Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-01-28

''No, but was hired for year
only"
Listen to the modest young preach
er!" began Mr.. Ward, with a SMILE
"Of course, Carlton will want you an
other year. If they don't, come down
to the Marble Square church. There
is possibility of DR.. Laws leaving
before Christmas. He is growing old
and his health has failed rapidly of
late"
Mr.. Morton said nothing in answer
to this, and when Barbara came in
next time they were all talking of the
college days when Alfred and Morton
were together.
Barbara had eaten her own dinner
and was at work again, clearing off
the dinner dishes, so that, when Mr.
Morton rose in the other room to go,
she heard him exchanging farewells
with the Wards and promising to come
down again before long. He went out
into the hall, and after a pause Bar
bara heard him say: IL don't find my
hat. Possibly Miss Clark hung it up
somewhere"
There appeared to be a search going
on for the missing hat, and Barbara's
face turned very red as she took some
dishes out into the kitchen and on
turning to come back saw the missing
hat on chair at the end of the ia BILE,
where she had Extraordinarily car
ried it on Mr.. Morton's arrival.
She recovered herself in a moment,
and, taking up the hat, brought it into
the hall, saying is she confronted the
minister: Il plead guilty to absent
mind edness, Mr.. Morton. 1 carried
yonr hat out into the Kitchen"
They all had a good laugh at Bar
bara's expense, in which she joined.
an6 Mr.. Morton removed the last of
Barbara's confusion by speaking of
his own absent-minded moments.
1.-The last time I had a lesson that
ought to cure me-" he said, smiling at
Barbara frankly. II left my sermon
all neatly written on my desk in my
room at the hotel, and brought with
me into the pulpit several pages of
blank foolscap paper that had been
lying on the desk close by my sermon.
I hadn't time to- go or send back for
the sermon, and was obliged to preach
without notes except tho few could
make at the time"
20, we'll, Observation-Disclosures is one
Of the marks of genius" Mr.. Ward re-
marked, laughing.
1--WE will comfort ourselves with
that hope, then, won't we, Miss Clark?
Good-by. Have enjoyed my visit very
much"
Barbara went back to her work,
blushing again over the little incident
as she entered the kitchen, but CRATE
full to the young man for the kindly,
of-hand, but thoroughly gentlemanly
manner in which he had treated it. 1t
was a very little event, so little that it
hardly seems worthy of mention, yet
Barbara found her mind recurring to
it several times during the day. Dur
ing some baking in the afternoon, Carl
was an interested spectator and final
ly prevailed on Barbara to make him a
gingerbread man. When she had cut
it out and put some white dough. on it
for eyes, nose and mouth, and coat
buttons, she suddenly remarked aloud,
after Carl and she had both been silent
some time: "He is a, perfect gentle
man, and that is more, than can be
said of some college-bred men," :.
SIS this a college-bred man, Bar
bara?" asked Carl, the terrible. Il
thought it. was gingerbread man.
You said you would make me ginger
bread man. I don't want college
bred man."
''This is a gingerbread man." re-
piled Barbara, hastily, as she turned
to, .the. oven and opened the door. /
hen .whosis the other man?'' per-
sisteNG Carl. = : I. .5 ST. > 4 W. ..s
s-ss0 never mind; I was thinking out
loud. ''ssS. s. 8 s' :sszsss =. s ~
.1t isn't nice to do" remarked Carl,
refectiyely u. I. &
T don't thin il is. either" Barbara
admitted. &c ,.s IS. SO.