Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-10
MAGAZINE SECTION
Evening Star
Daily Story
NOT ACCORDING TO RULE
BY JOHN TRENT.


young girls were more modest and
retirinp They didn't discuss mar
rlage in such a forward manner;
they didn't dance morning, after
noon and night, and they certainly
never INDUCED in the pursuit of
young 1nenl"
Grandmother Spear!" groaned
Nancy, sitting UP in her hammock
and shaking a finger at the pretty
/ little old lady in the rocking-chair.
Would you insinuate that your
granddaughters are forward? That
they are in search of a husbands
husband apiece, I should say-why
granny, dear, it is a libel upon our
attractions to hint at such thing!'
"Attractionsl" shifted Mrs. Spear
Handsome is as handsome does is
an old saying, but as appropriate in
the twentieth century as it was in
the early nineteenth when | was a
girl"
Don't make yourself SO terribly
old, granny, it only ages u.s. COM
planned Susan. You can't make me
believe you were born earlier than
1S6O-why, you are as pink as the
cinnamon roses in the garden at
home, and just as sweet"
Mrs. Spear emerged from the en-
brace with ruffled white curls and
her black eyes swapping with mingled
displeasure and ill-concealed graft
fication. She looked at the two
charming girls before her, each lovely
in her own especial way and yet bear
ing enough family resemblance to
denote them as sisters.
Il was born in the year-well,
never mind" she ended hastily; but
fattery will not make me modify my
opinion of the present day girl. She
is forward-and she undeniably hunts
a husband"
Grandmother Spear" cried the
girls in indignant duet DO you
mean to say hat-that-we-"
No interrupted Mrs. Spear with
dignity; you could not have my
blood in your veins and lend your
1 self to such ignoble conduct; but,
would have you both more shy and
retiring-be the pursued"
Darling GRANNY Nanny smoth-
cred a smile among Mrs. Spears
laces. I'VE will try to observe your
maxims and be a credit to you While
we are here at Willow Hall. Come
Susan-Sue-you promised TO show
me that new embroidery stitch. Snail
we go to the rose arbor in the box
wood circle?'
"If grandmother doesn't mind our
leaving her alone,'' said Susan, whose
demure eyes had glimpsed two man
ly, white fianneled forms leaving the
distant tennis court.
run along" smiled Mrs. Spear.
"I'm going to have a little nap
Bye" said Nanny, kissing the SOFT
pink cheek BE good"
"Ninny!" smiled Mrs. Spear.
Nanny" you mean, grinned that
incorrigible young person.
The Willow Hall Hotel was a quiet
resort among the mountains OF Penn
sylvania. Mrs. Spear had been an
honored patron there for many years,
and the guests of Willow Hall We're
always assured of meeting the right
kind of people. The very appearance
of a newcomer at willow HAN
vouched for his social standing, While
at the same time it gave assurance
that his rating in "Bradstreet's' was
entirely satisfactory.
Mrs Spears granddaughters dis
appeared just as the two tennis
players mounted the steps and came
around to Mrs. Spears accustomed
corner.
Neal Raymond's blue eyes looked
frankly djsmayed at the empty ham,
mocks, while Paul Shipman gave
quick utterances to the question that
was in his eyes,
Miss Susan-er-isn't here?" he
said, sinking into a chair and bal
ancing his tennis racquet on his knee.
Susan's grandmother shook her
head. "They have disappeared some
where" she said sweetly. She liked
both these young men-they were be,
yond criticism. Other mothers and
even the daughters themselves might
angle for the attentions of these two
eliglbles, but not Henrietta Spear.
Not if both her charming orphaned
granddaughters were condemned to
a lonely spinsterhood.
So she decided while the tempta-
ton to tell them that the girls were
in the rose arbor trembed on her
tongue.
"They rather promised to play
set with u.s." explained Neal ruefully,;;
Probably they have forgotten all
about it, explained Mrs. Spear gra-
eiously.
Paul looked distinctly annoyed. A
frown came between his dark brows.
There Is so much going on here
every hour of the day." continued the
diplomatic grandmother did ] not
hear that Mr.. Lawson and Teddy
Barker We're racing their canoes on
the lake this afternoon
Lawson and Teddy Barker were
open admirers of the Spear girls.
As one man Neal and Paul arose
and mustered excuses to Grand
mother Spear. Shoulder to shoulder
they marched down che piazza, raced
down the steps, when they were
halted by the deep voice of Mrs Ben
nerby Lytton.
Mrs. Bennerby Lytton emerged
from the door, followed by her viva
cious twin daughters Trina and
Amy.
Trina and Amy both carried tennis
racquets and looked very girlish.
Mrs. Spear saw the attack and wit
messed the brief hesitation on the part
of the attacked.
In another instant these two de-
lightful and entirely eligible young
& men would be led away to the tennis
courts by the twins. While Nancy
and Susan, waiting to be pursued as
was woman's proper attitude, ac-
cording to grandmother maxim,
were innocently chatting over en-
broidery.
Embroidery pouf!" muttered
Mrs. Spear in a sudden panic.
Her knitting fell to the floor as
she arose and walked without APP
parent haste to the steps and pre-
pared to descend
How it happened no one but
Grandmother Spear ever knew, but
suddenly the little old lady sank in
pitiful heap on the bottom step
and uttered a cry for help.
The two young men, challenged by
the Lytton twins, had turned toward
the tennis courts when Paul saw
Mrs Spears recumbent form. Neal
saw it at the same time and SO did
Mrs. Bennerby Lytton.
THE poor dear" painted Mrs. Lyt-
ton. Run along, children, I'll see
to her-probably had a dizzy SPELL"
Rut the voIInP men were NOT RI he