Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-11-02
IN THE GOLDEN CORN.

halr, pair Of nischicvous blue eyes peep
ing from under = big sun hat-much the
worse for wear
Under the hedgo, bis straw ha. half GOV.
sring Ma fnoc, n toll, slim youth OF IS or
thcrcabout Il quietly slumhcring
Tho saucy blue eyes dance ~ the rlrl
catches sight Of him. She crccps with tho
stealth II u rid Indian TO tho boy slide.
aud with piece 81 feather grnsa touchcs
the brunscd check urturncd toward her
A hand ruos quickly up ~ brush away the
offending fly, but a. u sim ycrsisis the
straw hat IL pushed back with muticrd
uhiurration; then ne he catches sight ~
tho old ecrgaskirt the dark faoo grows ten.
der.
'Moillo. ~ M that's wonderful ho
txciNlms delightedly
"Ycs Mollic. and no one olscr' rays
that young person calmly She oven con-
dcsccnds TO lean comfortably against tho
brad tweed covered shoulder
you see, didn't fol like lcssons, and
Il was your last day NJ home and ~ Just
gave Nils browne the dip" sho finishes
glcafully.
you iarlinei Did you really coma to
seo mci"
why, Of course dld. You silly bog.
hrcn't you ruinf away for two Year,, and
haven't We always hccn chung
"Whcn come back In two years MollIe,
will you marry me"
Ihn gifl gifca NJ him Tor moment IN
mute surprise, and thcn--rondhct cntiraly
unworthy of n hcroinc-grcs Oh into pal
after pal Of merry, ringing laughter, but
as sho ecol the look ~ PANIED surprise on
her companion ~'.ncr she subsidies Into sup.
prsscd glgRlct
"oh, Phil. I'm 80 sorry" aho gisrs at
last "ilut II did sound 10 funny. Marry
yonl oh, derl on, donr'
Then a sudden thought strikes her.
Have you tccn making love 10 mo all
this afternoon She queries
Rather" no answers. then Irrelevant.
~. What baby YOU ar. Mollic"
Doar mei' she rrmafka lntorrstedly.
ESQ that's making love. Woll"-cnndidly
-'I rnthor like ". and"-thu bright bend
nesting against tho broad shouldor-''you
can w on"
which he does tili shriil whistle and
Bob licathorlolah's abrupt arpcarnncc
through tho hedge put q summary cnd 10
their tcio a.teto
Five years later Phil returned and found
holllo engaged "a Lord Hartley.
Hello, Wentworth 1 thought you
wen In lndlaw
Just home on leave. How dyo do,
Hartley"
And tho two mon, with al young Eng.
lands horror II anything approaching -
display " feeling, oxchHnfr poliin gruct.
inFi. though they have ever cordially die.
liked ono another and ouo's hcnrt. At al
events, T. bitter with love and jealousy.
j a. a.
town" queries Phil lanRuldly.
No, them nru q good many iofi; rarlia.
mont, you know"-yagucly. "Nour old
friends tho Hca,herlclRhs. nro horn'
"Ahr says Phil quietly. ~ holieve
um 70 congratulate your"
Hartley glanocs at him curiously. Per.
hars tho iNpnssed tono In the deep yoica
strikes him. ic makes u little, smiling
bow, then asks;
"scc you tonight nj stratton House,
"Prohably may ne wolf " there as
tho club" IL tho unlntcrosted rrpiy, al.
though under tho quiet exterior tho man =
heart h beating florocly ~ the thought Of
meeting bis little love again.
Philip IL standing near tho door whom
tho lleathurieighs nfp announced. Mn.
HcatherlclRh'a tall. stately fiRup cuncs
first, and thon-oan this bo iioilio, his lit
tie Molllc, the madrap In the old scr-n
skirt and battered SUI Int. this auburn
hnlrcd vision Ia cloudy wlita drnpcrios.
who IL smiling over her shoulder at Lord
Hartlcyf And then. Pills momtntary
doubts ho.ng quickly dispcllcd, hc turns
sadly and bitterly away.
Later IN tho evening Mrs. Hcathorlclgh
runda him Ia slarch OF Molio
lie nnds her sitting under big palm
listening lauguidiy 60 tho pondorous com.
plimcnts Of their host
lhoy ineut-coldly, strangely, mcct--nnd
exchange tho polite nothings OF snclcty,
Philip Wildly angry that tho GIRL wears
such an apparently unmoycd dnmcan0r.
A they Turn 20 leave tho conservatory
ono OK tho big Japancse lanterns suddenly
oatchos iiru, and tho blazing Fragments
fall ON the girls light dross. Instantly sho
II Ia flames
Philip, qulck ~ thought, haa torn down
ono 81 tho huavy velvet hhnriusa. hung 10
round tho slight form and has crushed out
tho ilamus with hia hands Then, ~ Mis-.
HCathurlrigh PUSHES forward ho glyrs the
girl into her arms and hunios from tho
house.
ltisAwocL later, md Philip Wentworth
j. agaln on tho owe 81 leaving England.
Tbs Ilcathorlclghs lett town tho day aitor
thu accident Philip had pleaded hls up.
prunohing departure "a mason Tor refusing
to visit thun. Ho dapd uoi trust hls srlf
control & ho VEN thrown In daily com.
relationship with Molllr.
But bob, inspiryd with admiration OF
hlHslstor'sp rOldrNur, concnctcd u wondrous
upisilo, m oplstla that made Phil dive into
bradshaw, risk his neck ina mad chnse
after an already moving train aud allsht
some two hours aitcrwaul No rho tiny rus.
tic station throo miles irum hcnthcIlclgh
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