Telegram-herald., 1889-12-22

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carried
~-h l-. TeulaasLT2ts3 Leslie. --Ihes
u.t d washed l-ad pas away properly. 81
.At aslel ecloe4 both men hel.iass.T.
-of caurs-. ~a.s tie i4naxlale reply.
l.s rl.e speaker invested herself in i large
n .e algo1. whIch. b. tle way. was
ul.eg becoming
"oh / s-y. not gust now Miss Heath.
en-re-,s1 l4rru.hers palheucslls
lkere aIe lots ~ clean ones aboug
souea here. and yo8 Sc uo idea how aw-
faly dene up ne both are. WAY. Arht-
lls these Irrs 4lone-r4ot go mention the
cooking took Us a good hour Darrell
used more lal language over the situng
room fare s>ls morning than I've heard
lln give w4s II al tile years I've known
Em.
They ia laughed, and Leslie, with q
dlsapproNlng shake II her curly head.
began ID a deig. delightfully."- business
lile waF. ~ or,lIce tlae scattered dishes.
etc. - some kind of order. while the
Two men seated themselves on the par
t.alA cleared gaDle aud watched her
with com -lel interest aud amusement
"Noa must have some Aot Water.
aunoultel this new auto-rst Of the
kitchen. ~We can't wash dishes in cold
water. yoa 4I-ow, slle proceeded klndly
to explain.
WAY not" Carruthers ventured 10
inquire.
Bar Miss Heath did not answer. She
was rummae.ug IA "a drawer for towels.
She looked quite at home and as busy
and happy as possible. So her two slaves
meekly got OF the table, filed up the
kettle and replenished the fire
while it IS heating ] shall go up with
YOU % the loft, Leslie said then gra-
ciously. Perhaps il has left off snow
ing. What d dear little house il is, she
exclaimed. as. after short inspection of
the tiny dwelling which was all on one
floor. bungalow fashion-they prepared
70 ci.mb tle ladder leading 20 the loft.
"lou are right. acguiesced Darrell
redee+ivolv. iii Is small, and, yes-it Is
mos. certainly dear Give me your hand
II Heath, and mind your head on that
beam"
Dear me. dayli2htcomes on one quite
with q shock, said tie girl. blinking hcr
eyes little. "Oh, ola" She went On in
dismayed tones, As she took BIRDS eve
view OF the surrounding country from
thesmall sloping skylight. through whose
crevices the snow whirled in merrily
why, | can see nothing bat snow! 20
road-and what black sky, as if il
might snow for weela. Oh. shall never
get home This is terriblc.' she con
cluded despairingly, all her gay spirits
deserving her.
Never is a long day" said Darrell en-
couragingly. We viii hope for better
things. You had better come down now,
Miss Heath; it is far too cold for you up
here"
So they descended to the kitchen
again, and with more zeal than discrc-
ton on the part of of the performers,
washed and dried the dishes, thereby
breaking two plates, and cracking a
tumbler. When this laborious occupa-
ton was over, it was discovered that the
sitting room fire had quietly gone out,
and by the time it was lighteI again
Carruthers suggested that they should
have something to cat. I'VE don't want
to cook anything, you know" he said
gleefully. There's a cold pie and
things in the larder"
So they had the "cold pie and things"
washed down by a bottle Of Burgundy,
and felt much refreshed and invigorated
thereby Then Carruthers went up to
the loft again to reconnoiter. and came
back with the mingled tidings that it
had stopped showing, but was freezing
hard.
Then we must get the door open, and
tryto clear some of the snow from the
windows" said Darrell; "for this pro-
longed lamplight is rather depressing" s"
After some time, and with consider
able difficulty, they got tho door
open. and set TO work with o viii.
Meanwhile Leslie. left TO her own de
vices. put her own room 10 rights, made
mp the fires and explored the larder.
There was plenty OF bacon, another cold
pie, and an apple tart. besides q couple
fowls and a fair supply Of timed meats
There were also two tins Of condensed
milk and jar or Ijebg; half a dozen
l02vcs. bat TO butter. ard 10 vegetables
whatever. Coffee there was in abund-
arcc.
Thcv I'll hclped 70 get the somewhat
heterogeneous evening meal ready. and
whom II was over thev drew round the
fire ia quite a coy, friendly fashion.
Leslie insisted that her hosts should
smoke their cigars or pipes ~ usual.
"JUst as II / weren't here. Won know" !"
she said cooxinCly.
It was wonderful how much at home
she felt and looked already She made
Q winsoine little picture enough. as she
sat curiel mp in big easy chair brought
hy Darrell from tho other room for her
/ benefit She was not exactly pretty.
that young man decided, As he looked az
her from his dark corner at the other
side If The freplaCe-but there was some
+. thing wonderfully Iowa lo and attractive
about thc pale little yrith its futfv
brown Hair. and ia c- dark eyes out
&C which ibe pure fe, oman g eoul
looked So trustfully man might
. safely civo bis heart i~ .be keeping ~
uch sweet little woun % he reflected
F further Ten DE ru "a himself up
+ with START. and frownel slightly a. 3 la
own fou-
IBnov ono thing said Caruthers