The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1920-04-08

quite as much fun-weIl. almost a.
much-hearing her. as 1t would have
been to play.
All of the coutented. and
otherwise, elderly people who in
habited the boarding house with
Phyllis appeared to have gone off
without using hot water. for there
actually was some. The Liberty
Teacher found that she could have
a genuine bath, and have enough
water besides to wash her hair,
which is. rite all girls who work
have to reserve for Sundays. This
was surely day OF days.
She used the waterfalls FOR self
ish human nature!-to the last warm
drop, and went gayly back to her
little room with no emotions what
ever for the poor other boarders,
soon to find themselves wrathfully
hot wateTless. And then-sha
thoughtlessly curled down on the
bed, and Slept and slept and slept.
She wakened dimly in time for the
O'Clock dinner, dressed. and ate
it in half sleep. She went back
upstairs planning q trolley RUE tnar
should take her out into the country.
where a long walk might be had.
And midway in changing her shoes
she lay back across the bed and
fell asleep again. The truth was:
Phyllis was about as tired as girl
can get.
She walked at dusk, with Jerk
OF terror lest she should have over
slept her time for going out. But
it was only g. She had a whole
hour to prink in, which is a very
long time for people who are used
to being in the library half an hour
after the alarm clock wakes them.
Some houses, all OF themselves
and before you meet soul who
lives in them, are silently indiffer-
ent to you. Some make you feel
that you are not wanted in the least;
these usually have a lot of gilt fur
niture. and what are called objects
Of art set stiffly about Some seem
to be having an untidy good time
all to themselves, in which you are
not included
The De Guenther house, staid and
softly toned, did none OF these
things. 1t gave the Liberty Teacher,
in her neat last years best suit,
feeling as of gentle welcome home.
She felt contented and belonging
even before quick smiling, slender
little Mrs. De Guenther came rus
Ting gently in to greet her Then
followed Mr.. De Guenther, pleasant
and unperturbed as usual and after
him an agreeable, back arching gray
cat, who had copied his masters
walk as exactly as it can be done
with four feet.
All four sat amiably about the
room and held precise and pleasant
converse, something like a cheerful
essay written in dialog, about many
amusing, intelligent things which
didn't especially matter The Lii
berry Teacher liked it. 1t was pleas
ant hovopd .porde. m e;t ro.+l;, ~ =,
in puffy chair, and hear about all
the little lightly treated scholarly
day before yesterday things her Ia
Their had used to talk Of. She carried
on her own small part in the talk
blithely enough. She approved of
hhcc=:sscc,.:: and and the 1ay sine was Denav-
ing. which makes very much for
comfort. There was only once that
she was ashamed of herself, and
thought about it in bed afterwards
and was mortified; when her eyes
filled with quick tears at a quite
dry and Unconditional indeed, rather
sarcastic-quotation from Horace
on the part of Mr.. De Guenther
But she smiled when she saw that
they noticed her.
That's the first time rye heard
a Latin quotation since came away
from home" she found herself say
ing quite simply in explanation, "and
father quoted Horace so much every
day that-that I felt as ii an OLE
friend had walked in!"
But her hosts didn't seem to mind
Mr.. De Guenther in his careful eve
ming clothes looked swiftly across a
Mrs. De Guenther in her gray SIN
and cameo. and they both nodded
little satisfied mods, as II she has
spoken in a way that they were gla,
to hear. And then dinner wa
served, q dinner as different well
she didn't want to remember in It
presence the dinners q differe,
from; they might have clouded tn
moment. She merely ate it. with
shameless inward 10y,
It ended, stin to q pleasant effort
less accompaniment az taflr ahn,,