The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1902-08-28


Er-S5l So is Miranda! But little
SsS.sJ Noel Hartley is as fresh as
rose and wonders why the Rev. Arthur
creatorcX thinks 50 much OF her. The
Rev. Arthur also wonders - many
tings
In crises like these Miranda and l
nave sometimes limited desperately to
spe another of an eternal Separation.
yith capital $. We have drawn
pathetic pictures of how we would di-
ride everything between us, and she
s,tould 20 and live with her mother,
while strodc into life's highway.
nanfully putting the past behind me
IL order to become great, and, instead
Of going to theaters, spend my even
ings sitting by the fire, waiting her
footstcp on the stair. Miranda would
always get quite worked up by this pa.
thetic picture until she remembered
that II was useless taking half the
things, because her mother had no in
feution of turning the house into
storage company for the furniture Of
sthers. So the trouble generally blew
aver. But this time it went rs far as
NY making out a list of the things in
ruy den lCtur" we were rcconclcd
Miranda saw then that she was on the
brink Of au awfu! prccipice. and it
made her SILVER. So it did me. be-
cause there's a beautiful bronze Brit.
lsh lion from Japan in my "den"
which she has set her heart upon hav-
ng. and know we should have SQUAD.
o!ed over that When she says. "Dicky.
you're such dear pats my brow and
with the other hand takes the very
thing | don't want her to have, the
pathos of the situation degenerates in
70 farce, nnd-and-Oh. you know what
young wives are like! The next time
1 marry | shall choose solid. rst,ma.
bic lady of mature age. with false
front and without what little Noel
sails "parior tricks
AS soon as Miranda told the Rev.
Arthur Greatorex about her projected
pingpong tournament he smiled in q
pleased way and said that he himself
would be the first to take two shil-
hing ticket. He also threw out dark
hints that Miss Jarvis would like TO be
asked. They're not really engaged. be-
cause the Rev. Arthur hasn't enough
money 20 marry, but he calls Miss jar
Wis dear sister" ana looks at her il he
thinks he is unobserved. in the same
way that Sir Lancelot did at Guinevere
when King Arthur was out OF course
Miranda knew all about this "ge-hlty
passion" as she calls 1t, and that WIS
Why she told Miss Jarvis that the Rev.
Arthur was going to play and then in.
formed him that Miss Jarvis would
also be there. So she had them "in the
net" as it We're, and the mrmbers
the blanket club almost erie ;'.,n
told they were too old to play. To
please them. Miranda made Il special
rule that If they liked to take tickets
they. could get some one else to play
for them, and, as the old men were
fond of excitement. they lawued their
remaining blankets and bou,.l twelve
tickets for the tournament. lit do my
old cart good to get little permiskus
sport like this ere said CATER Hind
ley to Miranda, "and I've got four
quarts on with Joe Burridgc as little
missie'-pointing to Noel" ill play
for me and knock his ugly 'ead off.
do ear as 'ow Mistress Jarvis sewing
'luh We u-gp.u' TO try to knock Us out.
and there's Twelve on US wants little
miSSic 20 d. her best for Us 1t do
warm our old carts, it do t. have a
bit ot real sport like this ncwfanglcd
game. Most as good as days rattin'
Il be, surrnc.'
When Miranda asked her little niece
Noel 70 stay with Us. she said that
Nocis blue eyes, golden hair, mournful
face. with its Il do want to be loved
before heaven claims me for its own"
kind Of expression, made her uneasy.
Il did me also. knew the child and
! vas also aware that heaven could
get along very well without Ler-for a
time II al events. She was n little
demon at lawn tennis and could pick
w amy auw zane in ten minutes Be
sdcs, as she told me, she had been
working url nj pingpOng in order to
lick Brother Tom" had little
practice with her before tie tourna-
uent came of. and she But | antici.
pate.
Miss Jarvis, although She loved Mi