Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1900-12-27

you look kind of
VTun down." Mr.. Simeon Goldthwaite
'isaid, as he met her at the small coun-
rery station.
mo, Uncle Simeon, it's just the
other way. Haven't you ever wound
your watch so tight that you had to
give it shake to set it going?"
Eyes, have" and he remained 81
aent moment to get the full force
OF the illustration. 'I guess you're
right. These schools re hard on the
Hnainspring'
Elizabeth settled back in the sleigh
'restfully. She had never been in the
'real country in midwinter before, al
sthough portion of more than one
summer vacation had been spent with
Ethis kind Uncle Simeon. His home
was only 20 miles from Hawthorne,
where she was pupil in the famous
Hawthorne school, while her own was
IN another state several hundred
miles away When the invitation
came to spend the latter part of
christmas week and New Years at
the farmhouse her first sensation was
"a SILVER. Then she had said: ''What
do 1 care for the cold? I'm freezing
inside here, and a few frostbites out
side will only be a counter-irritant."
But there was little danger of freez-
Ding in Uncle Simeon's sleigh with
foxslin robe tucked around her and
Aunt Agatha's big shawl over her
warn jacket. The December air was
IA clear, bracing cold, the snow was
vpacked and crusted on either side of
sthe roadway, and Doll, the good gray
Hhorse, trotted just fast enough to
he ell
gmonotonous and restful sweetness.
gHer world of duties and perplexities
was leagues behind. This new world
with its wide reaches of pure white,
Mntrodden fields, it's circling noun
dains clear-cut against the blue-gray
SKY, its lines of forest with their in
.describable shades of co1oring-this
world was delightful surprise. Slow
~ she disentangled her thoughts from
this fascinating outlook and brought
them back to her uncle's words.
AsI ought not to let you think I've
been studying too hard" she said
-'L've been naughty girl, and my
heart aches. I'm all out of sorts
-szUith myself-that's the trouble"
"Sho! You don't mean to say! 1
~never thought you was naughty. You
~cOme OF SCeauy going race, and he
gave her a quick glance over his fur
~ssollar as if to read her face.
ooh, I haven't been cutting up.
Uncle Simeon, but T've-had trouble
with my very, very dearest girl
friend, and-we don't speak to each
-other" The last words were almost
"a sob.
Simeon Goldthwaite had been
<lass-1eader for many years, and had
learned to read the inner life of old
and young in his small circle. 1t is a
great .gift-that of genuine, unselfish
sympathy with other people, but this
zimple-hearted man had received it,
and used it with reverence.
swell, now, Elizabeth. dare say
twas small affair to start with"
ooh, yes-yes, it wasl Alice and 1
g1ere rivals in class work, but we loved
leach other dearly until-she threw a
: suspicion upon me, Uncle Simeon;
+. suspicion that was unfair and untrue.
II could have forgiven her, but right
..aaSVay she grew cold and distant, and
she aasn't spoken to me for three
xaonths." Elizabeth paused to control
Azer voice and then went on: ''It is af-
Eecting all the girls. They take sides,
.sand Alice is so bright and winning that