The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-08-16

! assure you that every cloud has 1
silver lining. There will come time,
Sandy, when"
"Tormentilla, not Sandy!n said the
girl sharply. "And you can't comfort
me with proverbs. You know by ex-
perience that you never can.
when lonest worth will triumph.
Beauty is but"
"Don'tl" Tormentilla brought her
rocking-chair violently forward.
Don't tell me that beauty is only
skin-deep, and that handsome is as
handsome does, and that / must cul-
tiyate a beautiful soul, because ]
simply won't stand it to-day, SO
there!"
never for a moment thought OF
suggesting the impossiblei" cried
Miss Green, much hurt. II was mere.
ly going to say that beauty is in the
eye of the beholder, and that I'd sew
eral times heard people say that you
looked almost handsome when you
were flushed and excited by violent
exercise.
THANK you, Grsenie,v Tormentilla
murmured sadly: you are comfort
Ing I've never known any one quite
as comforting as you If that's the
case, I'd better spend my days on a
trapeze, perhaps, or play hockey all
the year round. Who knows but
might even get a reputation for beau
ty, if my health and strength held
out, and my bones kept intact?"
Beauty is"
If you say it is curse, shall go
upstairs and how'll" the girl cried
GREENE dear, you would never have
thought year ago that was the
kind of a girl to waste all these
months crying for the moon, would
you? But don't, please, tell me that
beauty is curse, because 1 know
no one better-that it's nothing Of
the kind +"
IF you will give me time" said
Miss Green, with dignity. Il will
finish by saying that beauty is rare
and priceless gift, and that if you &C
on fretting in this absurd way you
will lose all pretense Of it. Besides.
mere goodness, which can always be
cultivate by the stupidest of us, is
not by any means to be despised.
I'D rather have flower face than
heart of gold, any day in the week.
said Tormentilla gloomily
"You haven't the remotest chance
of developing either, but you can
cultivate happiness if you go the
right way to work. You think about
yourself all day long. Here you are,
at eighteen, allowing your first, your
very first, trouble to-"
That's why it's so dreadfully hard
to bear. If it was the twenty-first,
might have learnt how"
Nonsense! You will never get
over it till you give up thinking
about it. You must try to make 9th
ers happy If you want to be happy
yourself. know it's not a pleasing
idea, but"
IF only you wouldn't talk like
copy-book, GREENE dear" The girl
rose from her chair, slipped to the
ground at Miss Green's feet, and laid
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Miss Green carefully disentangled
her silks from the brown plaits.
"My DEAR" she said slowly, eve
shall be here long time if you keep
to your plan Of staying until Doreen's
wedding"
II can't go home before; l simply
can't" Tormentilla's eyes filled with
tears again.
mo, ! don't suppose you can, but
I was going to say that the only way
to get over grief is to go out Of your
way to make things better for other
people. i assure you that it's the
only way
"But If spend money, if do dull
charitable things, people will guess
that"
@I'm. not talking about district-vis-
iting and gray flannel petticoats and
local philanthropy" said Miss Green
hastily. "But an extraordinary num-
Der of opportunities crop up for help
ing people if one only looks out,
And then you wake up one fine morn
ing to wonder how yo.. could SO soon
have forgotten to be miserable. You
find that your broken heart isn't
broken at all, and"
Are you speaking from your own
experience, or just repeating some
reverend persons helpful words?r
From experience, said ISIS Green
gravely.
To be Continued.