Los Angeles herald., 1910-11-06

save the marvellous NEWS Which Hdu Dup-
bled all day beneath her butterfly bow: 'What
YOU thinkl Little BoPeep is cousins init me-"
'sThat must be very nice,' Miss Bailey re-
sponded. No genealogical announcement could Al
surprise her since Abraham Abrahamowsky had *
claimed kinshp with Abraham Lincoln. That 81
must be very nice, dear. - III
cts awful nice, - said Eva. 9 She lives now
in Russia, only it ain t healthy for her there no
more und she comes soon ON my house. "
''Will she bring her Sleeps mit2'' inquired
Morris Mogilewsky, whose passion for nature
study persisted through all sorts of discourage
ments 81 likes shall sheep, all in one,
nit its hair on | ain t seen that =
81 guess she brings it all right, all right. She
is lovin' much nit amblins. In Russia her papa
is got NOR n fifty hundred und three lambs, und
fifty million und six Sleeps. Und mine little A
cousins she plays all times nit lambs. She is like dt
me- She is all the childrens what her mama s Il1l
got She brings her papa und her mama, too :" INV
s'Is her papa got efints7'' asked Morris VWl
s'Is his name Barnum?' asked Patrick Bren- M'l
But Eva was conversing with Miss Bailey, and
refused to be distracted ''Mine uncle is awful
rich, und mine cousin is awful stylish. You could
to look her picture what comes out of Russia.
She is mine rich und stylish cousin. -
Rich and stylish the younger certainly looked.
Hard rufhes of stiff lace incrusted all her velvet
outlines; rings and bracelets adorned her pudgy
hands, her coiffure incredible, and her air 1T
at her feet and she held beribboned shepherds
crook in her jeweed grasp
''Bo- Peep indeedl' exclaimed Miss Bailey.
"Und she ain t lost them Sleeps t all She let
'em alone und they comes by the house, p" quoted
Norris who loved facts above rhythm.
erich und stylish, - repeated Eva unctuousy.
''Sheeps is all the style in Russia this year.
"I'm got ktten,' volunteered Sarah Schodsky.
'They is Stylish too; but no one seemed impressed.
The advent of that cousin affected all the relations
of Eva life She possession to be lived up to,
and Eva IS spirit exalted itself daily to reach the
standard fixed by the photograph She carried it with
her always, and in imagination she marched her
friends and companions past the gaudy little figure
and watched them shrivel into insignifcance Even
her Sabbath inery lost its power to uphold her
through unadorned week days, and the CLEAN of Pat
rick s official costume grew dim.
81 don t know, she pondered as loyalty did battle
with reason; ''I don t know what is the style in
Russia. Mine cousin could to think that Patrick is
rowdy und Yetta is poor, und mine best dress is old.
One of these fears shared by Mrs. Gonorowsky,
who straghtway devoted of her scanty funds and
leisure to the construction of a toilet which should
spare Eva the agony of shamed feelings when the
stylish cousin should arrive Teacher was of course,
informed shown the sample of the much washed adult
skirt which to be the costume s chief ngre
dent allowed to contribute lace for its neck
and sleeves wide ribbon for its sash and to be present
at dress rehearsal
"0oh dIIei "Coh uidSSou iIo0iI aoiooo pho
Miss Bailey's DESK and brought stylish cousin
out of Russia to share the seat and the heart which
Eva had emptied for her. She cast away all such
treasures and friendships unsuted to set
apart associate with rank and fashion The broken
tin soldiers the labyrinth of string the fragmentary
china DOLL and its cradle which had been
baby's shoe, she bestowed upon that element of her
acquaintance with which she felt constrained to part,
with some such little speech as
Yetta you could to take mine dolly, the while
ain t got time for play NIT her. I ain t got
time shall play nit nobody on'y
mine little cousin nit lambs what out of Russia
lo1,;1,n. INIT Xotta n1dI Io1rirce