Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1916-06-09


all on her hands, She's never sat down
minute; and if she did, papa would
have her up again before"
"Of course" said Bibbs. ''Do you
like the new place, Edith?"
81 don't like some of the things ia
Their would have in it, but it's the finest
house in town, and that ought to be
good enough for me! Papa bought one
thing I like-a view of the Bay of
Naples in oil that's perfectly beauti-
full; it's the first thing you see as you
come in the front hall, and it's eleven
feet long. But he would have that old
fruit picture we had in the Murphy
street house hung up in the new din
ing room. It's horribly out of date to
have those things in dining rooms, and
/ caught Bobby Lamhorn giggling at
It.; and Sibyl made fun of it, too, with
Bobby, and then told papa she agreed
with him about its being such a fine
thing, and said he did just right to
insist on having it where he wanted it.
She makes me tired! Sibylv'
Edith's first constraint with her
brother, amounting almost to aWk-
wardness, vanished with this theme,
though she still kept her full gaze al
ways to the front, even in the extreme
ardor of her denunciation of her sister
in-laW.
"Sibyl!" she repeated, with such heat
and vigor that the name seemed to
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know why Roscoe couldn't have mar
ried somebody from here that would
have done us some good, instead Of
this Sibyl Rink! / met some awfully
nice people from her town when mann
ma and I were at Atlantic City, last
spring, and not one had ever even
heard Of the Rinks Not even heard
of 'emY'
II thought you were great friends
with Sibyl," Bibbs said.
up to the time I found her out!''
the sister returned, with continuing
vehemence 1--WE found out some
things about Mrs. Roscoe Sheridan
lately"
SITS only lately?''
"Well-'' Edith hesitated, her lips
setting primly. "Of course, | always
did see that she never cared the snap
of her little finger about Roscoe!"
"It seems said Bibbs, in laconic
protest, chat she married him."
The sister emitted shrill cry, to be
interpreted as contemptuous laughter,
and, in her emotion, spoke too impul-
siyely: 'Why, she'd have married your
mo, no." he said; 'sshe couldn't be
that badv'
II didn't mean" she began, dis
tressed 81 only meant | didn't
mean"
Never mind, Edith he consoled
her. "You see, she couldn't have mar
ried me, because I didn't know her;
and besides, If she's as mercenary as
all that, she'd have been too clever.
The head doctor even had to lend me
the money for my ticket home"
IT didn't mean anything unpleasant
about you," Edith babbled. Il only
meant I thought she was the kind Of
a girl who was so simply crazy to
marry somebody she'd have married
anybody that asked her.
Eyes, yes,' said Bibbs; sits all
straight" And, perceiving that his
sisters expression was that of per-
son whose adroitness has set matters
perfectly to rights, he chuckled silently.
ssRoscoe's perfectly lovely to her"
she continued. a moment later. 100
/ lovely! If he'd wake up little and
lay down the law, some day, like a
man, guess she'd respect him more
and learn to behave herself!'
'BehaveY"
.sOh, we'll, I mean she's so insincere,"
said Edith, Enthusiastically evasive
when it came to stating the very point
to which she had led, and in this not
unique of her sex.
Bibbs contented himself with nom
committal gesture. Business is crawl
ing up the old Streets he said, his
long, tremulous hand indicating a
vastly structure in course of erection.
''The boarding houses come first, and
| then the
THAT isn't for Shops, she informed
him. .sThat's new investment Of
papa's-tbe Sheridan apartments. !"
.Well, WELL" he murmured. II sup
posed Sheridan was almost well
enough known here already"
ooh, we're well enough known
about!' she said, impatiently. I guess
there isn't man, woman, child or mig
ger baby in town that doesn't know
who we are. But we aren't in with
the right people"
"Nor' he exclaimed. who's all
that?"
"You know what mean: the best
people, the old families-the people
that have the real social position in
this town and that know they've got
It."
Bibbs engaged in his silent chuckle
again; he seemed highly amused. II
thought that the people who actually
had the real what-do-you-call-it didn't