Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1882-12-28

Peter was very red AMI very clean shay
ed and skinny. That corpse OF SUIT
had come off the bed and was aVenging
the disturbance by refusing to-look hke
ANYTHING but cerements-pagss, hew I.
and horrible. The purple crayaS stared
ont like an evil eve from the glacial ex-
nanse of shirt-front. The green glovsd
hands were spasmodically holding On
to q vicious, slippery hat that wanted to
lie on the floor. Lie on the floor 1t dld
in a moment, and after an unsuccessful
lunoe Peter gave it1p and stood help
less and cheerful as before j. t14I - /
: There was a silence. The men drew
a1vav towards Miss Leclair, and Peters /
Gaze wandered to her face. She was
frownino, and perplexed. The broad
4 smile died off his lips, he stared about |
the room, at the walls. the hanglngs,
i the pictures, the flowers, and then back
/ again to the slender figure of the host
1 ess. He might have been q petrlnca-
! ton thousands Of years old, SO, Tar as
stony rigidity went, bpt. ne was purple
and there was q pltlful constraIlnf1I aho
distress in his honest face. Il, :.
Mr.. Gordon, in a low voice, asked E'ef. OF
Miss Leclair .ft - 80. .lEs..Yz a. -sfstsf e
Il NV no Is IL. -. .t@4
s.The grocer from the corner -
I Mr.. Gordon. promptly stepped up to
| him and said = aSee khere Tiny man,
, you've made blunder. There. are no
: friends of yours here"
"Aber-but, ia, sir-yes, sir, l knows
very goot dot lady" He smiled again
and advanced a step. Meeting Marian 8
a cold look he faltered, stammered,
stenned back. fumbled for his hat that
, was on the floor, then turned pale
;, turned as pale with suppressed feeling
e as if he'd been a poet instead OF q
$ grocer: his lips trembled and so die
IL those1big, green gloved hands.
d "Come, S,said Mr.. Gordon, s'sbe OFF ,
But Marian swiftly crossed the room
held out her. white hand, laid it In Q: on'
# of those green gloves, and. IN n me-
,e eentlest, most cordial tones, she salu
k ?sYon,ve come to wish me a Happy New
4 Year, Mr.. Kinkel. I thank you.
1T Gordon drew back with muttere'
N exclamation; all the others wnlspere'
" and wondered. For afew minutes sh
i, entertained only Kinkel. Gradually sh
OF made the talk more general, put sh
er gave Kinkel pictures to LOOK at, 81
ed showed kinkel the flowers, and many
lg consoled, but subdued and modlneG
lie Kinkel fumbled for the door-knob, VIM
lis Marian herself arrested that snny W
en- grant of a hat and put it safety INTO n
CO hands. a,=3 .8t .G,t f.-Er -
IS; "Peter,'' demanded Mrs. Kinkel, vine
ao he came home, ''was she glaoa 70 st
you" a,, ,d;t,,,,,
IN, If main force Peter took Off his glove
I'D "Did she say you look shplendi'
" Peter?''
ere Slowly he answered: "She treat n
Tx. nntifnl. yery eoot, shust like an ange
nc nc but SIS. .-..g,...
ely ssVat she tink of dem close, eh?" :
ere ssMutter. L can't meier tells you
5h'' about dot visit bel Miss Leclalr. Efer
tile tines is different as what you kae
or, about. Eferytings is different, - Is
BOD s.Yon't YOU calls again, Peter?'' -
shutter, you know my old cart h 3!
OF KaiserP" 4gE1, HFC IFhF 0fnfT't |.
= of ella. yes. 49, VtA ta3t. e "495y.L q
COS "Kaiser is one goot old cart 1hor
der md | gifes him apples sometimes un.
eep speaks init him pleasant. Veil, one d
Iilty he lofe me so -goot he walk right II
ines der store. Ven he get in und KICK
elry der baskets and all der putifu PAIN
roat drawers und tings, Kaiser git aw
lace scared und den he kick Offer more tn
last und feel more pad, und he vas giad
'hite he git out. Kaiser didn't pelonSS
tied der shtore. He don't meier dry
on AGAIN. I don't belongs Del MISS
But clair. Z don't nefer dry dot again :
ould A few days after Fritz brought
her, news: 81 saw Miss Leclair buy
,ture butter at Smiths store Then r
man winzed at Johnny, the boy, for Xii
e. had sighed audibly.