Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1912-10-12

ast IT a little
lcre we're treasures in the old
bou4e Of which Miss Persis did not
knc' 'ic value, and had she known
il s.ic would not have sold the fan
whwh or father had brought from
chsa tie little careI dguree
whitA had bccn pirkevl up in Tapap
he eonacrfVl ,vus' and ivutp'r ~
whiA her new frcad's ewes rrs'''3
with appreciation "lly name y
San iprvon," he said. az he was pre-
senii.,l TO Miss Iavinia. ''i'vp been
a rover myself. in the navy. n-sses
marrsi---because ! didn't want my
wife to live alone, and because 1
never met woman | cared about Z
Something famed up in Mise Per-
sis's heart as he gave this little bis
tory of himself. He was not mar
ried and he wanted to be their
friend.
Captain Sanderson went away
that day, with an invitation to come
again.
An unexpected call to Washington
INTERVIEWED before he saw the sisters
again, but he sent a box Of roses
which made Persis gasp. ''To think
Of such roses in winter, Peter" she
said to the yellow cat, and it was
Peter who saw her bend and kiss
them.
A week before Christmas, Cap
tain Sanderson stated that he would
come for the hyacinths. Everybody
is anxious to see them," he wrote.
"I'n gong to give flowers to all my
friends" LII. i !, 4
The day he was expected wasaia
cold one, but Miss Persis put on a
white dress. 81 never heard of any.
thing so silly" complained Miss La
vinia, Eat your time of life. You'll
catch YOUR death of cold"
The phrase E'your time Of life"
made Miss Persis feel old and worn.
She went to her room and changed
her dress, and when Philip Sander
son arrived from the city, he faced,
rot TIE little lady with the rose
flushed cheeks, whom he had seen
last, blooming in her garden, but a
wan, thin person.
But the sight, instead Of bringing
disliHsion, brought rage.
SWAT have you done to your
self?" he demanded, when Miss Per-
sis led him to her hyacinths. TT
isn't tie flowers that | want to look
ct, lis YOU"
"l'n rot worth looking at" said
Mss Porsis, family.
~Yol are everything.
'Tne captain plumned UP the cush-
ions If tie big rocker in the window
la,lo,e "Sit down here, want to
Ntalkto you"
Miss Lavinia, knitting steadily at
the other end Of the living-room,
co1'A not see the pair, but she
caught the steady murmur of voices.
iAcn suddenly she heard a sound
that made her sit up and stare.
] "lf | didn't know it was impossi-
Bile, Peter" she said to the cat who
lay al her feet, 81 should say that
some one had been kissedp
Miss Persis came out of the corner
looking twenty years younger. Amid
the folds of her black gown was
pinned spray of pink hyacinth.
Captain Sanderson had put it there.
at matches your cheeks, Persis," he
had said, for all the bushes of youth
had come back to the transformed
little lady. 1t was then he had bent
and kissed her, and Miss Persis had
started guiltily, and had said
Hush"
But Captain Sanderson was not
ashamed to own the truth, SO he
came straight to Miss Lavinia.
81 am going to marry Persis,p he
said, "and you mustn't think I shall
separate you, because you are going
to live with us, and so is Peter" and
he caught hold of the yellow cat
trying by this subterfuge to hide his
emotion.
AT her wedding Miss Persis wore