Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1909-1915, 1913-12-12
CHEERING 7 PATsY
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FJa don't ka0K Ion i feel mother
dear ats0at cong u, home ard lsavs
Eass here 4
CD 40 ron know anE friend d
5Coras st EagsIsssre named Patsy
Raxs- asked Nh. Eslews, looking ne |
nom her letter "a
Must bs Patricia BoEd. mater
fsnErys pet name for iler. probably
WHY Rex moved saziiy from the sun
parsor into the breakfast room shes
IA nice girI and good family yon knoE.
ASK her up. why don't ron ~
Listen, though. Rex = she read or
sasoud
. 5s-s Patsy has been through some ter
2rlbsa grief the past summer that the
rest of MS can only guess a She
ENssl never be the same again, mother
neser Feu know how some girls
lake things TO heart, and Patsy is
wounded 10 the quick / viii tell you:
more later, bat yoa can guess what
It was Man think, taken as
class, they are absolutely irrssponsi-
Bile and without good faith or real
sentiment. don't see how yoH ever
found father, for he Is. of course, an
exception 81 II. 0 5ss
S-s Don't laugh Rex: reproyed Mrs.
CleWs, smiling herself Cora is In
earnest. really We had better ash
Patsy here and FRY to cheer her upss
How many Of the Dartmouth boys did
yoa ask 2. 3s 4s55 s5;s n
-Four. The other tRo fellows
wanted went MP home TO Vermont
( I'm glad the Abbot S canning
q week later Cora arrived with Pa,
tricSa Boyd. Patsy Is everyone call.
sd her, was small and slender with u
mass of red gold hair. eyes brown.
and scfr as a moths wing, and s,
drooping mouth that pleaded for,
ssnpathy In her dark green travel.
e suit with brown furs she was a.
;5e charming picture, and Rex forgot her.
secret trouble when he lifted n her:
ont OF the tonneaa bodily
I sater he stopped his sister on the
way Downstairs. led her mysteriously
INTO the small ariitlng room next the:
1iiSEss and closed the$ door
hats the ma with Patsy ~ e.
y: az
*, think !s,a re positively brss
sstai. Cora said. not shall tell
I TIER If you dor, that door. ~
ID u I'm ming for
y lsstfe a.su you held = greserFer IN
Ssaur grasp TO rssc,as our ossil dear
i 3rnt ii il, Patsy. =
II MEYER. III gel her 10 listen
/: os 3 ex. frsaEl IN love
someone she met last summer ae
& one Of the coast reso But ne -Eas
Dsa of the coast sorts., z
s,ssstt srledi ts,ar look bianEly,
\ hat ~ 's5;35
DOR. t quite remem Der ateh
u or /, or Block Island,
PIE OF en-, {. Is has a snap
zssaet OF him and Oh. sss. he Is SPLEEN
ia. ~ gu neFaT sa " sylcn eyes.:a's#sss53
And she fcuida' + marry him be.
n Shes MAS a head ssraiteF q sSt
Cora needed -: aSSiiIg; not The
DIS are Yery i m portan people il
4 IsaEsrson. Mass z 3,S S,5
The day the Oar naouth boys al.
rsssed Patsy kept to iiels room and
nlIrsed a headache. Cora, dressed il
E.er dainsies helped her mother MAKE
them y gloom and held Jack Pryor
close tsjlgsNHler side all the evening 81 4:
e flowing 1looraing Patsy trail
ed down the stairs a. Bit aguiily
. sssk stood with his back TO the arch
liking to Cora. very ardenti5
and when suddenly he staot
III p very straight as1d his face uncon
eiousiF rdened. As they were il
8 reduced PATSY raised har long lashe;
and looked at him With q ightene,
gry Of recognition. 5ss
do. you know Jack already /?
n asked Cora, auickly VS. #
81 He is, like some one used 1t
81 know, & Patsy answered bravely, an,
vent ON. "a
I 1 Es*sFitI cross purposes and misaaver
lures. Rex kept doggedly on his oW
way, disregafding the past sumn,e
i fand all OF Patsy's notions, and bac
il kept close TO Cora's side. One clea
II cold night they came In from III
1 sver the frozen roads and etoo
around the great open fre Ia the i,
II eeption hall. Rex knelt TO take; d
II Patsys little fur-edged carriage boot
II and lack watched the two with q ha
Il smile of amusement When they ha
il left the room with the others he 81
Il alone with Cora before the fir,
h From the music room came the SCUM
1 Of Patsys favorite .4TTaumerei. 81 an
EisRex,s laugh above II.
think Patsy viii be my sister
said Cora, thought fully Rex is Tea
fully sweet on her.
She's q dear kddie,r Jack al
Eiswered s.bnt 4 don't care much for I'll
n type She's too. as my old seounti
ss granddad used 10 put Il, Iii I.smIade
III for me. }.sss5s5
Why Jack, what ON earth do ia
mean? She's had q great sorrow. u
III know. only last summer
Yes. think 4 know al about ii
said Pryor slowly happen To /