The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1901-04-19

When sparks went around with n,,
kerchief in his hand, begging the other fel-
lows to wipe an imaginary black snot off
his nose. This request was ALWAYS granted
and for time it was quite the usuol
thlng for the men to pull out pocket mir
rors and handkerchicfs and rub tboir own
NoSeS Wheh pawley approached them
StI! Hooody could have guessed how thc
proceedings eXasperated the young man
from his manner and the joke naturally
died at last.
IL at trst he decided that Miss Dixon's
action was somewhat indelicote. he
changed his mind about it afterward. II
might have been in anybody else. but She
was too entirely a Child of nature tom.
percd with Chicago, that it seemed ON
consideration almost proucr. A dov
seldom passed that he did not 90 up to
her desk to talk to her. and he found
hlihScll very much amused by her art
less chatter. He felt that he was nm
bending. lie occasionally hurled Baby
Ionic bricks at her and was not in the
least offended when she told him that his
language was fierce" and desired him
to come down to where She could reach
INN without standing on tiptoe and rim
ping the seams in her sleeves. He told
johnson, the one man in the house with
whom he was on intimate terms. that
the little girl was simply delicious"
Watch her chewing gum now," said
johnson.
"Oh. WE'LL replied Dowlov toloran+I,
'that's lust a part Of bor Won o,,cbt -
have heard her TELLING mo obor+ Lo,. ~,
and her pa and the way she called down
a young lady friend of hers obont some.
thing the Young lady rrionJ had said
about her to another voun,, lady friand ;,
"All the same. Won or~btr,t to o,o+ Nov.
to thinking that Won are como oH boT. :"
johnson said. Il DOM sav nm van do
only you know that there's beginning to
be Sort of imnrpssion tbot voT nrn >; ~
Great Scott, no. exclaimed Dawley.
"Oh, of course | jolly her once in awhile,
but She knows how to take that. guess
she does"
When Dawley began to think it over,
he was not SO sure whether Miss Dixon
knew how to take him. He had occasion
ally made protestations of an ardent and
CONSUMING passion. He had called her
Emmcliue for some time when they were
alone, but she had laughed at him. and
he had supposed that she had understood
perfectly wen that he was not in ear.
nest. lie was in the main right mind.
ed young man, and, recalling the fable
of the boy and the frogs. he reflected that
what was sport to him might he death to
her. lie decided that he would keen
himself steadily to the lace departmcpt
and away from Miss Dixon's desk. lie
did so for about a week, and then. Weld
ing to a feeling Of curiosity. he went
over and found her chatting in very
animated fashion with Sparks and show.
ing no sign of mental anguish.
"1hcy must be keeping YOU busy these
days, Mr.. Dawlcy," She called to him as
he passed Haven't got a crouch. have
YOU"
ooh. no" replied Dawley rather frost.
ily and without stoppinc
He felt irritated and vacuoIv uneasv.
and when he heard her ioin her musicaI
laugh to Sparks raucous bray \ moment
later his irritation turned to something
like rage. For another week he avoided
her, and during that time his uneasinoss
became more defined. He lost his anne
tite to a great extent. which he could
hardly account for. At the end of the