Clearwater Republican., 1921-02-18
SABRA'S VACATION,
BY SUSANNA MAC MACklN.

| l>l l9s9 by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
'Have you made up your mind yet.
Sabra. about where you are going 10
Spend your vacationI"
airs. Stewart 81, ke without look.
Ing up from the seam she was stitch
ins on the machine when her daugll-
ter entered the room.
Sthra Stewart, slim girl with
glossy brown hair brushed back from
a smooth brow, stood beside the
whirring machine and watched the
pretty voile ruffle slip beneath her
mothers slender fingers.
NO. mother. ! haven't; you know
the other two girls can't quite agree
about jnst where they want TO go. But
really they must decide before a week
from next Monday. July the 5th or
or III 80 OF alone"
II was Saturday-the last Satur-
day in .Iune-and the big office where
the other two girls" and Sahra were
employed closed on Saturdays during
the summer.
Il need another yard OF this wolfe.
Sabra. Mrs. Stewart had finished the
ruttie and had begun hastily to haste
IL to the skirt; and | WISH Sabra.
that you would eat your breakfaSt and
then 80 down town and get the voile.
Iou'li he back by IL o'clock and I'll
have your dress all ready to try on.
l do want to finish today. SO you can
wear il to church tomorrow"
. aft haautiful ,lrncS n,ntbnr a,,,
! think that you are dear To make
so many little rufll, s." Sahra kissed
her mother and haslened To the kitch-
en-, where her breakfast was nice and
hot on the back of the stove.
We'll. I'm glad that she is going
to have a real vacation for once in
her life" Mrs. Stewart soliloquized
when her daughter had left the room:
'she has been in that Office almost
five years and this is her first vaca-
ton"
Her breakfast finished, Sabra went
up TO her room to dress for her trip
down town. But first she must count
her money. for never before in all her
% years had Sabra Stewart owned
so much money.
From beneath the lavender-scented
pad of muslin that covered the bottom
of her bureau drawer where she kept
her handkerchiefs and laces she drew
upon the table-S53 in all. II
was her vacation money and ever since
January she had been putting it away
IA few dollars ut time out of her
"allowance.' for Sabra had an allow
ance of 81 week for clothes and
car fares out of her $15 week sal
ary.
Z While she was gathering up her
wealth from the table the telephone
bell rang, and she ieard her mothers
voice answering. she listened and
soon she was aware that her mother
wns talking with Aunt Nancy. For
feir minutes she stood listening, and
into her frank, brown eyes there came
q troubled look She started to 90
down stairs. then. suddenly changed
her mind and put on her bat and cont
and went cut while her mother was
still talking with Aunt Nancy.
1t was almost O'Clock when she
returned She came laden with box,
a bag, and co:lnle of bundles.
Her mother, who had been anX-
iously watching for her since IL
o'clock. let her in.
Now, don't scold me. mother" the
almost breathless girl cautioned the
little woman. whose brown eyes were
wide with astonishnent. "for ! have
had the-the mos. thrilling time
spending ihat money-cople up stairs
til! you see"
l)eftly the box and bundles We're
opened and their contents spread out
upon the bed; trim suit of oxford
gray. blouse of georgette, a white
muslin blouse and Il smart toque to
match the lovely gray suit.
THAT suit is a real bargain, moth
er. and it's just your size. rs, but
you have the privilege of changing it
If"
But. Sabra." Mrs. Stewart had
found her voice again. "Sabra-I-
your-yOur vacation"
"Oh, vacation" Subra shrugged her
shoulders. I'm going to stay at home
and enjoy solid comfort while YOU
you are going with Aunt Nancy to
swelter and swat sand tieas ana mos
quitoes around her new cottage"
"Bnt. Sabra," Mrs. Stewart began
to protest. Il"
II heard you whispering to Aunt
Nancy on the telephone this morning,
Sabra interrupted, "and YOU told her
that you would love 10 go. but that you
had nothing to wear,' and you hadn't
mother. not thing fit to wear, and
all because you insist on my having
everything. and, now. please. mother
go and tell her. before she makes
other arrangements. that you are go
Ing"