Arizona republican., 1910-03-20

quite different, now
 'I don't see why! Anyway hate weddings only care for dances. Momsey, aren't you going to let me go to this dance? What difference does it make ii mGf out Al d;, my lInenos sud are ro Fanshawe. Daddy said could go before he went away. and I've been counting it all the time. and now you won't let mel
 Tina sat ottoman m the centre of the big mahogany furnished, old-fashioned room, with her light hair falling and her large, clear, blue eyes fixed ragically on the face ot the parent who sat busily sewing Tina's slim shoulders were
 nched forward and her feet crossed in the attitude which always brought forth her mothers rebuke:
 Don't sit that way, dear; it's very unladyike How cften have told you. Tina, that ii you get in the habit of sitting like that when we're alone you'll do 1t when you don't realize it.
 ~I wouldn't rare! Momsey, why won't you let me go 10 the dance?'
 Now Tina, what is the use of teasing mother any more about that?" said the second daughter coming into the Elinor small and dark, with finely marked eyebrows regular features. and an expression of great intelligence, wrecked at times she carried in her hand birds bathub, filled with water, destined for the cage over by the window. where brown ard dsheyelled canary hung mop :ngly from perch. She went
 You know perfectly we'll that mother thinks you've been staying up great deal too late in the evening. You cannot study and go out at the same time And she told you she didn't approve of your being much with Francis Fanshawe- of us do He may be nice enough boy. but he isn't kind. We all of think you'd better let the acquaintance drop"
 "Oh. if you don't want me to do anything" Tna's eyes began to sparkle oninously "It doesn't make the slightest difference to me when matter what you and Annette say. You've always been down on Francis! but And l don't
 'Tina" Eiinor carefully inserted the bathtub in tine cage before nging herself voluby upon the sub jeet Tina, you cant mean that-you , want to be into society great deal more later. and if you're seen everywhere now people will be taking you for much older than you are.
 I-f increasing rapidy q don't what good it does to be educated, anyway People like you just as we'll when you're silly. l think it's dreadfuily stupid to go to college the way you did and get critical and any fun in things. and arralyze everybody the way you do Robert Harper, that you never know whether you like hir,' or not. l wish you'd takenough interest in him to get him to shave oil that horrid little black rousache-it makes him look so sleek I don't care fc. what they teach in books It doesn't do any good to learn about the ancient Egyptians and the battles o the Civil War, and write rnoch Arden upside down; hate Enoch Arden, ie makes me eross-I care for automobiles. and katng and having good tune with my frienos sna more later. l want to enJoy myself now! Maype there won't be- any later maybe I'll be dead And she ran from the rcoE,. -,
 q thought heard Tina in here" said a tallcr sister, entering by another door. Annette was per haps not so pretty the other two, but she had large blonde gcntlenc5s, very respectfully attrac- tive e. She had beeh engaged Tor four, years to charming fellow, whose only lack was that ot money consequent on dependent mother and sisters;
 
 to give this new waist 4o Tina to mend. Just see where she's torn iti I found it under her desk"
 Now Annette Io s5 Pes1 Pn''g n be; 1s5 hands 5o0 in despair. Annette apoloGetcay. % -
 Yes of course. that's the way you spoil her. l m sure you and I were brought up differently. Here. give me needle and thread, she'll never mend that going to the dance That settles it. you can't go back on it now; but think she ought to understand that tiis is absolutely the last time
 mother weakly She tried to rally herself inteI- gently "Of course don't mind her accepting iny- tations occasionally; she's nearly eighteen; but the girls who are not out have more gong on than the girls that are And that young Fanshawe.he seems a stupid sort of a boy: to me; but he does sncn reckless things do n0t like to have lima with with h v young" Annettes tone was gently protesting Hes so much richer than the othets that he can do more tfings-that's all; she'll soon get tired of him; All girl is as pretty as she is-" The three looked st each other sthe pause that followed. but each saw only the image of the beloved youngest
 Mrs. Madison wrote to her husband, as he did to her, every night during his long absences from home. She reposedsso thoroughly in theory on h's judgment that neither of them realized that in prae tice, She decided everything Her resolution to restrict the girls gseties was suddenly hardened by the events of the dance, though it was twenty four hours before she got chance to ..xpress 1t. Tina having slept until the late afternoon in deance of her pledge to study, and visitors taking up the rest of the day. One visitor indeed was partly respon- sible for the mothers steadily increasing purpose kind, elderly little Miss Ward in her neat black jacket. trimmed with a mysterious gnger-colored fur being one of those auiable conversationalKts who scatter the seeds of discomfort wherever they tread, Mrs Malison although she knew from afore- time what she had to expect. couldn't help the usual thrill os evaporation at the opening sentence day as you were passing, T hardly knew Mrs. Mali son. she's getting stout; it's easy see that she very badly think, when he was here last. want to apologize for not coming. before to congratulate Miss Elinor on her engagement to MT. Harper".c
 My dear Miss Ward, you have been misinformed' Mrs Malison felt that she was holding herself we'll in hand-"Elinor would be very much obliged to you I'm sure-but there is no engagement"
 .'Wen now isn't that singular' Miss Wards small features indicated deep and wondering inter est q certainly understood from Mrs Painter that Ethel said it was announced; know she men yesterday looking at the things Mrs. Painter