Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1909-09-30

| hi'ilVt Nl course. ~ came ten days
'Rier. accorlplnied by a check for $35
and Miss lrlu showed gain in poise
"a dres rot li,se long to become accus
toned 10 su ress
I'm ger ,ag only accepted with
thanks nos" she said happily to Mr.
wilkins. aGd he realized that she
had got started. There was manu-.
script all sGy TO be mailed which
she consirgd to Mr. Wilkins
Il wouldn't let any one else mali It
for the world" she said. and Mr..
wilkins bluShed deeply
Exactly ~ week later Miss Louisa
painted pg lhn stairs with the letter
fer Miss Tia. and Miss Lucia fol
lowed after. Miss Lila received It
almost nonrhalanily. but little Shrek
escaped her as blue slip fell out.
ITS for $l5' she announced. at
was a short one, YOU Know" Then she
read the letter aloud in tone that
tried to be businesslille.
Your story. The Love Of Life, is
accepted with thanks"
AS she finished reading &C. Burton,
treasurer" she suddenly turned pale
gasped and thrust the letter under her
pillow
Eighty dollars in less than a
month" Miss Luella was saying
why. Lila will be rich pretty soon"
But Miss Louisa had been watching
Miss Lila and she threw up the win
dow and fanned her vigorously.
mo wonder you're faint" she said
ITS enough to take any ones breath
away" and she acquiesced when Mis-
Lila suggested that entire quiet would
be good for her
1t was only two hours before Mr..
wilkins came, but Miss Lila had
grown old ana haggard since she had
| dismissed her sisters. Mr.. wilkins was
startled as he stood in the doorway in
response 70 her faint call.
"IIas anything happened?' he asked
anXiously
Yes" she answered hopelessly. Il
got the letter"
what letter" Mr.. wilkins asked
For answer Miss Lila drew the
crumblcd letter from under her pillow,
| unfoldcd 1t and pointed to the top Of
the paper Mr. Wilkins looked at the
familiar words. Horace 0. wilkins,
Grain and Feed"
"Oh. that greenhornr' he groaned.
Then Ia. looked at Miss Lila.
"Well. what are you going to do
about it now that you've found it
out?"
81 don't know" Miss Lila said des-
perately I'VE haven't $65 in the
world. We used it all for rent and
things"
"Oh. l don't mean thatw exclaimed
Mr.. wilkins "But don't be hard on
me. l couldn't help doing it, it made
you so happy. And you never would
have known it if Edward hadn't used
that paper-and I'd got plain paper all
ready for him.
I'm glad he did" Miss Lila said
bitterly. because now l can pay you
back some time I'll have to get well
now"
A sudden light glowed in Mr. Will
, kins faded eyes Say, what do you
suppose l did it for?" he asked almost
angrily. Course l see now it was the
wrong way to go at it. Tut I wanted
to give you what you W ,nted, and J
contrived every way to do it. l see
now that / ought to have come right
out with it. same as any other man
would. but you're teacher, and | was
afraid you wouldn't look at me.
didn't know howl never had girl
before" He added the last word
boldly.
The color had returned to Miss Lii
las face, and tears rolled down her
cheeks.
And those stories are worth every
cent | paid for them. l prize them
more'n all of Shakespeare and-and
John G. SAKE" he declared. ''They
show you know all about love, and
you ought to understand
Miss Lila interrupted him. do you
know that I'm thirty
Il know you're my girl. l don't care
about anything else" and Mr.. wilkins
put the arm of possession around her
When MISS Louisa ana MISS Luelld
appeared Il little later Miss Lila clasp
ed Mr.. Wilkins hand for safety and
explained happily to the transfixed
pair. Were going to take the whole
of this floor for ours"
After the situation had been fully
grasped ana considered in all its de
| llghtful aspects Miss Luella asked re-
spectfully, Are you going to keep on
writing, Lilla|
Miss Lilla's face clouded. "No," she
, stammered.
Then Mr. Wilkins came to the front
with new found sense of humOr,
mo" he said hilariously, shes
been accepted with thanks