The Huttig news., 1911-03-11

1uncture belated circus came to
 town; the three boys, promptly shipped to the scene Of action in the care of biz cousin. were safe until l late bedtime: and the Fond Parent, af
 feetionate and artless. turned off the electric light that the two might en-
 joy the first freight chat of the sea
 son.
 1 It was delicate operation, but it was performed with the skill of a master and the Lily Maid who had been positive that her heart was crushed for life, was amazed to real. lze that the mangled organ, as it's weight of woe was rolled on the Fond l Parents ample bosom. was rapidly re turning to something like it's normal | shape In fact. there remained but one | wound which threatened serious con sequences, and that was the injury to l the Lily Maids self-resrcci It was not so horrible. after all. that they should have quarreled; red hoade1 kpeople were almost always hightem- pered; and she frankly admitted that his hair was red, though hitherto she had spoken of it as auburn: and, of course. if person chose to go with other girls-with another girl-and send her flowers, and lend her his SO cietY pin, person would seorn to little tremor in her voice: but there was something else, she added with a gasp. burying her nose in the Fond Parents neck gear, and squeezing her very hard. She had given him a lock of her hair-when he kept on begging and when she gave it to him he had kissed her hand, and he must have thought she cared, because she didn, get mad, and she had cared, and he knew it, and he didn't care at all, She wished she was dead She would never get over it. And she knew that fl was the other girl he had liked all the time. She wouldn't mind it so much if he had cared, but now she was dis. graced; she could never look anybody in the face again
 The Fond Parent held her very close and spoke almost in whisper. She remembered her father. did she not2 she asked the Lily Maid The latter raised her head suddenly, for even now her mother spoke of him only with an effort and under pressing need She felt sudden sense of dig nity. of intimacy, of sharing her moth, CTS confidence, not as child, but as a woman The Football Youth seemed suddenly of small consequence. She remembered her father perfectly, and
 he memory was full of pride and joy It had been impossible for the Football Youth to make any very rapid headway with her until she had per. suaded herself that he would become, in time, very much such man as her father had been. Just now this idea appeared absurd But her mother was speaking again. Her father had loved a woman many years-that was before she knew him. He had loved the woman deeply, but when, at last, they were about to be married, she had tilted him. and given her hand to a mere boy younger than herself, whose prospect of wealth seemed greater than her fathers Would she lose re- NDtCl iOi Hti HoNt DttduSt uC had cared so much and given his love where it was neither appreciated nor returned? The Lily Maids eyes flashed Her mother pressed her head gently down on her shoulder again and went on. If was a terrible thing for her father: it was years before he had cared for another woman f,,, hor h,tf haf bad ff, hnr
 little girl was just a breath of the future, faint prophecy of the time when her heart should awaken, not for a boy, but for man. It was just that the time had come for her to stir in her sleep: anyone else would have done as we'll as the Football Youth. It would soon pass.
 The eyes of the Lily Maid, as she kissed her mother. were not altogether
 ncredulous, and in the days that fol-
 owed she frightened visibly. It was easy to talk now: and if she selt again the chills and fever of despondency, she knew where to go for help. The Fond Parent attended her convales ,ence with a light heart. thankful for 4HS Btfttu dttdths anu hOptiu thdl nCt treasure was now immune. As a re- ward for good conduct, and also as a precaution against the evil effects of dleness, she sent her to visit relatives dn Washington during the Christmas holidays, and smiled over her own astuteness when she noticed the Foot ball Youth lounging slowly by the house next day. and watching the front door with furtive air. He re- peated the performance for a day or two, and after that she saw him no more until college reopened, when he marched by with his head erect, and with quite the air of a man of the world
 The holidays were prolonged for the Lily Maid. Three days before they should have ended, the solitary board ing pupil who remained at the semi nary through the Christmas season de- veloped d case of scarlet fever, which threw the little town in a panic; and it was nearly February before the afflicted principal could open the school