Twice-a-week plain dealer. (Cresco, Howard County, Iowa) 1895-1913, 1901-07-30

Morton rose in the other room to go,
she heard him exchanging farewells
with the Wards and promising to come
down again before long. He went out
into the hall, and after pause Bar
bara heard him say: 81 don't find my
hat. Possibly Miss Clark hung it up
somewhere"
There appeared to be search going
on for the missing hat, and Barbara's
face turned very red as she took some
dishes out into the kitchen and on
turning to come back saw the missing
hat on chair at the end of the table.
where she had absent-mindedly car
ried 1t on Mr.. Morton's arrival.
She recovered herself in moment,
and, taking up the hat, brought 1t into
the hall, saying as she confronted the
minister: 81 plead guilty to absent
mindedness, Mr.. Morton. I carried
your hat out into the Kitchen"
They all had good laugh at Bar
bara's expense, In which she Joined,
and Mr.. Morton removed the last Of
Barbara's confusion by speaking Of
AA0 oWA
"The last time had lesson that
ought to cure me-" he said, smiling AZ
Barbara frankly. II left my sermon
all neatly written on my desk in my
room at the hotel, and brought with
me into the pulpit several pages Of
blank foolseap paper that had been
lying on the desk close by my sermon.
hadn't time to 60 or send back fog
the sermon, and was obliged 20 preach
without notes except the fsw I could
make at the time"
20. we'll, Observation-Disclosures is ono
Of the marks Of genius" Mr.. Ward re-
marked, laughing.
1--WE will comtort ourselves with
that hope, then, won't We. Miss Clark
dood-by. Have enjoyed my visit very
much"
Barbara went back to her work,
blushing again over the little incident
as she entered the kitchen, but CRATE
full to the young man for the kindly,
off-hand, but thoroughly gentlemanly
manner in which he had treated it. 1t
was a very little event, so little that it
hardly seems worthy of mention, yet
Barbara found her mind recurring to
it several times during the day. Dur
! ing some baking in the afternoon, Carl
was an interested spectator and final
| ly prevailed on Barbara to make him a
gingerbread man. When she had cut
1T out and put some white dough on it
| for eyes, nose and mouth, and coat
buttons, she suddenly remarked aloud
after Carl and she had both been silent
some time: He is perfect gentle.
man, and that is more than can be
said of some college-bred men,"
is this college-bred man, Bar
bara?" asked Carl, the terrible. 81
thought it was "a gingerbread man
You said you would make me ginger
bread man. I don't want college
bred man.
This Is gingerbread man." re
piled Barbara, hastily, as she turned
to the oven and opened the door.
"Then who is the other man?" per
sisted Carl.
30, never mind; l was thinking out
loud.'
at isn't nice to do" remarked Carl
refectively.
II don't think it is, either" Barbara
admitted.
Then what makes you do it?" in
sisted Carl.
II won't any more when you are
around" promised Barbara with mucl
positiveness. The child seemed salts
fed with this statement; but, whe1
Barbara at last took the gingerbread
man out of the oven, Carl suddenly
said: Lets name him, Barbara"
'All right" said Barbara, pleas
antly
you give name," Carl suggested
"Well, how about Carl?"
mo, don't like that. Let's call hin
let's call him Mr.. Morton"
Every WE'LL" replied Barbara, hur
risdly. run right along with it
Your mamma is calling you, and
must finish my baking"
Don't you think he looks like him p
Carl insisted as he grasped the figur,
by the feet, which in the process O
baking had become ridiculously shor
and stubby, merginginto the coat tails
ono, don't think it's a striking re
semblance," said Barbara, laughing.
"Well. i do. think he looks jus
like him. l like Mr.. Morton, don
your" But at that moment Mrs. War,
oAAaa Carl Ia the taas. he alway
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