Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1921-03-24
speak to Alice. And now o girls
might run along. III be down di-

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speak to Alice. And now you girls
might run along. I'll be down di-
rectly." s,H t'- H.. .-@
A moment later she submitted her.
self patiently to the maids hands.
Florence was a conscientious woman.
and she felt that she owed Alice as
well as herself this little office. Char
lotte might have hooked her gown for
her; indeed. she might with a small
Ieffort have done it herself. but it, was
Alice's duty, and nothing could be
worse for Alice. or any servant. than
to have her duties erratically assumed
by others on one day and left to her
on the next. This. was the quickest
way to spoil servants, and" Florence
never spoiled her servants.
"They have a pleasant day for their
picnic" she Observed now, kindly.
Alice was on her knees, her face
pickered as she busted herself with
the hooks of a girdle. but she smiled
gratefully. Her two brothers had
i; borrowed their employers coal barge
today, and with a score of cherished
associates. several hundred sand
bottles of % beer. with q smaller
number of chaperoning mothers and
concertiras. and the inevitable baby
or two, were making a day of it on
the river. Alice had timidly asked, a
few days before. for a holiday today,
that she might join them, but Mrs.
Haviland had pointed o to her rea-
sonably hat she. Alice. had been at
home, unexpectedly, because of her
mothers illness, not. only the previous
Sunday, but the Saturday, too, and
had got half-a-day's leave of absence
for her COUSINS wedding only the
week before that. Alice was only
eighteen, and her little squirt of BRAY
cry had been entirely exhausted long
before her. mistress's pleasant voice
had stopped. Nothing, more was said
of the excursion until today.
II guess they'll be eating their
lunch. now, at Old Dock Point" said
Alice. rising from her knees.
"Well, I'hope they'll be careful; one
hears of SO many accidents among
foolish young people there!" Mrs.
Haviland answered. going downstairs
to join her daughters in the hall. and,
surrounded by them, proceeding to-
her own lunch.
For a while she was thoughtfully
silent, and the conversation was main
tanned between the older girls and
their governess. Charlotte and 1sa-
belle chatted both German and
French charmingly. Little Florence
presently began to talk of her gold
fish, meanwhile cutting a channel
across her timbale through which the
gravy ran in q stream. y
Usually their mother listened, 20
them with a quiet smile: they were
jwell-educated girls, and any mothers
heart must have been proud of them,
But today she felt herself %singularly
dissatisfied with them. She said to
herself that she hated Sundays, of all
the days of the week. Other days had
their duties: music. studies. riding,
tennis, or walks, but or Sundays the
iSomehow, they were not in the cur
rent Of good times that the other girls
and boys of their ages We're having.
If she suggested brightly that they go
over to the Parmalees' or the MOrans'
and see II the young people were
playing tennis. h knew that Char
ilotte would delicately negative the
idea. They're got their sets all made
up, Nina. and one hates TO-. unless
known They might 60. of course,
and greet their friends sd~ecorously,
and watch the game smiIingly for a
while. Then they would come home
with Fraulein. not forgetting to say
goodbye. to their hostess. But. al
Charlotte "".splayed..s;:a better.
game than many of the other girls,
af0 1Sa pldyeu u SOpu Sd1lcs LOU,
there were always gay little creatures
In dashins costumes who monopolized
the courts apdsthe young men. and
made the Rowland girls feel hopeless
|lys heavy and dull. They would come
ZONE and tell their mother that VIZ
Wan sartoris let two of the boys Jump
her over the net, and that Cousin
Carol wore Kent Parnhalee's banana
All afternoon. and called ou to him,
right across the court. Come on
down to the boathouse. Kent, and let's
have a smOke!"ss SE
"Poor vivian-poor Billy!" Mrs.
IHaviland would say. Men don't real
~ admire girls who allow them such,
.faniiliarities. although the silly girls
may think they DOR But when 1t
to- marrying, 1T - the sweet,
turnts ss
She did not belisve iris herself. nor
aid the Girls believe IT, hut. II they
.sAi6cuased:ai ~ wheus they wer alone 10.
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