Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1906-07-20

pointed, it was SO unlike what he had
expected and pictured to himself. Yet
he hardly knew after all what he had
expected. He had no claim on her
was not even any relation, and sever
years is long time-a girl makes 9th.
er friends. She would not meet his
look as In the old days, but kept hel
eyes bent on the ground. He couldn'i
remember just what color they were
and wondered how 1t was that such
an important point had never inter.
ested him before. He could see, in.
deed, that the eyes were fringed with
long, dark lashes, and the outline OF
the face, which was so carefully turned
from him, was perfect; her figure was
tall and straight, her head erect and
shapely crowned with masses of darb
curling hair, which fell below hel
waist. She was decidedly the mosi
beautiful girl he had ever seen-anc
the moment he realized this fact, a per.
feet fury. of jealousy took possession
of him. He understood everything
now-it was clear as alphabetically
had lover and did not want hi
friendship any more!
At last the girl broke the silence
my father will be 80 pleased to SCI
you." she said, "but IL you will excus,
me now will just finish cutting som.
roses and be with you presently"
She began to cut roses feverishly
not seeing or caring where she stepped
till the thorny branches laid hold O;
her long loose hair and held her fast
almost as though they knew what the,
were about, and determined to make
her prisoner.
In her struggles she stepped at las.
on loose mound of earth which
gave way suddenly beneath her. ano
in moment myriads of tiny brown
insects. each carrying precious ega
almost as large as itself, were swarm.
ing about her feet and ankles.
She had stumbled into an ants nest!
The young man was just disappear.
ing into the house, but at the first CRY
he turned and with two or three
bounds, which would have done credit
to an active kangaroo, was by her side
and had taken in the situation. It is
to his everlasting credit that he die
not laugh, but treated the affair with
the seriousness it deserved. Forum.
ately he carried his 'machete" with
him. that useful If rather dangerous
knife without which Mexican seldom
rides abroad-and with few strokes
of the sharp blade he freed the girl
from the prickly branches, when she
fled hastily into the middle of the
path and commenced to stamp and
shake her skirts vigorously long after
every insect had taken himself off In a
greater fright than her own.
Then the branches which still chung
to her hair had to be disentangled, oh,
so gently! Such glorious hair, too, the
touch of 1t thrilled him. Then she
looked up and their eyes met, and sud
denly the disappointment and misery
which had seemed SO real a few min
utes ago all melted away and they
knew.
ooh, Phil. am SO thankful You
came" was all she said, but she gave
a happy little laugh and tried to hide
from his gaze by shaking her name
about her blushing face, blu. he took
her hand and drew her to him.
DO You know have had such a
terrible fright" he said 81 thought
oh, you can't think how wretched If
made me-that some one had stolen
you from me; but it isn't true, Cecilia
tell me 1t isn't true"
'And I thought" she answered.
evading his question, that the girls
In New York
There are no girls in New York"
the young man gravely interrupted
her. There is only one girl In the
whole world, and she is right here
In my armsi"
A neal appearance counts for a grea,