The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1899-06-14

you seen much of the cltyf"
No. she hadn't She guessed she was
little tlmld
May l call for you Sunday morn
ingT he asked with n nerve that he
felt was really paralyzing, land take
you for Il little trip on the suburban
ears?'
II will ask Mrs. Torrens," she said
with a happy smile. 81 would like to
go ever SO much"
So they went, as the weather was de-
nghtfui. and carrier 400 knew where
to order such n nice luncheon, and,
really, when they came back late In
the afternoon the man of the party felt
that he had never spent quite such a
delightful day.
But alas, there was dark cloud In
the ofiing.
As the carrier looked over his letters
the next morning there was one for
Mrs. Tom Trimble." 1t was In the
care of Mrs. Torrens, and the address
was written In n stiff, vertical hand.
lie read this address to the neat
young woman Mt the door, and when
she heard 1t she hesltated n moment.
and then with n merry laugh and
quick blush said. "Yes, that's for me-"
And Carrier George walked away
with heavy heart. and the sky lost
Its color and the grass seemed dull and
brown.
She had told him her name was Anna
Ravens. And she looked so honest and
80 Innocent.
He came and went as usual, but he
no longer had smile and friendly
word for the false girl Mt the Torrens
door. He was all business now. New
ertheless his heart was bruised and
sore.
He couldn't help but notice that she
looked ut him curiously. and almost
appealingly, and he even fancied she
was getting paler
worrying about that brute of
husband l suppose" thought Carrier
George, and he felt that the neglectful
Trimble would do well to keep off that
particular carriers route
One morning she mustered up cour-
age and said to him: 81 fear | may
have unintentlonally offended you.
You-you"- couldn't stop her voice
from trembling llttle-"have been so
kind and no helpful to me that would
not for the world have you think that
l Am not truly grateful"
''Do not distress yourself, Mrs. Trim
BILE" said Carrier George coldly. ut
Isn't worth while"
nhIpu nptpahInW n.haah tha ri ri
Mrs. Trimble! Why do you call me
thatf Oh, oh. did you think was real
ly married"
u had an Idea," said Carrier George
u little shakily, that when people are
married ut all they are really married"
But I'm not married Mt ALI! cried
the girl with merry laugh. Tommy
Trimble IL only II 9-year-old boy! It's
all n Joke. He belongs to neighbor
| family Mt home, and almost since he
could talk he has claimed me as his
sweetheart. 1t was Just his boylsh fun
| putting that address ON the envelope.
Waltz I'll show you his letter"
1 No, sHIu Ourrier urvrsv nusany.
| "Pll-I'll see you again"
He walked AWAY feeling he had had
n shock. At the same time he noticed
the sky was quite blue again, and the
air fairly seethed with sunshine.
He knew Just what he wanted to
say as he came up the street next
morning. What he did say was this.
and he said 1t very quickly:
miss Ravens, Anna. would you be
willing to change that address to Mrs.
George Tolliver? WIN you jilt Tommie
Trimble for met"
Poor Tommle!'' said Anna very soft
ly us she put her little hand in the
carriers strong grasp.
And so 1t presently happened that a
substitute WAS put on In the place of
carrier 400 and two happy Tollivers
went away for n brief wedding jour
ney. Cleveland Plain Dealer