The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1912-10-02
In Pink
and Blue

can't 20 to prayer mesting!" Louise
exploded. tossing the pink gown
suttsfully onto the bed.
Mrs. 0leves laughed softly. why.
NJ al In the days work. child" she
aid. Il did think I'd like to hear
Dady Cane pray one more time.
He's such . saint. and 30 old. each
prayer may be the last-but Milly
didn't mow-and her heart il 20 set
On wearing pink tomorrow night"
When she has twenty other frocks
70 wear" Louise interrupted rebel
bouslJ. IN fact she has everything
IN tie world . girl can want have
-nothinG."
'Duref' Mr.. Gloves asked. with .
hssn glance It her helper.
Louise was 70 pretty It was joy
b oootsmplats her. even without The
contrast Of poor. dumpy. Kindly
Aify Durham. Milly. indeed. had
svsrythtns but beauty and charm
The beauty and charm that were
Louiss's birthright She liked the
httis sewing girl. and tried hard 10
b kind to her. but Louise made Il
@mcuft-shs was 70 proud. 70 70
sentful OF patronage. and. since truth
must be spoken. SO envious.
7 wonder what It II like-to b
me from top to tos-and feel It
Doesn't matter II you ruin every
thing" she said q last looking up
nom The machine.
She sat sewing rufnes upon . silk
foundation-a sort Of fatty under
robe for the flmy pink gown. Milly.
The gowns owner. had suddenly de-
c16sd II needed . finer slip. The
Fufnss were scant-hardly more than
. yelling for the shimmery silk.
Louise admitted 10 herself spitefully
thsg would add something to the
b made It once-Milly was coming
In the morning to Try It on and have
ths frocks adjusted to the lines Of It.
And she'll look like . frump-for
IN you 1t % beautifully Louise said
spitsfully - she laid down the slip.
An The rest was hand-work-MYs.
CSsvss would trust that to nobody but
hsrssaf Otherwise. Louise. in q mo-
msnt a Szaltation. would have volun-
givs time from prayer meeting. She
was . generous creature. II she did
have . temper. Though she had reg
ular hours. she never complained Of
working beyond them. Indeed. Mrs.
Gloves had sometimes to make her
put up her thimble and go out for .
bit Of air.
1T 10 q pity. Milly would be right
nice looking II she didn't always
dress SO fine" Mrs. Gleves admitted.
But the poor thing doesn't know
that. Besides. her mother lives for
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 ] can see plain he Is nightly dis
appointed not to have his only child
beauty"
He ought to adopt me-" Louise
said recklessly.
Mrs. Gleves pursed her lips. but
murmured indulgently: Vain thing!"
and went on sewing.
She was sympathetic enough-had
not she herself been poor and pretty,
and thereby denied her rightful
chance? But she was not going to
encourage wild notions In Louise
an orphan with no nearer counsellor,
than the good dressmaker
Think Of a masked party! How I'd
,ove to see IT." Louise muttered after
4 bit. looking out at the fading light.
1t was Just sunset Mrs. Gleves also
looked out. DO you mind running
over to the Canby's for some new-laid
eggs?" she asked 81 can telephone
il you debut there may be nobody
to fetch them"
iii fetch them-gladly." Louise
said. darling away.
She did not stop to change her blue
chambray working frock. nor to
snatch a hat. In the briefest space
she was at the Candy house; a little
later she ran down through the side
gate with a bag of eggs clutched in
both hands. Dusk was falling; more.
over she was dreaming when she
should have been looking. Between
all. she ran plump into a passerby.
a tall young fellow. immaculate in
white fannels. with a gayly banded
straw hat held at his side. He was
striding forward at a great rate. and
what. with his own impetus ana
Louise's quick motion. the eggs had
no chance. They squashed-the bag