Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1894-12-12

They tell me you have completely be-
witched the boy" rejOined the friend.
II must confess he seems to act very
foolishly. No matter what L do or say,
or ignore him, L can't scare him away.
1 have never done the slightest thing
to encourage him." Julia soberly re-
piled.
"What's the matter with the boy,
then, that he hangs around you SO
much?" the friend asked.
AZ don't know" Julia slowly said,
snd added In wistful manner. 81
wonder whether Jimmy will ever be a
man-will ever look like a man"
"He'sapretty boy, anyhow" laughed
the friend.
Pretty as baby" said Julia. join.
ing in the laugh.
The subject of this conversation was
not boy, but man of thirty years.
A man of full stature, yet with the ex-
prcssionless face of baby. 1t was
round and full. The skin was of soft
pink color, with tinge of darker color
in the cheeks. The eyes were large
and of light blue, and opened in an
innocent surprise when their owner
was spoken to. He had little chubby
nose and small mouth. There were
ro lines or shadows on his face.
He was a pretty man; so pretty that
his face was repulsiye to man and to
womankind. There WAS nothing
about the face to couuteract the seem
iuglv expressionless vacuity there.
Strangers continually asked, "Who is
the man with the baby face?" The
geply was always Jimmy Ellis" The
man James Ellis was swallowed up in
the boy Jimmy.
Another characteristic heightened
the effects of his boyishness His voice
was pitched an octave higher than is
usual in men. He spoke in light
chattering tone that went off into q
screech He talked and laughed like
q woman. All his male associates as
he became older grew away from him.,
deriding the man with a baby face and
woman's voice. Womankind seemed
ever to be InaNing sport of him.
james Ellis WAS extremely sensitive
in respect to these characteristics. He
was conscious of the fun and sport
others were having at his expense. In
consequence he gave humanity a wide
berth. While he did SO, he hated
that big baby face of his. 1t made
life miserable to him. 1t angered him
at times to hear his own voice. He
had in vain tried to coax a growth OF
whiskers to hide the face. A tuft of
yellow hair here and there was all that
made its appearance. In despair he
had given up any further attempts In
this direction.
Notwithstanding these outward
signs, James Ellis was man of true.
honest, and honorable instincts md as
pirations. He delighted in the pleasures
of robust manhood. He was an all
round athlete. There was not better
horsebackri III the town in which
he lived. His mother had died when
he was child. His father died when
he reached his majority, leaving him a
home III the Pennsylvania town of B
and two farms lying near the village
An aunt had been installed - house
keeper over the home.
Ja-4e- H.. l.a VAS Letter manager OF
lie farms than his iather had been pc
ore him. He gave them his constant
attention. There was no part of tbs
work on the farm he could not do
Those under him knew what would be
expected from them. James Ellis not
only knew how to manage the farms
better than his father, but knew how
to live and enjoy life and that which
be made, better.
There was not better library in the
town than his; he had collected it him.
self He was n lover of art. James
Ellis was a talented man. His large
hunting-dog heard many a soliloquy
that for originality and brightness
would have rivaled the mental calibre
Of by far the greater number of his
iellOw-townsmen.
James Ellis's lie had been, however,
failure, as he looked at it-an un-
happy failure-a miserable existence,
csused by baby face and a woman's
voice.
His greatest happiness, and at the
came time his greatest unhappiness,
was his love Tor Julia Costello. He
WAS not content unless near her. He
worshiped her 1t was the love OF