Johnstown weekly Democrat. (Johnstown, Cambria County, Pa.) 1889-1916, 1889-08-23

their loneliness whenever he had leis-
ure hour, that lady's eyes twinkled
malici0usly.
II owe you an apology for misunder-
standing you this morning, DEAR" she
said, demurely. 'T did not quite com
prehend what you meant by the word.
'snub.'"
And Nettie, her already brilliant roses
deepened in hue, made rapid exit.
"H IN !" Miss Helen murmured; ''the
son OF my old friend, Margaret Barclay !;
bis fathers par,ner-h'ml | don't see
that Julius can object to an acquaint.
ance."
Julius being Nettie's father was very
particular about the individuals intro
duced to his only child, the most precious
OF mis- many possessions.
" But next time l will snub him !"
Thought Nellie, rebelliously. Aunt
Helen must have seen that he was snub-
blng me. That could not be endured"
For two days Mr.. Sidney Barclay forced
himself to keep away from the pretty
cottage. On the third he found it in dire
confusion. In the narrow Railways pack
iitS-boxes. trunks, bales of carpets-al
the signs of a breaking up. In the dis
mantled parlor, Miss Helen, weeping
profusely.
W. bIOIHtE, 6L6 bODD5u, III answer
TO his sympathetic inquiry, ''was thrown
from his carriage yesterday, but had to
arrange for leaving her"
''Will you make me useful?" Sydney
said With such evident sincerity, Lhat
Miss Helen accepted the offer II.
once.
Useful he certainly was. Baggage
was out on carts summoned by him, and
sent to the station where the servan $
had failed to secure any conveyance Ihe
household obeyed his prompt order.
system sprang out of the confused hurry
ing mere and there, and Miss Helen fJunI
herself with half an hours time leit ;a
quiet before her young assistant came
from hurried run to his own boarding
house to insist upon escorting her to
the city.
Trouble will hasten friendship far
more rapidly than prosperity, and by i'm
peteeptible degrees Nettie found herself
leaning upon Sidney Barclay, with Il
comforting sense of his perfectly relia-
bic Judgment and sympathy. The in.
valid watched for him after the first dav
when he offered service, and was thaEA-
fully made most useful. bay after Gay
nf the long vacation he had intended To-
,ass in the country, found him in tnr
sick room, chatting with the iniurct
man, gently lifting him, bringing hh.
tne gossip of the hour and followed by
Notifies grateful eyes in every now.
meat.
To each of the four the oddity OF the
situation often required, with wonder
thai 50 recent an acquaintance had 80
quickly become one of themselves; h".
the fact remained that out OF their lar,
circle Of friends not one was on th.. sa!hr
intimate footing. Most of their relative.
and close friends were away for summer
p!easurlng, and there was no one like
SiEey Barclay.
vi this Nettie assured herself again
and again as her idolized father crept
slowly back to health and strength. and
never wearied OF singing the praises OF
his patient companion. For while these
two, so strangely thrown together, were
realizing that separation would mean
weary pain, that the hours spent in close
intercourse rolled by on rosy cloud
they were apparently absorbed only in
their duties TO the invalid But when
the opening of the law courts called SID
ney Barclay back to his professional du-
ties, julius Archer was not the only one
who mourned for his less frequent visits,
his voice, hungered for the hours
of leisure that would bring him. But
not until the doctors imperative order,
for Mr.. Archer threatened long sepa-
ration did Sydney Barclay speak tn"
hope that had become strongest in a..
heary.
FLORIDA, before the first frost !" the
physician, said, and Nettie's heart grew
cold and heavy. Florida And for thr
whole long winter! separation OF
months from one who had won his wa
TO the warm. girlish heart, and wouu
not be driven out
She had been out to attend to some
shopping connected with the contem-
plated journey, and being detained, was
hurrying to her fathers room on her re-
turn, when Miss Helen met her on the
stairs.
Don't go up Just this minute, DEAR"
she said. "Mr. Barclay has asked for a
private conversation with your father.
Now, Nettie, you will have Il glorious
to fulfill the threat you
made last summer, and snub this pre-
young man
But an hour later she said
81 suppose, then. dear, you are post
poning this snubbing until after tn.
And NeUtie could only blush, laugh,
and amidst many caresses, whisper:
"Never tell him, that's n darling T.
And Aunt Helen pro, nised she never
Yould.-N. Y. L edger.