Shoshone journal., 1924-03-28
"VIOLET ACRES"
THEIR TEA-ROOM
By MYRTA DAVIES

hcht hdu always ilVeu across II
stone wall from each other, and fro
the time they were five that wall he
been an invitation to one or the otht
20 of them to jump over and play In tn
u garden on the other side. There wer
II roses in Gretta's garden. and In Slbyl'
ferns and English violets and grea
2. many trees
q When the girls graduated from hig
o school at Seventeen, Sibyl was valedic
: torlan, and Gretta, popular as a Christ
mas tree and as decked with tinsel
! didn't even have an essay. "Slow anC
steady" the boys called Sibyl, but they
asked Greta TO go TO the parties. Even
her brother. Tom, said she was a good
sport
Sibyi couldn't so to college. Instead
she stayed at home. Sibyl wanted to
be friendly, but she didn't have Gret-
ta's knack. you have to know how. |
guess Sibyl admitted to Gretta one
day. Il love folks, but they don't
know IT,"
Il don't care snap about them. and
they don't know that" Gretta had
laughed back. You're a simp, Sib, for
fact And we really can't expect to
see each other much after / go away
TO college. Wen be in a different class
more than ever, don't you see?'
Sibyl saw.
The day Gretta actually started bag
and baggage for the c,assiest college
in the East Sibyl took over a box of
her choicest homemade bonbons tied
with purple and gold and an exquisite
spray of dark purple violets in a bow
er of white tissue and ribbons.
All Gretta said was Thanks Work
ing your violets overtime, aren't you?
S'pose you'll be calling your tea-room
Violet Acres next, won't your"
A new independence born that in
stant In Sibyrs disappointed heart an
swered, I'VE hadn't decided, mother
and l. but thank you, Gretta. be-
neye that's the very name we want.
Good-by and good luck"
SO Violet Acres" the tea-room be-
came, and iourished; and on the op-
posite corner of the lot, Daniel Kent's
garage opened at about the same time
grew ana HOurlShed.
cottages began to go up on the op-
posite shore of the lake, and the cot
tagers didn't want to cook. Then be-
gan the Kents' sent-out meals, whose
fame spread till three more helpers
we're added to the tea-room force mad
Sibyl asked wistfully, "Some time.
maybe, college, fatherY And Daniel =,
Kent said: You're pretty useful here,
laughter. Couldn't get along without
Tou. But we'll see."
Vacations, spring, summer and L
were times of revelry at
he Raymonds'-revelry In which Sibyl 0
vas never asked to share h
She's just the tea-room girl" Gret- a
explained to her friends. a
"All-fired good-looker," Tom suggest a
d on one Of these occasions. She's 1,
ot the business end of that tea-room Il
Say Folks know she's m
18th 'em, and it takes % =.
AS business proposition, I SUD-
ose 1t is sound" said Gretta snippily. o.
"Oh, you cat ~ Tom retorted. And -
e did not remind his sister that she =
erself had funked every exam at col ~
ge and would without doubt have to IN
Ike her freshman year over; neither -
d he tell her all In regard to Sibyl 4"
lat he might have told her.
The day came when Daniel Kent
Id, We've got a good start. thanks
good part to your brain and Drawn. ~
ughter, and there isn't any reason ~. va
ny you can't go to college this fall" we
I shall take the exams for the soph. -, -,
lore class" said Sibyl steadily She ''.'
ok them and passed, and became a
'mber of Gretta Raymond's class at 'A
university. Gretta had barely .7s
ssed. Sibyl had come across with 'ol
ing colors.
mere were roses at college COM
ncement, three years later, deem red .el
white and crimson. Gretta. bv 'uu
'ular vote the most popular girl in pre-
college, was showered with them ION
the class banquet Hel
Down at tbe e,d 90 .ho Rel
Sibyl Kent, smiling, too, joining oe
cheers of the rest of the class
he cheers died away and the toast.
ster rose for the last class vote
the best friend in all the world .ila'
lie friend Of all OF u.s." she intro e-'i
ed the toast. Little friend Of all of Oha
Shy till you knew her, but always ate
'iend-Sibyl Kent" Smc
iolets fell in purple showers sweet -'io
spring rain round the surprised. poe pos'
eiul face. and, seeing his sister w.
tta's face that night, Tom Ray wni'
ID withheld the previous news that 'ail
siby Kent had promised to mar 70 u
'im, after she'd helped her father Vide
mother build the new tea-room. Woul
Was toward the end OF the sum. VVJl
after graduation that Grena her.
crossed ihe wall between the rose A.,
en- ana fhe garden of yiolefs and ,.,..'
! and ine OLD trees, ty'n'
10 sorry she folo Siby our Of u ,
clear SKY ~ summers blinking W'e'
lpings' rye been q an0b popu. lN''''
doesn't count for much, does IN "'