Show ro it tj WS moro more jean read flab through the letter which jt had bad arrived to find her in djs a mo mood dd of despondency most unusual like a W 1 S gleam of sunshine it bad JB brightened the gloomy g 1 0 0 mj prospect of a christmas away from home to be sure living with ones step aunt make much of a home but even that was better than the deserted campus and then had arrived this charming in g note from one of the most attractive graduates my dear ulsa miss gray it will wili afford us the greatest possible pleasure to have you spend the holidays with us we are entertaining most informally and will expect you christmas eve cordially yours MAIl JORrE nolden HOLDEN most informally I 1 jeans brow clouded 1 I cant go 11 1 jean winked back unaccustomed tears and stared hard bard at a picture on the wall in front of her As her vision cleared she became aware that she was gazing at the group photograph taken after the last dramatic society play what fun she had I 1 for one brief evening she had bad been a star and worn truly becoming clothes if only jean sat suddenly up right light with eyes sparkling ill go to mrs and wear those cloth clothes esl 1 she cried ecstatically jeans inspiration was born of the fact that the dramatic society had issued a recent edict clothes worn in the annual plays playa were to be purchased and become the property of the organization and so be always aval available lable for future performances gary cary and jean lagged far behind the others jean was property mistress and held the key to the wardrobe it if mrs holden had not be been abroad when we gave nancys english cousin this little stunt might have bave been impossible mused jean as the following day she folded and packed the smart little serge she had bad worn in the third act three changes there had been noted respectively ively in the stage directions as ida a one piece serge a simple party part y frock and a striking outdoor costume 11 jean took all three but the following morning at the gay holly decked breakfast table mrs holden bolden unsuspectingly turned jeans happiness to ashes my brother deap jea p who came after you yon had bad gone upstairs last night why you know each other I 1 of course we know each otherl other 1 smiled a singularly attractive young man I 1 coached the play in which miss hiss gray played a demure little english girl and well do I 1 remember her in the part I 1 yes it seemed that cary endicott Endl cott who had made nancys english cousin the success it had been was mrs Hol boldens holdens dens brother on one of the very last days of vacation the crowd set out on snowshoes across the hills gary cary had managed matters so BO that he and jean tagged lagged for far behind suddenly in a snowy but sheltered hollow as the rest topped a distant summit and dis disappeared fary cary turned right about face and held ont his arms J jean e on darling will you be my wi wife fe jean flushed furiously 1 I oh why how can you after after these clothes Awl assistant stant professor Endl Endle cotts otts face expressed nothing beyond utter titter mystification then lie shook his head tm rm afraid maybe im dense but and jean had to explain her slim hands clutching themselves within the odd little english muff which was part of her striking outdoor cost costume u me when she had finished cary just stood for a moment regarding her ever so gently ever so tenderly then you know you funny girl that men can live with clothes year in and year out and never notice them ahem its the people that wear them that count and happy jean close in his arms knew that he had spoken the truth h hv apar 8 service I 1 |