The Holt County sentinel., 1911-03-17
TELLING
THINGS


you have had good things in?" cried
the girl with the blush.rose complex
ion, draping AN affair Of silvery tissue
tcnderly over q hanger and pinning 0
sheet round about.
The other girl disentangled sixhair
pins and jewelcd clasp from her net
before she spoke. Il surely do, dear
she replied They get to seem al
most human. don't the? The hoo
doocs are just as had as the other kind
are deiighiIul--the gowns that you sim
ply cannot have n decent evening in
though you bought them at the very
best place In town and have done
ever, thing to them you can think OF
to break the spell"
"th.huh." reed the blushrose Cir
eagerly, her lips hampered by pins
It's no use trying TO change the luck
oi them. though you do ever, thing
from wearing them the very first night
Jack IL back from the Philippines &c
nalping them about at the Countr,
club. Hateful things! They just dc
II ON purpose"
Il wonder. though" murmured u,
othcr gil. pcnsi,ely. sitting down oil
he edge ol the bed.
What. dear" asked the blush.rot,
girl oncouragingly.
on, nothing, | believe | won't IN,
4. only. do you ever think of the rph
'ons for your getting different parts ~
"A
know, that seemed to call for a new
ariy wrap. thouyh aiterward you real
Se that .ou might Just as well hayr
"orn the old one and saved your none,
'oi the house party expenses? AnU
Whenever you wear that wrap after
aard YOU remember how disappointing
II all WAS Tor minute"
oh. yes" chimed in The blush.ros,
sirl. But you really didn't have T.
get that party wrap Tor the great Mrs
Smith.Popson's box party. because u
wasn't that sort Of box party at all: |
@as only an informal little AFFAIR Tn,
real reason you blew In your dollar,
was that your hostess nephew cam,
back TO town the week before and
pNcryDOd' SAID
Stop this instant, you little witch
yasped the other girl. You are
perfect clairvoyant!"
Just u guess. my dear" placiCiy re.
.nrned the blush.rosc girl. pinching an
eyebrow into n tidier line. We ali
do II. But I never though, before how
II applies TO everything one possesses
Why. you could go straight through
your things and " on were perfect,
honest, crOss'yOurhearr. how many
pieces could You find that you got Just
TO be In READINGS for the season or
to look as well as the other girls:
] always wait. ! do believe, until .
have a special reason"
But II IL the last thing any girl
would be really honest about" muir.
INJURED the other girl. feeling In the
writing desk for her shoe.trees.
"of course. ! was 80 cross the 9th.
er night al the Whitbys when I caught
myself wishing ! hadn't broken m,
neck TO get my bracelet back from the
repair shop, upset the entire fam.
lily about getting II In time: left IA.
ther biting his lips. bob slamming the
door and mother shocked and unhappy
because sister Jane called me selfish
pig. The term hardly seemd to Apply
or was that Just my conceit? And
then suddenly II occurred to me that
the whole disturbance WAS because OF
that silly remark somebody made, aud
lou repeated to me. about my rounded
waist! And not think came Of Il!
One feels 70 humiliated!"
u know" murmured the other girl.
And the weird thing you do when you
are under . particularly foreign infiu.
ence. II 10 a wonder every body does.
Mt sec through you. Like getting Q
pale-blue lingerie hat TO wear once,
just once, because 4 certain person up.
proves OF fluffy girls. when you know
perfectly well II isn't your style. and
you will never dare to wear Il
again,
But II was almost worth IT," she
added. absently. smiling into her re.
Election.
by the way" suddenly asked the
blush.rose girl, with suspended hair.
brush, now that We are telling things,
for goodness sake who was the In.
spirations Of that wonderful sea.green
business you appeared In last Christ.
mas? II was success, of course. but
not the least like you. somehow. I've
always meant to ask you how you
came to do IT," - .... .
The other girl was very busy with
a refractory lockst clasp. She did
not answer at once and a deep scar.
let slowly rose TO her forehead and
then ebbed away, Finally she looked
her friend squarely In the eye and
said, with an easy candor that would
have convinced q Jury: mo mystery
about It at all. year; ! got It to please
grandmother. It's her favorite
color"
II should he almost inclined to h.
lieve that" murmursd the blush.ro
girl, ~ ! could"