The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-12-24

familiar face above her, and heard words
in familiar voice. Nay, there were actu-
ally kisses upon her cheeks and lips.
'sWhat is the matter, villa" she seemed
to hear herself say as if from a distance.
tsYOu are alive and almost unhurt, dar-
ling" Then another shower Of kisses and
a very pleasurable sensation Of enfOlding
arms about her.
'sBut where are WEI What makes it SO
dark!"
ave are in the bottom of some confound-
ed well, or pit, or something of that kind.
tumbled in. And then l suppose l de-
coyed you into it by yelling as did"
He spoke in such a self-reproaching tone
that she could not help instituting the hug
ging and kissing upon her own motion in
stead of acting as mere recipient of these
delicate but usually agreeable attentions.
"Tm glad fell in here. How awfully
lonesome it would have been for your
And then both at once perceiving the SUI
preme righteousness of such a speech,
laughed immoderately and in perfect con-
cert until the very woods above them must
have rung along the strident strings Of
black jack branches that swayed and vi
brated above the purple gray Of the vast
hazel thicket.
tYou ought to have fallen in here for
condemning me to walk with Lena" And
then he fastened to add, as if afraid she
would retort and put the matter out Of his
mind:
ssBut what want to say now is that I'm
astonished more and more at you''-
ssAstonished at me! For falling in here and
not getting hurt! Just look at this bed OF
leaves blown in by the winds! Why, it
must be three feet deep" Lucy laughed,
thrusting her arm down among the brown
leaves that indeed covered the bottom to
an unknown depth.
''No; but to think of your great courage
and prompt coming to my rescue" Will
said, looking at her with growing admira-
ton. 81 really never saw the like OF iti
Now, nineteen out of twenty girls would
have screamed and ran back to the house
for q man. You said nothing; but ran
right through the brush briers and every
thing, right straight"
s.Down into this old abandoned and for.
gotten iron-mine," she interrupted, her
eyes sparkling and her cheeks glowing with
the grateful tonic Of genuine praise. But
do you think me courageous, thenn'
s'The Greeks would have deified you
And really it has made you 50 pretty"
"Wasn't before, STRIP
eyes; but you are five times as pretty
now"
There was another interval Of something
like country hugging and kissing-which
beg to inform the reader is radically differ
ent from the city article. Then Lucy said>
with an attempt at gravity rendered neces-
sary by the situation:
"But we must try to get out Of here"
s'Not bit of use," said Will, shaking hiF
head and looking up. 81 tried it faithfully
and desperately before yelled once"
"What are we to do, then" Lucy asked,
with much concern.
IAN we can do is to halloo till somebody
hears US and comes to the right spot.
brought you that way, you know"
"But we might have to stay here all
day."
ian day! We might have to stay .
week. I'd thought that all over before you
came"
Such q look Of amazement and despair
came over Lucy's face that her companion
took refuge in laugh that sounded rather
hollow and forced. Perhaps the acoustics Of
the old shaft had something to do with it.
But Lucy Pin was not the damsel to be
frightened into silence. Her practical mind
took in the situation at once.
'sWell, I've got my basket Of dinner along
with me, anyhow. We won't starve imme-
diately." And she produced from among
the leaves the basket, right side up and
nothing spilled or broken. Willis eyes
frightened; for he was q young fellow Of
good appetite, among his other good quail
ties.
What have you got in it, Lucy! Well
make an inventory like ship-wrecked
mariners. I always thought it was so good
in the sea-stories where they reckoned up
just how many pounds Of bread and gallons
of water they had at the outset"
$50 did /. Here's two chickens-you
keep count as call them On-two chickens
take the end of that napkin and I'll Lay
them all out so we can get the statement
absolutely correct Now, then. Two
chickens"
"And awfully nice ones, too. What .
wonderful girl you are" And Will stopped
the accounting for look Of wondering ad-
miration.
THAT was accidental. There was no de-
sign in bringing these things" Lucy
smiled however in q delightedly gratified
way.
s'Just such accidents as real wonderful
girls always have happening, though.
Nineteen out Of twenty girls would have
sent that basket in the wagon. II it had
been q basket of twenty dollar gold pieces
Win couldn't have regarded it and the