Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1911-12-14
When Angelina
Came Home

sister Of the young woman whose spe-
Cial young man was calling for the
frst time since the family returned
from the lake.
'Er-Miss Angeline-your sister-is
she glad, too?" inquired the young
man crafty.
my goodness, yes!" said the small
girl In surprise. shes the gladdest
Of US all. Angelina didn't seem to
care for any Of the things that were
real fun, like Ted and did-she was
always afraid Of getting sunburned or
something. don't think when you
grow up there Is much left In life to
enjoy. All Angeline wanted to do was
20 put on another dress and do up her
hair and moon around with the count"
The young man sat up straight "The
count?" he repeated inquiringly, with
. hasty glance at the stairs. who
was her"
why, didn't you know there was a
real count at the lake?" asked the
small girl in surprise. II should have
thought Angeline would have written
you about him. because that was all
she could talk or think about.
when she found his name on the
register" went on the small girl, Il
thought she'd have a At or something,
for she came rushing upstairs and
dragged out her best white embroid.
cred linen suit.
"'Why,' she said to mother, did 1
put on this horrid, cheap blue gtng-
ham for breakfast this morning? DO
you suppose he was the one who sat
ut the next table,?
II was excited, too, but when
asked her If he would walk on tight
rope, or something, she pushed me out
Of the room.
"All the grown up women were just
a. excited as Angelina and rushed
around whispering together. Ted and
] decided that he must have two heads,
or something, SO We started out to find
him. There was strange man read
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we walked in and asked, Are you Q
count?' he stared and then he laughed.
After that he said he wasn't, but he'd
be pleased to direct us to the end OF
the pier, where we could pursue our
inquiries.
"There was another strange man
there and didn't like him half 80 well
as the first one. He kept jumping
around and his eyes snapped and we
stared at him q long time, till he al
most jumped at US. Then asked
him, Are you a count? And please
tell US what you count7'
Il don't think he liked us, because
he threw up his hands and dashed
away.
He acted different with Angelina.
He was always leaning over her chair
and smiling and his voice sounded like
the inside of marshmallows. There
wasn't any other girl there as pretty
as Angeline, so, Of course, she cut out
all the others"
'She did, did she?" remarked the
young man in tense tones, with an
other glance at the stairs. go on!"
"Oh, my, yes!" said the small girl.
"She told mother she guessed II any
of those. washed out, uninteresting
girls there thought they we're going TO
get ahead of her they were mistaken.
Mother got real patronizing to the
other women and was always talking
about estates and family trees and
how Angeline was such sweet and
lovely and brilliant girl that she had
always known her fate would be differ |
emit from the common run Of young
women. No honors, she said once, no
honors ever heaped on Angeline's head
would ever make her forget to be nice (!
to those beneath her.
"The other women just smiled and !
left Angeline alone, put she had the /
count, so she didn't care. She used
to talk about 1t to mother and say, |
Won't the other girls back home be
simply crazy Jealous when they hear !
about II, though? And mother would !
say, II only father doesn't act. upl'
1T was real. fun to see Angelina J
sweep through the hotel lobby like a
queen and smile sweetly at the other !
women and see how cross they'd look /
and how they'd rock fast and talk aft !
or she'd gone.
zone afternoon the count was going !
to take Angelins riding and she came
downstairs all rugged out and he