Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1909-05-14

y u, ! see. ne SalQ. WITH mock gf3v.I
iiy You want to sneeze and havei
your eyes run, and all that sort of
thing. ard be yourself again after al
few hours. Well. I've got some snuff
here that will fix you up in great
shape" He took the bottle from the
shelf. ats 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 handkerchief CT heroic proper
tons temporarily l:scured her face.
AS she dropped into her chair she
sneezed. and the attention Of the fam
ny was at once focused upon her
Her pretty blue eyes were bloodshot
and swollen. her small nose a most
unbecoming shade of pink. Apologet-
icaIly 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 partyr cried Uncle
Chester. "Preposterous! / will tele.
| phone young Randolph myself and ex-
! plain that Betty is not fit to leave the
| house"
"KerchooT said Betty. with a CRATE
ful glance at her uncle. while Aunt
Emily put in quickly. Instead of
yachting, the poor child should go to
bed at once"
| "Kerchoov' 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 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 a June sky. and only her
checks were flushed. while in her hand
she carried a lace cobweb of 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 l was in
a silver frame. wasn't l." she said
with long curls hanging down my
back?'
Walter Burma ms heart leaped.
You're little Betty Carroll" he cried
joyously. Ernest CARROTS sister Bet.
"! Why, I've known you by reputa
ton since you wore pinafores. By
Jove. this is worth coming for!''
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 haG
missed two trains. When he said good
by he held her hand little longer thai
was necessary.
Il shall see you very soon, YOU
know" he said. I'm only fifty miles
: off, so ] 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 a day or TIVE
later asked Betty to take dinner witt
him at the Country club the followin.
Saturday he was disappointed wher
t she shook her head.
. Thank you, Billy" she answered
e blushingly, but 1 have previous en-
gagemcnt."