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' ' ' * ' 2 ' THE McHEHEY PI.AINBEALER, McHENRY : ,, - , w - v * 1 nJL -*1.' ^ * " * • »•'- * "" ' ̂ "' ^ • * ' » . ' 1 , 4 £'<.* j , r;'i f*$r *»* J . ,v-y UDEN l*1 . - ' ">WS I f-.v I; > _ V By ETHEL HUESTON •' ' •/•<*«-•« ' *"« jL'T "4- ""sf's * , '•V/*.-4̂ ,.; , jti >*& - Copfrfghl BaiMH lii&fefcK -»'*--• - *•---• "*» Author of -PRUDENCE OF THE PARSONAGE" Copyright BotMCsgriB C* <*- cu*v»> CAROL GOES TO THE ASSISTANCE OF LARK WHEN DEEP EMBARRASSMENT THREATENS AND A NEAR- PAINFUL INCIDENT BECOMES A COMEDY Synopsis.--The story opens In the house of Her. Mr. Starr, where Prudence, his eldest daughter and feminine head of the house, con­ sisting of her father, herself, her sisters, Fairy, the twins--Carol and Lark--and Connie, the youngest, are awaiting the arrival of their aunt Grace. Liveliness of the smaller members of the family results dis­ astrously for their appearance. Carol and Lark investigate Christian Science. Prudence postpones her wedding when tiarol catches measles. Then Carol tries to convert the town roughnecks. CHAPTER V. v Substitution. The twins came in at dinner-time wrapped in unwonted silence. Lark's face was darkened by an anxious shadow, while Carol wore an expres­ sion of heroic determination. "What's up?" Connie asked, when the rest of the family dismissed the matter with amused glances. Lark sighed and looked at Carol, seeming to seek courage from the Spar­ tan countenance. Carol squared her shoulders. "Well, go on," Connie urged. "Don't be silly. Tou know you're crazy to tell us about It, you only want to be coaxed." Lark sighed again, and gazed appeal- ingly at her stout-hearted twin. Carol never could resist the appeal of those pleading eyes. "Larkie promised to speak a piece at the Sunday-school concert two weeks from tomorrow," she vouch­ safed, as unconcernedly as possible. "Mercy!" ejaculated,Connie, with' an astonishment that was not altogether complimentary. "Careful, Larkie," cautioned Fairy. "You'll disgrace the parsonage if you don't watch out." "Nonsense," declared their father, "Lark can speak as well as anybody if she just keeps a good grip on herself and doesn't get stage fright." Aunt Grace smiled gently. Connie frowned. "It's a risky busi­ ness," she said. "Lark can't speak any more than a rabbit, and--" - "I know it," was the humble admis­ sion. "Don't be a goose, Con," Interrupted Carol. "Of course Lark can speak a piece. She must learn it, lenrn it, learn it, so she can rattle it off back­ wards with her eyes shut; That's the whole secret. Of course she can speak." "How did it happen?" inquired Fairy. "I don't know?' Lark said" sorrow­ fully. "Nothing was ever farther from my thoughts, I assure you. The first thing I knew, Mrs. Curtiss was thank­ ing me for my promise, and Carol was marching me off like grim death." Carol smiled, relieved now that the family commentary was over. "It was very natural. Mrs. Curtiss begged her to do it, and Lark refused. That al­ ways happens, every time the Sunday school gives an entertainment. But Mrs. Curtiss went on to say how badly the Sunday school needs the money, and how big a drawing card it would be for both of us twins to be on the program, one right after the other, and how well it would look .for the par­ sonage, and It never occurred to me to trarn Lark, for J never dreamed of her doing it." "I thought It wouldn't hurt me to try it once," Lark volunteered in her own defense. Aunt Grace nodded, with a smile of interested approval. "I'm proud of you. Lark, quite proud of you," her father said warmly. "It's « big thing for you to make such a plunge--Just fine." "I'm proud of you now, too," Connie aaid darkly. "The question is, will we be proud of you after the concert?" Lark sighed dolorously. "Oh, pooh!" encouraged Carol. "Any­ body can speak a silly little old piece like that. And it will look so nice to ' have our names right together on the program. It'll bring out all the high school folks, sure." "Yes, they'll come to hear Lark, all fight," Fairy smiled. "But she'll make it go, of course. And It will give Carol * chance to show her cleverness by felling her how to do it." So as soon as supper was over, Carol said decidedly, "Now, Connie, you'll have to help me with the dishes the next two weeks, for Lark's got to prac­ tice on that piece. Lark, you must •read It over, very thoughtfully first to get the meaning. Then Just read It and read it and read It. a dozen times, a hundred times, over and over and over. And pretty soon you'll know it." Til bet I donV' was the discourag­ ing retort, as Lark, with pronounced distaste, took the slip of paper and sat •down In the corner to read the "bloom­ ing thing," aa she muttered crossly to ^lifcreelf. Connie and Carol did up the dishes IB dreadful silence, and then Carol re- Iturned -to the charge. "How many times did you read it?" "Fourteen and a half," was thp pa- laent answer, "it's a silly thing, Carol. There's no sense to It. The wind went iferif ting o'er the lea.'" I them. The twins had a very disheart­ ening way of failing to recognise Con­ nie's jokes--it took the life out of them. "Now read it aloud, Lark, so I can see if you get the proper expression," Carol continued, when Connie was ut­ terly subdued. Lark obediently but .unhappily read the quaint poem aloud and Carol said it was very good. "You must read it aloud often, very often. That'll give you a better idea of the accent. Now put it away, and don't look at it again tonight If you keep it up too long you'll get so dead sick of it you can't speak it at all.*' By the evenfhg of the Sunday-school concert--they were concerting for the sake of a hundred-dollar subscription to church repairs--Lark had mastered her recitation so perfectly that the minds of the parsonage were nearly at peace. She still felt a deep resentment toward the situation, but this was par­ tially counter-balanced by the satis­ faction of seeing her name in print, di­ rectly beneath Carol's on the program. Recitation Miss Carol Starr. Recitation Miss Lark Starr. It looked very well Indeed, and the whole family took a proper interest in it. No one gave Carol's recitation a second thought. She always recited, and did it easily and well. It was quite a commonplace occurrence for her. On the night of the concert she su­ perintended Lark's dressing with ma­ ternal care. "You look all right," she said, "just fine. Now don't get scared, Lark. It's so silly. Remember that you know all those people by heart, you can talk a blue streak to any of them. There's no use--" "But I can't talk a blue streak to the whole houseful at once," Lark pro­ tested. "It makes me have such a-- hollow feeling--to see so many white faces gazing up, and It's hot,-and--" "Stop that," came the stern com­ mand. "You don't want to get cold feet before you start. If you do acci­ dentally forget once or twice, don't worry. I know the piece ns well as you do, and I can prompt you from be­ hind without anyone noticing it. Bui you won't forget." She kissed her. "You'll do fine. Larkie, Just as fine as you look, and it eouldn't be better than that." Just then Connie ran in. "Fairy wants to know if you are getting stage fright, Lark? My, you do look nice! Now, for goodness' sake. Lark, remem­ ber the parsonage, and don't make a fizzle of it." "Who says fizzle?" demanded their father from the doorway. "Never say die, my girl. Why, Lark, I never saw you look so sweet. You have your hair fixed a new way, haven't you?" "Carol did it," was the shy reply. "It does look nice, doesn't it? I'm not scared, father, not a'bit--yet! But there's a hollow feeling--: Have the boys come?" "No, but they'll be here in a minute. Jim's late. I do get sore at Jim--I'd forty times rather go with hlav than- Hartley--but he always puts off ask­ ing us until the last minute and then I have a date and you get him. I be­ lieve he does it on purpose. Come on down." And Grace looked at the pale sweet 'face with gratified delight, and kissed her warmly. Her father walked around her, nodding approval. "Aunt Grace," he said solemnly, "It's a wretched business, having a parson­ age full of daughters. Just as soon as they reach the age of beauty, grace and charm, they turn their backs on their fathers and smile on fairer lads." "You've got me, father," said Connie consolingly. "And me--when Babbie's tin Chica­ go," added Fairy. "Yes. that's some help. Connie, be an old maid. Do! I Implore you." "Oh. Connie's got a beau already,' said Carol. "It's the fat Allen boy They don't have dates yet, but they've got an awful case on. He's going to make their living by traveling with a show. You'll have to put up with auntie --she's beyond the beaulng stage!" "Suits me," he said contentedly, "I am getting more than my deserts. Come on, Grace, we'll start." "So will we, Connie," said Fairy. But the boys came, both together, and the family group set out together. Carol and Hartley---one of her high- school admirers--led off by running a race down the parsonage walk. And Lark, old, worn and grave, brought up the rear with Jim Forrest. Jim was a favorite attendant of the twins. He had been graduated from high school "I sure do know," he said fervently, "didn't I have to do a speech at the commencement exercises? There never was a completer cavern than I was that night. But I can't figure out why folks agree to do such things when they don't have to. I had to. It was compulsory." Lark gazed at him with limpid trou­ bled eyes. "I can't figUt-e out, either. I don't know why I did. It was a mis­ take, some way." At the church, which was gratifylng- ly crowded*wlth Sunday school enthu­ siasts, the twins forsook their friends and slipped along the side aisle to the "dressing room"--commonly utilized as the storeroom for worn-out song books. Bibles and lesson sheets. There they sat in throbbing, quivering silence with the rest of the "entertainers," un­ til the first strains of the piano solo broke forth, when they walked sedate­ ly out and took their seats along the side of the platform--an antediluvian custom which has long been discarded by everything but Sunday schools and graduating classes. The program went along smoothly, with no more stumbles than is custom­ ary at such affairs, and,nicely punctu­ ated with hand clappings. When the superintendent read, "Recitation--Miss Carol Starr," the applause was enthu­ siastic, for Carol was a prime favorite In church and school and town. With sweet and charming nonchalance she tripped to the front of the platform and gave a graceful inclination of her proud young head in response to the applause. Then her voice rang out, and the room was hushed. Nobody ever worried when Carol spoke a piece. Things always went all right. And back to her place she walked, her face flushed, her heart swelling high with the gratification of a good deed well done. "Carol," Lark whispered. "I--I'm scared." Instantly the triumph left Carol's heart. "You're not," she whispered passionately, gripping her twin's hand closely, "you are not, yow'EfeiPlI right." Lark trembled more vhSenfty. Her head swayed a little. Bright flashes of light were blinding her eyes, and her ears were ringing. "I--can't," she mut­ tered thickly. "I'm sick." Carol leaned close to her and began a violent train of conversation, for the purpose of distracting her attention. Lark grew more pale. "Recitation--Miss Lark Starr." Again the applause rang cut. Lurk did not move. "I can't," she whispered again. "I can't." "Lark, Lark," begged Carol desper­ ately. "You must go, you must. "The iinpishness entered • > ; her lier natural heart. * "Lark," she whispered, "go out^aiidt make a bow." *"* "Mercy!" gasped Lark. **I didn't do anything." /• f "It was suppbsedf to be you--go on. Lark! Hurry! You've got to! Think what a Joke It will be." Lark hesitated, but Carol's domi­ nance was compelling. "Do as I tell you," came the per­ emptory order, and Lark arose from her chair, stepped out before the as­ tonished audience and made a slow and graceful bow. This time the applause ran riot, for people of less experience than those of Mount Mark could tell that the twins were playing game. As It continued, Carol caught Larkih's hand in hers, and together they stepped out once more, laughing and bowing right and left. Lark'was the last one In that night, for she .and Jim celebrated her dfefeaf with two ice cream sodas apiece at the corner drug store. "I disgraced the parsonage," she said- meekly, as she stepped int<i the farrrtly circle, waiting to receive her. "Indeed you didn't," said Fairy. "It was too had. but Carol passed It off nicely, and then, turning it into a Joke that way took all the embarrassment out of it. It was perfectly all right, and we weren't a bit ashamed." "And you did look awfully sweet when you made your bow." Connie said warmly--for when a member of the family was down, no one ventured a laugh, laugh-loving though they were. Curious to say, the odd little freak of substitution only endeared the twins to the people of Mount Mark the more. "By ginger, you can't beat them bloomln' twins," said Harvey Reel, chuckling admiringly. And no on* dis­ agreed. Circumstances induce Fairy to reveal her life's romance. The twins for a short period enjoy themselves hugely. (TO BE CONTINUED.I 'VERY HARD TO PRONONCIATE* J? "Are Yoti Scared, Lark?" 'Oh, that's not so bad," Carol said | the year previous, and was finishing Itelpfully. 'Tve had pieces with worse (lines than that The imprint of a Idainty foot,' for instance. When you »y, The wind went drifting o'er the you must kind of let your voice [glide along, very rhythmically, very--" 'Windily," suggested Connie, who re- tlned to witness the exhibition. ~r- "You keep still, Constance Starr, or >u can get out of here 1 It's no laugh- matter I can tell you, and you have keep out or I won't help and then--" "I'll keep still. But it ought to be Indily, you know, since it's the wind, at it tot a Joke." aha informed F. off at the agricultural college In Ames. But Ames was not far from home, and he was still frequently on hand to squire the twins when squires were in demand. For this broad-minded devotion the twins gave him a deep-seated gratitude and affection and he always stood high in their favor. "Are you scared. Lark?" he asked her as they walked slowly down the street toward the church. "I'm not scared, Jim," she answered solemnly, "but I'm perfectly cavern­ osa. if you know what that meana*%> wind went drifting o'er the lea,'--It's easy enough. Go on, Lark. You must Lark shook her head. "Mmmmm, she murmured indistinctly. "Remember the parsonage," begged Carol. 'Think of Prudence. Think of papa. Look, there he is, right down there. He's expecting you. Lark. You roust!" Lark tried to rise. She could not. She could not see her father's clear en­ couraging face for those queer flashes of light. "Yon can." whispered Carol. "You can do anything, If you try. Prudence says so." People were craning their necks, and peering curiously up to the second row where the twins sat side by side. The other performers nudged one another, .smiling significantly. "I can't," Lark whispered, "I'm sick." "Lark--Lark," called the superin­ tendent. Carol sighed bitterly. Evidently it was up to her. With a grim face, she rose from her chair and started out on the platform. The superintendent stared at her, his Hps parting: The people stared at her too, and smiled, and then laughed. Panic-stricken, her eyes sought her father's face. He nod­ ded quickly, and his eyes approved. "Good!" His Hps formed the word, and Carol did not falter again. The applause was nearly drowned with laughter as Carol advanced for her second recitation. "The wind went drifting o'er the lea," she began--her voice drifting properly on the words--and so on to the end of the piece. Most of the audience, knowing Lark's temperament, had concluded that fear prevented her appearance, and understood that Carol had come to her twin's rescue for the reputation of the parsonage. The applause was deafening as she went back. It grew louder as she sat down with a com­ forting little grin at Lark. Then as English Language Bothered Edward Livingston Trudeau, "The Pioneer of Opera," Although American. In St. Nicholas Mary R. Parkman tells an Incident in the childhood of Edward Livingston Trudeau, "The Pioneer of the Opera." "The small boy who could scarcely remember the time when he did not live in France and whose relatives were all French did not forget for a moment thot he was an American. The toy boats which he sailed In the fountains of the Tuillerles all bore the Stars and Stripes. All his favorite playmates- at the Lycee Bonuparte, where he went to school, were hardy American boys whose parents were living ih Paris. "During the years of the French sr-hool the vague, Inner yearning for a freer, more natural life found vent in many pranks, and covert rebellion not only against the class routine, but also, more openly, against the estab­ lished order of things on the play­ ground. "When he returned to New York at eighteen Edward could speak only broken English, but he felt so truly American that he wondered why his cousins laughed when he said. 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