The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-02-09

crinkle and wave of the sunny hair re-
Elected there, still there was new charm
in it as shown by the FURNISHED surface
of the photograph card, and she imagined
her lovers pleased surprise when he
should open the envelope which he would
receive on St Valentines Day and find
her face, arch and smiling, looking up at
him.
She had had only the one taken. She
was little exclusive, and preferred that
her face should not be shown promiscu-
ousiy, and it was proof which spoke for
itself of her affection for Harvey Ingra-
ham, when she was willing to entrust him
with the shadow of herself.
He knew of this popularity of hers, and
would, she was sure, read the act as
she intended he should. There was an
other aspirant to her hand and affections,
Harris Miller, mail-clerk on the b. & Y.
road at one of the stations of which
Harvey Ingraham was telegraph operator,
but to his chagrin Helen had resolutely
refused to listen to his suit, and he was
angry and jealous of young Ingraham in
proportion.
Harris Miller was of good reputation, edu-
cation and family, still there was something
in his face which gave warning of some
thing wrong in his character; downcast,
furtive pair of eyes, making it difficult to
catch those wary organs in a straightfor-
ward, honest look.
Helen, with her quick woman's instinct
had taken dislike to him for which she
could hardly account, but. with q rare
sense of honor, she had kept her unfavor-
able opinion to herself, not wishing to
harm the young man in any way, and had
not spoken of her dislike even to Harvey
1ngraham, who looked upon young Miller
ri, nj hn,y do N ha
not determine from Helens manner
She wrote but the two conventional
words, "Your Valentine" upon the back
of the photograph, but under the circum-
stances they conveyed all the answer to
his question that he could ask for.
On the very morning on which Helen
prepared her valentino for mailing, Har-
vey Ingraham sat before his desk. n smile
upon his handsome features, as he also
prepared his mail for st Valentines Day.
An elegant affair in satin and fiagree
with silver cupids pointing to an i'm
passioned love verse lay side by side with
u comic monstrosity.
June will dance with wrath when she
gets that" he soliloquized, as he looked ut
the ugly creation of fancy. June was his
sister, and the two were in the habit of
playing Jokes upon each other, June's last
effort in that direction having been so
successful that her brother had no com
Functions OF conscience in choosing the
worst looking parody on females that he
could find, even touching on her gait,
her one tender spot for sensitive feeling,
for June was decidedly wobbly in her
wall. and as decidedly averse to being re
minded of it,
He directed his envelopes, laying them
face downward as he did so, and as an
IAI fa hi ha
slipped the valentines hastily in and
sealed them, never dreaming that he could
possibly make a mistake
Helen waited impatiently for the postman
on St Valentines morning and eagerly
broke the seal of the envelope directed in
the hand she knew so well. She changed
color as she took out the contents, and her
eyes fairly blazed with anger as she gave
a comprehensive look at the hideous comic
horror which it contained, for Harvey in
his haste had changed the envelopes, and
while June was in raptures over dear