The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-07-18
ANOTHER GIRL
Chapter 2

Dora! Hoy, wait a minute" the !
voice called, and the girl stopped ODE
diently and waited
She always stopped when called, !
and she always obeyed. She had been
brought up so that she did everything
anyone asked of her
The second girl caught up with her,
and they went on together. She was
Dora's cousin, Gladys Nicholson, inl
whose house Dora was living.
There was never a greater contrast
between two girls. than existed here
In the deepening twilight, Gladys
seemed twice as big as Dora But it
was not until they entered the huge,
old-fashioned house at the corner Of a
cross street, that the full contrast
could be noted.
Dora, at II, looked years younger
than Gladys, at 49, Dora weighed
scarcely more than 100 pounds. Gladys
had matured to 140, or nearly that.
Dora's hair, when she took off her
hat, was a soft, limp. very much
mussed-up mass around her head =
the sort of hair hard to comb, the
despair of its owner Gladys had
coarse and curly almost to the point
of being kinky Dora ran a comb
through her hair, which pulled in the
flying ends, but did nothing more,
for its fineness made it settle down
again Imply on her head.
Gladys ran a comb through hers,
when she had pulled off her hat, and
it raised itself obediently into beau
tiful round pompadour-the style that
winter in Norris City.
Dora had dark brown eyes of a most
appealing softness, surrounded by
thick, short, curling lashes Gladys
had large gray eyes, which protruded
quite bit But she was proud of
that-"it brings them out" she con-
fessed once, and admired her thick
short black lashes which also had a
habit of curling back.
Dora looked like a very young girl
who was only half developed. Her
figure was composed of little angles,
partly formed curves, she had funny
little awkwardnesses about her way of
walking and holding herself Gladys
plump bosomed, large hipped, with A
aced-in waist. She had dimples in
The flesh of her knuckles and cush-
lony soft hands. Dora's hands were
small and the bones showed when she
moved them and the fingers were eX-
traordinarily long.
So much for two girls who had
lived together most of the time for
many years, but who had not a taste
nor a characteristic in common.
They left their things in the hall,
and went back to the kitchen where
Gladys mother, Aunt Maude to Dora,
was getting supper ready. She took
the two girls in with a glance.
ooh, you've got the things, Dora?
Gladys, go to Grandma's room and
give her that medicine, it's Just time "
Swiftly she unpacked the basket
putting away provisions while she dt
rected Dora in setting the table.
81 don't know why your father
doesn't get back to fix the heater,
she complained, rapidly pairing pota,
toes and putting them on to boil
He's never on time-and that fire
will go out"
"Tll fix it," Dora volunteered. And
taking silence as consent, she went
down the cellar and raised heavy
shovels of coal that hurt her back d
bit, to feed the gigantic furnace
mouth. She shook away at the damp
ers, to stir up the sluggish fire bed
in spite of some warning called from
above about not wasting COAL
For if the fire went low and thc
house was cold. it meant only another
complaint against her father-one o
whose duties was to tend to the
heater.
When she came up, and went OF
with the numerous other tasks con
nected with the evening meal, sh'
found that her uncle was in. Jus
as the meal was ready, her father ap
peared.
Late, as usual" Aunt Maude scold
ed. Where have you been? Their,
was nothing special to keep you a
the farm today-Saturday."
81 know-only it was so pretty GU
this afternoon, l tramped to the tol
of Knob HilP', he apologized. Ct
forgot how soon it gets dark ha
to walk in the dark"
That's like you, Aunt Maude com
mented briefly-her favorite CON
meut, by the way, and one of invar
able disapproval. The frail littl
grandmother came down, and at
o'clock they sat down to the evening
meal.
This was the family - Grandm
White, who was Maude's mother; tn
buxom, tireless Maude herself; he
husband, Peter Nicholson, and thi
healthy, husky child of two peopl