The Sisseton weekly standard. (Sisseton, Roberts County, S.D.) 1892-1929, 1921-07-29
CAMILLA
BY molL'e MArHEn.
20. 1924. Western Newspaper Union.

This Is tie story Of model sort q
Cinderella and her step-sisters. Their
1t not doubt that Camilla was S
sweetly charming that the step-si.
tiers above mentioned had little chanc
OF attention while 10 her COMPANY
masculine attention especially. Ma
that Camilla put herself forward II
any way. or tried for the admiratio,
that was invariably hers. Rather. 1
came to her naturally, as one bend
to inhale the fragrance Of a flower
which was, after an, Camilla's secret
Her very personality vas all fracran
with unselfshness and charity ant
friendliness toward others; Won fell
this instinctively as you talked to he,
or looked into her crystal clear ewes
And IL ycu were a man. weary Of pre
tense perhaps. or too much insincer,
coquetry. you appreciated Camilla!
truth. when you met her. But the
step-ststers could not understand
Camnla's mother had died when she
was born, which had In q mea sure
PLACED her under her sisters control
However, as time passed and the
Thotnton finances dwindled, Camilla
VINO had not been fitted either by re.
lationship or advantage for the social
life that Grace and Gwendolen en-.
Joyed-took up cheerfully the neces.
sary tasks of the household and fell
heir to garments discarded. Frocks
and furbelows for Grace and Gwendo.
len were all. and more, than the
driven fathers purse could manage.
Camilla secretly and laughingiy az.
sured him that she didn't mind bit.
AS Grace was taller than she, and
Gwendolen fatter than she there was
always material enough in the CASTOR
dresses to insure remodelir:. Ant
Camilla was very clever In the re-
modelling, so much so. that the sis
tiers gazing in wonder at the disap.
proved one, clad in some charming re.
Incarnation of united blue and gold or
perhaps Of dainty pink and lavender.
would forbid emphatically the young
er girls presence at parties.
I'VE are sorry, Camilla" Grace
would remark decidedly, land proba-
bly, your own time will come later.
But just now YOU must not reflect up
on our hard-held position by appear.
Ing In that very apparent made-over
anair. You will oblige us in this will
you not?"
And again. Camilla did not mind In
fact her elder sisters impressive Ian
guage never failed in it's purpose Of
imbuing her with that same idea Of
superiority to which she had been
raised. After all, what did she want
with their high flown company7 she
confidently asked old father. And the
two would sneak of gleefully together
to hammock far back in the garden.
And sometimes, to sit on the grass
beside the hammock, came the man
from next door: 7sza!sN -
He was q serious, humorous, inter-
esting sort Of man this, who had moved
there in order to complete the writing
of his great book. Father told hef
this. on one Of their happy talking
thtngs-over-together evenings. And the
man was great, too, father said.
Though still yousg, his name was
known across the country, because Of
his last success.
Camilla was Joyously excited about
It. She told the man. as he, and IA
Their and she, sat out under the star
lit trees together. how very glad she
was that his earnest labor had won
success. And the man was pleased
and gratified that she recognized the
element Of labor.
Most people," he told her smiling,
regard literary success as mere
lucky chance"
And as the evening hours beneath
the trees grew into regular and ex-
pected meetings, the man Of letters
looked forward gratefully to the re-
spite and inspiration, while Camilla
listening to the music that came from
her household. felt no envy or desire
for aught beyond her own small world.
The sisters were giving Q tea one At
tefnoon: they told her about It. Ia
bles were to be laid In the lovely old
garden. A celebrity was coming whose
presence was aiways dinicult Of At
tainment. The celebrity positively re-
fused to be lionized, 90 they had
gained his consent BY the assurance
that the tea was merely . family af-
fair. They were. therefore. too busy
to be curious. when Camilla informed
them that she was going that after
noon for a drive.
.Leave everything ready before you
60" Gwendolen admonished, 'and
have flowers on all the tables"
"And Camilla" Grace reminded her,
IL you come back before six, do not
pas through the garden: your old
straw hat y too shabby for public
display. Later. you may have mine. /"
Il took painstaking planning after
that for Camilla to fashion lace pic
ture hat. out Of Ovsndolen's Old lace
waist but the hit was . delightful
success, with = golden. rose that Grace
had discarded for garnishment.
You eeA Camilla had o come into
tbe garden. 70 fact it was necessary
that there che should 70 Tie very CEN
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