The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1897-04-09
NUMBER IA.

you do that"
Il believe you go over TO the hospital
the back way and aren't half awake and
don't even have u collar on"
Now, Miss May-hoN unkind."
Isn't il true2''
Il always have my collar on" He
told future truth. After this he would
wear a collar.
Il hate lazy people
''Oh, Miss May-how unkind. You
don't hate me, hope?" His eyes were
On the pink ribbon that fiuttere-l form
her belt; he took hold of IL and wound
it around his finger, getting gradually
nearer to her.
Il do, if you are lazy"
How can prove to you that / am
uot?"
That's easy enough"
DO tell me how
Just prove it,"
by rising early and letting you see
me?''
''WeIl-yes"
Il shall do so tomorrow"
But | always go for a ride before
breakfast
May not join you?"
IF YOU Ike. don't care" Which i
feminine for caring very much indeed.
So Dir. Randolph rode with Mis- Spen-
Ger the next morning. and ne break
tasted at the Dorrilapls'. and he SAT
on the LorrilardS' porch. to watch
guard mounting. and then he PLAYED
tennis with Miss Spencer. AMI when II
was too hot to do that any longer They
sat on the porch again. shaded bv the
crowSfoot and morning glory vines. and
read aloud by turns. They parted for
luncheon. but Immediately afteryvari
they went again in the DorriIartls' sit
tin"-ro0m 10 practice the mandolin and
guitar Randolph dined with the IDr-
rilar'ls. AMI hen he and Miss Spencer
walked an a'-d down the line until taps.
and after taps they sat on the porch
one" more e-a talked in undsrron,-s.
Occasionally the Roche boy made a
third, and. though he was far from
welcome, he never guessed il.
Now. = may seem incredible. hut II
Is true, that though this went on with
ont pause for ten solid months. Ran
dolph st2l modestly doubted if h- were.
loved. and dared not voice his raS-fon.
Mrs. Lorrilard began TO think that she.
had done quite all that the family could
expect of her, and she grew hopeless
and weary. moreover. of boarding free
two hungry young people. She told
Miss Spencer as gently As possible hat
she might go the next time the amhu-
lance went over 70 Carthage. which Was
the railroad station Miss Spencer told
Randolph she was Coing-and went
And Randolph conSoled her from afar.
and actually thought she was weeping
at leaving her little nephew ami niece
and her sister. There are men Hk,.
that
The ambulance went week later TO
carry Mai. Roche and Teddy Roche 10
the railroad. Teddy was offered a posi-
tiOn a Tucson. and was going 10 take It:
the major had government business at
Carthage. The Carthage road i
branch; it joins the main line of the
\. T. & :. F. at station called san
Antonio. The major would chaperon
the young woman TO Carthage; thence
she would go TO the main line and east,
and Teddy TO the main line and west.
Only Teddy and Nav compromised
They both went to Socorro. which is
on the main line, a very little northeast
of San Antonio.
The contract doctor and Miss Spen-
Ger had a narrowing parting. The lat
ter lost her temper over his procrasiina-
tion, and burst into tears. 1t nearly
broke his heart and entirely silenced his
tongue
After she was gone. hopeleSsly gone.
he determined to reveal the secret Of
his heart. by letter. But. being named
Custis Randolph, he put of doing il. In
stead, he swung on his hammock all
day, and thought of her blue eyes and
pretty face and guileless smile. and re-
GREETED his erstwhile constant compan-
ion. The ambulance would return.
empty OF its lovely load, in five days
He knew that. He would write " hen il
returned.
So, on the afternoon of the fifth day.
he sat, still swinging in the hammock
and smoking pipe. the ashes whereof
besPrinlled his coat, when the four
mules and the ambulance ratified into
the post They stopped at the majors
quarters. in a cloud OF dust. and two
men and a woman alighted. There was
10 doubt about who the woman was.
In his delight. Randolph lost his head
He strode down the broad walk To the
Roches'
Miss Spencer was still standing 10y the
ambulance. hUnting-with the drivers
help-for something under one Of the
seats The major and Teddy had gone
indoors.
why. Miss May" said Randolph. and
this time there WAS no drawl-''how de-
hghtful! What brings You back
oh. my husband Teddy and got
married in Socorro. and joined the. dear
old major again in Carthage the same
day
How delightful" Randolph repeat
ed, weakly.
We'll. Teddy seemed To think so, but
the dear. sweet old ma jor didn't Any
way. you know. he was 50 horrid about
my shoes on the bad lands that day
She smiled demurely-
And that was all anyone ever knew
about it.-Gwendolen Overton, in San
Francisco Areonaut.
Secret Worth Knowing
When one observes the addressed
women to be seen on the streets daily
person is led To think that their most
common fault is caTrlessness ia match
ing shades. Better take "a contrast il
YOU cannot get an exact match. but in
London, at least. patience viii always
secure what is wanted; If one shop
does not have 1t. another viii. Har-
monies in dress are more effective II
all times and in better taste than con
trasts; thus, if YOU have a pink even