The Dalles daily chronicle. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1890-1948, 1891-08-06

LOr6 OT6akIdSC CLIu0 AuO JOnD Betty ana
the other men were told by Mrs. Smith
when they came down. The bulletin
committee was little late and we were
all at breakfast when he appeared The
moment he entered the room he said he
was sure that Over-the- Way was i'll;
when he got home everything was ablaze
with light and there was a doctors
phaeton in front of the house. We could
zee for ourselves that the bay window
shades were down.
'.Umph!" said Mrs. Smith. lis that all
you have to tell us?'
'Why, what's happened?'
'Over-the- Way has visitor"
$50 he's back at last. is he? Well. it's
time
81 wish her husband was here; it's
dear little girl"
'sGood LordT' said Jim.
Nobody laughed right then, but a
minutue later, when Miss Elliott made
one of her vivacious remarks everybody
roared-except Jim. Even John Berry
and Elizabeth Hawkins. who were look
ing powerfully glum, had to laugh.
Things get out so in a boarding house.
We all knew that he had proposed and
she had said no.
Just as we were getting through
breakfast John Berry gave a groan at
| the window and turned to us with his
face working and his lips trembling. He
couldn't speak; just pointed across the
street.
Old Aunt Amanda was tying long
streamer of white crepe to the door bell.
"Over-the- Ways dead, said some one
in strained whisper.
whites for little children" !" said Mrs.
Smith. Its Over-the- Ways little baby
. dearl . deari' And the good woman
burst out sobbing. None of us were
much better off, for that matter.
/ So it happened that then we made our
first call across the street. John Berry
and Mrs. Smith went. Mrs. Smith went
in, but John paced up and down in front
of the house Elizabeth Hawkins never
took her eyes off him. She was as pale
as ghost. and yet she didn't look exact
ly unhappy either.
By and by they came back. AS soon
as they came in John took out roll of
money and dropped bill in his hat
'sF1owersr' said he, and looked around
as much as to ask if anybody wanted to
follow suit. We all put in something.
Elizabeth Hawkins put in dollar.
knew she had saved it to buy some Sun
day gloves. After John had gone out
Mrs. Smith told Us how she had talked
with the poor young mother in the dark
ened room, and how the little baby was
to be buried the next day, and how John
was to see to everything and go to the
cemetery, and how the little coffin was
to be put in the vault and kept till the
father got home.
By and by John came back with a
great box. 1t was full to the brim with
lilies of the valley-not another flower.
Well, Johns services were not needed
after all, for that very night the young
husband came home from South Amer
lea, and the next day. when the carriage
drove away from the little cottage with
little white caslzet on the front seal
, heaped high with lilies of the valley
the poor young husband looked over tc
Us in the windows and made sort of 6
bow and put his hand on his heart.
Tha; evening. when it was time to &c
to work, John Berry came down with 6
, satchel in his hand and began to say
! goodby TO us, saying he was going tx
leave. When he came to the last one
/ Elizabeth Hawkins-he hesitated, theI
, held out his hand just as he had to thu
rest of u.s. She Just barely touched it
, and both of them looked white ant
trembling just as he was going out O
the door she called to him:
!, ''Johnr'
, 1t wasn't a bit like Elizabeth Hawk
ms voice, and we all stared. John cam,
back, but didn't say word-just stoot
waiting And now they both were red
, Are you going because-because"- y
John nodded. don't believe he coult
have said word to save him.
' 'tWell-well-I-Joh don't goi'
4 Long before she finished John had he
in his arms right before US all
II said No, John, because wa
afraid you were hard and unfeeling-
till today. Now know better"
y "God bless you, my children!" sai'
q motherly Mrs. Smith. The stereotypet
. old phrase was relief, and we al
q laughed in a teary sort of way. then sh
:. added:
f when trouble comes and you nee'
n patience and forbearance remembe
!; what brought you together"
. And we all said:
- 'Over-the-W he-Wayr-Chicag Tribune.