Weekly Caledonian. (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1919-1920, 1920-02-11
COUNTRY COUSIN
By ANNA L. FINN.

Marian Carcw aimlrSSlr fingered the
letter she had finished reading. "Wcll
of MI things" She soiloqnizcd, lust
when mother has gone ON IA vacation
and left me alone 10 keep house. q
Country cousin whom have not seen
for years decides that She will pay us
a vista tine State Of affairs. | >lu
ply cannot entertain hcr, hut how am
going to avert il is moro than know"
For several minutes She sat in deep
thought, trying to devise n means Of
cvading the issue, but could not arrive
at any definite conclusion. Finally Il
bright thought occurred to her--sic
would call Bob into conference. Rob
crt Lcyland was Marans devoted suit
or, and She had great confidence in his
superior Judgment. She felt certain
Bob would find the right solution.
SO that evening when he called MAJ
rian explained the situation to him.
"You see" she began. "sllc has been
In boarding school the past year. and
on her way home wishes to spend
some time with lis. OF course, it's
impossible. now that mother is away,
because cannot DO tho cooling-good-
ness knows. ! find It hard enough IN
get along alone, to say nothing of en-
tcrtaining."
"Well, it isn't SO bad" Rob re-
marked. after listening to Marian'1
mn liptnpnI i n co II,
ing for you to do but have her come.
think you can manage the cooking
somehow, and Ill promise to do the
entertaining"
Entertaining" Marian calculated.
"Oh. Bob, if you could see her"
Bob could not refrain from smiling
at Marian's description of her "coun-
try cousin" Fortunately, however
his generous nature always guided him
along the right lines, and lie finally
convinced her that there was no al
tentative other than the one Of accept
ting the inevitable.
Every we'll, Bob, but remember your
part OF the agreement" Marian con
cludcd. you are to do the entertain
Ing"
agreed" Bob replied. "We'll show
her a good time, even If she is as
homely MS hedge fence. Leave 1t to
do the hcnors."
Accordingly all arrangements were
made for the coming of Flora Winston,
the aforesaid country cousin" Marian
declared that She was entirely too busy
to take the time and go and meet her.
so the task fell to Bob.
Now, to be sent to meet girl you
have never seen is not altogether easy.
off in his little roadster, how
eve, Bob mot the situation with his
usual calm dcmcanor.
Upon reaching the station he learned
that the train had just arrived, so he !
lost no time in beginning his search.
lie eagerly scanned the faces Of what
seemed to be hundreds of girls. lu:
saw none answering the description of |
Flora. A trim fiGure at tho extreme /!
end Of the platform was Eob's last :
hope. "Sllrcly that must he She" he !
thought. but closer inspection revealed
4 wealth of beautiful golden hair. a
perfect nose and not tho slightest trace ,
VI q fl.ccklc. He WAS about to depart, /
when. to his complete surprise. tho ,
luinty bit Of fcm,nnity he had been /
timidly approaching him. ,
inquired if he could direct her TO the !
7'nrcw home. "Why. you're tho very /
,crson I've been looking for" Bob
slcefulIy exclaimed.
1t was not strange that Bob failed
% recognizes Flora Winston. for time
1ad worked marvellous TRANSFORMED
ion in the little Country cousin
Happy were the days for Flora
which followed. A series of tennis,
.olf and canoeing served to while away
he idle hours, and Bob in tho role
# entertainer, played his part to per
erlion
The climax was finally reached one
lay when Bob and Flora were motor
ny together. leaving Marian to enter
ain herself rs best She could. She had
cached the height of her endurance.
nd determined to give vent to her
ceilings. Upon returning Flora looked
ute charming, began to elaborate
N Bob's fine qualities. and his very
ourteOus treatment of her, wholly lln-
ware of the approaching storm.
Every word WIS a dagger in Marian's
cart, and she promptly expressed her
uinion on the subject, which was