El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-11-15
The TwO Sisters
D. vIrgInIa Terbune Van De water.
CHAPTER Y

/ y
T ULIA MARVIN stood by the win
| dow looking down into the lamp
lit street. Her face was very pale.
! CaryI lay, face downward, on the bed
| where she had thrown herself in tear
full protest against returning to that
] horrid school" On the bureau the lit
/ tie alarm clock licked away busily.
| From far down the street came the
l dull roar of the elevated trains.
/ It was Julia who spoke first She
had the baffled sensation of one who,
/ while understanding the attitude OF
another, feels in herself no sympathy
| with it.
"CaryL" she said dispassionately.
instead of lying there like five year
| old child, suppose you sit up and tell
me what is really the matter.
No reply came from the PROSTATE
girl except a Strangled sob.
Sister, dear" ventured Julia more
1 gently, crossing the room and laying
a caTeSSing hand on CaryPs shoulder,
don't let US quarrel Sit up now and
tell me all about it. I did not mean
to scold-but," with a sigh. its been
! a tiresome day and I'm rather cross,
I'm afraid"
well, that's no reason for your
talking my head off" declared CaryI
with the violence of injured pride. Yet
she stopped crying and sat up.
4 wish, Julia" she said loftiIy. as
she powdered her face, flushed from
weeping, that you wouldn't take that
high and mighty I am ages older than
you tone with me. I'm not a baby
, and you aren't my guardian. All l
said was that I wasn't going back to
that horrid old business schOol-and 1
meant it"
4 think you are going back, dear"
rejoined Julia controlling her voice
and manner to calmness.
And I think I'm nOtr' flashed back
''Why not?" asked her sister. She
had learned long ago that with the
younger girl a point was gained sooner
by questioning than through argu-
ment.
Because" said CaryI sharply. i've
got a job. that is'-she corrected her
self-'a position"
with whom?" queried the other IN
amazement.
triumphantly. I'm to be secretary to
Kelley Delaine the novelist. He
phOned to the office this afternoon
for someone who could typewrite and
take slow dictauOn, and MI Jennings
asked me if I would like to try the
job 1 said I would, and I'm going to
see him tomorrow. 50 you see Julia,
even if I do behave like a five year
you thought I'm to get ten dollars a
week" she added proudly.
The girls tone of superiority famed
the flame of Julia's already shoulder
ing temper. She was tired and hungry
and her self control gave way to
sudden flood of evaporation at her
sisters ungraciOus manner
Really, Caryl' she retorted, your
weak attempts at sarcasm are in per-
feet accord with the rest of your be-
havior. think I rather overestimated
your apparent age when I said that
You acted like a child of five years.
Does 1t occur to you that If YOU had
unbent a little from your foolish dig
nifty. and had not gone deliberately
about making quarrel this evening,
this whole matter could have been
settled a half hour ago with no hurt
feelings on either side? As far as your
anybody is concerned you know as
well as do that you are not capable
Of filing it"
Now, Judy, dear" pleaded CaryI
with one of her swift changes Of mood
and temper, don't be crossi I'm sorry
if I was disagreeable to you-but
listen can typewrite really very
well when I try, and I can take slow
dictation, and that's all that Mr.. De-
laine says he wants. 1t won't do any
harm for me to try, any way, and the
longer I work the better I will do. So,
now it's settled, isn't it7''
gravely. I'VE don't know anything
about this man who calls himself
Delaine. He might be almost anyone. &.
Il thought Of all that this after
noOn." Caryl interrupted, laughing and
pinching her sisters cheek. I asked
Mr.. Jennings and he said that it was
a perfectly all right position. Mr..
Delaine has got people from the
school before. I'm not such a little
goose as you think, Julia. Now please
be a dear and say that you do not OBJ
Ject to my taking the position. OF
course" she added artfully, I wouldn't
think of taking it unless you ap-
proved. Please say vesr'
For moment Julia pOndered anx-
iously then she spoke. 'Caryl." she
said slowly. IF you really feel that
you should take this lob I won't stand
in your way. Personally, I would
rather you didn't do it. for I realize
what you don't, dear that you are not
a good enough stenoSrapher to do the
kind of work that Mr. Delaine will
demand. You will do better in the
long run if you go back to the school
for a month or so more. Still, il you
feel that you want to accept this op-
portunity, I will not ask you to give
it up"
Then wen call It all settIedr' re-
Joined Caryl quickly. TIL start in to-
morrow with Mr.. Delaine."
Lying awake late into the night
Julia stretched out her hand and
touched her sisters arm.
Slipping away from me, dear, aren't
you2" she whispered wistfully, slip
ping away"
ing girl, and, as Julia listened, it
seemed to her excited Imagination that
all the street sounds were mingled IN
an echo of her Slipping
away
(To be continued).
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