The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1919-01-18
HE DAILY
IORT STORY
Rich Man, Poor Man.
"a lEtIENNE sT. CLAIRE.

tetnatn.a stenographer and earn
own living than inflict herself up
"a some bard working man. she had
i4eA long ago. II IL had to be o
man Or no man, then II would be
~ h,All, Of that she was confident
i0Ok out" The cry came across
Geld hit before Harriet could
ont she was lifted IN two big
and carried over the fence, Just
TIM. The infuriatsd bull which
~ had mistaken for an inoifensiye
~ hid been maddcned by 'her red
Nett1Y and would have trsa,ped or
E0fed ont her life had It not been for
\ 8eH fescster
there!" The man painted as he
4 laeed her on the grass, 1--WE are all
ME now.
sas1 et had closed her eyes, but she
Y peneAs hem now. Tho man was Just
she had been pieturing-tall, big
RfaNny and handsome.
OF, thEns you she breathed. How
ever did you carry me across that
kencegs
ne LOOKED down at the demure little
nersou ~ ninety pounds on the grass
before him and smiled. ut was Just
I'VE carrying baby he replied anus.
ed.
That was q shock To Harfiet's dig.
1ity, Sitting 10 serenely on the grass
after such 3 thrilling rescue she had
tAlt like q heroine IN a novel, but now
she rose sheepishly and brushed the
xrass from her skirt. II was difficult
% appear tail and dignified for a per-
son five feet in height, but she at.
tempted II bravely.
4 am by no means q child,' she
flashed.
y did not mean you were" he cor
rected. Perhaps you thought was
rough. ! am more used to carrying
Sacks 81 grain than ladies'. but ] much
refer the latter
I That righted him Immediately with
Harriet. She was soon wondering II
Z was proper to allow him to see her
home. he seemed to think 1t would.
ltiseAne;l no time before she was bid
ling him good afternoon and inviting
him to call again at her aunt's gate
"a the village
She looked after him iongingly as he
vent down the road. He was Just the
syne Of . man she had always dream.
ed OF, hut alas! he was poor. His
svefy appearance told her that, and he
had said himself that he was working
III, a netghboring farm-a mere hired
man,
II only he had not been! However,
she was not going to permit that to
pyeyent her enjoying his company
while she was on her vacation, for
there remained two months OF 1t. What
I x he fell in love with her? She would
make sure that he didn't-not perman.
Y sutly, anyway. She would invent some
yarn to scare hi maway.
As Melville Reynolds. Harriet's res.
rtier. was trudging along the road his
mind was On the little girl he had Just
( left She wac. plucky little thing, he
h0ught, and II was hard to keep from
I samiring her. She was pretty little
4 country girl-the very kind OF a gil
he had made up his mind to marry
\ serae day when he found her. He had
found her he could not help but think
4 But the next day Melville's love AM.
bitions were shatteder. Harriet let
Inn know in . very airy sort Of way
that she was 4 leader in the very best
pi society IN the city and all that sort
d thing
Whenever q chance offered itself for
him to- grow sentimental she always
managed 70 bring in something about
OF en- afternoon tea OF yachting
ffip; or some other thing he hated the
very name %. He went home disap-
pointed IN her, but somehow he could
not make up his mind not to call on.
her aSain. She was a dear little girl
wen thou 81 she was the butterfly type
nh detested OF course he did not
Eless that Harriet made up the soc.
leiy role 70 show him how impossible
ioYeSinalsing with her would Be. But
despite It al he proposed to her the,
day che announced her intention OF
ieaSfnE for home.
could not think OF such a thing"
She answered IN dismay. Goodness
sol
Melville did not wait to plead his.
cause. he went away without say.
ing word. leaving Harrite wondering
kShther to hugh or CRY. She did not
have time to do either. Just q few
minutes remained in which to catch
lss tfair. ana she hurried 20 got ,cady.
no ttain was late, and as Harriet
1sted ct the station she had an ol.
4 iiefsiinitY IA think it ovAr She mad