The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-06-25

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AIRY you? Why, no
|X " Vane, OF course
NJ W W ~ won'tl You mus
NJ W y have taken leave o
>b /1eA your senses, and / al
KIN III ways told you in
AYR b tended to wed mai
0IDI ~ with blue eyes an'
Roiden hair, and yours are dark. Be
Tides you are twenty-seven and med
| cal student, two things mover coult
tolerate in the man ] honor with m,
heart and hand" And lovely littl'
tottie Rexdal laughed very wicket
little laugh as she pushed the end o
er red silk parasol into the soft sol
nder an old apple tree. at the same
me gancing saucily up at her com
pnion, O scholarly young man.
"Why do you ask me?" she re-
(med.
"Because + wanted to be made fur
to be ridiculed by the little girl
Ee," replied Vane Winton, smiling
bly, at the pert young lady perched
the back of a rustic garden seat,
! brown frizzes falling roguishly in
her dancing brown eyes.
'Now, that doesn't sound a bit like
i own grave Vane, who studies med
he and cultivates an ice cream com.
|xiop.
An ice cream complexion?" asked
ne Winton, a little mysti6ed."
Yes; that's Lottie Rexdals term
Students compilations. You book
rms study away until your faces
e on the hue of that sweet COM
hnd." !" answered the roguish girl.
III you would only be grave for
lille might talk to you." said
'Yes; you know I'm such a rogue
\ | should put you to the blush a
uSand times day." chimed in
ttie.
am willing to run the risk"
All but I shall not agree to any
b sacrifice. Marry some steady,
bible girl. Alice May will be here
|ne hour. Be polite, and captivate
Miss May is SO highly cultured
grave that she will surely not be
than sublime in your eyes. I'll
you-"
lt Vane did not stay to hear more.
Falked of, leaving gay Lottie Rex
laughing merrily.
bttie was the ward of Vane Win
kind father. She had been or
led at very early age. A maiden
had then adopted her. When
ie was but ten, and her education
half completed, her kind relative
But before that she had sent
fr. Winton, her girlhood's lover.
made him promise to receive the
orphan girl. The kind man con-
d /; and SO Lottie became an in
of Vane NVinton's home.
be was the only child of wealthy
is, and at the time when Lottie
to his fathers house he was away
b Continent.
en- he returned three years after
he found his "ward sister," as
i called her in his letters, away
pc school for girls. So it hap.
that Vane and Lottle had never
ntil six months before. Vane
fine scholar, bat he had never
d any profession. Now, at the,
twenty-seven, realizing perhaps'
it is never too late to mend, he
ting himself for the medical fro
b.
9 was trying to study at his
that summer. Sometimes he
it impossible to do SO amid the
st aroused by mischievous Lot
xdal. She threw open the un-
iano, and made the house ring
Ter clear. bell-like notes. She
the library with flowers. tossed
pes books, and even scribbled
pa. She rode every horse on the
romped with Prince, the great
dog, tore her dresses, went
paded, and turned the wide hall
skating rink.
was utterly spoiled by both Mr..
Fs. Winton. At first Vane had
shocked. But the more he
her original character, the
Q become reconciled to it. Tol.
gave place to admiration, and
p due time. to love. He had
felt avague longing to discover
n In whose character he hoped
originality and freedom from
Ion. If he could only teach
% love him. what q splendid
she might becomel
culd wait patiently and hope
ne reasoned, as >he walked
Taking a volume from his
pc sat down on bench under
and began to peruse it. Soon
iaugh caused him to look up,
saw Lottie riding down the
her milk,vl,;k TSi- uo.~.