The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-06-06
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tured to let the seed of hope take root
in his heart. The son of a cheap Ger
man tailor: his companions. like him.
sell, the children ct poor tradesmeu-it
was certainly wild notion that PCS
cratic little maiden. whose people were
not only rich enough to buy and sell
him and his father a Thousand tiCaes
over bnt were OF social stratum far
above that in which the Engfers lived
and moved and had their being.
He remembered how he had carried
home the first riding-habit when it was
finished, and how he had been asked to
wait in the dining-room until Miss Stur-
gis could try it on and ascertain wheth-
er it was entirely satisfactory: and he
recalled how he had set there in that
basement apartment with its extension
table and its leather-covered chairs;
how he had looked with admiration
upon the engravings IN walnut frames
that hung upon the walls, and how he
had hoped all the time that there might
be some com plant. so that the little Ia
dy would come down to show him Just
what was wrong and ne could get an
other glimpse of her. But his father
was a good workman. The habit was
all that could be desired, and he had re-
turned home disappointed.
The days when he saw Madeline he
called his red-letter days, and for a
time they were fewer than those that
are indicated in the printed calendars.
One January afternoon, however, Mrs.
Sturgis had come into the shop and
had asked his father IL Karl would not
like to go to the mission Sunday-school
on Carrnine street, in which she was
very much interested, and his father.
who would have gone through fire and
food to please a customer, SO fearful
was he Of losing a dollars worth OF
trade, had said that Karl would certain
~ be there on the following Sunday.
From that time on he saw her more
frequently, and his infatuation in
creased in proportion. She taught
class Of small boys across the aisle
from where he usually sat, and on
more than one occasion the maiden
lady who presided over the group of
larger boys. of which he was one, was
compelled to demand with some en-
phasis his return to the business of the
hour, his gaze having way of wander
ing repea tedly from his catechism or
his Bible to the face of the pretty little
teacher IN the opposite pew.
One incident that he recalled with
some pleasure had occurred on Sun
day afternoon in early spHlRg. He had
noticed that Mrs. Stul sis was not
present in the chapel; that Madeline
had come alone; and he had wondered
all through the lesson whether it
would seem rude on his part, after the
close of the session, to offer to walk
home with her If he only could, he
thought, it would be the happiest day
of his life; but he feared that she might
think him i!npudent and presuuin2,
and, when the school was dismissed,
and the scholars and teachers fled out
into the street, he lacked the courage to
go forward and speak to her.
But his happiness had come, never
theless; for, in following her at what
he considered a most respectful dis
stance. his eyes never once leaving her
1.-THE young figure, clad in a well-ftting
spring jacket that his father had cut
with his own hand, he had seen her
rudely jostled by drunken man, and
had dashed to her aid almost before he
realized what he vas doing. The rec
objection of her gratitude was one of
his most cherished memories; and now.
as he turned into Washington place, he
was thinking of how, on that occasion,
her manner was so cordial and so COM
pletely lacking in any indication that
she recognized any difference whatever
N their social station.
He remembered that it was on that
lay that his determination to study for
the ministry was formed, and that it
grew out Of her telling him that the
minister at the mission had
lined with them on the evening before.
The day will come, " he had thought,
when l, too, may be asked there to
line
And now he was thinking that day
night not be so far distant; for, was he
owing, to take the place, temporarily,
If that very same assistant minister,
Rev. Mr.. David, who, he had heard,
vas to be married and go to Europe for
! three months honeymoon tour?
Yes, it was true, as Lord Beacons- |
ield had said: ANY man may be what |
lie makes up his mind to De-
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he Sturgis residence he had walked |
nd thought himself out of the gloom |
f his blues and his self-chidings into !
he radiant sunshine of hope deferred |
hat was on the verge OF realization, |
nd he whistled softly merrier air |
han was to be found in the hymual as /
&c tTipped lightly down the stone steps |
f the area way and rang the bell |
1t was his intention to hand in the |
undle and to make off as quickly as :,
ossible. lie had no notion OF being /
and above all he wished to |
void the possibility of request to
7ait in the dining-roon. as he had of /
ore. the verdict as to lit In making
nese plans he had counted upon the
ell being answered by houscuaid,
nd when, instead Of servant, the
cor was opened by Miss Sturgis her
Elf, his mode 0. procedure was, OF
ecessity, somewhat altered. To es-
ape recognition was out Of the cues
on, and. as he realized that IN his eff
ort to serve the woman he most cared
) please he had put himself in posi-
on that was likely 10 lower him in her 4
stimation. he blushed to the roots of
Is faxen hair.
Why, Mr.. Engfcr,- she exclaimed.