Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-02-22

dence always says must keep IN sye
on Carol. She's 30 pretty. and the boys
get stuck on her, and--that's what
Prudence says. I forgot all about It
for a while. But lately have begun
to notice that the boys are older. and
we don't want Carol falling in love
with the wrong man. I got uneasy.
I decided to watch out. I'm the head
Of this family, you know"
"Such an idea I" scoffed Aunt Grace,
who was not at all Of a scoffing ma
true.
"Carol was born for lovers. Prudence
says so. And these mems girls have
to be watched or the wrong fellow will
get ahead. and"
"Carol doesn't need watching-not
any more ut least"
"I'm not really watching her, you
know. I'm Just keeping my eyes Open"
But Carols all right. That's one
time Prudence was away of" She
smiled as she recognized bit Of Car
OILS slang upon his lips. Don't worry
|
on her any more. She's coming, all
right"
"You don't think there's any danger
Of her falling In love with the wrong
manw
"No."
'"There aren't many worth-havins
fellows In Mount Mark, you know"
"Carol won't fall In love with .
Mount Mark fellow"
you seem very positive"
Eyes, I'm positive"
He looked thoughtful for q while.
swell. Prudence always told me to
watch Carol, so could help her II she
needed It."
"Girls always need their fathers"
came the quick reply. 'But Carol does
not need you particularly. There's
only one Of them who will require es-
pecial attention"
"That's what Prudence says"
Eyes, Just one-not Carol"
mot Carroll" He looked at her IN
establishment. "why. Fairy and Lark
are-different. They're all right. They
don't need attention"
"No. It's the other one."
"The other onel That's ALL"
"There's Connie"
"Connie?"
} EYES,"
"Connie2"
: EYES,"
"You don't mean Connie"
Aunt Grace smiled.
"Why, Grace, you're-you're of. FIX
cuse me for saying 1t, but--you're
crazy. Connie-why, Connie has never
, been any trouble in her life. Connie +
you've never had any friction with
Connie, she's always been right so far
One Of these days she's pretty likely
to be wrong, and Connie doesn't yield
| very easily"
! "But Comics so sober and straight
. and"
THAT'S the kind"
"She's so conscientious"
eyes, conscientious"
"She's-look here, Grace, there's
, nothing the matter with Connie"
"Of course not. william. That ism,
what I mean. But you ought to bt
getting very, very close to Connie righ
now, for one Of these days she's goint
to need lot Of that extra companion
ship Prudence told you about. Con
ME wants to know everything. Sh'
wants to see everything. None Of the
other girls ever yearned for city life
Connie does. She says when she II
through school she's going to the city,
'"What city,"
"Any city"
"What for?"
'For experience"
Mr.. Starr looked about him help
lessly. "There's experience RICH
here" he protested feebly. "Lots o
1t. Entirely too much Of It,"
swell, that't Connie. She wants t
. know, to see, to feel. She wants t.
live. Get close to her, get chummy
She may not need 1t, and then agail
she may. She's very young yet"
"All right, I will. 1t is well I hav
some one to steer me along the prope
. road" He looked regretfully out
the window. II ought to be able t
see these things for myself, but tn
girls seem perfectly all right to me
They always have. l suppose It's be
cause they're mine."
Aunt Grace looked at him affection
ately. "It's because they're the fines
girls on EARTH" she declared. "That'
why. But we want to be ready to hel
i them If they need 1t, just because the
e. are so fine. They will every one b
D. splendid, II we give them the rigt
kind of n chance"
= He sat silent a moment. Tive a
. ways wanted one of them to marry
:, preacher" he said, laughing apologet
y cally. st Is very narrow-minded,
y course, but man does make hobb
y of his own profession. 1 always hope
Prudence would. l thought she wa
Il born for 1t. Then I looked to Fair,
T. and she turned me down. l guess L
II have to give up the notion now"
Ill a. a.