The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1902-02-28
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woman smiled in very interesting
related somewhere. Our family is
from the same county. Is your IA
Their living here in Crawford?"
Father died last year." said Bar
bara, returning the young woman's
| look of interest.
| Its rather strange 1 have not met
you BEFORE" said Miss Dillingham;.
"You have been shut in on account
of your fathers DEATH" She looked
at Barbara's simple black silk dress,
which was Barbara's one party dress,
very plain, but in perfect taste in
every way. "But thought I knew
all the Dillinghams of the Vermont
branch. Mother will want to meet
you"
SIS she here to-night?" asked Bar
! bara.
"Yes. She's in the other room some
where. All! There's the new minis
ter of Marble Square church, Mr..
Morton!" Miss Dillingham; exclaimed.
81 didn't know that he had come yet.
I think he is perfectly splendid. Have
you ever heard him preach?"
eyes, / heard him once" replied
Barbara; and the next moment Mr..
Morton had caught sight of them,
and came out into the hall and greet
ed them.
"Good evening, Miss Clark. I'm very
glad to meet You again. And you,
Miss Dillingham; he said in his sim
pie but hearty, manner.
SVnr nnod on har
Names" said Barbara, because she
could not think of anything brilliant
to say. "I've understood that one of
the difficulties for ministers is the
| task of remembering so many peo-
ple.'
Eyes, I've heard Uncle James say
spoke up Miss DnIingham, brightly
'Uncle James is rector of ST. Marks
in Crawford" she nodded by way of
explanation to Barbara-"Ive heard
him say that he could remember
names that began with certain let
tiers, but that he was completely for
getful of others. 1t must be very nice
to have a distinguished memory for
| peoples names. II is such a pleasing
| fattery to the people who are ad
dressed. Every one likes to be re-
membered. He takes it as a special
compliment"
81 don't know that I can claim any
special faculty in that direction" the
young minister replied, smiling.
t"Your names come near the begin
ming of the alphabet, C and d. Per-
haps that helps me. The farther one
gets into the alphabet, the more in
tricate and difficult the matter be-
comes"
cts very d1-.ppointing explana-
ton, Mr.. Norton" said Miss Dilling-
ham, laughing. "We hoped, at least
I did, that it was something personal
about ourselves that made you re-
member us"
"What, for example?" said Morton,
gravely.
"For example, our-our looks, or"
Miss Dillingham; turned to Barbara.
"What should you say, Miss Clark?"
"Or our occupations" sugges ted
Barbara, coloring little.
"But we've no occupations said
Miss Dillingham;, carelessly. cat
least, I haven't any since finishing at
| Vassar. Mother wants me to study
photography. What would you say,
Mr.. Morton?"
"I?" The young man seemed I'M
prepared for an answer. so, should
say you would take a very good pic
| ture."
"Now, that's certainly a compli
ment, isn't it, Miss Clarke" she ex-
claimed, laughing again. "And yet
they told me you couldn't talk small
talk, Mr.. Morton"
81 was trying to retrieve my blum
der about the memory of the Names"
said Mr.. Morton, laughing with them.
''But, if you really want my opinion
about the photography, / think it
would be a good thing for you to
learn it. 1 believe everyone ought to
have an occupation of some kind"
"Even society young women?"
| "Yes, even they" Morton answered
with his characteristic gravit..-. which,
however, was not at ali gloomy or
morose. Young women like Miss Dill
bingham liked it, and spoke of it as
fascinating. The reason it was fas-
cinating was that it revealed a genu
| inc seriousness in life. Not morbid,
but interesting.
"What would you have us do, then?
What can society girls like Miss
Clark and myself do?"
Miss Dillingham; asked the question
seriously, or thought she did.
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