Evening star., 1914-02-08
THE DAILY STORY.
An Everyday Story.
copyright. 1911. by W. Werner,

When Jennie Han went to visit her
friend, Elizabeth Mason. that summer
she had no idea that she was going to
taI in love with anybody. least of all
with Elizabeths older brother John.
Jennie had met Elizabeth at school.
and for two or three years after their
school days ended they corresponded
resularl.. Elizabeth mad gone home to
do nothinS in particular and Jennie was
teaching, Jennie had TO teach She had
20 money and no relatives near enough
10 take more than :, casual interest in
he. Her education moreover. had not
lifted ter beyond TIL. necessity Of dis
trict school work II VS. a dreary ex-
l,ericnc,, hat there was strain Of
ytloE IA tvr blood tilat Upheld her
through All tho slow torture Of freezing
winters. ct wet springs. Of soddeu falls.
,-i;hout e reasonable hope 10 sight, And
1ueu She f,n i'll of q cold tnat would
not yield to plasters and sjrups. She
;srew thin and pale and everything
seemed 10 be ending In weakness and
depression, 1t was then Elizabeth Ma
son wrote asking her for a visit That
letter was sunshine and medicine and
food To Jennie. Size wrote back eagerly
the best If her meager wardrobe and
Went.
She had had 10 clear idea 81 the way
the MasouS lived IN that old northern
city, though Elizabeth had always said
theN Wert Weli-Jo-Go that they had
most Of the things they wanted. She
found large. old house, with com
iorta BILE, old-fasilioned furniture and a
maid To do the heavy work She found
ease and comfort ;.nd rest and an en-
tf.4vra
she began t. feel better. Within d
week, too. she realized that Jotn Mason
was going to mean everything to her
for every day she had Vet to live
Tie was uVe years older than Eliza
beth and six Years older tnan Jennie
lie was an engineer and had been about
the world great deal He could talk
very eliJeEtiin.nsiy when ne could be got
!" talk at all For the most part ht.
%as rather silent and moody-a big
he;tyy. dark young fellow with cram
70 match ons who never would do great
things. but would give excellent satisfac-
ton wherever he went or whatever he
undertook Jennie had never seen any
one like him. In his presence she
seemed ever to BE- rising on wings. get
ting giimpses of blue distances where
The sun did not fail 10 shine. where birds
did not cease to sing. He was nice to
her in the way ne was nice to Eliza
beth; there was no tangible difference
IL the Way he regarded them. But one
afternoon on the river a boat fioated
close to their own. and a girl in scarlet
and white who sat in il with two other
girls. laughed across at them and sent
greetings She was the prettiest girl
jennie had seen. The boat foated on
aud the girl was .5one, but Jennie could
rot forget her. That night when she
and Elizabeth had settled down to their
bedtime condolences she said: Il never
saw any one so lovely. VINO is she?''
Her name IS Madeline Travis = an
s~ered Elizabeth. John can tell you
more about her than 1 can. He's en-
zaged to her.
somehow Jennie had known all along
rhat something like this must happen.
shes a lovely thing, she remarked.
Elizabeth sighed -es. shes beauti-
1Gl. All the same, / hope John won't
marry her And ] don't believe he ever
Will They are always quarrelling ard
always making up Some time they won't
make up, though he won't believe that
Y isn't his fault. you know. It's simply
that shes only child with an aboIrli-
liable disposition. I hope he's getting
Ills eyes open. Johns very stubborn
II he thought we were hostile to Made
line he'd stick to her through thick and
thin. He will, anyway, l suppose
Jennie stayed three weeks at the Ma
sons They urged her to sray longer