Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1893-09-09
YOUNG AND A WIDOW AS WELL
20 She Knew How to Checkmato the
Schemes of Her Sister.

YOUNG AND A WIDOW AS WELL
20 She Knew How to Checitmato the
Schemes OF Her Sister.
"Do YOU think it wrong to tell stories
about your age?" asked the girl in the
white linen suit.
mot unless you are found out" re-
Piled the girl with the cherries on her
hat. But what has happened that
you ask?"
"I'll tell you. You see, it is bad
enough to have your younger sister
widow, without having her interfering
with your flirtations.
81 should say so. Why, there ought
to be law against it."
$50 there ought. was furious when
she asked Ned to help her with her
Latin, but when she got to making
eyes at young DIR. Wiseman it was too
much. You see, his fad is philanthropy,
and had been trying for months to
make him think it was mine, too"
"You poor dear, what an awful bore!"
$50 it was; but knew it would be
easy enough to drop it once we were
married"
20, yes, of course"
80, of course, when Annie raised
those big blue eyes of hers to his own
and asked, with u little tremor in her
voice. if he would not show her how to
forget her sorrow in helping others. l
felt it was going entirely TOO far. The
idea! When was wearing myself to
skin and bone over his odious free kim
dergarten."
"Yes, and Drawing all manner Of UNI
pleasantness by begging money from
your father for the children's hospital
he was interested in"
Eyes, indeed; why, he ought to have
been more attentive to me than he was,
for told him that saved it all out OF
my allowance. That was meant to
serve double purpose, you see; he
would think papa must be very wealthy
to give me such large allowance and
was an angel to save it for the hos
pital."
~ see; what wise girl you are!'
"Wait until you hear all. You see, l
felt it my duty to protect him from An
MES schemes, SO ] told him that she
was good deal older than l."
"Of course: you were"
swell. things went on nicely until
was taken i'll. OF course he was called
in to attend me and, o Maud, | lay on
the sofa with the window shades low
cred and big bunch of carnations on
the table at my elbow. and wearing
the lovliest tea gown. The very tone
of voice in which he asked to see my
tongue and the way in which he held
my hand while he felt my pulse told
me that was succeeding. could see
that Annie was steadily losing ground. ]"
''Of course. but"
"Yes: but she would hover around all
the time he was there. would ask for
water, but the sly thing just rang the
bell for it. Finally one day. when l
was convalescent he said something
about the year he graduated and his
age ut the time which showed he was
two years my junior was afraid that
Annie would say something so l broke
in hastily: 20 Annie, dear, will you
run upstairs and bring me the bool,
on my table; there is something IN it
which will interest Dr.. Wiseman.' OF
course she couldn't refuse and knew
/ would get u few minutes alone with
him Mt last"
"Well?"
"Well. he leaned over the sofa and
though he only asked if my head ached
his voice said volumes. Then | looked
up and saw Annie in the doorway with
a book-O, ] thought l should die!''
But don't see"
'She was holding it out to him and
smiling as she said Here it is, doctor,
and am sure there is something in 1t
which will interest you.'
"Wellr'
well, the book she had brought was
the family Bible and all our ages were
written in it.'-Chicago Tribune.