Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-01-24
I'm Pink
and Blue

(Copyrighs. 1911. by Associated Literary Press)
"It's a wicked shame-now you i
can't go to prayer meeting" Louise
exploded, tossing the pink gown
spitefully onto the bed.
Mrs. Gleves laughed softly. "Why,
it's all in the days work, child" she
said. 81 did think I'd like to hear
Dady Cane pray one more time.
He's such a saint, and SO old, each
prayer may be the last-but Milly
didn't know-and her heart is SO set
on wearing pink tomorrow night"
when she has twenty other frocks
to wear" Louise interrupted rebel
liously. "In fact she has everything
in the world a girl can want. I have
nothing"
"Sure?" Mrs. Gleves asked, with a
keen glance at her helper.
Louise was SO pretty it was JOY
to contemplate her, even without the
contrast of poor, dumpy, kindly
Milly Durham. Milly, indeed, had
everything but beauty and charm
the beauty and charm that were
Louise's birthright. She liked the
little sewing girl, and tried hard to
be kind to her, but Louise made it
difficult-she was so proud, so re-
| sentful of patronage, and, since truth
must be spoken, so envious.
81 wonder what it is like-to be
fine from top to toe-and feel it
doesn't matter if you ruin every
thing" she said al last, looking up
from the machine.
She sat sewing ruffes upon a silk
foundations sort of fairy under
robe for the flmy pink gown. MilIy,
tie gowns owner, had suddenly de-
cided it needed a finer slip. ~The
ruffes were scant-hardly more than
a yelling for the shimmery silk.
Louise admitted to herself spitefUlly
they would add something to the
lacy pink chiffon. The slip had to
be made at once-Milly was coming
in the morning to try it on and have
the frocks adjusted to the lines Of it.
"And she'll look like a frump-for
all you fit so beautifully" Louise said
sp~itefully as she laid down the slip.
All the rest was hand-work-Mrs.
Cleves would trust that to nobody but
herself. Otherwise, Louise, in a mo.
rnent Of ex~altation, would have volun-
teered to do the hand-work, and SO
give time from prayer meeting. She
was a generous creature, if she did
have a temper. Though she had reg
11on h@1,nr CI0 -AT-Nr a0ToT MI 0innd ni
working beyond them. Indeed, Mrs
Gleves had sometimes to make hel
put up her thimble and go out for q
bit Of air.
ct is a pity. Milly would be right
nice looking if she didn't always
dress SO fine" Mrs. Gleves admitted
"But the poor thing doesn't know
that. Besides, her mother lives fol
clothes. Every crow, you know
thinks its<own white. So I reckon
Milly looks pretty and stylish to Mrs
Durham. The judge is a fond father
but I can see plain he is mighty dis
appointed not to have his only chile
a beauty"
Gle ought to adopt me-" Louist
SAID r0Ckl0SSIy.
Mrs. Gleves pursed her lips, bu
+ murmured indulgently: Vain thing!
and went on sewing.
She was sympathetic enough-ha'
: not she herself been poor and pretty
and thereby denied her rightfu
, chance? But shA vas not going t
encourage wild notions in Louise
an orphan with no nearer counsellor
; than the good dressmaker. ,
> "Think of a masked party! How L
! love to see it," Louise muttered afte
a bit, looking out at the fading ligh'
It was just sunset. Mrs. GleVes ais
looked out. do you mind runnin
over to the Canby's for some new-lai
eggs?" she asked. Il can telephOn
if you debut there may be nobod
to fetch them"
ell fetch them-gladly," Louis
said, darling away.
She did not stop to change her blu
chambray working frock, nor I
snatch a hat. In the briefest spac
: she was at the Candy house; a littl
later she ran down through the sid
gate with a bag of eggs clutched
both hands. Dusk was falling; NOR
over she was dreaming when ST
should have been looking. Betwee
all, she ran plump into a passer-b
. q tall young fellow, immaculate
white fannels, with a gayly bande
straw hat held at his side. He WI
= striding forward at a great rate, al
what, with his own impetus ar
Louise's quick motion, the eggs he
> no chance. They squashed-the bs
q broke-white and yolk overiowe
him. To save Louise from falling |
had caught her close, and her BIZ
Gown was nearly as much a sight