Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-07-13

ing MIN nice messages and raising his
hopes, and now you want 10 turn
round and insult him. You can tell
him yourself II you choose. / shall not
hurt the poor fellows feelings"
i In n day or two / wrote. trying TO be
very hrm and decided. He replied TO
that, urging reasons for writing. and
one letter brought on another, until in
the excitement and delight of a senti-
mental correspondence, / expressed
myself more strongly than I intended.
In TACT, might rs well tell the truth: /
wrote to a man had never seen and
knew nothing about that there had been
stranger things than learning to love a
favored correspondent.
1 was very foolish? do YOU saw? Yes.
Craled with excitement and not re-
sponsibleg No. For had been led to il
against the protest Of my good sense.
Let u serve as warning TO other
girls. These written foilies somehow
nave the knack of coming back upon
their authors, like ghosts that will not
4 was to leave school about the time
OF my seventeenth birthday. As that
period drew near, / began to feel more
deeply the folly of what / had done.
and TO see the necessity Of getting ont
OF the ENHANCEMENT into which I had
been led. To tell the truth, too. I be-
gan 10 get tired of the correspondence.
found that my admirers letters were
often ill-spelled and badly expressed.
Al times he became so high-hown that
could not quite understand him. In
my ignorance thought could end the
matter when | pleased, and the very
idea that father or that nv brother
Harry should find out ANYTHING about
II terrified me. / had no mother. but
my good, kind father was mother and
father both, though sometimes he could
be very stern when did wrong.
! told Ellen that L was going home
the next week, and should not write
again TO her cousin. She must tell him
that L wanted the correspondence To
cease, and If he wrote 10 me at my home
| should be compelled to return the
letters.
You know it's been in fun. any
way" i said. "And | want Won TO oet
my letters from him and burn them fIp.
Here are his" handing her a package.
To my establishment, she burst into
rage. She, who had taught me that il
was only fun TO engage in these affairs,
All mt once became indignant mt NV
ialsehoOd. She was always coarse and
common in her speech. but that day no
Virago could have surpassed her i'm vul-
garity. She exhausted herself nj last.
and then burst into passion of tears.
You needn't think to throw him
oil in that way" she cried.
you've led him on, and now you're
going home, because you think your pas
richer than he is, you're for casting him
To the winds. / want to say To- YOU that
fun fun, but this matter has gone far
Their than fun. Won't he give il 10 me.
tool" and she had another stormy par
oXysm.
i was terribly frightened, and IL dis
gusts me To think of the quantity of
humble pie Twas forced 10 eat that day.
cried, prayed, presented Ellen with
n set Of pink coral. on which she had
long cast cOvetOus eyes, and at last she
apparently relented, and promised to
get me out of the scrape.
AT least Ill do my best" she said.
shaking her head. "but YOU don't know
Guy. Hes n mule when his heads set
ON anything. and you can't drive nor
coax him.
That was not exactly the noble char
actcr she had before given him. but
was too glad TO have the promise of an
advocate in the matter to find fault.
How happy / was when / reached
home. and felt that | was not to leave il
again! How beautiful the garden and
lawn Of Plainfield looked under the mid !
summer sun! Then, too, Harry was at
home. handsome fellow Just twenty,
wit Ia .s..I.
had grown within the year, and trying
hard to be digniiied and imposing in !
manner.
The following week there was 10 be q
grand party at Plainield to celebrate
my seventeenth birthday. How happy !
! was in those days, choosing my dress !
and having il made up, and receiving |
and visiting the dear old friends who |
crowded i'm TO welcome me! IL seemed
To me no girl in the world had u more
blissful lot, and the future stretched out
before me, cloudless vista. III an in !
trusivc memory of the past year forced !
itself upon me, thrust il quickly awav.
and went singing and dancing through |
the house.
AT last the momentous day dawned, |
and from early morning the household
was in n stir. l had taken upon myself
the decoration of the two large parlors.
and mounted on a step-ladder. was nail
ing some trailing wreaths of WV and
roses over the doorways. Old Uncle
Leb, our colored dining-room servant,
marched in holding n card on salver.
Its no use bringing that, Uncle
Ieb,' ] cried from my lofty perch. 81
cOuldn see the Gar Of Russia to-day.
with all this work 20 be done. Tell my
visitor m very sorry, but it's impossi-
BILE for me To see any one. Tomorrow
1 shall be glad TO receive visitors"
81 done tolt him so, missy" Zeb
said, in an injured tone. ''but / reckon
he amt much Of gentleman, least
wise he seq, Of you read his name, you'll
be sure to see him."
lie handed up the piece of pasteboard.
and my Mortified eyes saw &c. Reeves"
on IL, and then my brain seemed to swim.
until / grew giddy. There was one
paramount instinct with me-to run
away. j did not stop to think or reason
on the subject. made one spring TO
TIE floor.
Go back To the person. Uncle Zeb."
! said. brcathlessly. Say YOU can't
find me. that I've gone away TO stav
ever so long. just get him out of the
house. and q, Uncle Zeb, Ill do any
thing for your
The next moment / had rushed out of
the house and into the woods which ran
on the side of il. threw myself on the
ground and by degrees my senses began
to come back TO me. Why didn't / see
the fellow mt once, and get him away
before my father or Harry should meet
himP Besides, If he came once, he
would be sure TO come again.
was utterly desperate. and decided
IL would be best To meet him in the
road, and have the horrible interview
over. ran 10 n knoll which COM
manded view of the house. and after n
time | saw man emerge from the park