Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-11-14
" YOUNG MIR. GORDON :.

oung Mr.. Gordon will be here
next week, Pansy ?''
Miss Moliie Henderson. famjliarlv
known as Pansy ''-presumably I've.
cause she did not in any respect resem.
ble that " flower of thoughts, - being of
an exceedingly viyacious Temperament.
ana addicted III the earlier DAYS of her
existence to top-spinniIg, marble-play-
ing, and other amusemenfs popularity
supposed to be the exclusive property
of boys-looked up in a very placid
manner as her father made this an
nouncement, and answered il fully and
effectively by an expressive snrug of
her pretty shoulders and very decided
pouting of her small mouth. Then she
placed the book which had been engag-
ing her attention on the sofa by her
side, caused her small feet to swiftly
describe seml-clrcle. and when the
flash of brown hose and prettily turned
ankle was over she had assumed a sit
ting posture, her previous attitude hav-
ing been one of comfortable but rather
undIgniiied Tecumbency. She then
placed her elbows on her knees, regard
ed her father complacently, and said:
''lS the ArIpahoe coming, too?''
MIR. llenderson'e manner changed at
once Yes" he replied, Mr.. Cor
don will accompany his son; and L
want you, Margaret, to treat him with
every respect-in fact, l shall expect
You to do So"
The figure on the sofa saw that a
mistake had been made early in the
hnr Gas h.r- 4. 4
her as Margaret" it meant serious
dIspleasure on his part. 1t also meant
that he must be placated at once, for
Mr.. Henderson was one of that rather
numerous class of men in whose minds
a real or fancied. injury continues to
magnify with each succeeding instant,
until it finally wraps their whole eXis-
tence III an artificial, but none the less
effective, gloom. Mollie was well ac-
quainted with the disease, and on
equally intimate terms with the re-
medy. Consequently she at once
bounded from the sofa, liung her arms
around the paternal neck, squeezing
that useful portion of mans anatomy
until fracture of the cervIcal vertebr5,
seemed imminent, bsiowing at the
same time upon her sire a large number
of kisses. these being punctuated with
ejaculatory and highly mcOherent re-
marks TO the effect that the object of
this tidal-waye of oScuidtion was the
dearest, darlingest old papa in the
world, 50 he was, and that the oratrix
Oh the contrary, was naughty, wick
ed girl, who didn't deserve to have such
a sweet. lovely papa. who WAS always
doing everything in the world for Ler.
And then, having finished this wild
flutter of disjointed English, Miss Mol
lie nestled closely in her fathers arms
and INDUCED in that never failing
panacea for all the woes TO which fe-
male flesh is perpetual helr-a good
cry.
Its all right, Pansy, darling" said
Mr. Henderson, strokingly gently the
mass of brown hair that lay upon heI
breast, the remainder Of the head to
which ii belonged having been thrust
under his left arm i'll an apparently
Wild ende5Nor 10 discover 10y bIrrow
ing any stray suspender or other article
of gents furnishing goods that might
be concealed there. Il was a little hard
on you perhaps, but you know MI.
Gordon is Il lifelong friend Of mime,
and don't like 10 have you allude to
him III a careless or jesting manner.
The face WAS slowly withdrawn from
beneath the Iiternal arm and looked
up at Mr. Henderson. 1t was not ex'
actly pretty face, there being tip
tilted nose somewhere about the md
die of it, and the features were not al
all regular OF classic. But the biz
brown eyes and their long lasheS would
have attracted attention from any ont
not professional cynie or misanlhropt
and wnen these, looking up appealing
ly,c;illed TO their aid a dropping moulin
white, regular teeth. and lips thai
seemed quiverlng with the agony OF
great mental suffering, the Immediate
and complete capitulation of whoever
constituted the opposing force WAS
matter of course
And here little explanation Is ne
cessary. From the days of her infancy
when her mother having died, she wa
relegated To the care of a maiden alll
who-e spilIlsterhoOd. i'll view OF the FAC
that Mr.. Henderson had loved his VIII
very dearly and did not at al desire u
replace ner with another helpmate. ap
peared 10 be special dispensatlon IL
favor of the motherless little girl, Mol
lie had been treated 10y her father u
remarks concerning John Gordon, who
she was informed, had gone to the ia
West several years previously and MAJ
been left a widower with one child,
boy about five years older than Mollie
One of the first facts impressed upol
the child's mind was that Mr.. Gordon
lived in Idaho. Subsequently, In he
infantile perusal of the newspaper
which at the age of 10 she read regular
ly, and with great fidelity to detail
She CLEANED the information that idaii'
was the home of the Arapahoe Indians
and at once identified Mr. Gordon wiz
the noble sons of the forest and pictui
ed him TO herself as ferociouS peiSo
of carmine hue (having seen Inaisn .a
alluded 10 in the public prints as 10
men), carrying constantly with mn ~
large supply of tomahawks ana ol1e 1';
destructive cutlery, while there aangie G
at his belt long string OF partlcuiail
CORY scalps. When, increasing year:
came the knowledge that her iatnel
60 \ -. ,,..t an Indian MOllle SluC