Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1891-12-10
81 sEE," SAID THE GIRL.

OECs oAAO ALE 0ATN1-.
he'd engaged a lass O. thet name ter
teach mex term, an I'll bet doughnut
hers the identical one. Might board
to our house, toO-should'n wonder"
''Hav' the young man calculated with
some energy. ''Do you really mean it?
Say, Jim Dolman, you couldn't accom-
modate me too, in case she did, could
you?"
Mr.. Dolman's wooden countenance
almost screwed itself into an expression
as he replied with chuckle:
''Oh, thet's the way the wind blows,
is it? But, 'Phonse lad. I should a
thought you'd a looked higher nor a
fondling-a orphin, reared on the chart
ty of a dressmaAer-you with good
business in Glastonbury an half
section O. farmin' land in Havana"
''Wen," was the satisfied response,
''that is just why can afford to make a
fool of myself"
can what's her first name?' the old
man continued. 81 disremember what
the squire told me-
'Wanda-Wanda Arlington"
wanda! Sakes alive, what 'stroarary
name to give a Christian female: But
folks do go now to the dime novel rather
than the Bible to name their children.
But, about Wilder Evesham-ain't she
got two darters O. her own?''
''That she has-one of them is mar
ried to a cousin of Bill Potter's in De-
troit; then there's Kate, who teaches
in the Glastonbury schools, and is the
prettiest girl in the county next to
Wanda Arlington
''Then there's son, too-leastways 1
caught sight of tall, straight young
Teller one day at her house."
''Aye, he's in New York making his
| fortune"
''Then who be the blind young chap,
as is often with the Arlingtons?''
Ellis name is George Arundel" AL
phonse Danneirs said with savage
scowl. HE came from the east about
a year ago-for the good of his health,
they say-but, if he fools around that
| young woman much more, it would have
| been better for his health to have
stopped away"
Mr.. Dolman turned his fishy eyes on
the speaker and asked:
''How so, 'Phonse?'
Never you mind" was the sullen
response, as the wagon took them
| round the bend of the road.
| Let us now turn to the two young
people sitting under the trees.
1t is George Arundel who is speaking
''Now, Wanda, tell me what the fish
ermen are doing? 1 long to hear the
| sweep of their oars, as they pay off the
! lines of their net, and hear them sins
the merry French chanson to the time
Of their rowing. And, have the Indiax
squaws reached the island in theil
| dug-out, or has the stream carried then
too far below?"
Soft and musical was the voice thai
replied:
1.-The fishermen are nearly ready t<
start. The squaws are just bleaching
their canoe, and some little lads ART
running along the shore to meet them
with a dog barking at their heels But
oh. George, such a lovely sailboat ha.
just come round the bend of the river
you can almost see her keel as she file.
like bird over the water
"How you love the river, Wanda!"
eyes, to me it is thing of perpetua
beauty, changing the expression of it,
loneliness with every cloud that float
over it."
| ''Teu me what you see now
81 see," said the girl, obediently
1.-THE broad river stretching like lax
of liquid silver for miles and miles
green as emerald where the shadow o
the island falls on it. There are whit
caps on the waves, which glitter Xix
snow tossed in sunshine. A low wood
land lies on the other shore. dotte,
with white cottages; a woman is hang
ing out clothes In front of one of tn