News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-02-25

gone l showed it back into it's place
1t was by the merest chance that
glanced at it, and / saw that he haC
slipped small white box inside. Or
the lid was written For a good girl,
and inside lay the red puffs from Mrs
Yost's window down in Finleyville
Just under them was an envelope.
could scarcely see to open it.
Dearest Minnie" the note inside
said, II had them matched to my
thatch, and l think they'll match
yours. And since, in the words of the
great Herbert Spencer, things that
match the same thing match each 9TH
err! What do you say?-Barnes.
"P. 81 love you. feel like a
damn fool saying it, but heaven knows
| it's true"
P. P. S.-Still love you. It's easier
the second time"
IN. b love you-got the habit
now and can't stop writing it.-B."
Well, had to keep calm and attend
to business, but l was seething inside
like Seidlitz powder. Every few
edge of the stand, and the more l read
it the more excited / got. When a
woman's gone past thirty before she
gets her first love letter, she isn't
sure whether to thank providence or
the man, but she's pretty sure to make
fool of herself
Thoburn came to the news stand on
hiC ont with thA
to the pond.
Last call to the dining car, Minnie"
he said "'Will you-won't you-will
you-won't you-will you join the
dancer"
Il haven't any reason for changing
my plans" l retorted. 81 promised the
old doctor to stick by the place, and
I'm sticking"
"As the man said when he sat down
on the fly paper You're going by your
heart, Minnie, and not by your head,
and in this toss, heads VIM"
But with my new puffs on the back Of
my head. and my letter in my pocket,
wasn't easy to discourage. Thoburn
shouldeled his pick and, headed by
Doctor Barnes, the ice-cutters started
out in single file. AS they passed Doc
tor Barnes glanced at me, and my
heart almost stopped.
do they-is It a match?" he asked,
with his eyes on mine.
couldn't speak, but nodded yes"
and all that afternoon l could see the
wonderful smile that lit up his face
as he went out.
Miss Cobb stopped at the news stand
on her way to the gymnasium. She
was homely woman at any time, and
in her boomers she looked like a
soup-bone. She padded over to the
counter in her gym shoes, and for
once she'd forgotten her legs.
May l speak to you, Minnie?" she
asked.
you mostly do" 1 said. There
isn't a new rule about speaking, is
there?"
This is important, Minnie" she
said, rolling her eyes around as she
always did when she was excited. I'm
in such state of ex-I see you bought
the puffs! Perhaps you will lend them
to me if we arrange for a country
dance"
I'm not lending Them" l said firm
ly. 1t would have been like lending
an engagement ring, to my mind.
Miss Cobb was not offended. She went
at once to what had brought her, and
bent over the counter.
Minnie, you love Miss Jennings
almost like daughter, slon't your"
Like a sister, Miss Cobb | said.
"I'm not feeble YETI
well, you wouldn't want to see her
deceived"
81 wouldn't have it," 1 answered.
"Then what do you call this?" She
put small package on the counter,
and stared at me over it There's
treachery here, black treachery." She
pointed one long thin forefinger at the
bundle.
What is it? A bomb?" / asked.
stepping back. More than once it had
occurred to me that having royalty
around sometimes meant dynamite.
Miss Cobb showed her teeth.
yes, a bomb" she said. Minnie,
last night, when the Summers woman