The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1921-06-01
THE DAILY
SHORT STORY.
When Love Comes.
,nV KATg EpMoNps.

postoftice door closed behind.
small col6red boy. rye been
hess Two Years, Mr., Busby. and al.
ffi6St eyefyt day I've thought,
Something nsw Will happen today
but tt's alwsys the same OLD
tteAantttll.
MI. npsby looked up from the
stamp drawer which he was clean
ing oit2 and there was q twinkle IN
hid folly bite eye. Amt u 2
changeIto have Sammy jones come
N fsf his maW's mail?" he chuck:
Raby groaned. "chanse7 Nj.
Bnsby, you know that young ones
been lii here twice q day regularly
scr mai, and they never got one
sfnelegietter yet. IL makes me, WIG
toithink hi stay here and stay and
etsyF TIL I'm old and homely-.
Maybe Qlitfire We, Ruby" inter.
rupted Mr.. Bugby.
sThat soaldlbe a change" agreed.
Ruby! aI6havent got q thing to
do-mailg All. made up for 3
O'Clock, eYerything's neat es wax,
in have to knit agatn-l believe
IN crochet some lace for your
: wife, NE Bpsby: she WAS admirtng
the butterfly pattern-'
Ding III ali, Ruby, don't put any
more 1Ree.diddieB into my house"
objected MI. Busby forcibly. "Ev-
erything has lace dangling from
h--f kktch my fingers in the edges
qSnt the pillow slips at night and pull
lamps soifathe table mats ard dish
es 81 the t6ble-nase liec some.
thing 10 wear RUBY. that's a good
girig' He 5~counseled.
Ruby Jumped up 10 RiTa q lettei
\tto pescona Smart and to poke a
szreaiS paper. through the grating
IL old Mrs. Fowler. Pretty cold
weather Tor you to be out, Mrs.
A FOWLER. said the pretty Girl pleas
sits growing warner. Ruby. go
ing toI haye d thaw." and Mrs Fow-
.er departed, leaving . Blast OF cold
air III ths tiny office which was
perched on the very edga 1t the
| iittie lake All winter long the
lake had beenfrozen had and there
! had been skating, but today was
dull and lowering, with a soften.
ing 81 the wind that pfessaged a
RsDy yawned trettdlly. sNOlh.
ing ever happens here" she com.
Maze d happen. then" retor,oa
goodsnatufed Mr.. Busby.
How canisI make II 'h%appen'"
asked the girl. mo one ever
comes into Lakeside village = no
1ew people don't mean summer
iiolksy they don't COUNT would
fsfke tostiaye d good time
"Sone{o of our village boys would
q take you about, only you're
NO uppitysH (.
eTieta;s only one-or two"
Ruby,sgyoicettrailed, OF into silence.
Tha remainder 81 the day was
sers busy for both Of them and
there was little talk between the
p~oBtnAstar and his young assistant.
M. Busbystold Ruby that he would
take hsf home Ii his sleigh that
night After the office closed, as he
was goihg down her way, but he did
NOT tell her that Big Cornelius
Wayne, his nephew, would be along.
Cofneilus didn't know It himself
Until he brought the double cutter
around to the postotfice at s
O'Clock, Mr.. Babby got Into the
'front.' Seat Of the double sleigh,
heipsd Ruby intoAt hack seat,
motioned Cornelius TO get IN there
Nifhstha girl and drove away. "See
that Ruby Is wrapped UP watm,
Corny9 he scoraiaanded as he flicked
MS SPIRITED black horse with the
whip. There's plenty OF robes in
All right. Uncle Jim" And 1t
was appafent that Corny didn't OBJ
ject To- being ordered around in the
Service Isl Z fair lady. Ruby had
always held him aloof-perhaps 1t
was because she was afraid she
would ike him too well. Cornelius
Mas lafn nice boy and he was making
lots sot money with his model
| chicken farm but Ruby, In spite OF
Her idle chatter, was afraid OF love,
and somehow Cornelius represents
I edflofe, though she had never rec.
ognizedfthat fact. Now the two OF
them rode silently side by side,
with ay moon breaking through the
clouds TO stare at them and the
cold wind tingling their cheeks.
Meanwhile Mr.. Busby racked his
aZf&ffA Ekht~fr ~ aRaoa t1ANr - r,aErS
tneri talk, and while he worried
about IL the spirited black horse
hnought about the desired result
without being consulted at all.
There was a patch OF white near
the Graveyard, a staring white
bmonuiaant erected that year, aud
the moonlight fell upon It. The
ihofseSh had seen It before and SHE'D
at Ii egefy time, and SO tonight he
sshied again and danced around
" with sharp turn OF the sleigh that
neatly dumped Ruby and Cornelius
into 4 great soft snowbank that
mufflad their cries OF dismay. In
4 moment the sleigh was righted
and Mr.. Busby had driven away
bifsstully unaware of the accident
Ruby and young Cornelius sat UP
nthe snow and started at each
other. Then they began to laugh
AZ their plight, and the. laughter
seemed to melt the strangeness Of
their being together. Cornelius
helped Ruby out OF the snow and
wired her face dry with his biz
white handkerchief. His fingers
nook q little as he did so; hel
.eSieeks wete soft and round like .
teby,s and her hair was soft. He