Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1921-04-29

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&c. 1921. Western Newspaper Union)
Barbara cambridge sometimes felt
that She had two personalities. and I.
whether the one adopted with the az.
breyat.on OF her name was her true I
personality cor the other of the Il ..iI
lied M.s> Barbara. the girl herself .
could not determine. Ii all came al /
beng born into wealthy, aristocratic
family on your fathers side. ana one
of sweet simplicity On your mothers I
side. SO Babs decided the matter of /.
her dual nature
The Bajubridges ipft nothing undon, I
that might further their granddaugh. I.
tel's natural advantage while old
Gran'ma Burne Instructed her IN
homely tasks and gave to her hcmely /.
pleasures. Barbara's mother died ut /.
her child's birth, while the father. who T
had truly loved his young wife, passed /
most of his later years in one OF The +
foreign offices connected with his vast /
business interest Barbara in her girl
hood had looked forward with secret /
joyful anticipation to the weeks of .
summer which would take her out to
Gran'ma Burnies farm. 1t was there, .
in rutlled pink gingham frocks, that She T
became Immediately "Babs," leaving .
the cultured young person behind.
There was a little attic room at the .
farm cottage that Babs occupied, .
where rambler rose peeped its .
fragrant head through the easement
window, and where across sun-Steeped I
meadows she could hear the first sott .
STRINGS of early morning. Babs had .
loved to lie lazly awake in the layen- .
der scented bed listening to these .
sounds and planning the freedom of
her day. Usually, us she rested and .
as a part of the program awaited, .
came boys happy song:
''If Il body meet body,
Coming through the rye,
If a body, kiss a body
Need a body, cry?"
Sometimes the air was half whis-
tied, the whistler absorbed for the mo-
ment with the departure Of unruly
Holstein's from their directed path
-AIlh OliCGs 1puBo lOOhlllS tONil at tire
big boy from her rose-screened win
dow, had dressed hurriedly, and in an
adventurous spirit forestalled him up
on his return. AS though by mere
chance she met him in the path that
led through the meadow; she was
busily picking buttercups and she
daringly sang his song. And the boy, |
or baY. o,1I1
unbelievingly, and turning back the
pink ruffle of her sllnbonnet, kissed |
her. Laughing, he had hummed back |
as he went on his way,
"Need body cry?"
Babs had not cried; she had been |
angry. Oh! so very angry! And a
summer passed thereafter, before the
incident was forgotten.
To Jim Evans boy" Babs was
Granma Burnie's granddaughter, that
was all; while to the girl, young jim
was the son of a departed and be-
loved country doctor, whom gran'ma
had known in his youth. Jims moth
er was gone now, too, and the boys
ambitious planning seemed to have
small foundation in his present, of
helper to an eXacting uncle. But
the time of Bab's presentation to so
ciety sounded, and the little sleeping
| princess of country lanes went back,
with eyes opened to new duties. Miss
Barbara Bainbridge proved a success
socially; gratifed, her grandparents
| realized that they were rewarded for
I>,s,, -s4l
| the sweet freshness of the deplored
| Burnie's, and with their true look in
| her eyes, Grandfather thought that
Barbara should marry an earl And
so he sent her to join her father
| abroad, and though no earl offered his
heart and hand, a young lOrdling and
q good count did; and Miss Balm
bridge refused both disdainfully.
If Carlton Lainsley was not an earl,
he was at least the only son of a
| capitalist, and he was, and ever had
! been, in love with Barbara.
SO she went quite alone out to old
Gran'ma Burnies. Gran'ma was EN-
barrassed and apologize concerning
the attic bedroom, but Bab's again
with a grateful sigh, placed her weary
head on the lavender-scented pillow.
And in the morning when the ram
bier tapped its summons at the case
ment window, Babs arose hurriedly,
and with a thrill of excitement no for
| eign land had brought, she inyesti-
gated the tiny closet for the old ging-
ham frock that she knew gran'ma's
sentiment would keep there, and
found it. The dress was still big
enough for her petite figure and then
across the meadows, Babs saw him
coming; the boy Jim, a man now big
and fine, and yet recognizable in spite
of his proper cut clothing. As Babs
flew down the stair his old song came
to her.