The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1890-09-28


kindly grace o. the aoSanty, Ma Tonne
son. would have rucOocSied him 10 worse
ineonvsaiencss than culinary odozs
Al the dinner table Re-wus intr0aoced to
about twenty people, mostly cisrks in
stores and reosnt arrivals from Norway,
al CT whom scanned his rustic attire with
super5lious uaiea. There wAs particularly
young Lady, tho daughter Of Mrs. Ton
neson, who made him uncomfortable by
the critical Ead bali amused expression
with which she regarded him His ears
burned and his fscs Siowed with the con-
scioGsness that she found him queer; but
be was not angry with her-only deSper-
Ately dseerzniRed 10 learn the wAys Of the
world. AID II possible TO make her his
teacher. Sho appeared dasz1inSly boauti-
fuI 70 the gvileless Young fellow Her
Straw oolorsd hair, with los Of trfzzy
curls hanging down over her forehead, mn
pressed him particularly Her features
ware small and fne, but thsre was con
sciouSnesS Of the admirsJion she excited In
the way she carried her attractive blonde
head
Perhaps there was even a touch OF petu-
lance in her motions, Ike that Of . spoiled
child who knows that everything it does is
becomlng. But Gun1ar was not discern
ing enough u dstcct something a trifo
STACEY in this assumed youthfolmezs, nor
did be observe che l2nguishing look that
stole into her eyes st odd moments. alter
mating with look Of 5rcary t2igue. She
wore long, thin gold chstiu sbOnt her
neck 10 which watch was atsariled. stuck
IN NCrSe fashion into the bels that en-
eircled her waist. Many an Adrniring
glance was stsalthsiy sent toward her by
the younger clerks. whom she stndiuSsly
ignored But she firted with hysterical
hveliness with y middle aged sCadant re-
Gently arrived from Norway, whose dep
beer bass and iannry- manners bad evident
~ mace an impression upon her
Gunnar hated that man. and wondered
whether The time woul ID ever come when he
would 10 able 10 talk IN such - superior
style and behave with such roagaihcsnt
ronchAlance ia the presence Of a lndy In
the meantime lac had his hands full in
msReuveTfng properly with knife, FORA and
napkin When. In spite Of his watrhful OBJ
sezvation of his neighbors, be hsppsned 10
put string beans on his buttar plate his
anxious glance instantly wandered 70 MIS-
Tonneson aud che student with tho beer
bass. The former scetpcd % be On the point
of exploding with laughter, while the hat
ter's face exhibited only little smile Of
superior pity. G=nnar feitths blood mount
20 his head, and slight DIZZINESS scixed
him The great world in which he now
was launched was a more ooulp lfcatsd affair
than he In his Innocence had dreamed lie
lost his appetite, and cnntsut-d himself
with taking notes on the apostles Of the
rest. IL was a great reliaf 20 him Whsn
finally the dinner was ~ an end
The next DAY he went in search OF HIS
friend John Lawson. whom be- found in a
dingy grocery shop on Milwaukee Avsuria.
looking Or less dazzling than on ttse oeca-
sion 81 their LCzt meeting. He ooanuIrni-
Gated 70 him his purp0se TO scok his fExhsr.
and asked TaW4Hn IL he ouuId nov recall
the name by which he vns known. The
grocrr, seatsng himself ON = barrel OF -four.
fell into a brown sandy.
'Whst'u yUu give mos" be asked, sud
denly lifting his head. IF put you ON your
dads track
Give you9" repeated Guunar. feeling
rather erestLalle-n. 81 don't know that /
have anything 70 give you -
We'll, you mDst be smart enough %
know that Hans Matsun VII scarcely
thank me for putting The old woman on
the sceut uf htIn
DO you mean 70 say" c1rAxirued Gun
nar wrathfuIly. "that my fz.hsr u a scoun-
drelS"
Hush, hush, you nic man, not 10 fast I
sid nothing Of the suzz-"
GunDAr was In sUr~ pS-plc1fty A hnst
Of new ideas rushed IN uVun HIM. n hia
father was Ewing unar-v an aszurried nams
II WIS quite obviona tAza h mi rot With
his fnrnily 20 hnA kfn- II was Old chat
that view Of the ease bird nd prv7ssrrted IT.
sClf % hfrn and his ul1tlzrr-hhs pDCr moth
or, who suppoaod that shar1a, poverty or
misfortune kept ksln from returning ~
herr Wei. cofIrr what S-tE1i. he wna re-
solved % sound the YBEsIy % 10 bottUrn.
Then ron woE't hrlp ucY'' he said -
IA1vson. who rssss VI sfttfnE ON the aour
barrel trimming his nails with a pockeC
kaIss
That depends upon WHIST you'll give"
answ=red LaWEUn, infEut upap hrs ta-sk
"T have nothing - givp / have -rzzssly
enough 70 ut alanE until ut sofnstLnG
10 do"
~Will yuu give rms JOyE note u hand
fer 500, payslnla n Owe yesrs. for value r.
sssfvsd. II the cir~ frrrnEsh you & correct.
the note u b. essDcsled Y my cisH h nOs
sorrrctr'
"BE-t srvpose I arm net worth zoo IN
Eve yoars'"
ri taks my chzHars on tiEt"
GuunsLr pondsEed for sons rahuut Is, thsn.
with rsozless ELhs q Lis head. bid cot
biz hand ard SID
wei. stneE there n no other way. sup
pose shAL have % nscrVs 20 yOuT farms
L.v>on. using. s1r1k IRIS krifs into ~
poekrt aod zrasYed Ga vfs4Inr's bzrfl
"WEf1 = uIiza-s." hs sd. ~sbd I'll 70
with you