Middletown transcript. [volume] (Middletown, Del.) 1868-current, 1905-10-07


by leaf, like a sunf1ower turning to and
expanding in tile sun" (She lowered
her chin suddenly THE longer one
knows you tile younger yon become.
could almost swear that could count tie
years as you slipped them nff-like a
butterfly III tile chrysalis stage shedding
its skin. | am curlously Watching each
transit by The end oi our acquaintance,
Iexpect-"
Il shall have rrtnrned TO swaddlimg
clothes, and wave you ia, to- With my
bib il one hand and my gunl-soother in
the other" Major Arhott- 10, K d an
nol ed lis Testers laugh rang ont. But
lei flies and suniluMers, indeed Don
keys and thistles It's injudiciuus fiat
terry that turns an old maids head"
She turned hers and looked at nina
look that ended in a laugh on both sides
You are the kind Of old lady," lie
said, "subsiuing into gravity, who il
responsible for a deal Of mischief in the
world, I'm thinking"
II ~
Yes, you,' mimicking her tone. Then
voice and face softening, your heart il
50 tender, 80 full Of womanly sympathy !;
and when one tries TO express a part Of
ones gratitude, yuu-you-you leap on
the back Of some wild, elfisIl fancy, and
60 Gathering and rearing round our heels
till we take to them at last, dropping ON
gratitude in tile road for you to ride over
sometimes feel,'' he added, v hen she
failed to answer him, that it would be
pleasant and invigorating thing to mount
a beast Of the same genus, and 60 riding
with you. Cloudland must be pleasant
place il you explore it in company. Oh,
to mount one OF the broomsticks Of my
youth, and 60 flying through the air again
in search OF Tomfoolery Land y
rs there room enough for me r. A
qniet voice it was, but with queer little
thrill il it, that put the question. III
so, take me up i'll front Of you. My beast
is hard to hold in sometimes. You look
SO safe. I'd like to try your BROOM
Would you Gomez wistfulIy. q
haven't ridden it for years"
Il shouldn't be afraid Of mounting it
with yon."
II might fly, higher than you bar
gained for''-his sornbre eyes were kind
! ng-"and when you saw US rising higher
and higher above the housetops, you
might cry and beg to be put down."
"And then you'd drop ME ~
"No"' The word shot out, charged
with stubborn meaning. IF you once
mounted, should hold Oh tight"
Il believe yon wonld," laughing a
trihe nervously. You'd finish your
race, though yon might drop at the post"
"Wil you enter one with me p Ills
eyes were on fire now. "A race with
phantoms, and nothing at the end Of it
wooden broomstick to carry US, and
helpless cripple astride it to steer you to
Tomfoolery Land y
Hester, shaking with some strong emo
ton, tried to answer lightly
"Your broomstick is almost as uncon-
trollabe as my horse. We mustn't scar
10 high. Perhaps Eartll's the safest
place for us poor mnrtals, after all =
The safest, yes but the sweetest p
Major Arnott's face was flushed lies
tern whisper-"dear one, don't ynu
see? I've mounted the broom, and am
head and shoulders into Ci0ntlIand
already. Don't tnrn away. Hester
Why
Midway UP 70 her eyes, where they
were creeping covertlt, ,| AMI LA j
kerchief were arrested suddenly.
''Yon're CRYING Or. ing. Ynn! Stop
it, Hester! Stop it, tell You. or ! shall
forget this"-his glance swept down tile
nerveess limbs outlined beneath the ing
-"and remember only that I'm a man
who loves YOU.
The aged man trundling the bath chair