Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1897-12-18
real beauty, softening and Frightening

real beauty, softening and brightenin
the whole face, which expressed som,
thing of severity, almost of sadness, /
rcposc. But even when he was gray
It, was goodly face TO look upon, q fac
to like and remember. If in any par
OF the world she had ever met this ma
before, Dorothy thought, 1t would seer
that she could hardly fail to recognize
him now, even under the partial dis
guise Of his rough mining garb, an,
yet
II beg pardon; you were about to 81,
something's" he asked, rs with q it'll
catch in her breath she looked away
meeting his glance.
at was nothing, only" hesitating
with n shy little smile that made hel
divincly pretty in the dancing freight
sit struck me that had possibly me-
you somewhere before to-day"
Il think you have. Miss Meredith
he answered, smiling SO broadly that
she must note how even were the strong
white teeth showing under the brown
moustache. "But l hardly expected
that you would remember it, he added
She looked at him for an instant in
silence, the puzzled expression sud-
denly changing TO flashing smile OF
recognition. II know" she breath
lessly exclaimed. 1T was mt the
worlds fair!-It was you who"
"Who turned burglar to fitch your
jacket from the Colorado building in
the dusk OF q summer evening"" he
smilingly finished, us she hesitated.
sand to think of meeting you again
in this out-of-the-way place!" she cried,
with an excited little laugh, surveying
him incredulously. II thought your
voice seemed familiar the moment
met you to-day; but I did not half see
your face that night, and that it could
be you-of course such q thing could
not enter my mind" She looked at him
again, as though reduced to speech
lessness for the wonder of it, while he
laughed amuscdly, saying nothing. "of
course guessed that you might be
from Colorado, from your familiarity
with the building" she presently went
on, "but to think of running across you
here, of oil places"
"And ! fancied also that you might
be from Colorado" he rejoined, look
ing up Mt her with pleased eyes. Just
as she had bern keen to take account Of
his good looks moment ago, so was
he missing no charm OF the bronze
brown hair with its soft love-locks
pressed fiat against her forehead where |
her riding-cap had been, no curve Of the |
iaintily rounded form, so trinity dis
played in the well-fitting habit, of the
bloom of her face with its
ray eyes, that now looked black in the
ihadows, OF the cnticing lines Of the
mall mouth, where pride and passion
eemed equally blended. But, unlike
Ter, he would make no reservations;
Ter beauty in his eyes was simply per-
ect. And he could not say that he had
lot seen her face on the night Of which
he spoke, in the CLEAN of the electric
ights he had admired her then just as
e did now, and not one detail Of her
ovellness had been forgotten. 81 was
b sure OF 1t, indeed, that I hung round
he building for days, hoping you would
ONE ngain, but you never did"
"No; we left for the east the next
corning" she replied, her cheeks
rown roster for this frank confession.
That was the reason I was so anxious
, have my jacket. 1t was such shock
me to find the building closed for
lie night; believe was on the verge
bursting into tears when you ap- ,
AIRED. Wmt q funny little adventure
was! / shall never forget how stood {
Inside and tremhled while you
'owled about hunting my property. [
link I counted on nothing less than I
rest for us both If you were discov-
ed" d
ut might have been temporarily en- I
Irrassing, but you had the check to
ow that the coat was yours, and since @
ey had carelessly neglected to bolt 8
e one side Of the door to the floor, so q
ut the lock gave way SO easily-well.
ey should have been thankful that
ly such honest folk went in" D
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