Sullivan republican. [volume] (Laporte, Pa.) 1883-1896, 1892-03-11


awkward when he's around. Moreover,
Hal Balkan is perfectly splendid-so
handsome and so manlyl don't won
der you like him tremendously And
the idea of his not coming under your
SPELL Why, just know he thinks you
are irresistible. know you are in his
mind"
"You love me, and try to think me
vanquisher of all hearts," murmured
Genevieve. "But my former conquests
have not been all-convincing, because
Mr.. Balkan is really the only true per-
son of envlable position and means whom
ever met in our set. There seems to be
a thousand foolish bachelors to one real
hero"
81 think Hal is a fine fellow" Nellie
again admitted softly, resting her hand
upon Genevieve's arm for few steps,
then stopping her and letting the Others
catch up with them. "How far north
we seem2" she then exclaimed. 81 am
sure the Arctic Sea is over that hill of
pines by the meadow. This exhil-
arating atmosphere makes me feel as if l
were somebody else. Oh, we are ex-
plorers! Is that Polar bear or snow
drift2" she concluded, pointing to a
white banked gate post by the cattle
lane
Cecil Morton tried to shuttle the little
perty in such way that he would come
next to Genevieve; but she evaded him
by sheer force of desperation. And as
luck would have it, Hal Balkan came up
to her with his fine, hearty good cheer,
and asked her to walk with him as far as
a wide-spreading elm at a considerable
distance down the high road, and Nellie
Featherly heard him say it. Genevieve
was willing, and they started off at a
huge pace which the rest tried to initiate !;
but not too well, as everyone of the
girls thought that Balkan wanted to
propose to his companion, aud deter
mined to let him have chance.
At last the two figures in advance
stopped under the delicate tracery of the
great bare elm tree and seemed to be
talking earnestly. Then cry went up
from Nellie Featherly, for Genevieve had
sunk to the ground, evidently in a
faint, and Balkan kneeled at her side.
The walk was too rapid for her, :"
exclaimed Nellie, off-hand. ''Oh, MIR.
Morton, why must you always be asking
us to go for constitutionals; they'll be
the death of usr' And Nellie whom no
one had ever seen really provoked be-
fore, gave him GLOSS glance, and then
went on run, accompanied by the re-
proved Morton, toward her friend,
while the others followed more or les
ardently.
AS faithful Nellie ran she discerned a
strange black cloud rolling towards them
all down the snowy road. Soon the mo-
ton of two prancing horses became ap-
parent, and as Nellie reached Genevieve's
PROSTATE form in the middle of the
road, over which Balkan was bending in
absorbed dismay, the plucky girl realized
that a runaway team was in full swing
at few yards distance, and quite un
observed by anyone but herself and Cecil
Morton, who shouted to Nellie to have
care and jump aside.
But this Nellie never thought Of do
ing. On she ran, beyond Genevieve
whose danger was so immenent-and
what could she do to avert the dangera
In her muff was ball OF snow, which
had been reduced by careful manipula-
tion-under Morton's instructions-to an
icy consistency, capable as her teacher
had explained, of killing anybody, if
rightly aimed. 1t is by no means easy
to swerve the direction of maddened
horse. But one of these was running
away because the other wanted to, and
he vet retained some common sense. At
any rate, Nellie drew forth her icy ball
in a twinkling, and hurled it. by good
luck, at the saner horse-for they were
now close at hand-with splendid vigor
and true ann that it hit him ON the nose.
He plunged aside, slipped on the hard
crust of the old snow beside the road,
and keeled over, carrying his rampant
mate with him into the ditch. They
were a powerful team belonging to
Nellie's uncle, and were dragging an
empty wood sledge. Their driver was
hallooing in the distance, as he ran wear
lily along.
Nellie pondered moment over tne
success of her defence and gaaed at the
quivering limbs of the foe, and then
turned back to Genevieve, painting. The
girls were on the bank at the other side
of the road.
Meantime Balkan had but just looked
up, realized the peril, and caught Gene
We've in his arms, while Morton threw
his weight wildly upon the young mans
struggling shoulders. 1t is always in
some such way that person weak in
emergencies assists the real actors.
So swiftly did the runaway horses pro-
ceed that it seemed only an instant since
Genevieve had tainted.
Now all the girls swooped down from
their perch helpfully and surrounded
their pale friend, whose swoon was so
much in earnest that she had not stirred
an eyelash. Nellie seized Balkans hand
told him she must sneak with him in