Weekly graphic. [volume] (Kirksville, Adair Co., Missouri) 1880-1949, 1882-01-27
Hsartlsss Belle Brandon.
BY HAZEL KIRKE.

IosSPu MaiiuSa' W ii'' .o' PsAp"i 'Ns'N
friend, Henry Jasper, as they promen.
AIDED, arm in arm, on the lawn in from,
of a fashionable watering place hotel
"very beautiful, Henry, but as shy as
mountain roe, and cold as an icicle.'
"Shy as she is, Joe, am determined
TO form her acquaintance replied
Henry, removing his cigar from his
mouth, "for, by George. she is the pref.
test girl I've met in FIVE years y
'You would have a hard time be-
coming acquainted with her, and when
you did, you would find that she would
freeze you"
"Freeze-how!' q
Those large, dark eyes"
Those large, dark eyes freeze me!
Why, man, you are crazy! They are
full of melting tenderness. and warm as
Il Southern sky"
ITO a person at distance she may
appear so, but get near enough, and
YOU will find an iceberg furnace com.
pared to her
Bah you have been jilted. by her,
as perhaps you ought have been, on
account of your freedom and impu-
dence. Who Is she?''
Miss Belle Brandon is her nam::
that's all anybody knews about her.
said Joseph, pausing. tapping the green
grass with his tinv cane, and putting
spiral clouds OF smoke above his head
"She nevsr Tilted me: no, never gave
her an opportunity. She froze me at
the first glance
But III be hanged il see anything
freezing about her. said Henry.
The person of whom they wer
speaking was a tall, dark-eyed girl, OF
slender, graceful form, and in every re-
pect a beauty. She was strolling alone
on the broad lawn, not fifty PAGES from
where the friends stood, tapping the
green turf with their canes.
.Heartless Belle Brandon " said TO-
seph Marques, as his eyes wandered
the beautiful girl at the opposite
side of the lawn.
is that the name size has won at this
place 2" asked Henry.
1T is
"And certainly very unjustly."
You do not know her as well as the
other young men Of this place.
But l am going to-
Then you Will change your opin-
ION
The friends walked away toward the
beach, in order to erlo1 the fresh
morning breeze; and the object of their
conversation, after lettering on the lawn
for few moments, entered the house
nat afternoon, as Henry Jasper
was walking down the shaded arbor
from the fashionable hotel, he saw a IA
miliar form In advance of him. A snowy
bit of cambria had dropped from her
grasp, and lay on the white. pebble
walk.
Now is the time to introduce N.Y.
SELF" said Henry, as he quickened his
pace. Come, Henry Jasper, you
have noble work before you. and that
is, to melt the walking iceberg, as Zoe
calls her
He picked up the handkerchief, and
a few rapid strides brought him up TO
the lady
Il beg your pardon, but this e.
lieve is yours; | think YOU dropped it,
he SAID, as he passed the cold beauty,
holding up to her the tiny handker-
chief.
She took it and acknowledged the
favor with graceful bow, and a
Thank YOU y in voice not unpleas-
ant to hear.
That was all. There was no smile OF
thanks: the face with its beautiful and
regular features looked as il it might
have been hewn on. of stone.
Rather cool that?" said Henry 10
himself, as he wandered away on a diff
ferent walk, by himself Il don
know but what the boys may be right,
but iceberg as she is, am going to be-
come acquainted with her. Beneath
that cold exterior there NAV be 4 warm,
friendly heart
He tired every means known to
young nen (and they are not few to
form her acquaintance, and was bafl-
ed in every instance. When acciden-
tally he offered her such little gallan-
tries as the above, she acknowledged
them with politeness, but seemed to
avoid anything like familiarity.
Il think, Henry, you had just as
well give IT IN :, snid Ine Marnres rs