The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1885-11-07

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"The idear' shifted the ladies, in
simultaneous scorn. @
"I wonder what DR.. Branscombe will
think of Nora? He has finished attend
ing those medical lectures at st.
Thomas's, and will be back this eve-
ming to enter into partnership with
Doctor Pritchard," added Miss Earle
quietly.
"I fancy he won't waste many
thoughts on her. He has often said
that he admires only womanly women"
sinpered Miss Morton, who fancied
herself "womanly wcman," and con-
sequently the handsome young doctors
ideal, on the strength of her utter in
effectualness and viny clinging to mas
culinity.
81 fancy he will get enough of her to-
night. She is to sing in the concer: we
got up to celebrate Doctor Pritchard's s
birthday. We had to ask her, you
know. I've never heard her sing, ex-
cept in hymns on Sundays and at pray
ers, but suppose she'll give us can
Awful Little Scrub, or something of
the sort" said Mrs. Drapier.
Miss Earle smiled. She had heard
Nora sing.
"Now prepare to be astonished," !"
Uttered Miss Morton, beyond her blue
ostrich-feather fan, to Doctor Brans-
combe as she pointed out on the satin
programme the announcement-"Song
by Miss Carston."
A sudden CLEAN of admiration shot
into Allan's dark eyes as an aurora in
rose and silver came lightly and swiftly
to the front of the improvised stage.
A tomboy this lovely girl with the
arch perfection of her face lit by pair
of laughing, topaz eyes, and shapely
''little head running over with curls" Of
glittering gold.
She clasped her dimpled hands lightly
in front of her, and the silver bangles
OIL her round wrists clicked sweet
noted little overture as she began hel
song.
1t was one of those which have sung
their way down the centuries from thc
time of Shakespeare. AS she finished
the concluding lines:
ITO bid my love goOd-morrow.
Sing, birds, in every furrow."
She began to tune her merry not
unto the sweet bird throat, and mad
musical medley twittered, thrilled AM
warbled through the room, as if all tn
birds the poet had mentioned in his son!
were swinging on blossoming spray
and fairly outdoing themselves in thei
efforts to bid his love the sweetest o
good-morrows.
"What an exhibition told you sh
would astonish you," whispered Mis-
Morton, in the pause that followed til
rapturous encore.
81 am astonished! l had expecte
nothing like this" assented Allan, wit
1 quizzical twinkle in his handsom
eyes.
II knew YOU disapproyed of thos
bold girls, who lay themselves out
gain admiration-so far-so very ia
: from ones idea of womanly woman
cooed Miss Morton, pluming her frizzl!
fashionable little head.
"Can't you see," mused Allan,
wonder, "that any mans idea of We
manly woman is one who is full {
sweetness, brightness and fire, like Mi'
) Carston, instead of an enyiuus littl
Parsian image like herselfp'
But "none so blind as those VII
won't seer and Ellie Morton's slice
was sweetened that night by the though
that one more link was forged in IL
chain that bound Allan to her, viii
Allan's dreams were all of Nora.
Love is the one miracle worker y
1 alive, and it was not long before Allan
heart, that till now had never throbbC
faster for woman's sake, was irreyoc
bly, in Morals keeping,
"But she shall never know it," r.
solved Allan. "Her father is worth
1 million, and am poor"
But such resolutions are made on
u | IN ha hrnlyap Han mot Nora rotut.
ing from one of her favorite fowe
, quests, with briar-rose vines, studdC
thick with buds and blooms, hangir
from her arms, and she looked so swe
that all his heart rushed to his lips, al
a he told her that he loved her.
e IL am so glad for | love you," sa
= Nora simply, the great, sweet eyes shi
n ing like golden-brown stars for joy.
= And then Allan forgot for while tn
Nora was rich and he was poor.
But as they neared the doctors
filtered:
!. "What will your father say?"
n Let's so and see!" laughed Nor
. HE might refuse you If you went alon
4 but he never refused me anything in IL
p life. l can wind him around my lit
4 iingerF holding up dimpled digit Il
umphantly.
SO the two presented themselves b
fore Mr.. Carslon like runaway coup
coming to beg the paternal blessing.
But during Allan's appeal, Mr.. Car
= ton stiffened visibly, and when it w
: finished be sat bolt upright, as if rar
e rod had usurped the place of his spin
and gave polite but stern refusal.
+ "oh. papa! aren't you ashamed
d yourselfw exclaimed Nora, turniI
a wide, reproachful eyes upon him.
d And thereupon followed swe
y storm of Establishments and prayer
1 that softened Mr.. Carston no mo