South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-07-09

ready for college. anyway. and he
was going camping for the summer /
Then the parents Moorehead and
Z Hortense. accompanied BY Ara
minta. left for the Rockies. Ara
minta was a necessity there. not so
much for French and history as for
+ keeping Hortense out of mischief
and out % the way
Her rc Irn TO New York had 20
90 o nad Galahad's departure for
I camp With a government order. II
was this way.
Mrs. Moorehead came TO her in
/ great excitement one day. as she
/ and Hortense returned from a walk.
Miss Werner" she said. Mr..
I Moorehead tells me that the rail
roads will no longer carry our pri-
/ vate car on its regular trains; that
/ they only attach such cars TO
freights now Also that unless oc-
cupied they will be seized and used
as carriers. l will not return on
/ freight train. and 1 also have no in
/ tention Of allowing the GondOla' TO
! be used for hauling potatoes or dear
/ knows what. There is only one way
that l can see out Of the dilemma.
I That is for you to go TO New York
4 in the car tomorrow; and so there
will be no reason for the news
/ papers to talk about my refusal TO
comply with the government orders.
/ you are TO go as myself"
You Mrs Mooreheadl But L"
Araminta hesitated and looked down
at her dress. then slowly at Mrs.
/ Moorehead's own fashionable figure
Never mind. It's easily accom-
plished. Susanna will turn you out
all right. III give her a day at you
You are about my size and my
things will tit you perfectly I'm sure
All YOU have 10 do is 10 keep your
mouth shut and eat three meals u
day until YOU reach New York. No
one will know the difference Mr.
Moorehead. myself and Hortense
shall return next week by Pullman.
Araminta took one look al herself
IN the glass when Suzanne had fin
j. he'd next day; and then-for al
most the first time in her life her
| cheeks grew flushed, and into her
I eyes there came a look-well. one
could never say now that they, were
merely gray. And the soft ripples
of her hair where Susanna had
waved il. caught the sun and-as
for the amber shot with gold
certainly Cinderella could never
have changed so completely.
Once in the car she breathed
again. II was so unreal Surely
she had turned into a fairy princess.
She knew for the first time that she
was pretty, very pretty. and the
) consciousness Of it kept the flush on
her cheeks.
And then-came the prince. Gal
4. ahad? Yes In the big spectAcles
and mediocre clothes and long fiat
, hair? No But lieutenant with
} a wonderful tan. his shoulders
straight. and a look in his brown
eyes 0that had never been there be-
fore. Oh. such a wonderful LOOK
ing Galahad!
why, l thought, understood
the Mooreheads were returning to-
day" he gasped And 1 got leave
10 come down from camp and see
them off. But you-you, Miss Yer
ner,-Im doubly glad l came now.
Trebly glad, No. I'm so glad I
can hardly tell you about it. You're
: so changed, you see"
The eyes, no longer near-sighted,
evidently had no thought of Theo-
critus now Nor of Plato. Plato
was dead. but Eros. the. little god
of love, lived
/. And Araminta's heart beat as
Cinderella's must have done when
, the prince came.
J 1t was Rastus. the cook, who
: brought things to a head. We're
, about 10 leave, Miss Werner" he
said, sticking in his dusky head.
THE trains ready TO start right
away"
Galahad rose to go. You'll
write, won't you Miss-Miss-Ara-
minta," he pied.
She flushed consciously and prom
ised she would
He took her hand then. and some
how ne couldn't let go. The engine
whistled and the car gave a jerk.
Oh precious seconds! Where, oh.
where, were those forever lost sun
sets, evening breezes, garden scents,
and garden Of romance?
Impulsively he drew her 10 him.
. Dear girl, 1 love you," he whis-
pered. And when l go east to
embark I'm going to marry you.
How about it,"
Yes" said happy Araminta.
1t was all he had time to hear
before swinging down off the now
rapidly moving train. But looking
after him. Araminta's eyes contain
ed all the things a poet could pos
! sibly sing.