The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1921-03-31
BETTY
BY RUBY H. MAR a.
Ia ,aa1 hu McClure Ncwsnaner su.AAcatr- y

{S, 1921, by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate
Betty Aliens red hair famed loose
In the sunshine as she ran up the trit
gravel path with the letter clutched al
one hand and the soft parcel tucked
carelessly under her blue gingham
sleeve. Back in the kitchen she tossed
lhe parcel on the c'siir and hurried TO
turn the ham in the smoking spider.
The letter she tore open and read IN
the fragrant haze OF tie cooking d!a
ner.
Very nice about wanting me 10
come and sends a present to wear
she paraphrased at the end.
Her brother Bob mumbled some;hil-
into the hand towel he was using -
his suds-hecked face Bob untle.slova
that the letter was from cousin ,iauv
Dow Winslow, whom Betty HAD dtscoy-
cred In Don's home city Don ha
worked on local road survey for
month, that was long enough tti ..u
to discover Betty, and now Betty
going to visit this cousin Jane, WHOM
the Aliens had never seen. and run r.
gauntlet of Don's family under u
wing.
II suppose city pc, te EXPECT ra..
try girl to have do%dy duds," fare
Betty. as she tipped the ham again.
Il just guess they don't need to senu
me clothes, if We are poor
Find out what's come before Won
fly clear off the Ea,nIle" suggest
Bob
Betty shipped the atrcel s,rl5a
the lampwick sci. s-trS, which III;
pened to be handles The stiff pap,
and soft, white inner wrappings fell
from the folds of sl7en stuff that bI.-
lowed out over her firm, brown hands.
Red" gasped Betty, flushing hotiy.
Bob gaZed with manly admiration a.
the crepe de chine al glowe3 and
cleaned in his sisters ands. He had
never imagined tina stuff for Clothes
could be quite so alMriGgly beautiful.
Its a peach of color" lie said
It'll make NE look like a perfect
fright! You never heard of a red dress
on red-haired girl and | might just
as well give up The whole trip as veal
this color Il single time. And it's real
crepe de chine that we always dream
ed | might have dress of if fairy
dreams could cone true!" walled
Betty.
Then why in tunket didn't they
| send a black piece OF goods?' temper
lied Bob.
81 hate black" flashed Betty 81
hate the everlasting colors red hair
has TO wear and if you know how l
want to get into the glarngest red
that other girls can. you'd wonder
cont use hair dye
Send the goods back. Tell the Jane
/ we can get up clothes enough for you,
said Bob.
I'D go in my old silk if this wasn't
red. ! don't know just what to think,
| Bob. Either cousin Jane is an awful
+! cat, or she wants to see her present
( come flying back, anG | declare if she
+ is going to see that -
There vas a WY smile on Betty 5
! pi1uant face as she put the smooth.
| folds of the silken stuff on a parlor
/ chair. She was determined to run the
! gauntlet of cousin Jane and the Wins
low family with her head in the air.
Betty was flying the colors Of her love
for Don as she made drastic plars for
| that crepe de chine.
She reached the city some weeks
/ later in the dusk OF feathery snow.
Her new shoes slid awkwardly on the
soft rugs that lay on counsin Jane 5
polished floors. There were strange
hands to take off her wraps; and up in
her own room Betty peered with some
/ alarm at the cavernous closets an1
tiled bath and cheval mirrors any
! shaded lights.
Could Betty have guessed it, Cousil
Jane in her own luxurious room was
even more uncomfortable.
"The child has red hair!" she
walled. 81 knew Don rayed about red
but never guessed the reason"
Cousin James husband grinned.
II wonder If her temper matches,
he ventured.
II wonder what she thought Of tina
red stuff The Aliens always did have
sense enough to know when they az,
insulted. But If Betty shows hersel
to Don Winslow in that shade Of ret
he'll blink
Cousin Jane snapped the clasp 0
her bracelet. She crossed thu. hall AM
knocked at Betty's door. When Their
was no answer she pushed open TIL
door A plain brush lay on the dress
ing table; Betty's shoes stood wit
heels against the wall, but Betty hel
self was not there.
, Don's voice was what Cousin Jan
: heard as she went down the wild
staircase and slender, radiant Be
ty in shimmering black smiled .shyI
, from the deep chair Don had draw
. to the open fire.