Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1918-01-04

upstairs" was the whispered reply. |
"well?"
Then Fairy spoke more loudly, conf |
dent that the twins. In their upstairs |
room, could hear every word she said. |
"Come upstairs, Prue. / want TO talk |
this over with you alone And then
she whispered snow. you just take
your cue from me, and do as I say.
The little sinners Well teach them
to be so funny"
In their own room she carefully
closed the door and smiled. as she
noted the creaking Of the closet door
on the twins side Of the wall. Eaves-
dropping was not included among the
cardinal sins in the twins private dec.
alogue. when the conversation con-
cerned themselves.
"Now. Prudence" Fairy began,
speaking with an appearance of soft
ness. though she took great pains to
| turn her face toward the twins room,
and enunciatcd very clearly indeed.
II know this will hurt you. as It does
| me. but we've got to face IL fairly. II
the twins are convinced that Christian
Science is the right kind Of religion,
we can't stand In their way. I've been
reading up little myself this after
noon. and there are some good points
In Christian Science. OF course. for
our sakes and fathers, the twins will
be generous and deny they are Scien-
lists. But at heart, they are. / saw 1t
this afternoon. And you and l. Pru-
dence. must stand together and back
them up. They'll have to leave the
church. think Wen have them go be-
fore the deacons next Sunday while
father is gone-then he will be spared
the pain of II. We must make II as
easy for them as we can. They'll prob
ably dismiss them--I don't suppose
they'll give them letters. But 1t must
be all over before papa comes back"
Then she Kissed In Prudence's ear,
Now cry"
Prudence obediently began smiling
and gulping, and Fairy rushed to her
and threw her arms about her. sobbing
in heartbroken accents. There. there.
Prue, ] know-I felt just the same
about 1t. But we can't stand between
the twins and what they think Is right.
We daren't have that on our con-
| sciences"
The two wept together, encouraged
by the deathlike stiffness in the closet
on the other side Of the wall.
Then Fairy said. more calmly,
though still sobbing occasionally. "For
our sakes, they'll try to deny 1t. But
we can't let the little darlings sacrifice
themselves. They've got to have
chance to try their new belief. Well
just be firm and insist that they stand
on their rights. We won't mention It
to them for day or two-we'l fix
1t up with the elders first. And we
must surely get 1t over by Sunday.
Poor old father-and how he loves
oh, Prudence, dear don't cry So"
Prudence caught her cue again and
began weeping afrcsh. They soothed
and caressed and comforted each
other for while, and then went down.
stairs to finish getting supper.
In the meantime the shocked and
Mortified twins in the closet of their
own room, were clutching each other
with passionate intensity. When their
sisters had gone downstairs they stared
at each other In agony.
"They-they wo-wont p-p-put us out
of the ch-ch-church," gasped Carol.
"They will" stammered Lark. "You
know what Prudence is! She'd put
the whole church out II she thought 1t
would do us any good. Oh, Carol. I
told YOU 1t was wicked to joke about
religion"
This unexpected reproach on the
part Of her twin brought Carol bacl;
70 earth. II didn't read word of It.
did you'll just thought It would be
such good joke on Prudence--with'
father ont of town."
funny now.
"They can't make us be Scientists
II we don't want to-" protested Lark.
'They can't. Why I wouldn't be any
thing but a Methodist for anything on
earth. I'd die firsl. Wen just go and
tell Prudence il was joke-Prudence
is always reasonable She won't"
"She1l punish us and-it1l be such
II joke on us, Larkle. Even Connie'll
laugh"
They squlrmed together. wretchedly,
at that.
TIT was good Joke while II last
ed" said Carol, with a very faint
shadow OF smile. Don't you re-
member how Prudence gasped? She
kept her mouth open for five minutes |"
"It's still Joke" added Lark gloom
lily, "but it's on u.s."
''rhey can't put US out of the
church,"
II don't know. Like as not they'll
say we'd be a bad influence among the
members"
Twins !"
The call outside their door sounded
like the trump of doom TO the con-
science-smltten twins, and they
clutched each other, startled, crying
out. Then, sheepishly they stepped
out OF the closet TO find Fairy regard
ing them quizzically from the doorway
She repressed a smile with difficulty
as she said quietly.