The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1933-01-27

Jealousy. Jealousy Of her younger
sister, Cecile, who was IL beenty
OF the family and the 1avoeite Of
her parents.
jeanette hid her true feelings
well. Watching her smoking now.
with that easy air Of half-seornfui
amusement, no one would haye
guessed she was raw with wounded
pride. Cecile had shone at . dance
last night, totally eclipsing her
older sister and jeanette was out
for revenge. Revenge. which Ard.
eth Carroll. all unknowniue was "a
help her get.
Some back for that sandsl.vood
ian you were looking at last week.
Miss Parker?" Ardeth asked A ~
came UP to jeanette.
No! Something more important.
You" jeanette blew Z cloud al
cigarette smoke down her LONG
anln nose and looked mysterious.
Ardeth. love. you and / are 70
ing into business together"
Ardeth regarded her with pus.
I'm fed up on society stun. >,
said jeanette loftily. s'IIl kick
and scream IL I have to 70 n
another tea or dance or . bridee
game! I've become an Earnesf
Worker, Ardeth. I'm going 10
opS "a, q ; y p and you must come
Ardeth looked her astonishment
"A shop? Your
A Parker turned shopkeenerI
Jeanette smiled. Very pleasant 70
have this girls obvious Admiration.
Soothing TO vanity bruised by
years Of playing second fiddle 70
a younger and prettier sister.
Yes, infant. A shop-lw she
nodded. Il told you I was utterly
fed up on the social end. You've
no idea how I'm run ragged.
Ardeth. The price Of popularity.
l suppose" She shrue9ed With -
air of comic helplessness. "But
! happen to have . mind which
demands food-and I'm out after
a career, darling" She Tipped the
ash from her cigarette airly.
The other girl stared at her. nm
certain how to take this.
Ardeth could not begin to
guess 1t the tangled events which
had led up to this moment.
What jeanette would not admit
even to herself-was that this
sudden decision on her part WAS .
pose. It was to b IA excuse for
not shining socially - did the
younger and prettier Cecile.
jeanette was already praeticine
little sighting remarks about ''idle
women" which she would toss off
to admiring male aequaintances-
hoping they would take the hint
and mark the difference between
her own efficiency and her sisters
frivolity.
"Her business" would provide .
convenient excuse for refusing in
vitations 70 dances and house
parties where she would Be . wall
flower.
"'d love 70 80, Of eeurss--''
Jeanette would say airily, s'but
I'm . working woman now, you
know. NY business. I'm 90 do.
voted to IT," She would give
a little expressive shyug. That line
should 60 well with men.
She went on. "I'm going 70
open = small speciality shop In the
finest shopping district. No spe-
cial line, you know. but the newest
and most expensive novelties. The
latest perfume. Or slipper buckles.
And Spanish shawls. And ! want
you, infant, to come and tend shop
for me-"
She knew what she was doins.
did jeanette. She did not intend
being tied down to daily duty be-
hind . counter.
So long As il pleased her she
would play ct ''kseping store" But
she wished 70 be free to put on her
hat when the mood moved her, to
drift to the Sc. Francis or the Fair
mount In the afternoon to boast 81
her business over the tea table.
Ardeth was to be the crew.
jeanette would be al the officers.