The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1921-02-05
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TO lne extent Oh PROMISING 10 stay w
the IA. until ten the following morn
Ing. she decided TO DO the Job whole.
heartedly, for lmogcne Pamela was
one Of those LUCKY and. fated young
women who can never give themselves
by halves. If happiness so much as
showed Its nose, II was her nature 10
tnrkic h''rdly FOR It's wa'nt and so
to the mat for tire immediate present.
Consequently. let not her modesty
be misjudged when II Is related that,
In the short time II took 20 Ill the
bath, she accomplished tie following:
Rooted out Mr.. RANDI 'ph's best silk
pajs mas. found bis so;test tathrobe.
filled a hot.water bottle and slipped n
far down between the too cold linen
saseIs OF his big bed. Continuing at
,his rate Of achievement. II may be
impg Y ed that In ten minutes more the
young lEds. having ba'hed, was CURED
w aad sound as,e~p. Not on your
l.fs!
Item: II took her twents.ort min.
utes by the ock 10 scrub OLt the
memory OF the scHhby zinc bN,h'abs
OF many years. Item: Twenty more
minutes to wash her hair. Item:
Half an hour more TO scrub her under
wear and stockings. Assorted items:
Various pauses during which she
shnmelossly looked at herself in full
length mirror of such pure rejecting
qualities as had not crossed her path
since England was pup. After that,
long. entrunclng Item. called dry.
ing her hair" ..
Did you blame her. three lines back,
In your heart for her frequent inspec-
lions Of self Ia the mirror? II you
did. look at her now! Mr., Randolph's
bathrObe is blllowed at her waist and
tied tight to keep II from trailing on
the floor; for almost like reason,
its sleeves are rolled up above her
| elbows. II Is u1C,l In II : al the neck,
showing the adolescent curve Of a
virginia. but much excited bosom.
With a woolly towel In both hands,
she plants herself before the staid old
looklng-glass and gives II such treat
Il
sixty-two years of service to the Ran
dolph family. Rub, rub. rub with the
towel. Her checks grow pink and
pinker, her eyes round and rounder.
They twinkle and smile. and once
when she made a little face at her
self, they laughed out loud, Her hair
slowly wakes from its stringy damp
ness until II. too, bursts into a sort OF
light and curly merriment. Pamela
puffs out her cheeks and blows at Its
reflection.
When all the rubbing Is done, even
TO the last rite where they divide the
fragrant flood into two waves falling
over the bosom and merclless'y knead
the damp ends between folds Of the
dryest bit of the towel, she drops that
implement and runs into the big room
where the dying open fire blinks lis
red eye as though II had been waiting
up for her.
The writer-who is privileged, fol
the benefit OF large and CROWNS
public, to see her In his minds eye
as her pink bare feet pad up and dowr
the room. racing every time they com,
to the home-stretch between the un
peopled grandstand Of the couch ant
the FIRE, and then doubling suddenly
so that her wide eyes may catch hei
hair still on the wing, for all the wQrl'
like kitten chasing Its tail-doe'
herein affirm. by the collective man
| Al, arth Ipf ehn al
gether lovable and beyond the reacl
Of sullylng thought. Now let hei
curl up I'm the bed and sleep.
Slumber meant nothing in Pamela
life. That statement should be takel
not IN the sense of the common SLAM
of the vulgar. but at It's literal fac
value. What is meant is that whel
[ this young lady slept, II was like TAX
Ing a chunk bodily out OF life an,
: putting II in warm storage. As cor
sequence, when the old-fashiOned cloc
on the mantel buried a warning tina
II was thinking Of striking the hou
OF MAE in about two minutes, sh
Opened her eyes and wondered throuP
what magic night had been suddenl
: replaced by broad and smiling day.
Not for long did that lifelong an
accustomed miracle hold her attention
for scarcely had Il occurred, throug
force OF habit, to her awakenin
! thought than her startled eyes fell Ia
on the tall stopped, gray-headed fisur
of man, clad IN livery, and standin
= unstably poised In the doorway OF tn
: room. His eyes, naturally deepte
! actually protruded from his face a
I though they were determined to CON
, halfway to meet Pamela's wonder!n
n orhs. He looked Ike a solemn rave
r wnlcn has cprelessly alighted on iiN
4 wine.
= "He.helow stummered the your
e, lu6y.
Il "Good.morGlng, miss" sc'l TomN
#. SON Ia spugichral and censoho,
: tones. "Wrrre Is Master RoSertY
~ IVA, moan Mr. Rpndo'NhY ask