Dorrfie, darling what il it
sho1 81 be s-prsseRR. OF sSEe sort Or ether Dr..
She knew that Penelope had, started out to say "a
new dress" She cut the strings ana removed The
Heye Il ts1 an ': I'd asit + IS Doris Hunter BE-
of dssppo the she o did @ Just what she
had expected the package to certain but certainly not
never gave Us anything she said, Wien she had
My Dear Doris: I have decided to give up house
keeping and go out West to live With Robert. So I
do not wish to take with me. am, sending you by
express your Grandmotfier Hunte5s silk guilt. It IS
as you should It took your grsa1dnothsr FIVE years
s2ep aEs member os IS n 3t 81 the 4 os
Z
and yourself.
Your afectionate aunt,
Adefla Hunter I"
'1 don't It's beauty" said Penelope with grim
TT may have been pretty once but it all faded
It is monument of patience though. The pat
is what they call Little Thousands isn't its Tell
me- Dorrie does argue lack of proper respect for
my ancestors that can't feel very enthusiastic
this heirloom-especialy when Grandmother Hunter
died years before was born"
at very kind of Aunt Adefia to send it."
said Doris dutifulfy
ooh, very" agreed Penelope drCI1y. "OnIy don't
me IL eyve me he
nightmare O-oIhP'
This last little squeal of admiration as Doris
turned the quilt and brought view the SHIN
mering lining.
why the wrong side is ever much prettier than
the right" exclaimed Penelope. What lovely, old
tin1ey stuff T. And not e. bit faded"
The lining was certainly very pretty It a soft
creamy, yellow silk, with design of brocaded pink
rose-buds all It.
she was GRIT said Doris absentiy. Il remember
hearing Aunt Adeia speak of It When it became old
fashioned grandmother used It to line her quilt I