Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1900-12-27

L have been quite blind. But it is not
the dime; you really gave me that, and
l have a right to keep it-for lucki"
Butt really don't understand"
said Aimee. Its not the Door little
housewife, L hope?"
No! but this-which l found hidden
within it." and he held out the little
picture of herself.
An expression of surprise, followed
by a wave of color, overspread her face.
"Oh-Tm very glad you didn't think
No he said, seriously. Il tried at
first to think so, but / simply couldn't,
! and So"
Il will tell you how it came to be
there" said Aimee, quickly. Il had
completely forgotten it. but | remem-
Der now. l made the little housewife
for Tom when we thought he was GO
ing to the war. And l slipped that
picture in, because he always had liked
it, and / thought he might come across
it some time and be glad to see it. Then
he didn't go, after all, so L just put it
one side. And when l wanted some
thing for you in a hurry for my non
sense tree 1 thought of that, though
I'd forgotten all about the picture. 1
thank you for not misunderstanding
and for bringing it back to me-"
Butt want to keep it," said the
professor, earnestly, "unless-unless
you will give me the original. Aimee,
am l asking the impossible? l love
you; 1 cannot NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
you. Aimee"
But her face, her gesture answered
him.
81 I'M a fool to have told you this so
soon,' he ended. abruptly.
ooh, professor" said Aimee, very
sorrowfully.
Forget that 1 am a professor, and
think of me for once as Robert Vaughn!
Think of me as a man-andn not such an
old man, either, in spite of a few gray
hairs"
But a very unreasonable and foolish
mani" thought Aimee. though wisely
she liz not put her thought in words.
The interview ended as such inter
views usually end. And the professor,
when he went away. carried with him
a heavy heart-and the little photo
graph of Aimee's lovely face.
1t was a strange thing, but Aimee
could not for one moment forget the
professors words: Il love you. can
not live happily = without you!"
They rang in her ears. and his face
as it had been when he said those
words-haunted her day and night
through all the round of holiday gay
cites which followed, though during
those days she saw him no more.
She did not desire to see him, yet-un-
consciously aft 6rSf-ShA Donna IN o0n-t
trast him, his manner, his mode of
speech, with every man she met. And
each of these she ranked in proper
ton as they approached or fell be-
low the professors level.
So New Years eve came, and mid
night found Aimee and Tom with a
party of their friends, watching the
old year depart.
Some one had beer reciting Tenny-
death of the Old Year And
the words.
4" He gave me a friend and q true, true-Iove,
And the New Year will take 'em away"
Aimee as ominous. They ech-
oed through her dreams all night, and
they came back to her rext morning
she took up the paper and read
of an accident which had occurred on
D trolley the night before, in which
Robert Vaughn had been injured
so seriously that his death was mo-
mentarily expected. T.
Then it was that the truth was re-
vealed to her, and her heart echoed the
own words: "I loee you. 1
cannot INSTRUMENTATION you'll" /.
The family were so concerned over
he bad news of their friend thai ]
face was not noticed.
Nor did 1t seem strange or unusual
20 them when she went out alone to
the early service at the church.
Aimee wanted to be alone with her
secret and her sorrow. The holy words /