The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-05-24

SlzSN,aS0 utes, during the
T55AsN past hour, she
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5fsS had peeped out
Isl W Of the window
sb> M to see if he were
|fVT\S$3a41 coming. Twenty
MN &Xp times she had
81, ,&SsV trailed her beau
sSsN>' tiful robe up and
be room, and had looked at her
aniu the tall mirror, turning
betty head and posing with a
delight.
Ok Of it, Kitty! Think of i'll"
cried to the white cat, watch
with lazy surprise from the
He has been away two years
\, honest, stupid, loving Bob!
! was so poor when he went
+sO wrctchedly poor and hard
g in that awful school. Why,
iV saw me in shirt waists and
Kitten / never had q whole
-leyerl And now look at this!
ny beautiful, beautiful home
aHey enough to make any num-
people happy. 1 was almost
lhit no had grown rich, Kitty
ut what does il matter? He
whom I was poor-and that
h't, after all. How glad hell
EV very glad"
thought of it had set her mus
that sho did not even hear the
ben he rang, did not know that
coming until he was standing
door, big and strong and sun
aud holding out both hands.
lev to him then, forgetting the
home and the dress and all the
H. There was such a flame in
eis, such q shining delight in
= that he might have been par
u he had kissed her. Her face
llled-there was a tremulous
y ner lips. He might 80 easily
used her, for old times sake if
'llng else, and because they had
Snpanions and chums in pow
\ misfortune. But he did not.
. Aer away from him by both
instead, and looked over her
Aeni'hed scrutiny.
ner, Nelll-but you have come
cried. "If / had met you
'lc else wouldn't have known
y my word, L wouldn't--espe-
y mat dress. Inever saw you
y'Allng like that" he added,
etically.
:, Oi course pot!" she replied,
sNing him q seat near the fire,
uSlnS her own chair opposite.
an anderteacher at Madame
wearing crepe de chine! But,
y pretty, Bob? Isn't every
rs.Iy; And weren't you gladP"
NIt ~ II" cried the man, cor
II was just like a story, You
10 you remember how we
pretend you and I were living
aaa that everything that hap
vas part of itP"
\ saier Y. y color had famed up into
- lacC' Bob paused a little
~aumlre it, and to recall slowly
IN ,ao old ool-teaching days
n.y. oGen !. a little pale.
'sn 1t turned around that + had
wv to the mines, you know"
On genially, 1--WE talked it
NY % yon remember that nightP
4 w W. after a while we laughed be-
o,, wore only in q story, and
"y wy was bound to come out
4 Tu no matter how bad things
n. was Va dead sure to come back
0pI W VI Two with leads of money.
\ S1 n yoa have" murmured the
IN que had turned her chair
La n''Ic, and was looking at
ELsiu u We We foolish youngsters?"
tpro, with honest amusement.
n NY ''u%e had to have a lot of fun
4 sonts w. from losing heart with all
p',t pUuaued poverty and hard
nDsn,i u' II was you that got it NJ
tAoS'I,tt forget that. I'd never
Sno.ss ~Suslt of it myself"
ttoI%.' ' away the timo," said tho
EtedSM, with W tho freight making
Eh, NJ o'e"l Ill her eyes.
tHlv " ,SN, SSougsc!" he responded
3latoa rho only part of it that
|ds54 was that / was to com,
10 ,a "na after that you wouldn'
! uno..' .'uon' or to have any NOR,
b IS0SI.a that, you know. ;
Aat Sis s,is, wore in hor lap, and sh,
! trb,s'rsi bus inaonsibly her fin
! irSaa iSu'saed over ono another, I,
b wa wa. 'fo@bling. Hc did not Sc,
{lisoss"'dl1o dl1ooEing at hor with amusct
DOM, dr%ss in his eyes.
tga. ., Rnow when I'd eve
DpO,i,0 our story before" he won
{AO a s"a yonr lcttcs came, si.
asO' .e''inS about yonr Uncl
so death, apl how the bom
| ''une an, everything he,