Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1919-03-12

ne TOOK . position in the TcicH"al
lice.
She VA, not Il bad girl; h;,1 Il
rpatcd at any dino from II
.,raight and marrow pathway follow
90 By our New England daughter
ne toWn-rVcn thr cid friend,
"h>m ~Ep oo@ir1ccndin4ly told dee
:Hiu; ~hicn no girls should know
olldNt have tolerated fer 7Tibb e
" moment. She was merely hand
clrD>d by = brainlc<s unnatura
l'nthcr and = Wcak-Willcd fathe!' an
W.T." nc ncvor stumbled over tn
!"o Of the social prccipicc will al
@..' remain one of the mysteries O
NIll-toWM morality.
.libb in our printing o...ca 1.:..i
i Il, girl and Il coed competitor
'.hcn she would worl;-which wa
smelly when she especially wanted ;
CIV dress on q hat OF something t;
E'@! to Il party. But Ma Ilcntlcr.,o o.
cine periodically to the yoncluaic,
F@t work before a type case wa no
Terrified enough FOR AN cmLroye
''ady' and limited oftcu q. Mabel
oclAl tundin% and her chances t.
starry money and Mibb a. period!
lily laid down her stick anG lott l.
tad stayed away from us and Their
"aG.p back again Poor Mbh. I'c..
...i}> after all like our cid duplc:;
'r"s4 he was more .sinncd against
han inning ALSO"
We had singing schools il chose
AyS. y crowd OF ;iN-Mbb Hen,,cr-
on ,,nd Dici; Robinson, Sam Nod ana
Mice, Jack Parse and Mary were re-
.G!Nin& nome from the last one TO-
,!iaJ #pri..y season held it Gree.
.'aliny, when they sat down on tn
"aH shout Sewers pasture on an
thcr noonlit evening
'rolIl.' announced Mibb, "l'vc la;
r.opo<"l-a real propcsal-a pro
.'osal of MARRIAGE"
Mary glanced quickly at Mibb witt
}i:approVal strong on her fine fca
ures. Such things were no. TO h.
discussed lightly in public But Nib!
" her foot deeply III Tic grass ant
lc brcrbloom and went Oh miscnic.
,ousiy: NOV aren't some folk III
5Ecr.t.'
D:tA Eobinxon's 9ip4 closed yrinly
&c had know for Il long time thai
'icl; loved Mibb Henderson. Bu
Dick was only d bookkccpol in IT,,
WoccsS works and good looking
houph hr was, his good looks voul(
We" make IN for the tragedy Of
.i,y envelope cont;inir" :; mere tcl
o!lai# Il N-cek--not to Mabel rcaYct
y her mother.
ard jus a. soon you'd keep suci
'li3~: in the same confidence i,
h'cil they were spoken, Mibb,' h
nd with herd insinuation.
"NoH' isn't he sensitivc.' Mill /
'cturnCd.
Nary and Jack were sitting sid,
y side on tho wall between Mihb and
h. girls lover. Mary turned and ,
ookcd ii Dick, Il picture CT confusion /
.accr, misery and clagrin.
"Mihh," declared the syrlpathotic !
l>l%, "%uch things are a&crud!'
"Sacrod" Again the merry peal
+ laurhtcr from Nib. Finding that
10 onc joined her and that only en-
'arra ;Sncnt resulted, she sobcrcl.
- thought we were all good friends
o4oi'icr or I shouldN't have r,cn-
ionrd it, she said.
eve are rood friends together
lib" declared Alice That's why
'!ArY spoke so frankly" And the
'o%s looked shcepishly at orc an
'thcr
~ don't want to be married." t.
Jared Nib. "Not for long, long
iu'o. | want to get The full fun out
Il life. When a girl get married il
ncana care and worry and work ant
0nW1ing kids. And hcsidos," she
ddcd brutally, 81 wouldn't marry
NNbody that wa poor anyhow"
i)ic'; Robinson arose
"Ill move alon%,' he said. III
tartod down the road alone, of into
''o night and back 10 town. And o,
oothcr cvcnin" ia q far di tart yea
i'bh recalled hi Going, With 4 Co.
'G'orcnt emotion in her heart
I.ic'' Shc cried "Comc bacl.'
Du. Dick paid her NC attention. II
.appcalcd around the bend in th'
NnG
"Mabcl-you'rc hcartlcaa!' !!ar
. ulcd hcr.
But Nibb passed it Off with il
III n
"Dicls should have known he was
nos,ibIc." She said 81 don't sec WHY
q keeps thru5tinG himaelf upon me"
Dicks Il rood boy!" defended Alice
- good as there is in Paris. He
nlv make, ten dollars q week. But ,
nat isn't ANYTHING against him"
"Then lot him come Hround when .
@ makes more" replied Mibb Sac
- angry that the company had ;
lrncd against her.
"Ycu're putting it that nothing
,attcrs nut dollars and ccnts.' Dc ,
Iorcd Alice. "That's hca,tlcss and !
lily. Mibh and il leads only to TN.
{
"Moncy won't buy Happiness. ,
lib" rctorted Mary.
"Fiddlesticks,' declared the IIcr-
erson girl. ,
Jack Purses heart fluttcrcd sud .,
enly and wildly For the hand that ,
~ c Laid ON his ni .,an To kenn the " nnd .