The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1915-06-02
The Evening Story
"UncIe Pefer0

| just day older than you.''
Listen. sister, My other name IS
Daring"
"Then-it's good-by to the grand
tour"
1T is not Contrariwise, here's nv
double copper rivet."
You'll see. Widowers are mighty
| touchy-even your daddy"
ALSO they love quiet 1ives-espec-
tally through the honeymoon year.
Thus Jenny Gray and her gossip
and sister-in- mischief, Lula Carter
prattled one to another on the Gray
piazza, which had a look of spick-
and-span observation-disclosures to match
the affections of its lord and master,
who was coming home that day.
bringing a new wife and a newer
young brother.
Jenny, raging against the change,
thoroughbred, to be otherwise than
passively disagreeable. Her motto
and rule of action had been, while
he's single there's hope" Hope being
guillotined by hard fact, she felt JUS
titled in a more aggressive campaign
-one that should yield her up year
abroad at the very least, maybe even
an indefinite stay among the Partisan
ateliers.
She had certainly an eye for color;
also for effect. You saw that in the
sea green's, the dull blues, with daring
if delicate reliefs of pink, wherein she
had swathed herself, notwithstanding
she had a crown of dull coppered red
hair, skin powdered thickly with
fine golden freckles and eyes as green
as her garments. Their cut was not
of the mode, yet undeniably they set
off her 1.-THE slenderness which fash
ion would have made angular.
She had looked herself over approx
ingly at the end of dressing, then
flung obviously at Lula: "Lordy! but
you are lucky! Look well in any
h Ing L
size. All the ready-mades fit you like
gloves. I'm going. to be born that
way next time-if I know myself.
Then 1 won't have to lie awake nights
trump. Dressy things generally are
so mighty frumpish. Yet you have
somehow to fill up holes and corners
Lula, all cream white, barely
touched with scarlet, helped wonder
fully in giving Jenny the proper back
ground. Since the train got in at 3 |
and the car would take but twenty |
minutes to fetch in the travellers, the |
delicately ambushed by a huge tall |
pot of auratum lilies. Jenny had |
shaken her fist at the lilies as the |
florist delivered them. Then had |
est voice. MY respected parent is
making himself an awful bill to foot" |
Yet she had done her very best with |
everything-even the whiting, fretful |
new Mrs. Gray will find out it's none |
too easy to live up to my blue china" |
But when she saw a small, wiSpy |
creature half lifted from the car and |
set upon the steps, insensibly her an |
tagonism 1essened The wispy one was |
wholly insure of herself and her posi- |
ton. She blushed prettily when her |
husband led forward his capable !
daughter, saying, You're always pet
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forcibly Joined their two hands, and |
himself turned to Lula. She was dim
ping behind her fan, not daring to
look a second time at Uncle Peter, who
years younger. and healthy as she was
fraiI.
Jenny also looked at him; a long,
measuring gaze, imperturbably. She
please, sir, I'd rather have the other
one; it looks somehow more thriving
Uncle Peter, how will you like to be
my little"
Jenny" Thunder does not begin
to express the paternal voice. Mrs.
Gray gasped, turned red. turned white.
shut her eyes tight, trying to wink
back tears that spilled over in spite of
her, trembled so she could barely
stand, seeing CULTS of black unhappi-
ness ahead. Lula even grew compass
sionate. Jenny looked steadfastly at
the floor.
Across the tense moment came a
gay. boyish voice crying: Fine!
Bully! The very thing! I've moped
so since he"-nodding at Mr.. Gray
"overshadowed me with Sarah, I'm
wasted to a shadow. Now, all right
with the world there's a Jenny in
my heaven, Jenny who will find me
Him. Two words are necessary
to some bargains" Jenny retorted, re-
covering herself a little. Her father
I,;- Of
have met your MATCH he said. Then
to Peter, Young man, if you'll tame ,
her properly it'll be worth the best
horse in my stable to YOU"
"Please-she ought not to be tanned.
L like her best just So" Peter Everett, !
honor man of his college, athlete de- E
spite his slightness and stature, said :
Il shall insist" he went +
on, upon her looking always as beau !
never the same" !
What is 1T you do for saucy par
rots? Throw water on them?" Jenny 9
the little pet" Then with swift !
he touched mis- new brothers !.
arm saying: Better let our Sarah /,
rest a bit; she is ever SO tired"
Jenny liked the tone, the protecting :
gesture. especially in presence of her
father. But she would have '
died rather than admit it-being far t
from a model young person. Peter had /.
in a way turned the tables on her
she owed him and his sister, the first
cause of his being there, just so much
more.
She set out to pay it, girl fashion,
by doing her best, in a way skil1fuIly
yelled, to captivate Peter. And for
three whole weeks she thought she
was succeeding-he played up to her
SO beautifully.
She grew to like him-to such a de-
gree her conscience smote her when
she thought of the inevitable end. STILL
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