Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-02-21
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"Rutli." oza.e., Mrs -: e.. al
her d.,1-s'f,s' ..vl"st v-.z tg..asl l,.,,...1..e
that cam" Horse f,r yed fo.1se:''
~ dietion;tF:,-.' lta.s reia..l.
Mrs. NuIh"rsorl'~ d,an}ay could not
hay" h''n Horo ca'uplo;r had She been
I'M rmrd tfGii her ,la12h5or had
broIl-ht home Il boa constructor.
And What did yon get that for.
Hi'li"f" she asked
"irt"iu>r needed il -" returned Ruth.
III n4jN hHNr been pretty expcn.
siv". l!azardpd hcr mother.
Yes. sighed Ruth 1T cost 10
cents
Mrs. CHhcrson appeared relieved,
hut not entirely satisfied
1T Seei}}s to m". i.uthic," she went
on u;i".tilu'sly that a Girl who wnr,zS
for SlA Il week. which i he only in
come two people have 10 depend upu,}.
ought not to be spending her money
for Il dictionary. II YOU had 10 cents
to Si5alr for books. why Didn't YOU lIy
three of four of those paper backed
novels t,iat would bc Of some interest
10 me, instoaJ If ,lictionary?"
The Gufbefsens lived in q boarding
house whore dictionaries were Il rare
e"mta"zits. indeed. ii55tf.s was tlic
Only o1e about tiie |lotiSe except MI.
Winters, which was IN exceedingly
slnr s5s,!zc& ctiit#s9l I'll contained on
lT Il zgolsis#ii1 mos e..f5mon use.
Bus s5lapt3oN ~ ~z7Ft5 ~ + became
kls94o tlaI taese= Ass.za l.s4s.e= =eiietion-
AZ ii 2fl.; Cul5re.ai'e room on the
atr-0aH t4 = ;54n tt;sp Everybody had
been @i9efz .o''=a stc,#=s fAefe5e, tile dc,
sire fos .>aa !e,t-.e. us @tYea a Won
0CrfHl ifHRp5f..,
l.ut III" person VIII, toand occasion 10
."f"r 70 ttie= l.i.; i3sss mf7>:t frefiiemtly
Va; =Ah'. Winter. Af %tie.tar= Was 4
gratt.. O! course in hi~ business he
daily net With many terms lhat re
quired cllci'}ation. Hitherto hr had
found the pocket edition perfectly sat
isfactory. bat after the advent of the
unabridged Gietionary the much worn.
green backed little book suddenly lost
its usefulness. ana never al evening
passed that Nh Writer did not rap at
Mrs. CHlhofson's door and politely re-
quest % come ia and look at the die
tionary Il minute
His prolonged visits annoyed Mrs
Cu'bcrson 1T FIRST, His presence pre-
vented her srodin@ ut Ruth. and rs he
himself seemed deeply Immersed in
scholastic lore. thus forbidding opening
a conversation With him. the poor old
lady's evenings became seasons of ex-
Qusite torment.
Il don't know whu, makes him come
up here so often" she said pettshly
one night after he had closed the die
tionary and gone away. Hes an
awful bore
Its your OWN fault he comes" said
Ruth. You invited him
"Of course / invited him. retorted
Mrs. CulberSOn. Il invited all of Them
Doesn't he annoy YOU
NO" she said softly. Il don't know
that he does
AS the spring days took on the heat
Of summer Mrs. Culberson became
more fretful. Ruth grew younger and
prettier, and Mr.. Winter studied still
later each evening in blissful oblivion
of the added heat of the gas jet.
Mrs. Culberson had long since ceased
sitting up waiting for him to go, but
bade him good night and went to bed
in the alcove.
One evening in carly ,J;.:a" 10 o'clock
passed and Mr.. Winter had as yet
made 20 movement toward going. away.
Ruth watched him closely, as she al
ways did when he seemed en@rossed
with the words before him. aud she
noticed that he had not turned a page
for mere than an hour.
He looked up at length. and their
eyes met. Ruth felt her face flushing
again, and with the realization Of her
weakness the flush grew deeper
Its Il pretty knotty problem that |
have been puzzing over tonight he
said. with q sigh.
''Couldnt you find what you We're
looking for:" she asked softly.
Il hardly know. found the word
wanted. Whether it will ever mean to
me what | would like it to mean do
not know. Here it is, have been
locking at it a good deal lately
He turned the big dictionary around
till she could read the line over which
his finger rested. There was one word
underlined with Il pencil, and she knew
it was the one he wished her to see 1t
was spelled Love.
..IS that eNCl. 10 be for me-" he asked