The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1876-06-01

son Just tingeing her pale cheeks an
touching her chin; and she had beauti
ful hands, with long taper fingers
noticed them when she began to writ
and her name, as afterward discover
ed, wasySte Stella7Starstui. sea ..V
Miss Starsun proved so quiet an,
mouse-like that after a few days we al
most forgot her presence, and chaffed
laughed, and sung, when the cat wa
away, almost as much As ever.
One thing we all noticed-Miss Star
sun never went out at lunch-time Sh
nibbled away at something for abon
five minutes, drank glass of water
and then taking a.bookfrom her sachel
read or studied until time for wori
again.
:" Fellows, said Smith, one day, af
ter she had gone, Give found out wha
Miss Starsun lanches on'
Pickles, 'tsaid ThraH. A
"Candy," drawled Gerard.
"Two crackers" said Smith
"neither more nor less. I've watched
her for a week through little peep.
hole I've made in my screen, and that,
all, pom honor" ....
"Poor thing!" said 1; "that's dry
/ fare" E
Not so bad," drawled julie. ''Somt
unfortunate people haven't two crack
ers. =" tF--t t.t
"Good heavens! what tortoise you
are, Gerard" " said Thrall.
"Ya-as, ".said julie. iI.E..E
Tie next day noticed on Miss Star.
suns desk a-pre.ty basket of strawber.
ries, wreathed wi6h, bright green leaves
She looked At 1t in'evident wonder fol
a moment when sac entered, and then
set it aside; but | was glad to see that
at lunch-time she ate the Strawberries
with her crackers, taking what the gods
apparently had sent her, in her usuaI
quiet manner, without question.
After that, every day throughout the
summer, some fruit-offering was laid
upon Miss Starsun's desk; placed there
by order of old Lawrence, we all decid.
ed, whose poor relation we had long
ago made up our minds the girl must
be.
Gradually we became quite interested
in the interloper-she was so patient
so thoroughly womanly and modest in
all her ways, and worked so cOnScien.
tiouslv and well.
"Only inconvenient to have around, >
Thrall said, "when a fellow feels as
though he mast swear or burst" And
il she had only been pretty, half a
dozen of us would have been in love
with her, us | said to Elizabeth Way,
land, authOress, who had come in TO see
the editor OF one of our numerous pub.
lications, and, he being out, stopped q
moment TO chat with me. By-the-bye,
those who say ali women writers are
ugly, should see Elizabeth Wayland. 1t
is pleasu e 10 look at her bright, at
tractive face-and such q delicious,
charming, harmless flirt as she is!
"'Pretty,' Mr.. Dickson" said she.
"Where are your eyesP"
Where they always are when you
are present." | replied.
"Take them away Immediately, and
look at that girl. Nice head, nice broad
brow, nice brown hair, sweet gray eyes,
long dark lashes, pretty little mouth,
and characteristic nose"
"'Nice' way of saying ugly" inter
rupted |.
''And altogether" continued Eliza
beth Waylaud, "a refined, lovely face. -
And SO it was.
She had been with US three months
now, and her cheeks had filled out and
were tinged with faint pink hue; her
eyes no longer looked sunken; her brow
was-shaded by somepretty tendril-like
-curls, and a happy smile fingered about
her lips.
"Well stupid?'3 said Elizabeth Way
land. ....... ...-r
"Yes, ma'am," said I.
And from that day began to fall in
love with Miss Starsun. helped her
all | could with her work, which was
not much, as she understood her bust
ness almost as well as | did. [ bored
the fellows in the other publishing
houses for all their new books that |
might lend them to her. Now and then
I left a little bouquet on her desk, and
at last got to exchanging dozen or
SO sentences a day with her. .
She had a sweet low voice, as have
said before, and a pretty way, which
ihave moi said before, Of elancing up at
you from under her long dark lashes,
which liked me much.
Wei, the Tong and short of it was
that Miss StarsunT iIad been myfellow-
clerk only fouI months when | was des-
peTately in love with her, and only wait
ed a favorable opportunity to tell her so.
Ii came. Some of our fellows were
on their summer vacation; the rest had
been summoned to the room of the
chief | would be alone with Miss Star
sun for an hour.
/ approached her desk, my heart beat
ing violently, and leaned over her. She
laid down her pen and looked wonder
ingly up in my face.
Miss Starsun-dear Miss Starsun, -
| stammered, "you have a woman's
tact and irtuition; you can not have
failed to seo thai T."
Have ceased to regard YOU as "a
nuisance" drawled julie Gerard, who
had silently approached from behind
and secured the taper fingers | was
about TO clasp, +" and I, Stella, my love,
as an interloper. And now put on your
hat, say good-by to Dickson, and invite
him, If you choose, to call upon us
when we return from our wedding tour.
Ta-ta, old boy!''- Harper'S Bazar.
A Valuable Relic.