Show ethel hueston illusto rations by bg irwin it wit myers C b co S service F my i c ife belen ien afi who 3 hiis waa aw twenty en fy three years old after two years of cl training at the normal school had served for or two years as a teacher in a neighboring town her small check chck coming coining into the parsonage every month had meant something almost aun akin to richness until caell the unaccustomed expense of medical treatments had made such voracious demands upon them now the lie twin twins salso were ready to so go into the normal school for training in the fall all ginger felt that it was a real extravagance on the part of the family to assume the expense of educating marjory to 0 o teach school that money might better be saved marjory was beautiful the obvious end of beauty Is marriage to great fortune from her earliest childhood in her queer small heart ginger ella had bad sacredly dedicated her beautiful bisberto Bister sister to that high estate she would enrich the family by marriage M W her inexperienced youth ginger divid edall men broadly into three general groups regular men mea romantic figures and base pretenders regular men man were like her father settled ur bane and immune to sm sex like edds edd jackson ginger called him a regular Eddy Jackson had bad been one of thelt theli I 1 first friends when the TolU vers came to red thrush he was a farmer not that ginger called what eimy jackson did farming farmS ng the neighbors did not call it that tha either ginger ella called it playing they called it kid gloving eddy jackson was an agriculturist an experimentalist ile he was of the new school one of those who studies the land as a mechanic studies his tools the neighbors I 1 laughed at what they called his high dink uses but the fact that he be made in spot cash every berr nearly twice as much money as abey did from the same amount of land gave him a certain authority among dmn g t them hem they said he was lucky but they went to him for advice there was a long low building on his farm which ginger called the sacred shed eddy jackson called it the lab and there with microscopes and plates and curious tubes and queer liquids and funny little boxes boses and bottles and cans of sand and soil eddy jackson did strange things with soil with seeds and sprouts often during the summer bummer young men laeh students from the state universities came and stayed at the farm which eddy called pay dirt and hobnobbed hobnob bed about with him fraternally but when eddy told them to do anything they obeyed as if they were servants and so they were but bul not the servants ot of eddy jackson servants of the soil of ct the state the great farming state of iowa so eddy jackson for all his bis youth and his sometimes flippant way of 0 dealing dealin with serious subjects fitted into Gin ingers gers classification as regular just like her father tie ile never waxed sentimental he never succumbed to what she bitterly termed pawling paw pawl ing ng ile he went about with helen until professor langley attained the heights height of monopoly in tier her time as well as aa her affection and then be obligingly transferred his attentions to fhe twins taking them inter changeably according to the oc occasion caslon or loth together and sometimes a although she ehe always protested ginger hei herself telf eddy did not talk nonsense re he never stopped the car to leap out and aad pluck a wild rose iose to present with a flattering word a soft took look and a sly touching of fingers ile he did not quote poetry jae he did not sing ile he just sr strolled rolled blithely in with an otter offer ing of fruit from the tann farm fresh vegetables or a chicken ready tor for broiling and announced that he would uke ilke company for a ride regular juar wf like father that was eddy cjackson I 1 cjackson ginger took tier her responsibilities to the family with a great deal of solemnity ity it if only she could hold them in le i line the twins that Is tor for helen I 1 was abw now irrevocably lost to her ela als terly schemes stilli still even ginger i found some som e grounds of justification for nelen helen she was getting old nearly twenty three and helen was as an evea tempered unexcitable anro mantle type perhaps after all it was just as well sher regretted that they could not afford money enough to adorn mar borys beauty in a fitting manner i ginger was not very pat patient lent and it did seem hard to wait and keep on walling tor for marjorye Marj orys hour of tri at the side of the romantic fig ure ura dispensing countless millions in charitable enterprise and looking well after also in the meantime ginger quite burned to do something on her own account it was not that she had not tried what indeed had she sha not triad slie she ha had bought from her set der s bonal 0 bat affo allowance W yo e ft at iowa wa ULC S copies of sunday editions of all the chicago papers tor for the sake of the advertis adver ils ing sections column after column she had bad studied ad lifter after ad she had bad answered but these although in type they seemed to promise such lavishness of reward turned out most disappointingly the one about ad I 1 dressing envelopes tor for instance in the advertisement it had seemed a rosy road to fortune home work quiet easy and ginger had to try it be fore she realized how very very long it took to address a thousand en ve ce lopes and how very very little remuneration mune ration was sixty cents tor for this expenditure of time and ink the plain sewing lad turned out to be the complete manufacture of overalls at fourteen cents apiece and ginger ge r ruined three of them and was obliged to pay for the material before she would confess herself beaten one magazines private road to for tune she discovered proved to be via the taking of subscriptions and this was not just the thing tor a ministers daughter in a small town where parishioners felt obliged to 30 do whatever the ministers daughter asked and then were aggrieved at her tor for asking very nearly had bad ginger become a ralser raiser of ginseng she had read a simply thrilling account of how one could take an absolutely negil negligible ible amount of ginseng seed and set it fout out in a small shady corner comer of the iwarden garden where la in practically no time I 1 at all the produce would attain a mar I 1 let kei value almost unbelievable she had written feverishly for the promised details and while awaiting their recel receipt pt unwilling to allow one tin on necessary nes ties essary moment to elapse between tier her effort and the market value s she went to work on the slin diest snot in t ake F e gi garden adil stio tug dug sh she e lioe boeck JI affe ra raked ked and long before the details arrived in red thrush her garden spot was really ready and subjected to most moat inquisitive and ironical comments from her sisters wb who teasingly won dered if she had bad prepared the soil for manna from leaven heaven when the letter of details at last arrived she carried 1 lt in quivering expectancy to her little attic studio her sanctuary only to find end that there was an original outlay for seed tor for es ea specially pec lally ally prepared soil rich la in humus potash and phosphoric add acid for particularly ticul arly recommended lath frames to supply artificial shade the entire expenditure amounted to not more than forty dollars from which within an amazingly short time according to 0 o the printed matter but what to ginger was not less than a five year eternity a fortune was guaranteed ginger reluctantly sowed bowed flowers in the garden spot and laid in 11 a fresh supply of sunday papers in tl her r pursuit of profitable exercise she was an insatiate although slie she chafed chafee at her inability to turn effort into cash she did not despair As long iong as the chicago papers papera con linued to hold bold out rose colored inducements ants so long on g would ellen Tol livee called mile ginger ella follow the lie rainbow b w trail 11 0 barred from the comfortable living room occupied by helen and norace horace by the unwritten law of 9 family of sisters miriam ginger and their father sat on the veranda they the were thrilled and expectant they must musi wait wait tor for the wealth of prizes walt wait tor for marjory shining rapt raft triumphant for fafty dollars in gold olf oil father cried miriam sudden ly if we are just sitting here walting waiting for it and she should not get it she will feel had bad about disappointing us breathless with the horrid tear fear ot of thus embarrassing their beauty tay they rose simultaneously end and hastened upstairs crowding upon each other t As if we care whether she gets ir or note not said ginger stoutly mr tolliver with the courage of his conviction went instantly to bed not tor for worlds would he confuse a daughter of his with the thought that be expected her to bring him money by her loveliness but the two girls however much they might wish to spare their sisters feelings could not entirely sacrifice their own they must see her they must mast 1 must catch the first thrill thrift of tier her rolce feel the first touch louch of tier her quivering fingers they took off their slices shoes making pretense and thrust their icet feet into their shabby old mules this was to prove that lint I 1 aley were ivere utterly In differ ent benl 0 o ue abe outcome ca y in n aeu and asleep then than they sit sat on the bed and waited a while it seemed a long time to them asbe she wont be b hero here tor for hours and hours mourned miriam but if we go to bed we may fall asleep protested ginger and she would come honio home in whispers and it 11 would be b morning before we knew what had happened this was too hopelessly awful even to consider they dared at et each keb other disconsolately sheer desper desperation atlon finally drove them up the corridor beyond the twins room to the one which ginger s shared with helen helen in spite of the excitement attendant upon the beauty pageant had bad been putting some last tender touches to her wedding gown and bad left it cire carefully fully at spread out across her bed so coded bloed ginger real lace exulted Bl miriam Irlam it if only it were the prince of wales instead of horace langley but helen loves horace so dumb of her hei I 1 they lapsed into info moody moddy silence lenco el ginger broke it atlant its not that I iru im ru altogether opposed to marriage you know but people should marry somebody that Is somebody it 1 going to marry nt at all YOU yon must admit that it to la silly of helen to marry a common school teacher who ea earn rn a cent more than father does doel ashes not gaining a thing thine by it not a thing giving givin up a rollicking good time with us as just toshii herself up alone with one mathematical man you have to admit its dumb money make happiness no but it keeps tt it from starving in absolute depths of desperation although the slightest touch upon the whiteness of the gown was strictly prohibited ginger lifted il up carefully and held it against her own slight figure smiling at her reflection in the mirror 11 oh beautiful she sighed rapturously 0 it would be almost worth tit nt taching a 4 husband just to get eel to weal it miriam listen chere a thing to do she abe wont be home for or hours and hours and she wont come up while hes hea therel there I 1 im going to to try it on hiriams Mir iams start was one of abject horror but she listened frowning and she he showed interest still ing against it she held the gown carefully high from the floor while gin ger slipped out of her modest little frock and into its silken slip gig gling nervously both girls girl held their breath as miriam lifter the soft folds over gingers dingers Gin gers sleek little head iger posed with great dignity be fore the mirror practicing a slow blow bridal step I 1 oh ginger it la Is lovely why really youre quite pretty prett i ginger paraded back and forth be forcher mirrored reflection in a vom com ravishment of delight how sumptuous I 1 mean scrumptious she elie exult exulted edL how dignified I 1 uni ami I 1 why I 1 took look as old ea as helen delen oh ob I 1 wish we had dad a veil her face tell fell pointedly unfortunately the family anally finances had not yet admitted of the purchase of that ultimate bridal accessory look in helens drawers miriam she must have something you ton cant get the effect without a veil miriam obligingly ransacked the cedar chest the dresser drawers but bin la in vain she did produce however a small circlet of creamy while flowers saved aved from the hat ot of a previous summer and these she twined prettily on gingers dingers Gin gers head admiring i the effect but ginger was not noi to 0 o be pleased but weve got to th have a veil tt it a loots looks like a nightgown or in anything without a 11 veil you roust must wear white gloves walt wait miriam ran noiselessly to the bathroom and returned with a pair of sha shapeless leless white canvas on ones ea which marjory kept kepi there in reserve for h her er infrequent turns of dusting sh she e tucked these effectively into ginger Gin gers I 1 hand hut but ginger would not be distracted from the fuesl miriam think we must have something looka the curta curtains insl 1 forgetting the sacred gown she swung herself lithely up to a chair by the window but was quickly drawn from danger of disaster by her sister ginger be careful come away ill get it balancing herself ou on the chair she removed one of the ling thin curtains from the rod and shook it carefully care full out the window to remove the dust dus then with a nice regard for effectiveness she attached it by pins ans to the wre wreath th in gingers dingers Gin gers hair ginger Gloger treni trem bled with delight oh miriam bo honestly nestly rd id marry him film myself think of walking into church like this you must walk slowly and took look very sad brides always look a sad ad to keep from laughing I 1 suppose cant I 1 have your white slippers Mir larul ginger cast it a disapproving took look at her clumsy old mules mercy 1 what on earth carth sudden discordant clamor pierced the stillness of the night and brought brou glit a sudden pause to their mi mischief ginger stopped in her peacock pluming and tilted her small head under the creamy flowers and the filmy curtain t listening intently downstairs S iben icelen and I 1 MU eurace r a V e k blau 51 aul it clel ma ale n accustomed ull uproar and front wind window OW to investigate went to ohp n liver heard it and sat up in bed beacon mr tol T i dering regretting his heiple helplessness helpless aneas nesa his bis 1 n own home lut but his life nith aith gay daughters had accustomed four lit him to in accept strange experiences much question and he be subsided the mad medley of noises quietly detached itself into distinct and cognizable zable consonants there ree rec overtone of excited girlish laughter was ii an chorus of admiring bass a marjory P 1 0 the big car careened dizzily the end of the flagstone up to patti path ami figures many figures themselves from rom running hoards boards fenil end ers and hood tile the lurk darit a shallow if f i them surged across the ill lawn anil and standing out against it laug laughing lIla FI 11 i silk dull gold with cieni ci cam w white title filke fin and arms glimmering in the light was Alar marjory jory 1 he be walli walling ng alrea had fallen to 10 sudden silence I 1 only the twanging of it the he ukulele P proclaimed ocl almed tier her triumphant return oh margie cried lie helen lerl is she ran to the tha door to greet gibet her flow wonderful Bonder full I 1 how flow loie lyl like moonlight marjory the dull old house with tier her sha doft train of admirers admirer 5 moon light r in her arms were roses heaps ot roses soft and fragrant mii mar J borys face was flushed tier eyes eye were L A twin 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