Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1904-12-10

o.o"h eyes smiled. and the owner there
Oh said, heartily: That's all right: In
see you again"
BY this time Miss Amanda was oui,l
beyond speech. She opened her mouth.
gasped desperately, made a futile efrors
" s'ammer her thanks, then. observins
'na' the cold attention of her fellow pan.
sensers was becoming centered on hes
onenolng head, she retired precipitately
oehlno her second reader and sat in silent
agony until time FOR her to transfer.
but once more in the street. what n
inherent Miss AMANDA! She wakes
with sprightly, kittenish. movement
and patted her damp crimps with a r.
assuring hand.
lie said he would see me again SONS
morning she whispered. hueging the
green reticule ecstatically. What an
intellectual forehead he has" And Miss
AMANDA herewith gave herself I'D In
peasant reflections. so that her checks
mad blossomed Into an attractive Mink
Dy the time she reached her schools.
room
After that it was not ALWAYS nv acc,-
dent that Miss Amanda boarded a GER
tam car although she always told herself
lnat she was greatly surprised to sec
her conductor as she fondly called
MIN. He was No. 70. so his cap said. ana
IL seemed to Miss Amanda that She
worked better Though the day if she en-
countered his pleasant. smiling slancs
in the morning.
He always smiled at her now and
tipped his hat Miss Amanda drew her
own conclusions, She had made SONS
modest changes in her person. too: he,
appearance was made girlish: her little
ounches OF curl& on either SIDE of her
race mad given place to a pompadour OF
generous dimensions. and her hat waa
draped with many wells which shroudeS
her chaste countenance in becoming OBJ
security.
Her evenings were spent reading .
large paper-back book entitled 1.-THE ava
Oh oeautifying the person" When bed
time came Amanda rolled her hair into
countless little curl papers which looked
like a flock of sh1al1 white birds on her
head, and massaged her face diligently
with wonderful paste in pink box
which set forth on its lid thatit cured alI
facial blemishes in one night. Amanda
strong in hope and faith. went to bed
each night convinced that the next morn
ing would see the desired transformatio.
effected
Her days did not seem long now: they
were full of life aud color, the NIGHTS vers
hours of happy Creams dreams in which
No. " rescued her from wrecks at ths
risk of his life> dreams in which she
saw him draw her tenderly to his blue
shoulder and heard him whisper:
Dear. I love you"
And SO the DAYS passed on. and Aman-
das imagination. never ut rest. added
picturesque details to her idyl.
She had already decided that she would
let him call as soon as he asked TO. and
she had. after much serious elaboration.
decided upon what she should wear ON
the momentous occasion.
One bright Sunday Amanda went Ia
walk in the park The park was at its
best, green was beginning TO show in the
grass and the squirrels Chartered nois-
lily in the trees.
Amanda's heart was fun of an unrea-
soning joy. her eyes filled with happy
tears. Everything is so beautiful. so
beautiful" she murmured softly to her
self
Coming down the path was a happy
family party; two boys. evidently twins.
toddling with DELIGHTFULLY."- uncertain dig
nifty. then the mother and father. the lat
ter proudly pushing n eo-cart which wsS
filled TO its UTMOST with two more fat.
beribboned babies.
Amanda blessed the group benevolent
ly in the fullhess of her heart. and
stopped to tall TO the advance guard.
when, lookinc D she encountered tho
same pair of brown eyes that she had
seen for the Grst time on that rainy
Monday; the same pair Of eyes that had
lived in her dreams ever since.
Amanda bent her head silently.
When she raised ii again the lines Of
pain around her mouth were deem. but
her eyes We're brave and smiling. If had
only meant that hope had died within
her heart in that one brief instant. thar
the brightness had died out of the sky
and the green had gone out Of the grass.
but she nodded brightly to the innocent
cause of all her trouble. Then she turned
blindly and made her way back to her
fourth-story room.
That night the pink box was tenderIy
consigned TO the fire, and the army of
curl papers deposited carefully in the
waste basket
And Miss Amanda, on her knees.
prayed, TREMENDOUSLY: Turn away mine
eyes from vanity, o Lord, and quicken
Thou me in Thy way"