Elmore bulletin. [volume] (Rocky Bar, Idaho) 1889-1906, 1894-02-24
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Mat Really knN@1 ArMH3s ~@& Mmnky
Thought Her a Wicked Filrl
Once upon time there was farmers
son. and unce upon the same time the~was
a country DOCTORS daughter The farmers
xou fell In love with thu country doctors
danohfer. and she. not 20 be oufdone, fell
An love with him He was a sensible boy
IN most things, which means that hr was a
foolish boy ia love. She was a Eeuslblegirl
IN most things, which meaiis--almcst nny-
thing. This much In certain--she did not
know how very much in love she waA His
name was Henry. Her pane was Mat.
which IL Matilda shortened.
There came 10 the village 20 help her IA
ther N YOUNG doctor fresh from college. lilo
was city bred, city clothed and city tongued.
Mat looked at him as q country girl mivht,
ana he looked at her as city young man
was sure TO. She smiled, and he smiled
| back. and half of her smile was that OF
| certain malicious pleasure that most wcyn-
en- have felt when they saw that some man
whom they cared for was wholly In their
power. for Henry grew very uncomfortable
when he saw Mat hobnob with the young
| man from the city. This made her hobnoO
with him more industriously still, although
| she had no evil intent. She was merely
cat PLAYING with mouse. but II Is not
| 10 account one night and reproached her.
| Mat. still ignorant OF how deeply she
loved, laughed and enjoyed It. But ths
next morning, when she found that Henry
| had gone away and that no one knew where
he had gone. she grew wise and felt fear
that was n misery In her heart.
For three days she fingered In the coun.
try village. Then she, too, went away, and
there were two pairs OF unhappy parents
behind her-Henry's, because they did not
know where their son was, and Mats. be-
cause they thought their daughter VIZ pa-
womanly. But she knew that she had only
then learned how to be q woman.
She learned that Henry had come to New
York, SO she also came here and began to
search for him. But the city grew bigger
and bigger with each days births, which
the deaths did not seem 10 her to balance
ut all, and the streets grew longer. She be-
came more anxious and more determined
with each useless day. Weeks went by. and
months passed, and n year was twothirds
gone. Her face, with its eyes tired from
looking at stranger faces, took on an ex-
preston OF great sweetness Of maturity.
She had to get work to do, for her father
was angry, but she still found time to
search.
/. At last one evening, as she was sitting In
the window OF her second story boarding
: house room ON Sixth avenue. an elevated
! railroad train rumbled toward her and
CHANGED 20 stop opposite her window. She
looked into the engines cab, and there,
grimy and creased. was Henry raking coal
For a moment she was almost fright
ened. Then the train started, and Henry's
face went with 1t. She turned quickly q
her little bureau and made as good q toilet
as she could, 10 that when she went out
she looked most charming. The lips that
: had been thin showed bit of fullness now
In their tiny smile. and the cheeks which
! had grown pale were pink. She went to Tho
a nearest elevated railroad station and asked
? few questions. Then she found her way
to the yards"
When Henry left his work, a fondly smIl
: ing woman stood at the foot OF tho stairs
He started back and paled when he saw
= her, but she held out both hands confident
: ly and said:
II have been looking for you for months.
He stopped and kissed her, and they wen
7 away together, arm In arm.--New Yorl
. Press