The herald., 1918-11-21
THE VOICE
~ HELENA M. KENNEY.

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n. TIN rolled slowly out of the
-. ,eaying a girl standing on the
.So,,~ Nellie Windsor was fifteen
-. "a Her mother and father
-. A. and she had no one but
80. I. sad Aunt Betty. Uncle 10
"a vr,tta her to come and live with
s-s,d here she was. 1t was fully
-. v.Iputse before Uncle 10 came,
"a vhm he did he gave her a hearty
~. spd nfted her into the buggy and
= tAey west. Arriving at the farm.
=. 800 Aunt Betty waiting on the
nm, fes her, and such a dear old
~ sh6vas. II was then 8 80 o'clock
- a. rest Of the afternoon was
M = uspacking her clothes and
1890 - rounds of the house.
49, msp~ she went directly to bed,
s.esns - was tired from her long
~ II afternoon she wandered
rrvupl yieEing flowers, chasing but
sra,ss ~ gathering an apron full
= mia - went down to the little
Irock. u vs. nice and cool and she
~ sajsyl.g herself when-Hello,"
"a 4 No. She looked up, but saw
% -
Tu, IN" again came the voice
H t,ns 4 seemed to come from the
M ~ rs across the brook.
He1s ysdrself," replied Nellie.
sWhss ge you?"
On Aee n the tree" said the voice.
sCme dswn." she said.
Nora answered the voice. No
smsnf e teasing would make the
vice cone Down. 1t was getting late,
% Nellie aid: IF I come here tom6r-
uW VII yoa let me see who you are?'
Maybe replied the voice. So Nell
he seanpesed up the hill and home.
But she was not to see the owner of
the voice tomorrow, for when she got
% tie next morning 1t was raining.
Uncle j came In at dinner time
with an Invitation for Nellie to spend
he Afternoon with the Browns, who
nHsd across the field. Slowly she
went upstairs to dress, sorry because
ihe could not 60 down to the brook,
but maybe Il would be there some
stA4 time; - with this happy thought
b mind xbe was soon ready, and
Uhde 10 took her over to the Browns.
Shs was rather shy, being among
strsngers, bit Mrs. Brown soon put
h9 It easa Molly Brown was Nell
heb age. and they took to each other
hsht awa1. While they were sitting
hiking about nothing in particular the
dccrbell rang and Molly's mother went
cd admitted five young people who
ID come to spend the afternoon.
Soca 2 ~ about year older than
hdsek came in and was introduced
= Hny Brown. What a good time
ne bad. and what nice girls and boys
~ verei But Billy-where had
- heard that voice? The afternoon
psed al too quickly and when the
.eeeo rose to 60 Mrs. Brown shook
- with them all, and so did Molly
- BUY. When Nellie arrived home
= eou1d not help thinking what a
3 boy Billy was. and she blushed
- ne thought how he had given
md uny. unnecessary squeeze.
n day. that followed were the
~ saes she had ever had. Long
- with Molly and the Tucker
ps0ica and often she would 60
Mg' walks with Billy. She liked
veg much and Billy liked Nellie.
ne I'D not forget the voice. Ev-
~ ne would 60 down to the
- talk and talk with 1t. She
seeu Il Of the nice time she was
nd went so far as to tell II
NV Thus two weeks passed on
hellie thought she was never GO
see the voice, when one day
Wlce told her that she would see
INV. sure. To be sure Nellie
meFe at the appointed time and
noe said. sf 1 come down will
- romise to give me one thingY"
aeFins what it could be, but Gu
y ses the voice, as she had
-, q che readily said. EYES," It
n the tree and there stood
- 5su-r she gasped. Billy
and said, ''Your promise" She
surprised she did not know
% ~. At length che said.
"a % y0u wantf"
~ d. he replied.
Ar and she turned to fee ND
~ but Billy like flash caught
4 vas useless for her to try to
1 even II she wanted to.
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sas Goes. There She Goes.
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