Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-07-08

salln .: ihaf 4 :WhY,laf|
looks very much like my other board
er, Miss Dacres." Mr.. Be1don looked
after the diminishing figure. 81 be-
lievs you :aregright," said he. '"That
is Miss .Dacress IL wonder where she
came frqm22''4 -. Il. .s+.>z. q
When we, reached home, I found
Miss Dacres- Sitting on the piazza.
s'Where have you been 2,'s she; said.
'Iiam sstaryiag. dehave2 been home
for hours :ig,t. +r..l z....ji1 i.
Not quite hours, said L, tt'if that
was you we saw spinning along Overe,
1y Lane. ---------------
:"Wen, that may be an e4aggeer-a-
ton; '+buti what made you think f
was I'M Overly Lane ?''2 sat 10. =
II saw you. .We1an saw you!( Mr.
Beldon said it was you" .3s.tji ::
''Was he with you?" she asked.
$40, We met him IN church, the
'Swedes1 church" 80 =
At this she began to laugh. @"Oh,
that Swedes' ehurehi" she said,
that Swedes' church!" .e-iI7.y.,r;
Here is sonnet hing found
there, SOME thing Of Yours" - : Z
sob, yes, yours. .,iGlorianna has;
ironed it; too oftea.; for me mot to-
know it<'5t- ii ..l:s,It-t:.t.rI - s.;7 =
She held-out- her hand and took
the handkerchief. $50 It is, b said She
Where dos'yoh SAY you found 1T PM
;"Ini the FSw6edesH church Ion the
seat of zone {of the spewss"j : '.7r' 81
+ Elder Wynneswas, seated inIa chair
near by. He had taken up the even
ing paper, which concealed his face,
and was looking APPARENTLY at the
first page, But he did hot turn it, nor
make the rustling that newspaper
readers usually d6:s2l 9l't'f7E Il; y
i'tCome into my room, "a said Miss
Dacres suddenly, 81 wantlto tell you,
something: ''---------------- 80.
T entered the hall, then her room.
When we we're inside She closed the
window which was open to the piazza
and the door, into thei hail. ;. .i-
Now I'm going to make .eleana
breast of it, said she. 'Itwass in; the
Swedes' church, and this is. my
handkerchief. Now you Sit there,
and let me SIT here; or wait; no; let
z.
surprise, t'Nliss Dacres placedsme in a;
rocking chair. and, seated herself ON
a little stool at my :feettz esThereti
we're all comfortable Now let
me rise to explain. I did GO into the
Swedes' cftrch.,'- She laid her head
against my knee confdingly.i She
looked up into my faces with those
lovely eyes. Why.:had i never seen
before how lovely they, were2 IT
was out on my. wheel, this, afternoon,
when I came-aeress- that queer old
church. 81 had never seen it before.
l jumped off and events up, to the
door. To my. surprise, Il found il
open a, eFacks and 4 went inn The Jpn
side was SO daEk that at first / could
hardly feel my way, .lPut Wept
down the middle aisle and stood by
that queer old tomb. It gave me q
sort of sTiivery feeling, and I Was
glad to hear voices overhead "Fhey
were a .rnan's1','voice: and "a child'Ei
Their owners. were econings down
from the helfry, dothought. fog they
seemed TO be in the front of the
church. was foolish nat to run,
right out Of the building. had
plenty of time, but T got dazeedd.. T
thought they wduld be going IN a
| M moment. and that could Hide Until
theyewe4s gomez And how foolish
that. would have beenF Just Think
if I Had .sthyea1.1 there's Gandzfbehh
lcqked .pPt,a4one!i" Mss sRacFsa-gaEe
b.al ittle. shuddsE. and laid her eReah
in the folds Of my g9wer3 eqnceRs
sfionisly., ALMOST, uI,s moqtIhed her boy
LishI, yellow hair, and ID. N.Y.. heart +
I was crying out. aHave I found you,
lit A1naraiitife?- 'l3.s'i-' y 10 !"
f i.sWen, ewlien1 = 5 ] f-ci.s't = ~ -
ssWell, 1 preaeheH, down. behind lthe
i front pew and waited TT my hoTss
ror that ME.-Mr.a4iss,' "a q az Z s L
-ssBeldon," 1 supplied.: 101os4 -
ITO Be Continued