Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1905-12-19

head while the water from your froci.
drlpped In little brown riyulets across
the golden bars and Guy leaped and
barked around YOU and confessed the
story 81 your disobedlence.
suddenly. swiftly. Aunt Dora bent
and clasped you tight In her warm.
loving arms aud held your little wet
head against her breast. aud as she
kissed you and claspcd you close you
felt hot tears dropping on your cold
face.
How you loved her! Later. when you
lay all warm and dry and comfy In
your little bed. she came again.
"Dld you mail the letter. dearT' she
whispered softly. aud because you
loved her dearly and because she might
be unhappy II she knew about the iu
portant letter you nodded your small
head "Yes."
How that little word haunted you In
the days that followed. II peeped at
you from between the hollyhocks: Il
trembled In the sunbeams stealing
through the trellised leaves; II stared
at you when you flung yourself. face
downward. IN the long. quivering grass.
The daisies nodded IL; the birds sang
Il: you cared no longer even 90 play
with Guy.
You were unhappy, but Aunt Dora
was unhappler still. Her sweet face
was white aud sad; soft. dark shad
ows lay under her dear eyes.
You pondered.
Was IL possible that an important
letter, swept downstream. could trou
BILE one even though one did not know;
You would ask Mr.. Nelson.
Mr. Nelson never laughed at you.
That was why you liked him. lie did
not laugh now as you stood, n tired.
anxious little figure nj his office door
while all around you whirred and
changed the machinery Of his great
mills
Suppose an important letter were
lost. Would II matter even II one did
not know you asked.
Afterwnrd. when you had been put In
a big chair 10y the open window and
had something nice aud cool To drink.
you made II clearer.
Mr.. Nelson listened with never "a
word until you had quite finished. AMI
when he did speak he had queer, fun.
ny little catch In his voice.
1T might have made Il difference, a
very great Indifference, he said.
Then when lac saw how bravely YOU
tried 10 hold back the tears that would
come he took your hand in his aud
squeezed Il hard.
Il am very grateful 10 you for com
ing 10 me-" hc said grayely. quite as
though you were real young lady.
And then Mr.. Nelson drove you back
home again In his high. shiny cart and
you sat up very straight and proper
beside him. while Guy ran painting be.
hind
Aunt Dora was waiting between the
hollyhocks. and when she saw you aud
Mr.. Nelson her face, which had been
white and anxious. grew suddenly a
beautiful pink.
oh she said and held out her
hands aud then dropped them again.
With one great flying leap Mr.. Mel
son was out Of the high cart and In the
path beside her. holding her hands
tight I'm both his own.
Dora. Dora. my dearest glrl"' he
said brokenly. is II true that you
wrote? Is II true that 1t was yes
after allT'
Then you clambered out Of the cart
as best you could and scampercd with
Guy across the grass 10 the big old
elm. How happy you were! You sang
YOU danced: you raced with Guy; you
sailed In the fairy boat TO isles OF SHIN
mering green.
out Of the corner Of your eye you
saw the side door open, aud Aunt Mar
Ma came down between the Nerbenes
and sweet williams. She had a little
white basket ON her arm.
Edith! Edith" she called.
Coming. Aunt Martha You said.