The Lamar register., 1893-07-08
sA'S MISTAKE.

II t@1,@ brightly with the Two s'lun-
- - no were with her. The assist
~, princirai in q place boastiny of
Z : sch large and active high school
lkEas Ellsmore could not find her work
8 very easy. and barbara Bennett often
saw dark shadows under her gray
ewes when she looked in her glass at
night
This evening she dropped a few
steps behind her two admirers. for
all Barbara's pupils were her admir-
ers. leaving them happy in their girl
ish condolences. A pretty. penslve
girlish figure she was, just of that
smallness which man of six feet
likes in a woman. her gold-brown
hair curied prettily over the edge of
her iaunty toque, her cheeks like
peachblooms. her lips curving into
smile at her own thoughts
A low-seated. glittering phaeton
swept by them. and Barbara was
GLAD that her keen-eyed companions
were aheai. so warmly did she feel
her face flush at sight of the gentle
man who held the reins. But who
was his cSmpanicn. that slender.
black-clad figure, girl with pale
ldt 6sslnu x eat ciu. Ia n t.s ts.
1t was cnly a week ago that he
had left home. as he said. on busi-
ness. ans had not his last words to
hee. aught with all the meaning
that his eeep Voice could carry, been
ringing in her ears ever since2
The girls ahead unconsciously
raised their voices: .'He came home
with her this morning" said one;
$50 our Hannah said al noon. as
lover-like as you please They say
that hc has been engaged to some
one for long time. .
That's her. then" answered her
G. mpanion. with the disregard for
such trifiing thing as grammar evil
oeEce1 often by high school pupils.
..fo- he tod BROTHER Frank the ether
day that he hoped to be married be-
TO another year"
sim CAD. continued the first.
..for my heart has been in my throat
all year for fear he would carry away
Miss Eennett, and that would be-"
Remembering the proximity of the
lady in question their voices dropped
and. calling goodnight. they turned
the next corner and left her.
several minutes before Barbara had
perfection of such winter as comes
only to Kansas.
Warm almost as spring. the skies
blue and cloudless save. for fire-like
fakes OF cloud which lay in the west.
where the sun was sinking. throwing
his long. slanting rays OF gold over
the world.
The gold was turned to lead The
beauty was gone. Harry Randall
had seemed n god toher. The thought
of his brown eyes, with their direct
glance, always gave her courage. OF
late. by every act and word.<he had
seemed to give himself to her. and
now she had seen him bending over
this stranger with such solicitude
that even the school children talked
of it.
And he intended to marry her be-
fore another year! What could it
mean?
When Harry Randall's uncle.
+. Robert Paxton. one of the weaithiest
men in Ellsmore. had failed two years
before, dying soon after from the
shock. his wife, left only with her
handsome home. had turned it into a
boarding g-house. and Harry remained
still an inmate.
Upon the evening in question. she
slowly mounted to her room. where
gocd-natured Maggie, the housemaid.
was lighting a fire. She impaired
her news:
..Mr. Randie's back, Miss Rarb'ry.
an he brought young lady with
him She put her arms round Mis-
Paxton S neck an' cried an cried. and
then Mr.. handle took her arm an
helped her upstairs. Her Eame's
Miss Palmer. but / don't know who
she is unless she b'longs to Mr.. Ran
die. an that duz look reasonable y
When Barbara entered the lower
hall at supper time. she saw Harry
emerging from the parlor He had
evidently been watching for her. for
he brushed the portiere hastily aside
and strobe quickly toward her.
Had she not avoided looking di-
rectly at him, it is doubtful il Bar
bara would have SO coldly cut short
his murmured words of greeting. or
SO wiifully refused to see his out
stretched hand.
Her stately manner seemed to
take all the gladness out of the young
mans face. and he turned and passed