Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-05-06

satchel and came through the ga
pushing the wheel awkwardly along,
the satchel banging against her thin
knees. 1t proved to be a dress-suit
case. and was marked u. A. D."
Its a mans case" she said, "but
find it holds more than my bag.
It's my brothers,
Your brother's?'' 1 said, tenta-
lively
YES, but you needn't bother about
Jamie. He's gone the way of his
kind. / shall never see him on this
earth again"
..How long was he ill?'' / asked,
sympathetically.
She turned away and brushed her
hand across her eyes with boyish
gesture.
He wasn't i'll at all. He went off
in moment. as it were. They do
sometimes. We none of us knew of
it until it was too late to do any
thing. But there! 1 have talked
enough for one day" She yawned
politely behind her gloved hand.
"How soon can I have. the room?
m dead tired
"WiIl you sit on the veranda while
I make it up?" said I. The maid
is-'
EYES," said she, cutting into my
explanation and saving me black
| mark in the book of the Recording
Angel, ''but hurry, please, for I am
| really worn out
AS she seated herself, 1 saw that
her shoes were very muddy-not
| with wet mud, for the day was bright
| and sunny, but with mud that. had
| been wet and had dried.
You are looking at my Shoes" she
said, laughing as if she enjoyed the
situation. Il had to walk some dis
| lance from my last engagement.
1t was the night before last. The
man died, and there was nothing
more for me to do. The roads were
muddy, if you remember, and I had
| left my wheel at the lodge. They
had no idea that he would die so
soon, and, in fact, neither had I.
| Well, his troubles are over. But, do
pardon me, and do get the bed ready
| for me, or ] shall 60 to sleep out
| here"
| She leaned back in my rocker, with
her eyes closed, her yellow bang
showing. Her hair, which was coarse
and curly, poked out beneath her veil.
] went into the room and opened
| the closet-door. l took down the
understanding sheets and the pillow
cases. 1 removed the checked cover
from the spread and blankets, and
then I went to the window, the pill
low between my teeth, the FELLOWSHIP
between my two hands. Don't you
think" l began. The rocker was
empty; there was no one there. /
put my head out of the window to
see where my new lodger had be-
taken herself to. There lay the
dress-suit case, and there stood the
wheel; then she had not vanished
| just as I had become easy about
those baseball bills AS / looked, she
came round the corner of the house
She yawned again as she saw me,
and said, Il am trying to keep awake
until you get that everlasting room
ready. / have been taking a survey
of the premises. You seem to be
pretty lonely out here"
ooh, MOI" said. "This is the high
road. Lawyer Jennison's house is
only half a mile farther on, and
Farmer Barker, you know, is Just a
little way back, not more than mile
or so.'
Getting crowded." said my new
boarder, with laugh. "And whose
is that large house that see way off
there on the hill? 1 suppose those
great iron gates that 1 passed are
the entrance? 1t seems fine place.
ooh, that's the Darlington place
Don't you know about the Darling.
tons?''
She turned and clutched the piazza
rail. Il am so tired" she said; AND
really, l saw that she had grown
pale under her coat of tan. 81 will
hurry l said. $50 you haven't heard
about the clearinghouse" Country
people think that strangers must
know all about their magnates.
''The Darlingtons? How should ]
know about the Darlingtons? What
should I know about the Darling.
tons? 1 know nothing about any.
one here; / come from another coun.
ty. All 1 know is''-she burst out
laughing and yawned again-"all
know is that I must get to bed, OF