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Pelorus Guardian and Miners' Advocate., Volume 20, Issue 70, 3 September 1909, Page 6

6 Cousin Emily’s Revolt By CARROLL W. RANKIM. r l”' WO persons stood upon the nar- | row plank walk at the outer edge of the long ore d-'ek. One was a small, soberly-di’essed woman of perhaps h) years of age. The other ! was a tall, radiant girl of 17. Their eyes were; fixed upon a huge ore-car-rier, steaming slowly out into the clear Line of Lake Superior. Five hand kerchiefs of varying dimensions • fluttered gayly from the stern rail, and five happy face;-; smiled back at - the ‘wo watchers -silhouietled against j the ore-stained timbers of the dock. | “What an advertisement a ' they'd | make for tooth-powder!” said Kathlerine, watching the receding boat, j “Did you ever see such a beaming I lot? Isn’t it lovely for them to have a chance to take a lake trip? Wasn’t | it nice of Uncle Joe to think of sending them all? Isn’t it fun to see ;folks off?” “No,” said her companion, unex- , pectedly, “it isn’t!” ' “Why, Cousin Emily! Anybody’d | think you weren’t glad to have them i go. Think what a change it will be ■ for mother! Ten whole days without I a mite of housekeeping to think of!” “Of course I’m glad for your mother’s sake; she really needed the rest. But you just wait, Katharine, until you’ve been seeing people off for 40 years, without ever going to any | place yourself, and see how you like it! I've seen people off on steamboats and ore-carriers, on special trains and private cars, and just plain, everyday cars ever since I was born; but I haven’t been a dozen miles from home in all that time. “First of all, I saw everybody off to the Centennial. Did I go? Not a bit of it! Young as I was, I had to 'stay at home with your grandfather’s ! sprained ankle. Then all the family j went to Mary Banning’s wedding, ami left me at home to poultice Uncle Timothy’s felon. Did I go to the circus? Did I go to Chicago to the opera? Did I get to the world’s fair or the Paris exposition? Did I—” “Why, Cousin Emily!” . “Did I go to the family gathering lat Madison ? No, I didn’t. Somebody I had to stay in the house to keep the ■ water-pipes from freezing, and I was that somebody. Did I go to the last whist tournament? I wanted to, but somebody had to stay with Cousin Anne's teething baby, and of course I was the one. “I didn’t even get to Grandfather I Perkins’ funeral. I saw all the family off in a private car that time; but I was left at home with the Denberr/ twins. There are those twins on that boat this very minute; and here am I, j seeing them off and staying here my- | self to chaperon you.” “I’m sorry—” began Katherine. “Oh, you needn’t be. It isn’t your fault. It isn’t anybody’s fault, unless it’s mine. I tell you, Katherine, it doesn’t pay to.be a useful person. But come; let’s go home. The boat went around the point two minutes »g°” , . ■* The plank walk was non© too wide. While there was no actual danger, it was necessary to proceed cautiously in order to avoid rubbing one’s garments against the ore-crimsoned timbers on the one hand, or tumbling unceremoniously into the lake on the other. So Katherine led her more timorous second cousin along the narrow ledge, up the step, and into the safety of the broad, covered walk in absolute silence. “Well, that’s over,” »id Cousin Emily examining her sleeve for possible orendust. “Katherine, I want you to t promise never *o tell anybody what I said about being sick or seeing i people off a»d never going anywhere myself. I’m ashamed of myself for saying it- The family has been as good as gold to me all these years. I think I must have been tired and nervous after flying around all the morning trying to get everybody’s things packed in the right bags. I’m afraid how that I put your mother’s thimble in Tom’s suit case. ' “All the better,” laughed Katherine. “She’d hem all the way from here to Cleveland if she had it, H Tom find* it he’ll throw it overboard to keep her from sewing. Never mind, Cousin Emily Bub out that anxious wrinkle and come along! I shan’t tell a soul about all those trips you didn’t take.” And Katherine did not; but fhe girt, ; who had never in her life planned any* ; fjiing for herself, since she had so I many others to plan things for her, .spent several days in deep though*. | was feo unusual that Cousin Emily sent surreptitiously for the fam- \ iiy doctor, who felt the girl’s puke, ; while pretending to shake her hand, |and- then gravely recommended a j freckle lotion. Katherine's father was not wealthy, but on her mother’s side the family 'was a large and influential one. Itinl eluded (,1U - millionaire, one mine-own-I Pr and iliree railroad men. To be sure, Dm ■millionaire was stingy, the mineowner eccentric, and the railroad men 100 busy to be bothered; but Kathi grine was not the girl to be hampered | by trifles like these, j “j-moii!” said Katherine, tearing up ajd lie letter, the result of an hour’s hard hviior. “Uncle John hasn’t time to read all that. He doesn’t read anything but telegrams. I’ll write him a (telegram and sent it by m»il.” n "Dear Uncle John: Please send me |WO bv return mall. Will explain later. It’s all right. KATHERINE DENHAM.” “It’s ait right if Katherine says so,” said! tin; stw.'gy millionaire, making out a cheek for $75, and then tearing it up and replacing it with one for an