Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1900-11-27

ing vine over picture in the next room,
''but pick them out here and there, so the
effect will not be spoiled"
90, mamma, certainly; but you are so
careful of to-morrow's effect | wonder at
i little, seeing only we are to be the OBJ
servers" And the fair girl looked little
puzzled.
'eWell, well" exclaimed her mother com.
ing forward with a smile more puzzling than
circumstance or desire, "are we only not as
appreciative as any company, dear? Your
papa and mamma love chrysanthsmums;
one. especially with all our heart" and
she kissed the inquifing face turned toward
eyes, mamma" and Chrysanthea smiled
again; "but the effect at Kimballs would
not, could not, be as beautiful as in Janet's
cold, cherries cellar room"
"No, daughter, l know; and yet-there
are surprises everywhere" Mrs. Kimball
looked beyond Chrysanthea and seemed to
see a vision of beauty.
a'fFrgeg 4 answered the girl, Ineditatively,
$50 you will let me take surprise with the
expected dinner" A
back to the daughter face. "Will you bring
obliged to scare up one here, won't wes To-
morrow is your birthday, love-" sl -
"a surprise% and the girls face assumed
puzzled look again II do not know of any
to bring she said, slowly; but these
would keep me in mind of the day, even
though l tried to forget" waving her Jew
eled hand around the room like fairy
wand "As to the surprises, mamma,
,naax, 80 Aa aso,,ol 10 am, oft tbaon -
She spoke like prophet, but without q
prophets knowledge, yet her prophecy came
Two years before, when Chrysanthea
graduated at Berea, abe left behind hermore
than college life, although she often de-
clared: "No one ever1had six as sweet and
bright ,conpanions in a,graduating class as
she had .aA wv tAfs fdB
And Nine. Moreau declared, facetieusly,
that she was graduating an exquisiteibour
quet" that year, there being two Roses. one
Lily, one Pansy, one al thea and ChfEsqns
Beyond this desirable eompanionship, as
we have intimated, Chrysanthea's s heart
warmed happily toward another not Of the
feminine persuasion. # r.
Studying medicine ID her unces office,
home frequently and while in Berea their
lives ran sweetly on and on togetherssg
-.-B But since then she had not seen or heard
aught of Jack, save when her Uncles Kim
ball wrote that t' Y onpg Beverly bad set up
shop on his own hook pow." fs R iAs
Chrysanthea rememberedl one Thanks
giving night, as she and Jack were return
ing from a party, that he had held heIShand
longer than usual and said softly ~ am
so glad to have known you, Miss Kimball.
You are my incentive for all things goodlY
h And IN the balffrightened glaneeshe gave
him, she. sawssomething beyond friendship
in his eloquent eyes. 49,
Weeks afterward it all flashed upon her
with sudden revelation that made her
heart beat faster and warmer than ever be
fore; and she knew that Jack Beverly was
in love with her, and she with him, though
no further confession had been made.
In the hurry and hustle of getting ready
to 60 home, she failed to see Jack, and she
came away from Berea without even so
much as a ''good-by' to him.
And then chrysanthemumsl How Jack
loved them She remembered that. How
he would enjoy this profusion, this elaborate
THANKSGIVING border while he ate his tur-
key. @
But no danger of such happening. He
was now mo longer in Berea," Uncle Kim
ball said, and she had no idea where he was.
A breath of college days stole over the fair
girl as she gathered the blossoms "here and
there one,'' as Mamma Kimball had direct
ed, $50 the effect would be intact"
O, if the girls could only sit down with her
to dinner to-day! Rose Eyeting and lilly
Davenport did so love turkey, she remem-
bered, and Althea Harlan "juSt adored
cranberry sauce"
But, of course, "this could not be either"
with sigh; though something great deal
more profitable could be and would be ac-
coinphshed this morning, than to build air
castlesand pullthem down again She would
make littlsJanet hAppys and f'inasmuch ss
yehaveAd AdOne tito oneoftheleast of these
etc. fWE
That was reward enough, happiness
fenohghrf for one Thanksgiving day, and she
would occupy heTvelf with selfish beats.
eDonbtlesa the girls were butterdying it
around the social eirclo--she haA heAhd -