Evening star., 1928-05-20

| insinuations were gradually poisoning
I the minds of those who knew Patricia
| only slightly. Many of them were only
| too ready to believe i'll OF any one
whose popularity they regarded jeal-
| ously.
The covert glances and whisperings
which she constantly encountered IN
| the corridors. the study rooms and the
grounds only served to make Patricias
Jaw set q little more firmly, and the
| turned-up nose turned little higher.
| The glances she met openly and Sc
renely. Inwardly she felt 3 soreness
at the wounds inflicted: outwardly she
gave no evidence OF her feeling.
It was her friends who gave vent to
| their indignation and were ready TO de-
| fend the attacks against Patricia's
honor. Singly and en- nasSe they beg
| ged her 10 lay the blame where IL be-
| ionged, but Patricia remained stubborn
| ly adamant Sophies fever stin befud-
| died her mind and her room IN the
infirmary remained closed to visitors.
Louise. too. was under the shadow
Of suspicion for her part in the affair,
although her position spared her some
what. There we're few who dared
make insinuations against the vice
president OF the republic. Quietly and
with complete self-composure she went
about her daily affairs. ready to lend
her answering support to Patricia,
| Ash Wednesday marked the begin
ming of the Lenten activities whereby
! the girls by various means earned
money which was donated to the mis-
sionary society for aid to foreign mis-
sions. some were in the market as
| boothiacks, others as Ynanicurists and
shampoo artists land many q head
was never quite free of soapl. some
did mending, others made beds and
| kept rooms In order, went about clos
| ing windows In the rnorning--in short
did anything Of which they were ca
pahle.
Louise and Patricia were eager to
undertake something which no one else
was doing. and. after some cogitatlon,
decided to combine tutoring and dress
making. Louise as the tutor, Patricia
as the modiste. accordingly hung out
their sign, 1t was then that the fnll
realization OF their status was wholly
apparent to them. In spite Of the fact
that they were alone in their reSpec-
tive fields. the only customers who
came were from their immediate group
OF friends, the loyal members OF the
Nifty Nine. The only one of these who
really stood In need of tutoring was
little Eloise Darwin, but Eleanor Bis
bee. purely out Of sympathy which was
her outstanding characteristic, came TO
be brushed up on her French.
Patricia's undertaking proved more
lucrative, for oil the Miners ordered
nightgowns and Mary Harris went 50
far In her magnanimity as 10 request
complete dress So Patricia found she
had enough work to keep her occupied
through the 40 days and 40 nights OF
Lent and calculated that she was
earning the total sum Of $i0S0 for the
missionaries, which seemed quite sat
lSfactory
When Louise. discouraged by the
meagerness Of her clientele. decided to
augment her tutoring with shoe shining
she. too, did better. for the devoted Nin-
ers sent piles OF shoes OF all descrip-
tions, Thereafter Louises hands were
n permanent blend Of black and tan,
which would never quite come on.
especially around the finger nails.
Mary and Patricia went shopping IN
the village dry goods store for materials
for the dress, and at length decided ON
y lavender gingham which seemed 20 be
the high spot In the assortment which
did not display any great scope for
Anyway the cir begins to smell Of
Spring and lavender ginaham." said
Mary, "Isn't ID q marvellous dayl We
can seon have some saturday picnics.
One thing I want TO do Ii TO 10 10
Washington Irving's old home, sunny
side, can't no back 90 California
without seeing where Ichahod Crane
and Katrina Van Tassel came from.
Wouidn1 II be fun to set all the Miners
and hire 9 nag and drive down there
some days"
YES, I'd love II. I have always
wanted tn see IL. too. Daddy has an
old engraving In his library at home
that shows Irving and all the other old
boys sitting around biz table at SUM
nyside, They seem 10 be casing &C q
great rate and doing lot Of loaking
out OF the window
Lets walk up Hsehwpod avenue past
the fumportA'. Ned said he would 10