The Sauk Centre herald., 1909-05-27

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in the blue eyes turned appealingly
upon him.
"Ah, see." he said. with mock grav-
ity. "You want to sneeze and have
your eyes run. and all that sort. Of
thing. and be yourself again after a
few hours Well. I've got some SNUFF
here that will fix you up in great
shape" He took the bottle from the
shelf. Its an unusual order" he
added.
Betty blushed. Its an unusual oc-
casion." she confessed.
When Betty made her appearance In
the dining room on the morning OF the
18th q handkerchief of heroic proper
tions temporarily obscured her face.
AS she dropped into her chair she
Eneezed. and the attention of the fam
lily was at once focused upon her.
Her pretty blue eyes were bloodshot
and swollen. her small nose most
unbecoming shade of pink. Apologet-
ically she bowed her head and sneezed
again and yet again.
"Really, Betty" said Aunt Emily,
with more annoyance than sympathy,
"you must have been extremely care
less to take such a cold"
"And, moreover. my DEAR" said Un-
Gle Chester, you'll find it necessary to
be very careful. / shall insist on your
remaining indoors today"
Cornelia made false move. "Betty
has an engagement. papa. She is to go
on Billy Randolph's yachting party"
Betty sneezed twice.
"a yachting party" cried Uncle
Chester. 'Preposterous! l will tele-
phone young Randolph myself and ex-
plain that Betty is not fit to leave the
house."
"Kerchoow said Betty. with a CRATE
full glance at her uncle, while Aunt
Emily put in quickly. Instead Of
yachting, the poor child should go to
bed at once"
"Kerchoow said Betty again. and,
with coffee and rolls dispatched amid
much sneeZing and constant use of her
handkerchief, she straightway sneezed
her way upstairs to her room and
softly bolted the door.
Betty did not make her appearance
at luncheon. Susan took up a tray to
her room, and when Cornelia knocked
later in the afternoon there was no
answer. Cornelia stole away on tiptoe
A good sleep was the best thing in the
world for a heavy cold. If Betty did
not wake till morning. all the better
1t lacked only five minutes Of the
dinner hour when Betty, an audacious
vision in pink chiffon. ,f1oated into the
drawing room. Her blue eyes were as
clear as June sky, and only her
cheeks were flushed. while in her hand
she carried a lace cobweb of a hand
kerchief. Cornelia and her mother
looked blankly at each other. But the
young man whom Alan had just intro
duced stared at Betty. -
I'm sure we've met BEFORE" he said
"Your face is so familiar" He went
across the room and stood by Betty's
chair. The girl smiled up at him and
then dropped her eyes.
''The last time you saw me was in
a silver frame, wasn't l." she said,
with long curls hanging down my
back?"
Walter Burnham's heart leaped.
you're little Betty Carroll" he cried
joyously, "Ernest Carrolrs sister Bet
ty! Why. I've known you by reputa-
tion since you wore pinafores. BY
Jove, this is worth coming forT'
At dinner Betty, Of course, was seat
ed at the other end of the table from
Burnham, but he sought her side the
moment they returned to the drawing
room and remained there till he had
missed two trains. When he said good
by he held her hand little longer than
was necessary.
81 shall see you very soon, you
know" he said. I'm only fifty miles
off, so l can run down almost any
time. You didn't know Ernest gave
me the picture in the little silver
frame. did you? I've got it in my room
now."
When Billy Randolph day or two
later asked Betty to take dinner with
him at the Country club the following
Saturday he was disappointed when
she shook her head.
"Thank you, Billy" she answered
blushingly, "but have previous en-
gagement."