Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1885-01-03
A NEEDED CHANGE,
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grunge OF very dfy, the rcalster chi. Tor
occasion. The harness was dUllci by perhaps
two years OF age and frightened again by
OIL ami Poiisi- The buggy had top--i, was
ca Id car iass7 By its owner-and sseI.e Ell
Of clu date with the harness. Ii was high.
rarrow-seatei, c9uifortles, without an eIe-
mon. II beauty, ut pleutifally covered with
var..ish On each side Of the colin box
was E.zaly--,iUre design which appeared
nj first G.ance 10 u. "A coat of arms. IN: which
In reality, was 1niy the bold cmbiaz sn.acnt Of
the makers name. From Che gate ran a
path TO a spo: a Lite in front OF IA meat
farm -h8a-a and there divided into two parts,
one OF which, broad but ;,ras crown. con
tsaucl TO the front entrance. Will. ts other,
narrow but deeply worn, lei under lilacs aud
stra-G!5ag roses ia bloom, % porch in The
rear The side path wa the one pa-sueI
by rns nan Rio, by his de, and
manner. was Is eviie:itiy the proIr.c OF of
the oguiplge al ihs gate a. the latter
Of tie Weather ella ~ country
lovers. Like all l5vers. lac wore
tight boots. His coat was a readv-n,ade
Prince Albert, too long in the sleeves and
waist, too amply LUCE in the skirt To give
elegance to his attire he Wore par of dog
sllin gloves, but the fingers were too long
and their cxtrem;ies had becom. crumpled
and detected The young mans eyes were
clear and bright, his head well formed ami
he had an air as il he had airta IL made life
success. As for his age, one might have
guesSei that from the age of the harness and
buggy. The SOL OF a welI-;o do farmer has
what he calls rig for himself at 90 The
rig was two years old; Mr.. George Nor
ris -
The horse started off at good trot Mr..
Morris sat sauarely IN the middle Of the eat
He seemed happv and .rjumphant occas-
ionally he gave a couuIaceo, gIance at either
Of his broad shoulders and corrected their
position by some rule apparently evolved
from his own knowledge. when he had adj
justod each shoulder satisfactorily he
leaned back and tool: limiel but pleased
view Of both at once. ca>ionally, too, he
critically examined little. Struggling pair
of side-whiskers, OF looked approvingly at
his length of limb Indeed, SO well did no
beguile the tins that lie was quite uncon-
scious that the long drive was over
when he arrived at his destination.
Well knowing the way, the horse
had turned Off from the main road. and en-
tering m graceful but neglected drive, had
drawn up in front Of n rambling, weather.
beaten villa. There was no servant 10 take
the horse-the time OF fcgtmen IN that place
had gone hy-but the absence might have
been considered well compensated for by the
appearance OF little feminine world iii mus
I'm who, with AN exclamation OF delight had
trIpped aroua from the side ycran In.
Il knew you wuald come,n she repeated
when Mr.. Morris, after having slowly |
aligh.cd and fastened the morse. mad Joined |
her.
Yes; thought would come over. Its /
n nice fteInoon. and thought Won might 1
like ride. Beside, | wanted To Say /
goodbye
~of course 1 want To ride, but you must |
come around here first AMI let them congrat- |
ulate you. Remember. | congratulate you /
first Hoa'li remember that" She crel. |
looking back at her heavy conn anion, and !
said you'd =; II "nen You iir't thought /
Of it
In this way George way conveyed 10 the .
side veranda where were the family OF the .
house.
SO you are going 10 West Point said |
weaTy-!ookins gentleman in lore black. /
VERY good place for an energetic young
man, and more weary than ever. appar-
sntly, for having thought of such thing as
energy he resumed his rsa ling.
do ven think Won will like III" asked the /
mother; -you will be 50 ion.. AWAY and She
looked AT Dora, the vision in mu I'M. Tell
us about the examination
George would not understand any allusiou
to Dora, and he had before determined TO
take his success in The competitive examiua.
ton as matter Of course. George always
laid down rules for himself IN advance, know
InS that IN following 50 Soot authority
lie eOuli never 90 aStray. Accordingly, he
cut description nonchalantly short The
mother looked Gistrossei
Are You going to ride she asked Dora
George arose and fumhled at his dogskin
gloves while Dora went for her hat. and her
mother sat thinking that at least when
George returned from the academy he would
have lost some OF his gauchery
Dora had run up for hat, and now she RAJ,
down with her hat, and it was seen at once
TO b, n very captivating Young hat Ii was
one of those tremendously captivating hat,
that are MADE only by poor aud pretty girls.
whom Kind poverty shields from the un
Iuaanin. compositions ol milinerS And
when this h.. had teen perfectly al Iu.sted
it took up it, place IN the buggy by tire side
OF Mr. NJ 5 somewhat old fashioned tile. ami
the two weat swayins OF together.
Are you Eoin; to morrow asked Dora.
Yes. tomorrow, answered George ratheI
fatty.
Couldn't you come over Yesterday"
~Why rather than TODAY"
@NhatT said Dma. rnystifed.
.Why come yesterday instead o. today,
Il don't mean that: | usan both DAYS
of course.
WHY of cnur>e.- pe,aus,. .iiiy rhiI,
sb, believed herself in love With ms 81.
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ment with Dora was something To lie proud
of when he MAS uuiy one Of hundred neigh.
boring farmers sons. and she tie daughter
Of the country gentleman. but tii> dazzling
appointment to the military academy ha,i
changed .u tliat. Now, in imacina-
tion. George SAW the world. at hi
feet. He was going 10 Ie IAN army
oflicer-the ideal Of the fair sex" George
didn't consider that any radical change
must be made in him: ne took it for granted
that by some mysterious but superficial al
iteration be would step from We, Pom. a
glori6ed combination Of Chesterfield and la
place. Then-aS be understood a West
Pointer might easily do-he would marry
Madison avenue heiTeSs- This i why he had
decided not TO visit Dora on both Gays
Il suppose We viii write, said he. keeping