The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-18

slowed very little attention upon that
lady. Yet she was very fair to look
upon. She was tall. handsome. rosy
checked, and the play and sparkle of a
perfectly healthy life shone in thou
sand lights in her dark-blue eyes. As
jacks normal appetite and reawakened
mind returned he began to take partic-
ular notice of Mary's personal charac-
teristics. She was an early riser and
was generally to be found in the flower
garden, or among the cows, or in the
field where the farmhands were at
work. Jack had worked for years at
night upon daily paper, but somehow
he had not been long upon the farm
before he, too, had become an early
riser. 1t was also, at least, singular
coincidence that in the course of his
morning strolls around the farm he
met Miss Mary frequently and found
her company grow more and more
agreeable. He had intended to return
to the Marigold Mirror after week
absence, but at the end of that time he
wrote to his sub just to keep on sub
bling until further orders, as he found
his health improving rapidly. Owing
to the peculiar characteristics Of farm
life Jack and Mary were thrown a good
deal together. He always found her
merry and full of fun. so that. although
he was at first inclined to play the mel
ancholy Dane to attract pity and inter-
est in his case. he gradually found him
al LAUGH "a .1tD %,{a -
lutte jovialty. Cupid must have been
hiding in the grass or among the rose
bushes, for certainly great changes
were taking place in the demeanor of
the "shark" chairman of the Marigold
Mirror.
A fortnight, three weeks, had slipped
away, and July was melting into Au-
gust, but still Jack Rule fingered on the
farm. He explained this lengthening
of his stay to his cousin by saying that
his cure wasn't quite complete yet,
although he felt himself getting better
every day: and then the cousins wife
winked and smiled slyly-very slyly-
and whispered to her hus band that per-
haps Mary Blame would have a good
deal to do with the ultimate cure; with
which opinion Jacks cousin instantly
concurred. One morning when the
birds were twittering merrily among the
bushes and the sun was spreading a
tempered radiance over meadow and
tree and brook, Jack found himself
gathering posy of dew-drenched flow
ers What will l do with them?" he
asked himself. Well" he answered
to himself, I'm give them to Mary"
and as this lady, with her pleasant face
Swallowed in a large sunoonnet, APP
peared al that moment in the doorway
and called him to breakfast, no doubt
he carried out his intention.
Six weeks after Jack Rules vaca ton
commenced he reappcared in the Mari
gold Mirror Office, looking as brown as
a berry and rs happy as the big gest
sun flower ever seen. His manner was
SO different from what it used to be, he
looked so much mere like a good
natured hun&u being, that he was
hailed with inquiries on every side.
Hello, Jack. How did you enjoy your
trip" FIRST rate, never enjoyed NY
self more in my life. feel as ii l don't
care Tor typcs;icking any more Any
hos, I'll pat on sub for two nights a
week for sorae time to come" Another
said: Hello. Jack. how much do you
weigh now?" And Jack replied: More
than twice what / did when ! went
awcy." WHY, how in thunder is that?'
We'll, you see, I've got better half
now. AID the weight of the whole nat
urally exceeds the weight Of the
rloiety." Then Jack set them up for
the whole house like a man-an extrav-
sg2nce such as he hid never before
been guilty of-Malcolm Mcpherson,
in National Printer-J journalist