The Farmington times and herald. (Farmington, St. Francois Co., Mo.) 1902-1905, 1903-08-20
Miss Hutton
MAUD Il. MAYNE
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II ATHlE was p1tling An;la's plump
II hand reagsGringly. rs Miss Hut
ton hurried by them In tho hall
shes just spitcful old maid. and
! wouldn't mind minute!" the indlg-
nant, girlish voirc rang out
Then two doors banged violently.
and Miss Hutton stood within her own
10 llatly contradict the dry smile that
moved her lips.
She said not word but going to
her desk. removed n huge pile Of pa
pcrs and sat down dcterminedly to
mark them For half an hour her
pencil checked tirelessly. scratching
down Its final Judgment with rrlent-
less vigor; then it stopped Suddenly.
lisl the examination papers dropped
In n heap to- the rncr,
81 believe thoyc art students down
rairs absolutely haze mel" she said
I'm sure katherine looted il rs
passed her just now II I've friend
IN this hGusc I don't know tor any
where else. Tor that matter Just let
q woman grow old and rcly and half
Fiok. and rric1ds fly faster than trash
IN 4 March gale"
She wag looking ont, as shc spoke,
At the little whirliur eddies Of dust
he r1ic that crC'! ID on its rusty
hinges the swin"in. and swayirp Of
'hc bare brown trees. 1T mn IS mo
cross ms two stirI s. when the wind
han"s THINGS about HE thIs!" she ok.
claimed Md cross enough was her
Come in when | mock uron her
door "1yo hor sudden start
II Wa d determined Young face that
Iool cd in upnn her then. with brown
ryes steady though the round chin
ruiycrcd
Miss Hutton" said katherine. "rvo
rome 10 apologize fer my rude s0ocrh
In ~" hllL I'm very much Ashamed
NJ mve-'r for letting my temper 60
Ike that"
"Ncll, Won ought 10 be-" said Miss
Hutton. severely
catherine "yoa flashed "Ard 80
nu"ht you'" ahc rc'"ricd ~ was ru1o
IN jro hill, but you wcrc more rude
vt the table; and you hurt Anita's
feelings drcldfuliy, You ought 10
lnow how sensitive she is about her
np~o,"
Who said ANYTHING about her
noec?" demanded Miss Hutton.
"Wh" else has broken onc?"
bnlod the rrl "FOr shame to com.
mcnt upon anothcr's misfortune,
Nnl'o's not to blame because her nose
WIS hronon. And IN tell you what
thinE Mis9 Hutton. think Your
disposition moods making over deal
worse than hnira's nosol"
And think you've forgotten your
r"nIicncc and turned "
Turned fury Ncs have and
now that you've paved the way III
tell yon what I think Of you and re-
licye my mind. ! think you arc the
most selfish snlppish. dis1greelbl7
woman ! ever know. | don't believe
ynu ever said lind thing IN your
lif", IF there's m ugly trait in any
body youll discover and develop II.
Won can make me 20 furions in five
minutes that ! feel like perfect say.
a%c' | hate ynn! And everybody
hates youl And can't ima"ine what
people like you were born for!"
Kaihle was Gtorm!ng downstairs in
n pNssIon of fears when good
nHtured little old gentleman. remov.
In" his coat In the lower hall. came
bngtling up with "Blcss me. Miss
Nalhic, what's Il all about?"
oh. Mr. Shepard" walled the girl
ave gone and done II now, I've said
every impudcnt thing could to Miss
Hutton and made her mad as WEI
hen. aud myself still nader"
""Tut-iut, Miss Kathic. I never
knew you veyod In my life. would
call you 4 thorough little LADY. That
Is what Mira, Shepard has always
called you"
II used to be-" sobbed the girl |
and she laughed hys,ericnl'y as sho |
vent on: "nid yun hear her tell Mrs
Barnes that her dear li;tlc Johnnie |
was so fat he was deformed? And |
she called our good Mr.. Lamb n cant |
Ing hyprpcriie. and only to-day a.
lunch made malicious speech about
tho lorl hrca'lng some fol- s. noses |
lns.cad o. t'Hir hiAh spirits. because
Amla happened TO laugh IN her pres.
rncc ! tcll you ia rather have
smallroy In the house than that sour
old rorscbcrry!"
Mr. shepard SHOOT; his head. shocked
and trIne bewildorcd My dear
LADY," he cried "Not smallpox! Not
3 gooseberryi | wouldn't say thGtl"