The enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 188?-1899, 1895-12-18

beheld, to his DOrror, Miss hiiiiS
plunper standing there. Thinking she '
had come in answer to the message J
he had sent her about her chickens,
he stood in speechless confusion, and
allowed his egg to burn to crisp.
At length he found voice to say: II
never did cook one of your hens eggs :
before, Miss Diver though sometimes
break one to use as nucilage," with
,yave of his hand toward the one on the !
desk.
"Why, that is one of Top-knots
cggs" said Miss Phil, wonderingly,
advancing to the desk and inspecting
the egg.
81 am very sorry about the matter
Miss Diver" stammcred poor Frank
"Miss Plunger," corrected Miss Phil,
with smile which Frank pronounced
angelic. He knew the lady before him
by general appearance, but he had never
looked into her pretty, frank face be-
fore, and she was wholly different from
the person of his imagination.
"Have my chickens been troubling
,.or Mr.. Flushton?" she asked, blush
ing little in her turn.
"Why, hasn't Saul Carter been tell
ing YOU? mean hasn't he been dellV-
ering nv rncssagcs?" asked Frank.
NO" replied Miss Phil, her smile re-
turning; Il presume Mr.. Carriers mod
estv prevents! him from delivering
messages which he thought would not
be altogether agreeable to their re-
, cipient." %,
"Just like Saul not to do as l said"
,nuttered Frank. "He isn't good Tor
! ANYTHING on earth but to catch drum
2 Iners."
A satisfactory, though somewhat en-
e barrassing explanation in regard to tne
Z chickens having been given, Miss Phi
g made known her business, which was 10
hire a horse to drive out into the coun-
p try a few miles. 1t chanced that every
!, gentle horse in Franks possession was
= either on the road or too tired 10 work.
so he could let her have horse only by
4 ooing along himself os driver. To this
a she could offer no reasonable objection'
# the charge being no higher, SO FRANK
N promised to drive around for her as
10 soon as he had eaten his dinner.
Is "Oh! I forgot that you have had no
ID dinner" said Miss Phil, turning back
ry MS she reached the door. pray let me
a fry you an egg fit to eat"
lis She insisted on performing this ac'
,e- of kindness for him, and fried the egg
n so deftly and daintily that Frank coult
he have eaten it with supreme satistactiol
ed had it not been for the mortifying re
se Elections which accompanied his din
inn ,ner. "How contemplate l must haV
I'd, onneared to her." thought he, as he sa
" at his solitary repast.
,st When we are humiliated We feel tina
iss some one is to blame, and Frank blame
ire saul Carter. "At least" thought III
me "if he had gathered up the eggs an
,ed carried them to her, as told him
ell. do. she would not have found me fr.
lis ing one of them"
da- But during his drive with Miss I'm
i'll he found her so amiable, so merry,
ing practical, so everything that he thougl
n lady should be, that he was forced
forget the unpleasant episode whl'
had occurred. The vision OF her Gle
= orav eyes, and the sound of her ripplil
NNh laugh haunted him for days afterwaI
llN "How sensible she is" thought h
NM ,"not one woman in ten but would ha
y heen afraid of Bill, and ready to screa
- or lump out of the buggy when
~ scared, and tried to run away a
81 threatened to kick, but she ne'
IN seemed the least bit frightened
H nervous"
M ! At length the thought occurred
lind him that he had right to ask Miss +
lIP IN take a buggy ride with him.
Y could not more than decline the II
Y .tation; and if she accepted it--a Wis
of clear gray eyes, soft brown hair
red Inns which was perfectly enrapt
inc rose before his mind. That v
.eyening he dispatched Saul to her "
n note. and told him to wait for an
swer.
CIR. Saul did wait for an answer, WI
90 - Miss Phil's dexterous pen soon
no., icuted, and, being in no particular hi
o ond on his own account, he waited
+. @ mat longer, and regaled Miss Phil with
- account of his employers good q
one ties.
I'll, UI "Frank's an odd fellow" said he,
II M do, he's a good fellow, too. There's not
g sole he won't do for anybody he likes
nno,. Ihe would let you have horse any
| an5 Won wanted it; and tell you it's
: hans ar every lady he'll trust with a horse.
.aOrs. % snys they drive harder than men
~ % ha Frank amt got no use for fell
w. ~ ~ tell you he don't care how soon
;, I'd I'D knows It; but he's accommodated
= .Sa;r S man in this town that didn't de-
= ber ! it, 1 can tell you."
1t was easier for Saul to sit ther
praise his employer than to retu'
~, 60 the stable and relieve him OF the