Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-02-15

ouses5 How FUNNY"
Yes, | must be of now," he an.
swered, also rising.
"Oh," continued Grace, still looking
out, there Is that sweet-lookinO cir
whom 1 noticed yesterday morning
when 4 was sitting at the window here,
pining to 60 to church. She came from
the next house with her sister. I sup
pose, The sister is really quite beauti-
full, though / don't like her face, but the
little one looks both pretty and good
book at her, Phil! Do you know who
they are?n
Philip looked over her shoulder and
saw the girl of whom he had said tc
Hermann BeTghaus: that is school.
girl; the younger of the two ladies
who had arrived in q cab on FRIDAY
evening, She was a tall, slight. upright.
looking girl. apparently about fifteen OF
sixteen years old.
Philip took stock of her with an in
terest for which he could hardly ac.
count, thinking of her all the time less
as an individual than as the sister OF
that other girl. She was fair. with 8
bright. handsome, open face; bright
hair, bright eyes; everything about her
was bright, and there was, besides. an
indescribably sweet and good expression
in both eyes and mouth. She was
dressed in soft, gray stuff. with little
black tichu about her shoulders. and q
small, compact, black straw hat crown
ing her shining locks She carried sey-
eral books fastened together with a
strap, and she was already equipped.
gloved. finished. ready" in every re-
spect, rs she stepped forth from the
house and took her way down the
street. There was something superior
and refined about her appearance
nothing slovenly. All was compact,
neat and well arranged.
Where can she be going ut this
hOur" asked Grace. following with
her eyes the 1.-THE, graceful figure OF
the girl.
Probably to school," said Philip, IL
n tone of indifference.
''School-oh. very likely. There is q
great big girls school near here, isn't
there?"
Yes, in Carlton Road. close by. Lot.
of girls gO-hundreds. Ones alwayt
seeing them up and down"
But who is that girl? Do you
know?"
81 don't i saw two young ladies ar.
rive in n cab the other night. That 5
all l know about them. They lodge
there, | suppose"
"Very likely: Well-oh. here is your
omnibus, isn't il? Good bye"
In another minute Philip had been
carried out of sight by the omnibus.
and Grace was left to find her way 10
the scene of her studies. the Women's
College, the classes of which she had
prevailed upon fond father and a ten
der mother to allow her to attend.
Philip, from the top of the omnibus.
soon caught sight again of the figure
of the schoolgirl, as ne supposed her to
be. Yes; she was just turning down
the side street which led to the Girls
High School, and he had been right in
his conjecture.
II wonder who on earth they can
be?' he soeculated. Then an acquaint-
ance sitting next to him began to speak
OF other things, and Philips specula,
tons ceased.
Some days passed. The month of
May gradually advanced. and the holt
day hours of Whitsuntide seemed for
gotten in the roar and hustle of renewed
work and business.
Grace assured her brother again and
again how very happy she was. and
Philip found her pleasant companion.
The Yorkshire girl was full of life and
spirit, and a bright example of the
boosted intelligence of her native coun-
try; having an ample fund of shrewd
ness and common sense-a ''lOng head"
on her young shoulders. and warm.
generous heart to boot. Honesty wa.
her chief characteristic-hone OF
word, deed and purpose on her own
part. love of honesty in others, and /,
quickness in, as it were, seeming Out
in all its forms, and an in.
tense. uncompromising detestation OF
it.which, as Philip told her. was, on the
whole, rather troublesome than other
wise. But he smiled as he said il. and
Trace, with n secret thrill of pleasure.
felt that he loved her for that honesty.
and that the salient feature of his owr
character was the same thing; that.
whatever he might say, in Jest or satire,
he was loyal to the backbone" ian.
mock, TO use the expressive vernaculai
oil Lancashire or GoTkshire-that, his
word, once seriously pledged, be it by
no more ample formula than yes OF
no 81 will" or IL will not" il
would be kept at whatever cost, and
kept, not in letter only, but in the very
spirit Of his promise.
A few days sufficel to make Grace
satisfied that Thekla and Emile Bero-
hars were dU Jond, like her brother
and herself 'jannock." and the
friendship progressed with the rap
nj pace incidental to the friend.
ships OF honest boys and girls in
general. The Berghaus girls were I'M.
spoiled at heart, though their traiuino
anu education, their incessant courses
OF balis and visits, and their life in
mousse whose doors were always open,
and which was scarcely ever void of
some kind of company. had given them
a confidence of manner and a some
what artificial behavior which had al
hrst rather puzzled and almost re-
PEELED the country-bred girl. But the
genulneness which she soon found be.
meath the surface quickly won her
heart, while it was very pleasant, even
to student at so advanced an academy
as the Women's College, occasionally
to cast aside her studies and partake of
the social amusements to be found Of
carlton Grove. Compliments were
not altogether despicable, even TO one
who protested to be interested in MilP.
system of Logic" and the attention
which Philips friends paid to his
bright and handsome sister was by no
means disagreeable to her.
One morning. when it streamed with
rain, somewhat more than a week after
Grace's arrival. Philip. a little later
than usual, rose from the breakfast
table and prepared to take his way to
town. Grace had been discoursinp
again about their next door neiohhors'
aud Philip had been more interested in
the discourse than he. would have cared
TO confess. Whether from that reason
or not. Re was three minutes late, and
when he opened the door and looked
out the omnibus was Just vanishing
round corner, on its way to town.
Buttoning up his macintosh and ra's-