Wellesley College - Legenda Yearbook (Wellesley, MA)

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6 At Wellesley Be careful, Lady Disdain, laughed Ruth. ' ' Even Beatrice became Mrs. Benedick. Nell had an impatient way of throwing back her head when other gestures were insufBcient to express her emotion. She did so now, and her cap sailed breezily away upon the water. Silently she turned the boat and drew near to the floating ribbons, but an unlucky movement of her oar swept the cap farther away. At that moment a canoe cut lightly out from a shadow and came easily alongside. A red-jerseyed youth was holding out the dripping lit- tle crew-cap with grave courtesy. Nell thanked him shortly, and the canoe was gone. ' And you think you can make shift to do without them, murmured Ruth wick- edly. Nell pulled jerkily at the oars, and the girl with the eyes hastened to remark : You would n ' t think that that canoe was making for shore. It ' s pointed di- rectly toward the white cloud over there.

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A Question of Science care for the modern story. The girl al- ways gets herself married unless her lover dies and no one is left to console her. Then they call it a tragedy. If the girl has a profession of her own it is the same. It does n ' t seem to count that she has taken up a work in the world and has spent years in learning the best ways to accomplish it. All that goes for nothing, and it is a matter of course that she will marry the first man who falls in love with her and whom she finds passably agree- able. And yet there are more than enough women without professions to marry all the men in the world. This particular girl had no time to marry. More people needed her than just that man, but of course she sacrified them all. ' ' I suppose you will never marry, pur- sued the other. Have you a grudge against men in general? Oh, no, said Nell, in a lighter tone. They are agreeable enough, I dare say. Still, I think I can make shift to do with- out them.

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A Question of Science They followed the moonhght path in silence for several minutes. Then they went in. In spite of disadvantages, Nell had her fascinations. No one could explain them to anyone ' s satisfaction, but the fact of them was universally acknowledged. Any one upon whom she smiled became her devoted slave, from the tall, cold girl with colorless hands to the bright, curly coquette with her warm, silly heart. Ruth loved her and knew that she was worth a world of devotion. One day Ruth stopped at Edna Davis ' s and found her cousin Fan Reed there, taking tea. Edna poured another cup, and explained that they were discussing Nell. ' Waste of time, said Ruth. ' ' You will never conclude. We had come to that conclusion, at least, said Fan. She is odd, pursued Ruth. ' ' But I don ' t know what I shall do without her.