The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1912-04-04
When Angeline
Came Home

Yes, we're awful glad to get bacl
to town." conflded the twelve-year-ole
sister of the young woman whose spe
cial young man was calling for the
first time since the family returned
from the lake
! "Er-Miss Angeline-your SISTERS
she glad, too?" inquired the yount
man craftily.
my goodness, yes!" said the small
girl in surprise. she's the gladdes
of us all. Angelina didn't seem tt
care for any of the things that were
real fun, like Ted and l did-she was
always afraid of getting sunburned OF
something l don't, think when yor
grow up there is much left In life tt
enjoy. All Angelina wanted to do was
to put on another dress and do up bel
hair and moon around with the count.
The young man sat up straight 1.-The
count?" he repeated inquiringly, witt
a hasty glance at the stairs. "Whc
was he?"
why, didn't you know there was q
real count at the lake," asked the
small girl in surprise. 81 should have
thought Angelina would have written
you about him, because that was al
she. could talk or think about.
when she found his name on the
register" went on the small girl, 81
thought she'd have At or something
for she came rushing upstairs and
dragged out her best white embroid
cred linen suit
Why she said to mother, did
put on this horrid, cheap blue ging'
ham for breakfast this morning? Do
you suppose he was the one who sat
at the next table?'
Il 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
as excited as Angelina and rushed
around whispering together. Ted and
l decided that he must have two heads.
or something, so we started out to find
him. There was strange man read
ing magazine In the arbor and when
we walked in and asked, Are you
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 so we'll
as the first one. He kept jumping
around and his eyes snapped and we
stared at him long time, till he al
most jumped at us. Then | asked
him, Are you a count? And please
tell us what you count?'
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 Angelina, 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 If any
of those washed out uninteresttng
girls there thought they were 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 Angelina was such a sweet and
lovely and brilliant girl that she had !
always known her fate would be differ
ent 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 shifted and
left Angelina alone, out she had the
count, so she didn't care She used !
to talk about it to mother and say,
Wont the other girls back home be- !
simply crazy jealous when they hear
about 1t, thought And mother would
say, If only father doesn't act up!'
1T was real fun to see Angelina
sweep through the hotel lobby like
queen and smile sweetly at the other
and see how cross they'd look
and how they'd rock fast and talk aft
er she'd gone.
"One afternoon the count was going
to take Angelina riding and she came
all rugged out and he
wasn't there. Finally she asked the
man behind the desk, Have yon seen
The count? l am waiting for him.
There were lot of people around
md they kind of laughed Then the
nan behind the desk coughed and
'aid: Well. there were two men wait
ng for him, too, while he was in at
unch and they took him away They
-er-had warrant. He's been Jump
ng board bills all summer and the de-
ectives just ran him down here. They
laid something about forged check,
co. -
so Angelina was just as glad to
:ome home as the rest of u.s." said
he small girl. "She got terrible homo.