Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1884-02-14

his family's six weeks sojourn at the sea-
side he might give undivided attention
to his newest racehorse.
n. BIT was the middle of August;
but they had been doing the Dells of the
| NorthWest-an save Miss Heliotrope,
who had spenttwo months with a school
friend not far from her own city.
The propeller was growing hoarsely
as it moved down the river, through
open bridges and the tangle of shipping,
out under the star ofthe harbor light, into
| the caressing arms Of the lake; and the
WOlfClOse party, having concluded the
| inspection of their three staterooms,
shifted doubtfully st the six-inch look
Eyeglasses, and wondered if there were
mosquitoes Or-anything else that bites
on board, appeared on deck to witness
the mOonrise.
They all found seats together, except
ing Helie, who, with usual perversity,
wandered off to the other side and stood
gloomily by herself.
She stood so but few moments, how
ever, when gentleman, who had sud-
denly emerged from the cabin, approach
ed. She stared a second, then thrust
out her hand with joyful cry of recOg-
milton: "Phil Lawsonr"
He caught both her hands and squeezed
them hard-nObody was looking at
them everybody was interested in the
moon.
eyes, here I am" he laughed. "Aren't
you surprised?"
"AwfallyI But awfully glad. How
did you know we were coming? You did
know, didn't you? Are you going clear
round? Why, it is simply splendid. But
I have a scolding ready. What did you
mean by such melancholy letter as that
last one?"
She poured this out in breathless
way as audacious as the proximity Of her
| face.
eyes" he said, 'I am going all the
way" then paused, hesitating for
some reason.
Helie glanced across the deck and sug-
| gested that they stroll to the stern of the
boat, as she had much to say.
''Tell ME how much you knew" she
angry, awfully angry?"
about whatW
About my letting you think my
name"
"Oh fudge little Puss. You didn't sup
pose didn't know all about you weeks
| before you came to your friends? Why
she wrote me to come so as to meet you.
She knew I'd fall in love at a glance
we'll she wasn't far out there" and
he gave her arm a hug. "But, then, the
absurdity of your coming there with
only couple of sateen dresses at thirty
cents yard, and making her introduce
you as Miss Healy, a poor orphan, self
supporting, and so forth, for the purpose,
I've no doubt, of making all the young
fellows wild after you because they
couldn't marry you. For, OF course,
man doesn't care so much for girl he
! knows he can marry"
81 didn't ask Laura Dodge to introduce
me as Miss Healy," said the young lady,
spelling out the name. II said 'Helie.'"
20, didn't you? For you didn't allow
me to call you Miss Healy,' Miss Kittie
| Healy," he remarked pensively. "NOW,
see here, there might have been some
fun in poor girl palming herself of for
an heiress-"
40, that would be horrid I"
"Think SOP"
"Why, of course! Phil, shall I take
you back now and introduce you to NAM
ma, and auntie, and Isabel, and Agnes,
and Delicia? o dear, 1 wish they were
at homer
$50 do Iw Another hug-of her arm
only, of course.
She laughed. "Well, come along. I
shall introduce you as Laura's friend.
No one knows we have correspondent"
But first, Helie, I've something to
say"
quite alone at the stern, directly over
the screw mice place to get sick) with
single lantern overhead, faint in the
moonlight. And he was looking very
fond and very melancholy. He was
good-looking young fellow with a per-
fectly golden mustache and a tenor
| TOIt a
speech-being of Southern parentage.
mo, Helie, for when you have heard
me out fear you will hardly wish to in
trOduce me-"
"Why, PHILIP"
"It is true. Pussie-I used to call you
Pussie, didn't I?-when we last met, on
! ly few weeks ago, had a fortune of
my own, a very decent one, which I
might have asked a certain dear little
girl to help me spend, if she loved me
enough. Now-it is gone. Irretrievably
gone! SpeculatiOns have carried it off
as the wind carries thistledown. in the
autumn. l am poor manW
30, Phil" She clutched his arm with
both hands and regarded him tearfully.
Dearest, you do carer"
You know it."
And, having kissed him fondly and
wiped away her moist grief, she in
CURED:
But where are you going?"
"To Buffalo"
''And then?"
"No further. I return with the boat,
because, you see"-he WINGED as he CON
fessed it" / am the steward"
The steward ?' she echoed.
Yes" resignedly. $50, of course, it
wouldn't do to introduce me. Your fam
lily couldn't sympathize as you do, dear
est"
Helie sighed; but presently her spirits
rose like life buoys.
az don't care, Phil It must be jolly to
be steward and ordera all the meals. Please
have ice cream often and lobster salad"
Just wait" said Phil, lugubriously,
"wait until you see me inspecting great