Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-11-26
THEIR FIRST VACATION
Good Luck Follows First Visit to
Theater.
BY ANNA A. eREENLEAF.

but a moment before seemed the
abode of happy content, appeared
suddenly to grow dark and chill, and
its two aged inmates shivered per
ceptibly as the minister, after greet
ings we're over, declined the proffered
chair and assuming his most formal
preaching tone, delivered his mes
sage.
The church has decided" he said,
shat It must foreclose the mortgage
upon your home next week, and you
will doubtless be glad to heaS that
the Home for INDECENT Women at
Mill Village is willing to take you
as inmates, provided you can supply
the necessary fee. ! have recommend
ed that the church advance forty dol
lars towards the amount and would
have advised larger sum, did l not
deem your action in squandering your
meager savings upon the feeding and
burial OF a mere tramp quite repre-
hensible. Nevertheless" then a long
clearing of his throat as though go
ing on to his secondly, I'VE are in
clined to be generous with you and
trust you fully appreciate our in
terest in your behalf"
Too stunned to speak, the sisters
sat motionless as his footsteps went
down the gravel walk and out Of the
front gate.
Mindy waited for Jane, who always
took the lead, to speak
IL ciofnr'd fQna
Mindy felt all her secretly cherished
hopes totter and crumble, and she
! grew dizzy and seemed to shrink and
shrivel as her trusted support seemed
to give way.
Don't you mind, Mindy," she said
calmly, white with indignation at the
untimely reproof. ''for God takes care
| of people with white souls like ours.
She stopped to put on her glasses,
better to note the effect of her words
upon the sensitive face before her
Now this is my idea. We will take
the four dollars and thirteen cents we
have left and visit Boston. Yes, Mindy
and we must go tomorrow, and" here
she hesitated, then making bold
plunge,-"Mindy how would you like
to go to a theater?"
1 MIndy involuntarily raised hel
hands and shocked surprise. why
Jane. you are beside yourself. You
don't really meant"
Yes, do, Mindy, and we are going
If our money will spend that far"
The next morning the sisters rose
early and dressed themselves will
the greatest care. After eating thei
breakfast in silence, they made thei
may toward the railway station.
| After the longest fifty minutes tn
rumble of the train was music to thei
ears. Once inside, they pulled thei
skirts closely around them, and hole
ing them together in front with on
hand, stretched the other hand aroun
to smooth out any remaining wriI
kles, before they sat down.
But it was not until they foun
themselves in the big Boston station
in the midst of the busy, bustlin
crowd, that they felt that they wer
real part of the great, throbbinl
world about which their tramp bo
had told them so much
"Oh, I'm so glad we came today.
Mindy chirped delightedly, when al
these people are Quit" Then, wit
sudden concern, 81 amt heard tn
clock strike since we've been settin
here, have you. Jane?"
mo, of course not" Jane made al
swer; "one would think you had neve
travelled before. Hear the cloc
strike, indeed, with all this noise e
ing on, and we little deaf, too! Blu
| fear we have set here longer tina
we meant to, but we can save time b
eating our lunch on the elevated
Wasn't that the name of the trai
Tom said some people we're so scar
about?"
YES" replied the timid little won
an, her heart humping with frigh
that was the name. but don't 20
think we had better walk?"
I'VE can walk the rest of our live
and today we are going to ride" an
with the words, Jane took her sister
arm within her own and a momer
later they were borne away by tn
laughing, chattering procession u
numerous stairways and through man
windings into the train.
How will we know when to &c
out?" Mindy inquired anxiously.
A smartly dressed man with kindl!
twinkling eyes overheard the que
ton and upon learning their destini
ton. offered to act as their guide
Mindy thought she had never see
} such a fine gentleman. When the O.