Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1915-12-17
CHAPTER XIV.
=. MASSAGE From New York.

CHAPTER XIV.
III. Message From New York.
= vss good to be home! Gail won
,rd that she could ever have Deen
,rtsDt away from the loving shelter
tlr many. many friends. She had
rm world weary in all the raise
msy Of New York! She was dis
rsoDed! She was blase. She was
mi Of frivolity; and she immedi.
rsy Manned or enthusiastically
rssd TO take part in a series Of gay
rs which would have made an aver
u hardworking man anticipate them
tth an already broken constitution.
The house was full of them, morn
b. noon and night; young girls, Sc
aa and jolly, and all Of them excit-
aJ glad that Gail was among them
vain; and young men, in all the de-
t4; from social butterflies to plod-
Eg, business pluggers, equally glad.
Good, comfortable home folks these,
f0Vere deliciOusly nice to the state
h Nackhaired Arly, and voted her
Tremendous beauty, and stood slight
10 awe Of her The half cynical
Ey viewing them critically, found in
ten one note of interesting novelty
!cTtain general clean-hearted whole
S1eless, and, being a seeker after
De unusual and vastly appreciative,
10 deliberately cultivated them; fat
BRING the boys, but not so much as to
zie TIE other girls hate her. To
d girls she made herself even more
1iaclye, because she liked them
AaE She cOmplimented them indi-
finally on the point of perfection for
'ila each girl most prided herself;
Gnd them that they were infinitely
Lore clever than the women of New
lux and better looking, in general;
2Ile New York women were mostly
-les and makeup; and, above all,
u elUed them their truer lives!
40 group of young people could re-
y slch careful work as that, espe-
NY When performed by a young
@-an SO adroit and so attractive,
I@ well gowned; so they lost their
'ASsFdness with her, which removed
sense Of discomfort Gail might
-slell which was the aim to be &C.
~.plsAed' In those first few days
~ Vas the happiest of all creatures,
's,'e OF the fact that the local pa
= aaa carried potter echo of that
Ss''sOle slave story. At nights,
'"vf beginning with the second
Slen the girls had retired to the
ra a''' runway of their adjoining
~, 'ne conversation would turn
c''nlng like this:
i -T IS, see, this is the seventeenth,
.@' Tuesday" concentratedly Sc.
-s a chocolate, the box of which
~ New York name.
|,l IN. MatsOn's ice skating ball is
% A sidelong glance at the
sa4' She always has such orig
!. .',snt she!" Gail draws her SAN
\, ,Se' up under her and stretches
n, 1 1s pink negIigee, SO that she
h. "AV stiff statue in tinted
\ 10 a.. such interesting people. That
H. 1Ls' Is certain to be there.
srls ms name? Oh. yes, vlodow.
'. VIC adore him"
s,s, c.n mere verbal adorer,"
B ,,ob,1' studying anXiously over
B,a %o0lem OF whether she wants
/, =. piece Of chocolate or not Al.
&C., ~ sent such good ones. "vlo-
s .,a.' why adore him. from a
bTo-o VI course all the nice regu,
h,,s laws W. VIII be there-Dick. Rod.
s.. .se' and Houston, and Oh.
ma .Y'so' to write Gerald" and with
ID =. tSSsing kiss somewhere be-
\ h. -, ear and her chin. she bur
.,,.r. -eF own dressing room, with
tu glance to make sure that
b a., staring, with softened brown
s,s ~ INTO her chocolate box, and
ss5,a -s'e amid the CONNECTIONS, the
ssoSS. SWlrling skaters in Mrs.
h Sou sAstening ballroom. There
>s~s Who would not be at that
~l,11so and Rev. Smith Boyd,
ID b.s has plenty of time to
6is,a.,' formally dutiful letter with
J, - has letters, too, as the days
sa@,s Sne scarcely has time for
h ~ = al the impromptu gayeties,
eOes md chance to read
OF them twice II she'd