The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1896-01-30

appeared 70 hnd sonnet hing q surpass- !
Ing interest III them. II N X
". II think It would b very jolly 10
bring ont Nina Armstrong one day,
and her brother, don't your asked the
girl III, q .-i.3 Sls " s,s} 5$ I'll
"Ye,es, perhaps they would like it"
indifferently. %7s,;sa
'.Oh, Jccl. Armstrong told me yester-
day that he was devoted to sailing. He
wanted me To- go with him -them--
to day, but snid you were coming, and
you would think it odd il you found no
one at home" VA 4 + .@. 'fsF
"You arc very kind" he answered, Q
little snlkily. IT am sorry to have Kept
you at home" t4t.t&5sE5 @& &
.'sOh, it does not matter. can go an
other day. I wanted to see you, you
know. = IN &'%5 I. W. y. s
"Tharks; but why not 60 in his boat
tomorrow, instead of having him here?
You would enjoy 1t more, probably Il.
Ii IT don't know that I should, }" musing-
~. Besides, Iwant you to know Nina.
She is such q dear little soul, and2so
pretty. I am sure yen will quite fall
in love with her. y \. .s.*t 3s' A.
She looked at her companion for the
first time, then quickly lowered her
sunshade, for the iigrifed an4azement
of his expression was too much for her
gravity. For minutes silence reigned
in the boat. The man was wondering
If it could really I've possible that the
girl regarded him simply as neof
her many friends, and was quite in.
different as to whether he cafe more
for another girl or not. s
1t had never. occurred to him TINT
other men might admire Ruth so much
as to take her from him. He looked at
her in his endeavors to fathom it all.
She was really very pretty. WhenSh
looked ut her she was leaning on the
side of the boat, her head resting on
her arm. ,.,.y5 u. u. :. NJ, .sI.~S
'How perfectly idy!lic this isl she
finally said. What q comfort it IS to
be able to sit silent when one feels in
clined, and not feel that one is playing
the bore. It is sign of true friend
ship, Mark. could not do so with
anyone but you, but you understand"
She looked at him with sweet, grave
smile. eve ought to be good friends
after knowing each other for all these
jysass s enghta,t sw ees 81
Mark nodded. 'Friend7 always
seemed to. me such an inadequate, cold
word" he said. "Friends and ccquairt-
,ances are the same to me-:
'.Oh, 10. oh, no! stu cried. "Ac-
quaint ances mean 50 little; they are
nothing. Il have SO many, but of
friends SO few. You are one OF my
chiefest, and, ~ ass es q N ~
sE's1 always thought$we were mors
than friends, he said. '' '''S ''S 4" ,'."F'
"You silly boy, how could we be?"
Eshe replied, witha little laugh, but the
laugh did not ring true. r.
swell, you may know what the, old
folks s4%g.l H., g..
'Mark, do you know that it is nearly
four o'clock, and that promised to be
at Armstrong; at 4: 80 2, We, must real
4 ~ 60 now? ,;..ss
IA LateFfhat day t occurred to the man
that He had not thought of the Irish
girl for several hours. He did think Of
i her till the moon rose, and he went out
,on tihbaerheudland and al alone with his
p rii5 W IN s'f e, rth !
- W ~ 10 h - ~ ~.
=. ..Ruth, do YOU feel inislinedtt 10 come
i 1kor: . stroll pr The sRirl SyasT sitting
| in large basket chalk I'll the len on
the cliff. top... In her hand she Reid o
1 u4aSAzine, but. she swas not readilg;
~ Naa loo liz OFT over theBea, think
\ ill bf SsqMeth hing Hhich called up a
I little smile to her lips.
.ShasfoClSfcsp- sweet fresh ind
cool. kSrSS0f hifa; 81 nh owiIR her
nrett YsiIf i,YSfn c6 ~ Ind the Rlo-
jkridh,s aoiors of aherr kfSir Mark up
p s;r,D cl1leesd siie fh i quest almost
difidently. 5sriing es last week or
two hehad found tint she did not
Jump ,,ts lii sug tions with herEold
alacrit y--=siin n fact, Iit had taken all his
time and III hiis tact secure her com
pany at all, md 20 occupied had he
been that he had no time! to thinls7at
oil nff<Ea irish frir1.sS 1T least he had