Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 April 1910 — The Only Difference. [ARTICLE]

The Only Difference.

Clorinda was as black as night and Of heroic proportions, but in every possible way she copied her slender youttg rnlfitress, for whom she had a great admiration. “I like to look jes’ as much like you as I can,” she often said, “ ’cause you looks jes’ like a lady orter look, Mis’ Hend’spn.” Clorinda entrusted all her shopping to Mrs. Henderson, and scorned the bright colors and pronounced styles affected by her own friends. One day she asked her mistress to buy her a pair of low shoes. As she made the request, she glanced with admiration at the slim little foot showing beneath the edge of a dainty skirt. “An’ I want ’em jes’ exactly like yours, Mis’ Hend’son,” said Clorinda. ■"No diff’enee, ’cepting dey’s gotter be nines, so maybe de buckle might 'pear better If ’twas a teenty mite larger’n yours.”