Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1900-10-06
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only the :Wez6s ID mn5e cpD@on use.
But eDmEhoU IS SOM e 10 secame
known that there was large dictioH-
afy n hrs. C1lbsRaen's room On the
secend deor eAa that eEes3hoh9 had
been given free eccess SAereto Ghe de.
, sire eoT knowledge Nas gwen a Won
aerful ENpesus.
But enc person who found occasion
20 refer TO che big book most tre-
Qusntly Tas Mr.. Water. @r. Winter
eTas grocer. O. course IN his busi-
ness he daily met with many terms
that required elucidataon. Hitherto
be hed found eAe packet edition per-
fec$ly satisfactory. but after the adj
vent OF the unabridged dictionary the
nHeA.woEn gReea.backed little book
sud1eHly lost usefulness and never an
AoS zap at Mrs. Culberson's door and
politely request to ''come in and look
at the dictionary minute"
His prolonged visits annoyed Mrs.
Culberson at first. His presencs pre-
vented her scolding at Ruth, and as
he, himself, seemed deeply immersed
IN scholastic lore, thus forbidding
opening conversation with him, the
poor old lady's evenings became ses-
sions of exquisite torment.
Il don't know what makes him
come up here so often" she said pet
tlshly, one night after he had closed
the dictionary and gone away. Hes
an awful BORE
TITS your own fault he comes" said
Ruth. ''You invited him.
'fOf course, invited him." reforted
Mrs. Culberson. I invited them all.
Doesn't he annoy you?"
NO." said she softly; tI don't
know that he does
AS the spring days took ON the heat
OF summer Mrs. CulberSpn became
more fretful, Ruth grew younger and
prettier. and Mr.. Winter studied later
each evening in blissfuI oblivion of
the added heat Of the gas Jet.
Mrs. Culberson had long since
ceased sitting up waiting for him to
go, but babe him goodnight and went
to bed in the alcove.
One evening in early June, 10
O'Clock passed and Mr.. Winter had as
yet made no movement toward going
away. Ruth watched him closely. as
she always did when he seemed en-
crossed with the words before him,
and she noticed that he had not turn
ed page for more than an hour.
He looked up at length and their
eyes met. Ruth felt her face; flushing
again, and with the realization of her
weakness the flush grew deeper.
TITS a pretty knotty problem that
have been puzzling OVER tonight ~
he said, with q sigh.
Couldn't you find what you were
looking for?" she asked softly.
II hardly know I found the word
wanted. Whether it will ever mean
to me what I would like it to mean /
do not know. Here it is. have been
looking at it great deal lately"
He turned the big dictionary
around till she could read the line
over which his finger rested. There
was one word underlined with a
pencil, and she knew it was the one
he wished her to see. It was spelled
1-o-y-e.
"Is that ever to be for mea" he
asked.
The blush had deepened into scarlet
then. For a moment a look of ex-
ceeding happiness transfgured he1
face, but a moment later the old
troubled expression drove it away
She turned the leaves CT the diction-
ary till she came to the word
mother"
That's all right" he said. and
nodded toward the alcoEFe.
Away over near the back Of the
book her next answer was found.
Ruth" called out Mrs. Culberscn
a quarter of an hour later, WHAT
made Mr. Winter stay SO late Thu
EVENING""
He was looking at the dictionary
mother"
Did he find what he wanted"
asked Mrs. Culberson.
eyes," mother" said Ruth, "I be-
lieve he did."-The Chicago Daily
News.