Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1922-02-16
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THE RIGHT SETTING
1y MCLLlE MATHER
Observation-Disclosures,

The elder sister Of Janey bewailed
| her indifference before the family.
! She Is such dear sweet soul, said
Marion, that 1t seems pity some
! fine man may not be allowed to APP
preciate her lovable qualities. Janey
| shuts up like gray oyster In mas
| culine presence, withdrawing her
charms In the shell. She is provok-
7 ingly peryerse. At dances she VIII sit
mcekly bored, while social functions,
as a rule, are WEAKNESS TO her. But
| give Janey some good music to play,
OF new book 60 discuss and she viii
blossom out In surprising cleyerness
and feeling. l wonder how she ever
got into our light-headed family"
"Janey loves us all" young Noble
said Loyalty, but she is different
superior | would call It, like Professor
Craythorne. Everyone Is wild to have
Professor CraythOrne at entertain
ments or banquets. because he is brill
liantly interesting"
The married sister sighed. well,
I'd like to know Janey's proper set
ting she said, "and place her in It,
She's too pretty a flower to waste her
sweetness on the desert air."
II, remarked Corrine, lam satisfied
TO let Janey rest In her oblivion. If
II We're not for our demure sisters In
difference to the average man, would
have no admirers at all. They usually
see and come but 1t is Janey's affec-
lions that they would conquer. AID
Janey is too busy with her writings
and her studies to pay attention TO
them, so they return humbly grateful
to my society. Do you know"
CorrIne sat up laughing, II am de
termined to yanquish that new ad-
mired professor His coldness piques
me, and he Is so good-looking."
MollIe smiled seornfully, you have
got some job before you, Cleopatra"
She Knocked. Every girl In college has
a crush on Professor Craythorne-tc
say nothing of many outside. But
does he notice them2 Nix" ended Mol
lie expressively
you are growing" Corrine remarked.
'cruder and more impossible every day.
hope that your mode of slangy con
versatlon Is confined to your home"
Marion leaned forward eagerly.
"While you two have been quarrellng,"
she said, 1--WE had an idea From Mol
Hes description of the professor 1t
would seem that he and Janey are
true congenial souls, and if | could
bring about match between them It
would be highly commendable. | in
tend to try Nothing could be more
natural than that Ned should invite
his old friend in to dinner Some eve
ming"
Marion put on her hat, preparatory
to returning to her own home.
settled she said happily.
But though her ambitious plans were
easy of attainment, the evening was
failure, at least as far as drawing
Janey and the professor together waS
concerned. Janey. after fulfilling her du.
ties as hostess-assistant, retired upon
the entrance Of Ned and his friend
to the living room into far corner
with Il book, while the profeSsot, after
several uneasy glances at his watch.
murmured something about an uneX-
pected engagement" and made his
adieus Marion had no sympathy IN
her discouragmeut.
matchmaking matrous" remarked
Corrine bitterly "arc odiouS No won
der the professor fights shy of them"
But MolIie laughed. "The wrong set
ting" she mischievously explained.
Corrine few evenings later, was
merrily triumphant, when she returned
from an entertainment, with the pro-
fesSor as escort,
"She gets EN- all" said Mollie in
elegantly Nlarlon's disappointment
was visible Corrine's arrogant pride
in her own popularity Jared upon her.
The elder sisters heart ycarned
over the small unselfSh Janey, alb
sorbed in ambitious study. yet forget
full often Of self in thought for others.
Indifferent appearing IN her 9longnp.,.
Janey had a heart of gold, and John
CrHythorne possessed mans noble
qualities Surely there was match
which should he made in Heaven.
fancy was quiet when She came into
dinner al evening She relieved the
protesting Mollie as usual of her tasks.
and later, shlningeyed Slipped away
to her own room
In anticipation Of reading new
story" Corrine explained
But il was Molie who. entering the
house some few days after, gate the
true key to the situation Marion.
Corrine.' she began excltedly, you
should have seen them, Janey ana our
professor sitting there, one upon either
side Of a reading table ia the library.
| had to go down for book and /
watched them secretly for some time
They were talking together in wills
pers and laughing softly But 1t was
the way they looked into each others
eyes you could see they had dis
covered Marion's kindred spirit idea.
It's been going ON for some time. Janey
confessed that they met some time
ago. by accident, at that same library
table We win lose Janey soon" Mol