The Bellefontaine Republican. [volume] (Bellefontaine, Logan County, Ohio) 1855-1905, 1903-08-04
TWO AND A
CUIDEBOOK
By n. hAcLEAk HELLIwELL
Copyright. leuB. by T. c. Mcclure

By p. AACLEAk HELLlWELL
Id Copyright. lss. by I. C. Mcclure o
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How It did rain, Barbara pressed her
woebegone face against the window
pane and strained her eyes in a vain
endeavor to catch a glimpse Of the
cleaning white Of the distant monu-
ment. She had been In the beautiful
capital Of her country nearly twenty
hours. and she had seen nothing-abso-
lutely nothing-of it Nearly twenty
hours Of the few precious days Of her
visit gone in impotent. heartbreaking
waiting for Jupiter Pluvius to exhaust
himself and retire in favor of old Sol
As a fresh gust Of wind drove a vol
ley Of raindrops in a yet fiercer on
slanght against the glass and dashed
them in scurrying streams down tine
dripping asphalt the girls head drooped
despairingly and she sighed.
The young man who for some time
had been watching her synpsthetically
over his book now threw II aside and
| stepped to the other window.
what a day. he said as the ivy.
clinging desperately to the wall. was
tossed hither and thither by the bois-
ferrous wind.
The girls face frightened. and she
turned to him impetuously. ltttf
"Oh. thank goodness you have spoken
at last, ! was going to start the con-
versational ball myself I simply
couldn't stand the silence any longer.
DO you know 1 have not uttered one
word this morning since I ordered my
breakfast It's an unprecedented rec
d. ord, but the strain has been awful"
She dImpled roguishly, and faint flush
rose in her cheek. He might think her
very bold. this handsome young stran-
ger. but she really could not help 1t.
The limit of her silent endurance had
been reached She must speak or-per-
ish.
But the idea Of boldness never enter
ed the young mans head He was
thinking how very pretty she was, how
soft and curly her hair. how piquant
her dimpled smile and how becoming
the little dnge of pink In her round
cheek. He laughed in comprehending
sympathy.
"Why. I wanted to speak to you long
| ago. but didn't like to venture. Isn't
it the very dickens Of a day? Who
could go sightseeing in thisY as q
fresh fury ratified the windows.
The girls face fell again.
who. indeedT she echoed disconso-
lately. Think Of coaxing all winter
for just three days Of Washington and
having the whole Of one of them like
thisw
'It is rather rough" said the young
man. I'm in precisely the same box
myself-that is, for coaxing, read man.
aging. But it only increases ones ago.
ny to look at 1t. Won't you sit DOWN.
He turned a rocking chair with its
back to the window. and as Barbara
dropped into 1t he threw himself into
the sofa corner opposite.
rs this your first visit to Washing
ton" he asked.
My very first. Father comes here
on business every spring. but he hates
to be bothered. and I could never per-
suade him to bring me before. He
poked his head into my room before
was up this morning to say that he
would probably not see me again to-
day as he had oceans of business to
do and an official dinner tonight. and
he enjoined me most emphatically not
to think of going out as long as II
rained. I have written letters to every
one | can think OF. and II II doesn',
clear after luncheon I'll 20 to bed.'
The young man laughed and looked
at his watch.
why. it's a quarter TO 2" he said
Suppose we have luncheon now. II
|, you will honor me. and perhaps the
/, outlook will be brighter by the time
, we have finished
The girl rose with alacrity.
, I'm raveuous." she declared. "bu'
simply could not face that great din
ing room again all by myself. posi-
!. lively cannot swallow unless I have
, some one to talk to while I'm eating
. Ny breakfast this morning was mar
tyrdom-"
That luncheon was the jolliest mea
, Barbara had ever eaten and. she main
tains. the most delicious. When 1t wal
, over and they adjourned to the stately
drawing room her companion left hel
for a minute. When he returned ht
brought with him couple of books and
a huge bunch Of violets.
These" he explained. when Barba
ra had arranged the flowers upon hel
person to her satisfaction. ARE guide
books-one to Washington in general
the other to the Congressional library ii
: particular As the rain god is still IL
] command of affairs. suppose we jus
do the c..pitol and library right herr
where we are. It's really. when yo,
, think Of 1t. much the more satisfactor.
way. If we went to the actual build
! ings we'd have to walk our feet of OF
I the hard floors. We'd have to lose ou
breath climbing innumerable stairs o
else have our brains added by beini
jerked up and down i'm elevators. We't
dislocute our necks fitting our head
8 back TO see the pictures on the ceilings
: And at the end Of the day we'd proba
bly, come back to the hotel cross. tire
l. and dissatisfied. having doubtless fol
o gotten to look ut the one thing abov
It all Others we particularly wanted (
see. Now. with these valuable littl
p hooks we can defy the elements an
% study Mt our ease every detail of tn
& enthusiastically and interiorly-
T. but we can absorb priceless knowledg
t about them that all the gazing at tn
originals could never tell us. What
d you say. shall we begin with the Hbrs
q ryT
% Barbara's eyes sparkled. IT'S the II
snirat tion of penius" she cried ecsfafiI