The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-03-20
After Ten Years
BY MARION RUBINcAM
PATTY COMES
CHAPTER 6

Patricia Parke was all that girl re-
Gently 20 years old ought to be. On the
surface she was a slender, medium siZ-
ed girl with very fair hair, almost flax
en- In color, with enough wave to make
1t comb easily into any desired sort of
style. She had, at this moment, very
pretty eyes-at this moment because
she wore gray travelling suit. In a
certain evening gown of turquoise vel
vet, her eyes were blue as a summer
sky.
She had nice features, quite like her
sisters. There the family rescm-
blance stopped. Patty's skin was fair,
inclined to pallor; but when she was
happy, flushed with faint pink-a pink
SO delicate 1t seemed to be laid on I'M
der the skin, as the color in equisite
china seems to exist far under the fine
surface.
The family naturally went to meet
the through train from Portland to St.
Louis, which stopped on signal at
Wissakeagan. Patty was officially
helped off by a colored porter, the only
passenger to alight Millie felt 1t was
all quite important, and thought of
the large item that the Local News
pint dOOuI ILLS cSSiSG
rival Of zone of Wissakeagan's old
| residenters.
Humphrey bundled them all into his
car. and left them alone in Mrs
Parke's house. They were all to have
supper together there later
/ did you have a nice trip? Tell us
all about it. Did you bring any new
clothes?" Mile asked, attaching per
haps more importance to the clothe:
and the styles than the arrival of he
sister.
/ Patty laughed and began openin,
trunks.
:, Heaps" she said you see, tn
Portland trip was quick one.
} bought all of us the latest Spring fas
HONS in New York"
: She began bringing them out,
blouse cut in an entirely new wa
which Mile declared the very thin
!. for her new skirt, a net shawl studde
with glistening beads for her mothe1
who had passion for little wraps an
; shawls, hats and gloves and silk stool
ings with openwork clocks-in fac
varied assortment of silly feminin
things which delighted both women.
Mile was not envious until Patty
own things came out. She had S
: many dresses and they were all S
charming and so different from an,
thing Wissakeagan had seen!
You must have been making a lc
of money as a travelling companion
Millie commented admirably, wonde
ing If she could send her another dres
like the blue velvet.
Patty laughed again
Il didn't. l spent most of my more
. on you and mother My clothes al
;. made over from Grainger-Munn's oil
things. You see, when she went j
+ mourning for Mary, she put away a
!; her colored clothes. Last winter sh
: gave them to me and I've made thel
over"
4 Millie ceased to be envious Afte
o all, these lovely gowns were only Sc
ond hand! She began to feel Sigh
2 ly patroniZing toward Patty, since sh
herself could always afford to tr
@ things quite brand new. But Patt
!, was quite oblivious to all this
r Millie was anxious to have a lor
@ talk with her sister But she did M
have the opportunity until the folloN
ing day, when she ran over to see he
She wore the Charmuese skirt
way of impresing Patty that after a
n Wissakeagan produced some fashio
J. able things.
Cora is coming to lunch" she sal