Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1885-06-10
ARLIE BRAKE.

.Vbst Is your friend like, Grace, and
an i She TO arrive?" nv brother
E,rl asked me one evening, as he sat
- IN and half out Of the window OF
Tr snsll diHing-roOm.
aIike?" | repeated slowly, Il wish
,,n would not ask me such questions,
F,He You know it Is one of my short
,-0ipo, never TO be able TO describe any
- never have done 50 in my life,
rJ | do not suppose | ever shall. Let
A. s-e if possibly can make you un-
j,rtand what iettie Is like. She-she
.rery nice, Earle"
Nv brother laughed. and blew a long
bD cloud of smoke from beneath his
Alk moustacne.
"Al girls are nice, Grace" he said.
a have never vet come across one that
rs not. But this special One-is she
isrs OF O.herwlse!"
"VrT, otherwise, - | answer, smiling.
Size IS fair; and, oh, Earle, she has
ych a pretty complexion! 1t is like a
T~,'
Like this, for instance?" he asked,
dcking ole of-the rare dark rC ses, of a
vi Of maroon color, for which our
.zall garden was famous.
'N0t a bit Ike that" | laughed.
aBut you must wait and see; | cannot
ieserlbe her, as | have told you, dear.
TOm0rTOW evening she will be here.
ui lhen you shall see for yourself. l
wonder what she will think of our cot
age, and the village, and our friends?
Continued. half to myself.
"Shs vii like everything, and go
into Ezgtures cVor every one; aud, if
you want to complete her enjoyment, l
siOuld strongly recommend you To bor-
nE somebody's infant-girls are always
- fond Of babies, = my brother said, as
Be threw away his cigar and stepped in
through the open window to tea. "Jok-
ilg apart, Grace, | am very pleased
that She is coming; for l have to 60 out
50 0ilen thai | fear at times 1t is dis
n4lly lonely for you. sometimes
think Of moving nearer to Redstone; it
50 dull here in the winter time"
Never think of il again, Earle,n
replied, ''fOr | AN neither lonely nor
dull; and | DO not know of a house or
cottage between here and Redstone
that would suit US. | am attached TO
hsqliet little spot; / love to sit at
that window and watch the beautiful
curling waves come rolling Ill; | am
lever tired OF looking at the sea"
Wow, Grace TraffOrd, be a candid
TOman # You can, and tell me, is 1t not
What You expect the sea to bring you
Which IS the cause of your never being
weary Of looking, and not the sea it.
sci Come now, cOufess. 1t is ex
ceedlnsly romantic, know, 10 profess
10 Ioyr lie melancholy dirge. But now
about this, Miss Gracep" And my
~Otler 5 sweet deep voice sang softly
81 .l4d-l Hiiue ewes one DAY when boat
Ven ca sewing over the biIlOw:
a raed Iyr course IIll, dancing mote,
olr Iade0 oar on The mOOlllt foam.
All ia. ei De- and IN the dear loved home,
sni ny thoughts an iay were about the boat,
'1' +Nt Hltall- up u tlic pl44oa
"A very pretty little song. Earle, and
'eil nicely sung; and you shall sing il
AGAIN when Lettie comes, if you art
good. " Though | spoke laughingly,
and did not wish Earle to think he could
Lease NE, | was painfully conscious that
u! cheeks had grown many shades
darker.
wonder whether LettIe's complex.
l0a at all resembles yours now?" Earle
Ail, hls dear handsome face beaming
WIN suppressed mirth. "Grace dear,
mai remark Of mine brings us back tC
,le realities of every day life. When
uoes Your friend arrive?"
IL, lO-mOTOw evening" L replied.
Earie, there is punishment in store fol
!vl ior teasing your sister," | added.
hedr the surgery bell ringing"
lie next moment Earle's quick steI
! Has sounding down the hall, and | Wa
l'lt a'One. arose from the tea-table
aAu' taking mp my work, settled myself
1t 1t |" layOrIte seat, the broad old fash.
'Oiled oak seat i'll the window.
wondered whether Earle and | wert
~ TllCI u unate III being the last of the
:, t,Iaaords. | was rather inclined &
tullA not, for the examples continually
y o'Ought before NE led me to conclude
.la', as rule, friends were very much
IiVei IH llan ones own people. Earle and
: aad not one relative in the world-not
= n 'tehih cousin twenty time removed
panu We were none the worse for it.
pu1 our friends we could not count
very one was kind to us-I think that
y "as oil owing to Earle-there was moi
:. naL, woman, or child, from one end
y i.sdstone to the other, who would
~, ,.E nave done almost anything for the
Doetor JC' at the Clyffe."
through the open window came the
foDiil IN ~ ol The rising tide, and my work
IA .Il a. my feet, while my eyes gazed al
sn e glorious tints thrown by the dyin4
stl ~ upon the rocks before he. watched
,Le 'L ldulng of the Iose-gleams, watched
Tie !, purple shade come over the sea, and
''lOught, "Ah, Earle was rightl
thoughts all day were about the boat,
Aud INV dreams upon the pillow"
-aDout dear bright sunny head which
"'I "Ss sailing somewhere far away in tn,
sOiueH ~. weSt-the glorious west, who's
tnl -als We're crowning the dusky rocks be
i,' iHte HE with the fading splendOr of thu
lilng day
Two years before a large ball hal
!, zen gwen at Redstone by the officers
= II. VI. ). Gro,rIer. To that bal
'-"1ie had taken me, and there / hsG