Danville intelligencer. [volume] (Danville, Pa.) 1859-1907, 1907-02-22

VI NEy
HER EYES WANDERED TO THE OPPOSITE
SIDE OF THE CAR.
Francisco and q week of grand opera.
Jim, her satellite, was along, not be-
cause he appreciated grand opera, but
because he appreciated Irinda.
So mr n for the hero and heroine.
Next the villain, to whom his Celtic
mother had given a ravishlng pair Of
blue eyes and tongue tuned to soft
words. Barney was not a villainous
villain at ADJUST n warm hearted boy
who loved everybody and wanted to be
loved by everybody in turn. He must
have the Villains part because there
cannot be second hero and because
But you shall see.
AS the train sped along Jim went to
the smoker-not- to smoke, for he had
never learned how, but because he
feared IrInda might be firing Of him.
Barney Immediately took his place.
Soon after lady and gentleman
boarded the train. AS 1rinda's seat
had been turned so that her back was
toward the engine, the newcomers
We're in full view of her. The lady
bent her head, and some rice fell from
| her smart brown turban. The gentle
man smiled and the lady's cheeks
went red as roses. Then she opened
| her magazine and tried to look uncon-
scious.
"Oh, Barney" breathed Irinda, isn't
the bride lovely? Do look at that but
terfy in her veil just at the corner of
her sweet red mouth! See that perfect
| curve from her forehead to her chin as
she looks out the window. Now quick,
Barney, she Is turning to her husband.
See her beautiful eyes. They're as
brown as her dainty hat"
Barney's ravishing eyes glanced at
the beautiful lady, Barneys quick
mind took in the situation, and Bar
| ney's warm heart rose to the occasion.
| Smillngly he turned to Irlnda.
"Why, | never think of woman's
looks, whether she has a pretty face or
not. That doesn't appeal to me. When
| know a woman she attracts me or
not according to whether or not she
has magnetism. Magnetism Is us good
! a name as any other for what no one
understands. But, believe me, Irinda,
magnetism is the charm Of woman,
not n pretty face"
Barney's blue eyes said 80 much more
than his tongue, rolling ever so slight
| ly his "r's," that Irinda's colorless face
flushed becomingly. The eyes said that
she, Irinda Bowen, had the magnet
ism, or whatever it was, and that 1t
had never occurred to Barney whether
or not she was pretty.
Happy thoughts fluttered around Irin-
da for the rest of the journey. Barney
left her. and Jim came back. She
smiled at him. He didn't know 1t was
an iIlpersonal smile, born OF Barney's
words. She remembered this day when
she had cried out fiercely at her lack
of beauty, and Jim had answered:
"what difference y'yes 1t make what
you look like? You are always beau
tiful TO me, Irinda."
He never knew why she had pushed
him away when he would have put his
arms around her. Stupid old jim
couldn't know that he had made a
tacit acknowledgment of her ugliness,
while Barney-why, Barney had never
thought anything about it.
Grand opera week went by in dl-
apason of glory. Irinda was wonder
fully happy, and every day she told
herself shyly and with many blIshes
how much she was caring for Barney.
1t was not till they were homeward
bound that the tragedy happened.
The tragedy? No, it was not the
train leaving the rails and plunging
down an embankment. 1t was only
Barney's pleasant voice, rolling ever
so slightly his r's-it was only Barney
making this remark to Alderly, tho
chaperon's husband:
II have been noticing the ladies in
this car, and don't believe l ever saw
so many beautiful ones together. Don't
you know 1t is rare to find really
beautiful woman? If her eyes are
fine, something Is wrong with her chin;
If her nose
1rinda felt sick and voluntarily clos
ed her ears, while her sun seemed to
leave Its horizon. Barney, who never
thought of a woman's looks. was dis
cusslng woman's beauty! Then he had
not meant what he had said to her at
all.
Irinda felt very much as she had
when some one told her that George
Washington and bis little hatchet and
William Tell aud the apple were prob
ably only pleasant stories But at the