| Show 4 v 1 BADAS B. B ADAS ADA'S MISTAKE stood In to the farmhouse the big carry-all carry creak creak- the tile stony mountain road The Their that she had to set et bl for r tea and ran into the Yoom room oom n the vehicle stopped In front of or oran an elderly lady dressed In climbed down and was followed hUd hild about Adas Ada's age The little dressed in white lute bite shoes and stockings her tsat sat lt jauntily on the side of her curls and from her gloved hands dl dla a silver purse ess ness the new boarders are awful said Ada to herself as as she peered lem rent from behind the curtain to come top of the tain tali for lor q quiet well quiet well they'll get It Nothing about in these woods and crows tea da waited on the table while cooked a big supper of ot old ham biscuit and other deli deli- She She noticed that the little girl was Pauline did not eat and that she was pale as If it from s. s Wt After ter fter tea Ada was busy wash- wash he dishes so Pauline was left don dont don't t think she wants to play me m me anyway thought Ada as looked at the new childs child's lothing Ad Ada began to be envious and im- im was stucK up The reJas re- re Jas that each girl kept to herself herselt vAda vJ Ada lived with her aunt a whose sole support was this mountain farm fann By good luck lucka a ad heard that Mrs Irs Beverly and ieee Pauline wished to come to for the summer and she shela la lad to get them to make a bit traT tra money Ada had no cause for her aunt was kind eing poor could not afford alforn to give mch ruch pleasure Yet when Pauline PaulineA A Ada began to grumble day Mrs Beverly was called unexpectedly to the city and left nef sin 1 Jn Aunt Marys Mary's charge The Theas was as that Aunt Mary got up a at t tl of f lunch and told the two girls via vA picnic over by the old mill pair of gloomy faces It was that thata d sadly a IY along having nothing to toe ems e s too proud to talk said Ada she she did not see the tears of n ness ss In Paulines Pauline's eyes At the th they y ate their lunch In silence A Ada thought of a wicked scheme vill frighten her good she said rs lf And let her see I can do doi doshe i she cant Out over the mill race ran a think plank Ada walked out on It carelessly Come over here Pauline she called There are some lovely wild violets here by this rock Pauline was was frightened but did not like to refuse to togo togo go Her pale face grew whiter as she as-she she stepped on the plank and felt it shake Trembling she took a few steps then stopped I am afraid she whispered in a alow alow alow low voice Ada felt feit proud of her own daring She was glad she had put the girl In a humiliating position But Just then the plank gave way and Pauline was thrown Into the water Over the great wheel she tumbled am and was swept down Into the swift current Save me save me she called d wildly wildly wildly wild wild- ly as her white face appeared above bove the water Ada was paralyzed with horror What had she done one with her wicked envy 7 I 1 will save her if it costs m my own life she whispered to herself herselt as she raced along the he bank of the stream Pauline had disappeared beneath the water Ada thought with agony that the girl might never never appear again A Afew Afew Afew few yards in front of her a grapevine hung over U the e mill race and some oi of Its branches swung loose Ada grabbed It and Just then saw P Pauline's Paulines uline's deathlike face appear on on the surface Holding to the vine vino by one arm ann she swung out outward out x ward and nd seized the drowning girl by byone byone byone one armHold armHold armHold arm Hold tIght I will sav save you stammered stam stam- stammered Ada Then in a loud voice she screamed for tor help and In a few moments moments moments mo mo- ments the miller came running toward the girls By the time he the bank banle Ada was almost exhausted but he was a strong man and managed to get them both safely to the shore An And In an hour Pauline was feeling strong enough to ride home In a buggy with Ada for her driver Oh Pauline wept Ada that night when the girls sat on the front porch I have been awful wicked wicked wicked-l I just hated you be be l I thought you were proud on account of being rich Paulines Pauline's face lighted with a smile I never thought about my clothes at atall atall all she said I was lonely mother lonely mother has been dead Just a few months and father Is away I wanted some one to play with but thought you disliked d dm I ISo m me So Ada found she had made a big mistake that rich girls can be as nice niceas as poor ones and that envy is apt to bring punishment She and Pauline became warm friends Copyright 1916 by the the McClure Newspaper S Syndicate New York City |
