Dodge City times., 1888-03-29

This IS SIGHT THAT WARNS ONES SOUL.
has been in shiver ever since we cam
home"
There is not much Of you except you
soul to shiver, my DEAR" laughed Mr.!
Holmes
II thought had grown vastly corpulen
But Cupid says have wasted away. Fo
his society,""
The idea of calling Jack Gurley Cupid
1t always annoyed him; it made him 8
helpless with fury-a big bluff fellow to b
called Psyche's Cupid, especially when b
was about sixteen, and all llnuckles and feet
rs that your baby looking through tn
door?' said Miss Fawcett, twirling willow
tWlg which she had snapped of during he
ride. "The great monster how he has add
ed to himself. Come here, Thomas Holmes
junior, and see your aunt
Toddles slyly shut the door and pattet
away. The vision was too wonderful fo
him. Miss Fawcett was exceedingly slight
and tremblingly alive. She had low
browed face, clear as alabaster and tn,
color OF her eyes varied from yellow to vic
let, according to their expression The,
followed every speaker with change ani
sparkle, and her playful nostril and round
ed cheek and chin spoke in unison with
them Phoebe White thought her the most
beautiful woman in the world as she her
self passed inside the door to be introduced
Miss Fawcett stirred in response to the in.
PRODUCTION, and sent through the room 9
current of rose fragrance from the bunch
Of yellow roses at her belt.
"Yes, came on Saturday so should be
sure OF seeing you," she exclaimed. "Mr.
Gurley has been telling me about you."
Mrs. Holmes lifted her eyebrows.
I'm very glad he has," said Phoebe, 80
innocently pleased by the sight of Miss
Fawcett that the young lady laughed.
II believe we aren't going to be bit
strange. l always hate or adore people on
sight Madam Drusie here was big girl
at school when l was little girl, but I
pinned to her and have hung on ever since
hardly let her be courted in peace. To
this day believe Tom Holmes considers me
a longlegged girl to whom he must per-
force offer his other arm If he wants min
ute with Drusie.'
"You forget how early Cupid began his
siege OF you," said Mrs Holmes.
''Siege! don't call it a siege when our
people made the engagement and threw us
at each other. You should have seen
the way that fellow used to glover
when his mother made him dance with me
at children's parties, Miss White. He trod
on my feet, too. never forgave him."
but he has improved" laughed Mrs.
Holmes.
"You can't improve Gurley. The old
Irish is too strong in them. Can you both
come and ride with mei know this is a
busy morning with you, Drusie, but I al
ways made it point TO interfere with your
affairs.'
Mrs. Holmes excused herself on manv
accounts, SO Phoebe White only went with
Miss Fawcett behind her ponies
where do you want to goa" inquired
Miss Fawcett, as her low phaeton entered
the road. THAT is, after we have driven
through Greensburg main streets They
are smooth, even at this time Of the year,
when other roads are full of ruts'
Anywhere" said Phoebe. II love to be
outdoors in this humid air without having
70 feel the ground moist under my feet
Spring weather makes one feel so new.n
She thought suddenly of Thorney, chop
ping wood across the Black Hollow, and half
regretted being at ease herself and in the
company OF this untroubled girl
Miss Fawcett observed her closely from
ume to time as they poked along the fence
corners.
"Pve been abroad several years." she
said, land dropped all my old strings The
girls are changed about In a school-town
so many of ones intimates are transients.
We used to have the house full Now it is
really lonesome for me. l haven't settled
myself. Sometimes think never can SET
tie myself. You know my aunt lives with
me, OF course But We don't get on. She's
so set on having her own way. She's
mammals sister. My father had no sister.
Only brother who went off and died, or
he would have had half the property It
was real convenient of him. Besides he
was so ugly, poor man, with deformed |
mouth so he couldn't speak plain; and |
know it would have torn me all to pieces. I |
can't even remember him. Mr. Gurley says /
you have no relations"
+" have brother" said Phoebe
"rd like sister," said Psyche. "An
leave me nothing to do but spend money.
How nice it must be for you'll You can live
just as Bohemian a life as you want to-"
~ don't think like Bohemian ife," said
Phoebe
'Oh, 1 do! I've always wanted to be q
or an actress or O wandering
poet"
'When you have your beautiful homer
Beautiful cage! who wants to be tied BY
her foot to a perch!'
II should love every stick and every blade
If grass on my homestead" exclaimed
Phoebe. 'It tears me up by the roots to
change from one place to another. should
.hink you would be so happy to have your
home and all sorts Of ties provided for you.
No strain, no uncertainty, no half-witted
brother depending on your undisciplined
orains."
as your brother half -witted! How ammus-
ng he must be. And it would be perfectly
delightful to me if did not know what was
coming tomorrow and the next day and the
1ext."
"You wouldn't like" said Phoebe, forci.
,ly, ''to be dogged by an evil fate, to have
7our best wishes crossed, to run like fugi-
i've through the world"
Yes, should. said Miss Fayycett," !" watch
ug her with interest. 81 should dote on It.
There would be some variety in that
,ould come out character instead of q tuft
# swansdown-as Cupid calls me''
"And when you turned on this evil to fight
{, suppose you had to fight, knowing it was
,art of you and you were part Of it-snd you
lever could get away from it!''
S'That's rather mixed. But one thing I do
ee clearly. You and are in the wrong
kins. You ought to be me and ought to
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