Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-05-12


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A crunch u feet upon the hard
snow; a gurgle Of laughter ending 10
scream Of delight Blair Henderson
lifted his head. smile upon his lips
lie glanced az his desk piled high with
work, hcsItated, turned toward the
window. paused again. then walked
across the room, threw Up the sash
and leaned out.
AZ the moment no one was In sight :
then. amid n gale % laughter. a bob.
sled came from the end 81 the house
I rushing with the flcctncss ~ the wind
I down the stecply slipping lawn blair
counted rs the sled passed where
on earth did the youngstcr st them
all" he wondered. IT., gaze followed
the children out ~ sight then came
back 20 a woman standing near the
steps leading up 20 the house.
She dld not turn her head and. given
the opportunity, he watched her In.
tcntly noting the wind blown hair
the brilliant color 81 the nalf-secn
cheek. lie was struck. too. hy the per.
feet polse Of his sisters friend who
had been a guest In his home for sew
eral weeks. Absorbed IN his work he
had scarcely noticed her before: had
shown her only such courtesy aS was
due her rs n house guest. meeting her
only AZ meal time. and lately not then.
IL hWI frfs
he watched her. he idly wondered n
she had been away and had just re-
turned. As the thought came 20 him
she ran quickly up the steps and into
the hall.
An hour later a very tired little boy
crept Into his uncle's arms 10 tell Of
his wonderful afternoon.
You know. It's my birthday. an
Muvver gave me party an told me
could go out into the 'byways and
hedges an gnther 'em in. didn't
know Just what she meant. Uncle Blair
an ! didn't see no hedges an no by
ways, hut ] went out on the street an
found Jimmy who sells papers an
blacks shoes. He's rreat-and Jimmy
told me bout the apple boy who lives
way on from here, an we went for
him an he told me Of Bobby Burns
He has only one leg. but that didn't
make any difference cause his crutch
walks as fast as the good leg. An
coming back we met the butchers
boy, and | asked him as nice as
could an when we got back Tim was
here an cooks boy and girl"
The man laughed. 81 hope your
mother had enough 20 eat"
1T was just beautiful. There was
ice cream hearts an cakes an SAN
witches an Ellen told us stories about
81. Valentine. cause Tn Valentine
baby. Did you know that. uncle
Blairr
Blair the elder drew the hoy close.
Surely. the most wonderful valentine
] ever heard Of. But who Is 'Ellenr"
The hoy looked surprised. "why.
you see her every day"
II dor Then perhaps don't know
her by that name. But 10 sounds
familiar" He thought for a moment.
diving back into old memories. II had
a little sweetheart by that name. She
was"just about as big as you and she |
sent me valentine every year until
after ] went 10 college. have one Of /.
them In the back Of my watch where |
! can look az Il now and then" He /
pulled out his watch. opened II and /
cnzed NJ the picture within with a
reminiscent smile. THAT was the .
last one She sent me aud never heard .
from her again. ana always looking |
for her and sometime | hope | win |
fud har"
The youu-stor looked M the draw /
ing with interest "Ellen's watch has .
one. too he said. "A big boy gave .
II 10 her when she was a little girl. /
Isn't II funny both Of you've got pic
lures. only hers Is lots prettier. Two
little birds, she calls them love birds.
kissing each other-lots prettier than
those hearts with stick running
through EN-"
The watch closed with a snap and a |
look OF keen interest crept into the
mans eyes.
Il must make the acquaintance Of |
this wonderful lady who tells stories
and carries love birds about with her
Where can we find herr"
Blair looked az his uncle I'm aston. (
ishment. Don't You really. truly /
know hcri She's been here long
time. She did go away but came back /
yesterday, an she's been slidln' down
hill all mornln. You're jokln' Uncle
Blair"
"Do you mean Miss Falrbanksi Is
she 'Ellcnr"
Blair junior nodded "An' now l 1
must go an II certainly Is nice 10 have
parties" Slipping from his
uncle's knees the boy marched from
the room leaving the man in a brown
study from which he did not emerge
until aroused by the opening OF the
library door.
The girl paused as she was about 20