The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1888-07-21

| happen ter come TO dis hyar grOWd-up Dali
honey, chile'" looking at her admirinsly, a
she tried her steps before the long mirror.
10, Dot ith here-my thithter, you under
thand; and jutht thought I'd come, too"
A burst Of exquisite elody-a Valse o
Chopin's--brought Scott to the door to CLAIM
the little hand for round.
18th too bad, Thcott, but you are toe
tall ~ looking at him from her lowly stand.
point.
mo, my dear Miss Barbara, the fault lies
at your feet; you are too little," looking far
down at her and thinking how lucky he was
to have this little bunch of exquisite lowell
ness for his sister by only going through th
several stages Of ecstatic bliss with Dot
thereby killing two birds with one stone
dead as door-nails.
"Pm not going to even t,y to walth with
you-it would theem really too ridiculuth-
and Pm not going to be laughed at; lett
wait for the Lantherth-I know that bctht
of all"
Dot and her submerged parent were now
safely on the floor. Dots eyes rovcd over
the heads Of diminutive maidcns and squatty
matrons in vain hopes of their finding the
recreant Scott
"Would he dare to come without mej
Would he darcl Well, he is capable OF
even so fagrant a"
MAY have tho pleasure, Miss Dotl The
Lancers, l believe" and papa's business
partner, lowering crooked elbow in her
direction, leads her away by the tip of a
| gloved finger that rests daintily upon his
broadcloth-coated arm. In a moment more
| they were standing face to face with-Scott
and Barbara!
For moment her intense surprise held
her silent captive; then, casting one swift
glance about her. she saw that about forty
pairs of eyes were curiously intent upon
Scott and his companion; saw that people
were not censuring but admiring and Won
dering over the fairy's advent; and, with
never lift of her blazing eyes In their
| direction. she cut them both dead. Barbara
| felt that her sister was tragically inclined,
despite her lack of worldly experience, and
so fear kept her dumb; for Dot could be
''awfur' when she chose, this young sister
knew to her sorrow.
In and out and out and in; and in the
grand chain Dots glove was squeezed by q
poor innocent young fellow, who thought a
slight pinchng of the leather-covered finger
tips would win one uplifting of the long
lashes Scottward; but the lashes, though
they trembled, were not raised.
crash of musical discord, the "Lancers"
was breaking up, when papa, walking about
with step-mamma elect, saw a prince and a
fairy and recognized them as beings of his
own household.
O, the enchantment OF that night to Bar
bara! And how the fairy folk came troop
ing out from the gorgeous bindings of her
books and danced about her as she lay in
dreamland, after the lights were out, tho
ball room deserted, and Dot had solemnly
refused to kiss her good might.
Nayt dny q note fr0n, Scott In Not fa1I into
Barbara's hands. She coolly opened it and
read as follows:
"Dot am in disgrace; why is it, Why
did you not speak to me last night? Did I
anger YOU, Dot, by refusing to listen longer
to a lecture did not need. How soon will
you learn to trust mel But if you are really
convinced that am the guilty wretch you
lectured so soundly, would advise you to
think no more of Scott"
''Thath awfulw said Barbara; eth
thimply awful-and if Dot geth glimpth
of thith I'll be mothed killed! 1 have to be
blamed for every thing, it theemeth, and
Thcott ought to know better than to write
note like thith-I'll teach him letthon!''
and the red Goals of the CRATE had merry
time for second with bit of crested note
paper.
All that week Scott waited and waited,
the old saying that 'hope deferred maketh
the heart sicl1' proved itself truth, for it
came to pass that Dots body caught the
fever raging in her heart and there she lay,
a downright invalid, for four weary weeks.
The tickle little birds from Southland
came back after their long vacation to set
up housekeeping again, and every hedge
row was alive with melody; the berries
were beginning to show themselves upon
the bushes and briers. Clouds hung miles
high in the heavens, whenever there were
any clouds, and the sun went down to gather
fresh heat from his underground furnace
for to-morrow's discomfort Tho sea grew
bluer as the days grew so much longer and
brighter, and guests had been pouring into
the Oceanside Hotel for weeks, when papa
piloted his2daughters to rooms engaged for
them.
Dot was white and wan, and sick In
her very soul; while Barbara If she had had
her due share of remorse, had thrived we'll
upon it and was as plump as little part
ridge.
To the world Dot seemed a'cold, self-pos-
sessed, naughty young individual, while in
secret she really moped and pined in cease
less round Of regret; and Barbara seemed
just what she was-a diminutive ten-year-
old, with precocious brain and no con-
science to speak of. She owas dreadfully
''thorry" Dot looked and felt so mserably
worn and thin, but had no faintest thought
that she herself was to blame for any part
in her sisters low-spirited condition. When
ever she thought Of Scott at all she deter
mined to bring him back to Dot again-and
so make Dot happy once more.
They had been there one whole week and
never truant rose had crept back to the
pale cheeks. Dot and Barbara wandered to-
gether up and down the long sunny beach !;
Dot aimlessly and listlessly-doing any
turber of her peace; Barbara delighted and
full of wonder at every thing she saw.
Dot was thinking, thinking, thinking one
day, as they sat down to rest after long
tramp in the shadow Of gigantic bowlder
when she was suddenly assailed by,
"Look, Dot, there comth boat! Wonder
whoth in itl thaw two men, anyhow, and
they're coming thrait thith way, theei"
"Coming this waya l shall go on, Bar
bara; you may follow when you have
watched the boat come in," and she left the
child standing beside the great rock, her big
brown eyes fast fixed upon the incoming
shallop. ..y III
Nearer and carer, and the little painted
shell, riding like some fairy ship over the
now placid waters, came swiftly landward
Whom the keel grated in the sand, Barbara
with eyes like stars, ran excitedly down to
the shores edge, and In most pndigniiied
fashion, caught the coat-tails OF ionc OF the
now landed gentlemen with the cry Of so,
Thcott-Thcott'
"Barbara Barbara! God bless you!