The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-02-08

crinEle 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 carl, 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. 4re
She had had only the one taken. She
was little exclusive, and preferred that
her face should not be shown promiscu-
ously, and it was proof which spoke for
itself Of her affection for Harvey Ingrs-
ham, when she was willing to eDtrust him
with the shadow of herself A
He knew Of this peculiarity 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, a mail-clerk on the B. q Y.
road at one of the stations of which
Harvey Ingraham WAS telegraph operator.
but to his chagriu 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 some ling
On his face VIII CHI gave warning of some
{ ling wrong in his character; downcast
fursive pair OF eyes, making it ff1cult to
eaten those wary organs in straightfor-
ward, honest look.
Helen, with her quick woman's instinct,
had taken dislike to him for which she
could hardly account but. with 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
Ingraham, who looked upon young Miller
as rival, though how dangerous he could
not determine from Helen's 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
ais question that he could ask for.
On the very morning on which Helen
prepared her valentine for mailing, Har-
vey Ingraham sat before his desk. a 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
FASHIONED love verse lay side by side with
q comic monstrosity.
June will dance with wrath when she
gets that" he soliloQuized, as he looked at
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
walk 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
other matter called for his attention be
elii ped the valentines hastily in and
sealed them. never dreaming that he could
possibly make mistake.
Helen waited impatiently for the possman
on St Valentines morning and eagerly
broke the seal of the envelope directed in
the hand she knew so we'll She changed
color as she took out the contents, and her
eyes fairly b!azed with anger as she gave
q 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