Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1913-05-04
Supreme Effort by Which Miss
Sophia Became a Grape
Picker.
~ HAMILTON PopE oALr

Sophia standing In her garden. imine'
diately sew rows uIcn row. Of grape
vines. stretching on and on. loaded
VIII red Tok1yf green Malagas and
black princes Mis- Sophia felt sure
she could pack grapes
pcarders were cut Of the question
She and Eugonil were not oGallhed
for boardefs The last boarder had
swampcd ihtm completely, and they
wer glad Mrs Staples was gone
Mrs Staples. the millionaire, the In
valid the exciting tho dictatorial' Mrs
Staples who had 90 have tea toast ana
'ltb.is az an hours % ihc day and
night Mrs staple. whose vast pos
sessions were unfortunately tied up 80
hat IN, hal no ready money Mrs
Staples had gone away without paying
one cent for six weeks board ana
lodging and now Miss Sophia must
have work IN real earnest
Miss Sophia had q end work and
decided that she would pick grapes
She couGdod her determination TO
Miss Eugeuia over their breakfast
You have never packed any grapes
and they want only experienced pack
ers objected Miss Eugeuia
II pays s. a day
You are not strong enough
III pays s. a LAY
Il expect you would learn Co pack
pretty quick" muscd Miss Eugenia
They would only have TO show me
once
You have 10 pack them roin's
down. stems up. don't YOU That
sounds rather hard
There are lots Of people doing II
! viii put on nay lSi1 Rogers bonnet
and my colonial SILK dress aud go
out aud get place In ne Of the
sheds
= guess you'd tetter carry that mis-
sion style pCckcthook with you sug
gosted Eugenia. entering into the
spirit o. her sisters fun.
Yes. m turn the gold side outside
'
"Oh. no. that won't do They'll
think you're rich aud don't need
work
/ am surprised at 'our Ignorance OF
tle world II " look poor It Is all
the harder for YOU . get work
And with these words Miss sophia
walked briskly down the street swing.
Ing he' handsome bag. and enjoying
he crisp bracing afr
She lmped home at noon, dropping
and dispiri,cd They would not give
her work at any Of the sheds she had
visited
n spite Of the gold ilieree'" cried
Miss Eugenia
IAN the nligree IN the world would
not help me-" answered Sophia u,
Is this touching her white hair and
bent shoulders) 81 am too old they
ain not have old people %
Well. isn't that too bad said Miss
Eugene. and then Ike tho good NO.
man she was hurried up the tea
After some tea and some lunch
Miss Sophia was braced up consider
ably She brushed the crumbs from
her silL dress. and announced that
she was going 10 spend half a dollar
That's lot Of money to spend.
Vayered Miss Eugenia.
81 know Il. but ! must spend IT.
What for
Hair dye II Is a case OF goodby
10 my silvcry locks and welcome
work I think 90 ,ofts' worth viii b,
enough for my scant locks"
81 should think so q you don't have
/ 10 dye your scalp
4 Tha, afternoon Miss Sophia started
forth again. her hair beautiful wal
M, color to within a halfiuch OF hei
sea She felt vc.y young and
sprightly az she trudged all the way
\ olt 20 Masons packing SEED. the
packing shed farthcst out aud leas
promising. the shed OF Mason. th'
terrible
She carefully lifted her skirts clea
OF the sandy road IT. rows upor
rows. precise and regular. the grape
vines spread. like the brlstles Of
tooth brush or clothes brush. an,
green. red and purnle grapes hun,
heavy among the Jagged leaves
She passed a group Of pIckers. hap
py ard jocular 70 the verge OF romp
lng I, seemed like a picnic Their,
we're no old women among them.
she climbed up the worn steps an,
entereA the packing .h,d a girl VA
packing grapes swiftly It was no
easy. but thrilling feeling OF con
hdence passed through Miss Sophia
She knew she could do that
She hurried into the Office. II va
occupied by two oblivlous men. Tn
more obliyious OF the two vas a bald
headed man whose eyes popped Tx
a splders and whose red rair firing
stood out very straight lie was IN
dreadful Mason. There was no Dos
sibllity OF his ever looking up
Miss Sophia addressed tho leas
terrible man. There Is nothing" h
said. without over looking up.
But Miss Sophia had walked "
ia 10 ba dismissed 80 easily.
Il can pack" she sad.
ANY ssDsr,snosr /.rN