The labor world. [volume] (Duluth, Minn.) 1896-current, 1912-11-09

MMON looked at the girl In
wonder. In face and form she
I'M was as lovely as any one Of her
~ age and type he had ever seen.
Her school work far surpassed that of
differed in other ways. This vast store
of learning she had gathered from
Held and forest was wealth of at
traction no other girl possessed. Her
frank, matter of fact manner was an
inheritance from her mother, but there
was something more. Once, as they
talked he thought "sympathy" was the
prehension.' She seemed to possess a
large sense of brotherhood for all hui
man and animate creatures. She might
as well have been a boy, so lacking was
she in any touch Of feminine coquetry
toward him. He studied her wonder
ingly.
AS they went along the path they
reached large slime covered pool sur
rounded by decaying stumps and logs
thickly covered with water hyacinths
and blue flags. Ammon stopped.
lis that the place?' he asked.
ElnOra assented.
1.-THE doctor told you?'
Eyes It was tragic. Is that pool real
~ bottomless?"
to discover"
"And you were born here?'
he had not intended to voice that
thought.
YES" she said looking into his eyes.
"Just in time to prevent my mother
from saving the life Of my father. She
came near never forgiving me. A
little farther along is my violet bed. 1
want you to see it."
She led him into swampy half open
space in the woods, stopped and step
ped aside. Ammon uttered a cry of
surprised delight. A few decaying logs
were scattered around, the grass grew
In tufts long and fine. Blue flags wav-
ed, clusters Of cowslips nodded gold
heads, but the whole earth was purple
with a thick blanket of violets nodding
from stems a foot in length. Elnora
knelt and slipping her fingers through
the leaves and grasses to the roots,
gathered a few violets and gave them
to Philip.
"Can your city greenhouses surpass
them?' she asked.
Ammon sat on a log to examine the
blooms.
'"They are superbv he said. II never
Saw such length Of stem or such rank
leaves, while the flowers are the deep
est blue, the truest violet 1 ever saw
growing wild. They are colored exact
ly like the eyes Of the girl am going
to marry"
Elnora handed him several others to
add to those he held.
"She must have wonderful eyes," she
commented.
mo other blue eyes are quite so
beautiful" he said. I'm fact, she is
altogether lovely"
1T Is customary for man to think
the girl he is going to marry lovely. I
wonder if should find her So"
'You would" said Ammon. mo one
ever fails to. She is tall as you, very
slender, but perfectly rounded; you
know about her eyes; her hair is black
and wavy, while her complexion II
clear and flushed with red.''
Elnora knelt among the flowers al
she looked at him.
"Why, she must be the most beauti
full girl in the whole world" she cried.
Ammon laughed.
tSNn ir6oo1 N HCI,n &c ookr
particle better looking in her way thar
you are in yours. She Is a type o,
dark beauty, but you are just as per
feet. She is unusual in her combina
ton Of black hair and violet eyes, al
though every one thinks them black a
little distance You are quite as I'm
usual with your fair face, black brow
and brown hair. Indeed, know man,
people who would prefer your brigh
head to her dark one. It's all ques
ton Of taste-and being engaged to tn
girl" he added.
Edith has a birthday soon. If thes
last will you let me have box Of then
to send herY'
II will help gather and pack ther
for you, so they will carry nicely. I
she interested in nature?"
"What interests Edith Carr? Let m
think. First, I believe she takes prid
In being just little handsomer an
better dressed than any girl of her sci
She is interested in having q beautifu
home, fine appointments about her, 1
being petted, praised and the acknow
edged leader Of society. She likes t
find new things which amuse her an
r to always and in all circumstance
have her own way about everything"
( "Good gracious!" cried Elnora, sta
1 ing at him. "But what does she do
How does she spend her timer
= Spend her timer repeated Ammol
b. ''Well, she would call that joke. he
4. days are never long enough. There
I endless shopping to find the prett
things, regular visits to the dressmal