Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-03-30

squuwklng III foolish alarm at hnuing
themselves iDgulfel in the snow.
Three hours later, John. mounted on
Bis big black horse. and dressed in his
best, rode down the lane on his way to
church. All the church-going in the val
ley that day had to be upon horseback.
the unbroken snow in the roads being
much too deep to admit of speedy or COM
Portable slcighing. But that was no hard
ship In q community OF equestrians. and
would make little difference in the at-
tendance at the meeting house. to which
everybody. practically. made a habit of
going pretty regularly, whether Prcsby.
tcrians or not. In the valley one was
either a Presbyterian. in sympathy at
least. or nothing. as no other sects had
yet gained u foothold there. and 1t was
not fashionable TO have oneself looked
upon as nothing from religious
point of view.
The black horse found himself much
surprised and annoyed by the constraint
his rider put upon his pace. He was not
accustomed to being required or even per-
mittcd to go at walk with John on his
back. yet here they were good two miles
from church and tight rein still kept on
him. Horses think and know more, how
ever. than people are prone to give them
credit for. and 1t Is not impossible that
he may have fully understood the situa-
ton when he discovered that he had been
made to arrive at a certain cross road
just as a very charming bay mnre-car-
rying a. young woman, whose attractions
were doubtless more apparent to his mas
ter than to himself-emerged from that
cross road.
Good morning. Miss Mulveil"' said
John. speaking with dcferential diilidencc,
for the young man must be much more
hardened In the ways Of gallantry than
he was. who can, without some bashful.
ness. attempt love making In the open
air. In broad daylight, on the highway.
Good morning. Mr.. Cameron" she re-
spondcd dcmurely.
"Going to meeting. I supposeT
Family has TO he represented. and
none of the others will venture out"
why? I'm sure it's lovely day for
anybody to be abroad. who is not sick
folks"
well. mother thinks she may have
rheumatism. from the change of weather.
the snow hurts Miss Elders eyes: and. as
for Danny, he just wouldn't come"
"lf Danny prefers one place more than
another. IL Is most probably because Of
some better prospect for dcviltry that his
genius for michicf has discovered"
"You mustn't be too hard on Danny"
laughed IIetty. You don't know how
good boy he was last Sunday night"
lie Il good boy. How so!"
She told him the story Of Rufus dis
comtiturc, narrating 1t so graphically
that 1t seemed to John he could see his
rival sprawling on the floor.
Danny is u good boy" he affirmed en-
| phntically, "and nobody shall ever again
hear me say otherwise. I mean to buy
gun for him the next time l 20 to
| to,ia."
"You have made an ally of him al
| ready. never knew him to take up SO
! for anybody else us he does for you. I'm
afraid such a magnificent present us a
gun would spoil him altogether"
Nothing IL too good for II boy who has
his genius for running off trcspasscrs."
''Trcspasscrs.'
"Ycs. Anybody else than me. who
comes to see you. Is trcspasscr."
She looked up ut him with an arch
SMILE blushcd and dropped her eyes,
! without reply In words, but words were
not necessary for him to understand her.
Don't you think II natural for man
to feel that way about the girl he loves y
"What do l know about how man
feels when he is In lovcy'
"Wcll. you'll learn before long from
my telling you"
"Oh Then you are In lovey'
"Nou know ] am-and with you, Het-
~"
why. how should know that? You
never mentioned 1t to ME before"
"Do you mean to say that you have not
known 1t ever since the day we met up
on the 'BackbOnc|"
"Well perhaps l might have suspi-
cloncd something, II had known as
much as most girls do about such things"
ut hasn't been SO very long since l
found ii out myself. And that seems a
mighty queer thing, too, that | should
have seen you grow up right under my
nose. all these years, and never have TAX
en- any notice that you were the lowell
est and most lOyablc girl In the world
and the only one could ever care for,
until | found it out by shooting you. /
tell you 1t was mighty big surprise
when it came to me solid, Hetty. And il
has made the whole world different ia
me. never knew before how happy a
person could feel. Why. I'm seeing all
there Is in the world worth caring for, to
mo. when ! look into your eyes, darling"
The girls eyes sparkled with happiness,
but her cheeks We're red ms flame, and she
glanced anXiously NJ and down the road
II didn't see you at spelling school
Thursday night" she said hastily, as II
interposing II new topic to block Johns
too rapid public progress.
mo. ] had to 20 over to Noblestown
about a span OF horses and didn't get
back in time"
"Yon didn't object to going away aud
leaving Rufus Goldie with me?"
mo. When you told me TO do so, saw
! was perfectly safe"
"ion talk as IL You We're sure Of me
already"
"Of course am. How could be 9th,
erwise? ] love you, and you know it,
Aud you love me, and know it,"
laws. John Cameron. you don't
know any such thing"
every kiss you gave me last Sunday
night was an affidavit to it. I've got too
good an opinion of You, IIctty, to thinl;
your kisses could go where your heart
didn't. Yes, it's just solid love between
MS, and why should we waste time pre-
tending anything else, making believe