Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1911-09-29
n wos had enough without you. !"

forget My dear, he Is most attrac
tive-and 1t is so romantic about his
father and all The old man is q
lumber king and refuses to have any
thing to do with him az long as he
{, paints And there the poor dear goes
along and prefers paltry little $4,000
contracts to decorate gnild halls tc
the old fellows millions. Where dc
you suppose he can be? had Harold
telephone all the hotels. and he Is
not at one of them. must have him
ut my dinner-dance on the 10Th. dead
or alive. Though do dread his meet
ing you-the impression ] made was
too slight to run such a risk
doubt IL he remembers"
II am sure you needn't mind about
me at all. feel he won't be inter
ested-"
Dearest, don't trust you! Well
must say good-by. You are not Sc
Interested in finding the dear creature
as I thought you would be, How Is
your mother?-Oh, am so sorry!
Give her my love. And has Grasse
sent your pink gown home yet?-De
ughtful! Well, good-by again.
The moment Miss Cynthia had hung
up the receiver she realized that she
had deliberately withheld valuable in.
formation from her best friend-in
perfect cold blood And why? She
picked up the pinh-rose hat and fled
l. ,I,rF
When she was Just in front of Mrs
Kinney's she saw the delicious" one
leave the barn and descend over the
blum to the river, kit in hand. With
out acknowledging 1t to herself. she
would have liked to lock him in the
barn-out Of harms way. Well, harm
was . rather emphatic name for Eve
1yn-but she was very lovely thing
especially at dinner-dance times.
Miss Cynthia finally reached the door
Of the grocery and paused moment
on the steps. Nobody being in sight,
she called softly.
Miss Selma Lue poked her head
out Of her little leanto-bedroom and
greeted her in voice Of bustling ex-
element. "I'l be there In minute
Miss Cynthia, honey. Mr. Dobbs have
got holiday and he wants us to go
up to the Lock with him to three
o'clock meeting on the gospel-boat
what's tied up there this week. Set
down in the cool till GOMEZ"
Miss Cynthia smiled as she seated
herself upon the steps, for she knew
how seldom Miss Selma Lue went out
Of calling distance Of the grocery
door. She rarely went to town and
then only on the most urgent bust
ness She had a decided aversion to
the cars even with Mr.. Flarity and
Mr.. Jim Peters motoring and con-
Quoting.
Not that they amt good drivers -
she always FASTENED to say, "but
prefer to travel with thinking crit
ter a.pulling Of me, instead of being
druv by little box of lightning that
amt got no conscience about running
away with me. Besides. there are
more ways in the city to git killed two
or three times minute than body
could dream up In week. should
think all the town folks would be
mighty good. and live lives prepared
to 60. I never draw free breath
hardly. with being snatched to the
top Of houses with seventeen stories
and coming down all the time trying
70 swoller my heart"
Il hate those fast elevators in the
skyscrapers myself" Miss Cynthia
had answered her sympathetically.
They are all lest part and par
eel Of the running around OF things
They amt no peace in it all, and am
one that holds that peace are the all
that religion breathes, and when II
gifts shet of from it it sholy dies.
amt tempting providence by going
down, lessen business calls me-" And
she had held to her determination.
II Miss Cynthia was delighted at the
prospect of the excursion she was
still more SO at the sight OF Miss
Selma Lue as she made her way
through the boxes and barrels and
cans to the full light of the front
door. The picture was one Of ex
ceeding majesty. and the heart Of
Miss Cynthia was thrilled in awe. The
foundation of the toilet was a black
silk as stiff and rustling as any that
hung in the wardrobe of Mrs. Jack
son Page on the hill, and genius
had fashioned it some bygone day
up in Warren county. 1t was cut
without stint of material, and hung
about the tall, dignified figure of Miss
Selma Lue In bounteous folds; also
1t was adorned with multitude OF
small bands known as pipings. It lay
gracefully on the floor at least foot
all around and was lifted In front by
ono Of Miss Selma Lue's black-lace'
mittened hands A wide white-lace
collar .encircled her neck and was
caught by a faded hairbrooch. But
the bonnet was the browning majesty
of all: It was wide and scooped. and
adorned by decorous black bow on
the outside, but in the front of the
funnel there rested, just above the
gray sprinkled water-waves, rakish
red rose that repeated the note of ex-
element in her cheeks. She was
wonderful to behold was Miss Selma
Lue and "too darling for words" as
Miss Cynthia told her with an impul.
sive squeeze.
where did you get It all. Miss
Selma Lue?" she questioned excitedly.
Lands alive. child, this is the
dress my mother had before the war.
amt wored It often. count of not
having time, but thought ought
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