, 1877-02-10
A SLEIUiI-BELLE.

iATOM DFOWBl8 dlclEtl uhhlCu HleEf1iT Hp 10
liarold Browns door. and at tint moment {shc
was the soul of p,inctualEty) cut camo Harold
Browns only sister,-a little woman wrapped In
shawlst aud wells, and worstcl things, from head
10 foot.
"Comc along. els," be shouts ,nnd thcn,with-
out waiting for her to ''conc along" he iumps
from tho sleigh, reaches tho top Of the stoop In
three strilrs,-hcfs a tail, broad-shouldcrcd,
s]ark-akinucd, bluc-cyed young fcliow.-caichcsr
her up III hts arms as though sflc wero only
bundle, mud It, the twlnkllng Of m eye she Is
snugly slowed Awny anlong tho hufla1o-robcs.
Crack goes the whip. 'sG'tang, Ncd" cries
Harold. "Ncl" tosscs Ills head and paws the
ground au instant 10 sct tho slctgh-bclls ring
iug properly. ansl OF they 20.
"Arc you warml" asks liaroll OF the bundle
nt his side.
"Almost smothcrcd," answers the bundle In
an tnlstinct voice, With slight lisp.
"That's right, my daEling," says tho brother,
who alorcs hs psotty young s!stcr-thn only one
left him Of four. ~ should tear my hair ID wild
despair Il you caught cold. Mind you don't, for
II you but succzc once, TO 1t the tfnlcst aneoze
| that ever waB, homo you CO." ...
"Ncvcr fenr, IIar," rcjotns the obctlcnt small
won,an. ~ pru1nisc, upon MY word aud honor,
not 10 snecze. I'll cloke ilfst. Ahl here WI
Ike etr acc a. s{ ta epa a e o
slcigl,s. BIZ and little. thc lnrpcst Of which
stands unacc,lpicd before the lianlsome anI
brilliantly ", 1ISltea house of Albert Lea er
"Yea, and here arc n'l the reat," says IIar-
nd, cd.llng, with q slight inilcst!ol, oi scorn,
WcxcuptIng tic Lee people. Of courso it's tho
Princess Alberta who Is keeping us oil waitng''
Iforrctsing. n t!,o most manl!ke 1lanMsr' tlat M
hp Ind only TINT moment arrived himself. "eho
never was really wien she Wna q ltttlu gir!, antl
suppose shc hasn't reformed in that particular,
nov % s1s aep:ss ps nsi to voice trom tho mucr.;
"why, slc isn't Il bit larger than nm."
swell, sllc's ycae older. anyhow, md ought
10 know bcttcr," replies Harold: "hut haven't
somo ure. or two, or half dozen Of her nuncr.
Gus admirers, utterly regardless of tho tass That
I7,that Is, you--to say lothtng q forty or tlfty
os.e 8 Da van Rssscas1 ss" l. Sn.nnn
On her gloves, or WIN West Ia fastening tho
straps II her uycrshoes, Or somo sonsounttci
nonsenso Or other. Corn, Us my op!nion that
ingcs, ansi smiled o., tiu new. sAlbcrta S--arii
shc won't let my one sottcn 1t to tDerta,'" hp
went on, apparently warming with his subject
nils shs is, al,i mite s!.s viii copttnuo 10 be-,
" "Oh. M ilarul!" % % exciai1fs % ti,o ysilci Voice,
With as much Indignation rs Is possible under
SHES nut hauxI,ty-hl,c's not seorniul-sllc's i
lovctyt Sic came to nc herseif ycsterlny at.
tcrnoo,,-aM! happen to know ali tho othera
had written inyltatiuhs-ami begged VIC would
A.l,lonc,l affair." sho saltl, t'anti want my real
ojd-{a.Aioncl friends to re,ue.''i
WExtrru,cly rontcsrcniinr.n intermediates
HurOll
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