El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-06
The Two Sisters
By Virginia Terhune Van De Water.
CHAPTER V.

i
T ULIA and Caryl Marvin walked
along in silence for some blocks
- after leaving the house in which
they had just rented a room. It was
late in the afternoon and street lights
and electric Signs were beginning to
combat the gathering gloom
At Broadway, as they turned soulh
toward their present home. the roar
of late afternoon traffic made speech
impossible Motor cars threaded their
way through the shifting confusion
Of trucks, buses and trOlleyS; DrlShLly
illumined windows displayed articles
from all corners of the globe; Tar uR
Broadway a pulsat-ng electric sign
proclaimed persistently the name OF
the latest theatrical success Da1ntliy
gOWned women passed, accompanied
by well grOOmed men, and scraps OF
conversation and an occasional laugh
mingled with the clatter of veh1cIes
and the never ceasing roar of the city.
The girls passed through the crowd
and at last turned into a dingy side
street that seemed dark and quiet
after the noise and glitter of the city s
greatest throu ghfare- Caryl Vas the
first to break the silence between her
self and her sister
Il think it's all horridH she an
nOunced suddenly
What's the matter now?'' demanded
Julia. She spoke sharply. for she was
hungry and tired. and her feet ached
from much walking. She was finding
il difficult TO lend a uniformly SYM
pathetic ear to the younger girls
many complaints.
This life we are leading" Caryl re-
piled pettishly We are having
own little town / am beginning to
hate New York Sometimes I wish
I was back at home"
CaryI Marvin" Julia exclaimed, halt
t tRs IN amusement You don't mean
Eyes. do setorted CaryL "and It
I think New York is nOrrid il Is ali
your fault Here we are with a plenty
about as exciting as church we
haven't been to the theater since we
came here Then, when we decide 10
move you take a nasty old room in
of cabbage and stale dinners. Why
can't we have a little fun. even if We
do have to earn our own living?
Julia laid her hand on her sister s
arm. and the two resumed their walk
It was several moments before the
older girl could trust herself to speak
4 am sorry you feel as you do,
Caryl,' she said at last Il thought We
understood each other thoroughly when
We came here. came TO make my own
living. You evidently came for a vaca-
ton. If you would consider the fact
that when your money is gone ] shan
have to support you until you are aDie
TO take a position, you might not feel
as you do about my ecOnOmizing- As
to your being tired of New York al
ready don'r know what ] can do TO
help that. I certainly am not going TO
consent to your spending the little
money you possess in having a good
time. You might write to father and
see il he will let you come home"
CaryI shook off Julia's grasp upon
her arm and again came to a standstill
Il can't do that, and you know that
I can't" she muttered rebeliOusly, tears
coming to her eyes.
'WO won't gain anything by standing
here on the street arguing about it.
replied her sister. her voice cold and
hard. Come on home. and If you in
sist upon continuing this discussion, we
can do so there in the privacy Of our
own room"
She walked ahead her cheeks flushed,
angry words trembling on her lips.
Caryl followed, a few PAGES behind her
Tears Of loneliness and discOura cement
half blinded the older girl as she
reached the avenue beyond which lay
their destination. 7 can't stand this
kind of thing It isn't fairr' she whis-
pered over and over to herself. She
collided with some one on the curb, but