The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-04-22

Mr.. Harrington. don't you thiui
cheerful clothes would be best
Everything in that house seems som
Der enough now.
"Perhap S you are right, dear child.
said Mrs. De Guenther. Il hope 70,
may be the means OF putting u grea'
deal of brightness into poor Allan's
life before he joins his mother"
"Oh. don't" cried Phyllis impu!
sively. Somehow she could not bea,
to think of Allan Harrington's dy
ing. He was 100 beautiful to be dead
where nobody could see him ans
more. Besides, Phyllis privately
considered that Il long vacation be
fore he joined his mother would be
only the fair thing for poor Allan
Youth sides with youth. And-the
clear cut white lines of him rose in
her memory and stayed there. She
could almost hear that poor, tired.
toneiess voice OF his. that was vel
so deep and so perfectly accented
She bought docilely whatever
her guide directed, and woke from
a species of gentle daze at the af-
lannon's end ia find Mrs De Oman
ther beaming with the weary rapture
of the successful shopper, and her
self the proprietress of a TURQUOISE
velvet walking suit, a hat to match
"a pale blue evening frock. a pale
green between dress with lovely
clinsing lines. and a heavenly white
crepe thing with rosy ribbons and
filmy shadow lace-the negligee of
ones dreams. There were also slim
pers and shoes and stockings and
this was really too bad of Mrs. De
Guenther-a half dozen set of lin
gerie. straight through. Mrs. De
Guenther sat and continued to beam
i~joyously over the array in Phyllis
little bedroom.
Its my present dearie," she said
calmly. so you needn't worry about
using Angela's money. Gracious. it's
been lovely! l haven't had such a
good time since my husbands little
grand niece came on for a week.
There's nothing like dressing a girl,
after ALL
And Phyllis could only kiss her,
But when her guest had gone she laid
all the boxes of finery under her bed,
the only place where there was any
room. She would not take any OF il
out, she determined, till her sum
mons came. But on second thought,
she wore the blue velvet street suit
on Sunday visits to Mrs. Harring.
ton, which became-she never knew
just when or how-a regular thing
The vivid blue made her eyes nearly
sky color and frightened her hair
very satisfactorily. She was taking
more time and trouble over her looks
now-one has to live up to a tur-
quoise velvet hat and coat! She
found herself, too, becoming very
genuinely fond of the restless, anx-
iously loving, passionate. unwise
child who dwelt in Mrs. Harrington's
frail elderly body and had almost
worn it out. She sat long hours Of
every Sunday afternoon, holding Mrs.
Harrington's thin little hot hands.
and listening to her swift, italicised
monologues about Allan-what she
must do, what he must not do. how
he must be looked after, how his
mother had treated him, how his
wishes must be ascertained and fol-
lowed.
Though all he wants now is dark
and quiet" said his mother p%itieous-
ly. Il don't even go in there now to
cry"
She spoke as il it were an estab-
lfshed ritual. Had she been using
her sons sickroom, Phyllis won.
dered, as a regular weeping place?
She could feel in Mrs. Harrington.
even In this mortal sickness, the ire
mendous driving influence which is
often part of a passionately active
and not very wise personality. That
gertrude and insistence Of Mrs. Har-
rington's could hammer you finally
into believing or doing almost any.
thing. Phyllis wondered how much
his mothers heartbroken alteration
and pity might have had to do with
making her son as hopeless minded
as he was.
Naturally, the motherinlaw.elect
she had acquired in such a strange
way became very fond OF Phyllis.
But indeed there was something very
gay and sweet and honest minded
about the girl, a something, which
gave people the feeling that they
were very wise In liking her. Some
people You are fond Of against your
Will When people cared for Phyllis
II was with a quite irrational feeling
that they were doing a sensible thing.
They never gave any OF the credit to
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