The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1921-04-07
BARBARA-BABS
BY AGNES c. eRoeAN.
SeSeSe9SSe SeSesS9S9eSeSeS
90. IsgI, western Newspaper Union }

90. IsgI, Western Newspaper Unon)
Barbara Banbridgc sometimes felt
thai she had twO personalities. and
whether the one adopted with the ab.
breyiutiOn Ut her name was her true
personality. or the other at the digui.
fed Miss Barbara, the girl herself
could not determine. Il all came OF
being born into wealthy ariNtuCratic
! family on your fathers side, and one
Of sweet simplicity On your mothers
side. Su Babs decided the matter Of
her dual nature.
The BninbridscS leri nothing undunr
that might further their granddnugh.
ter's natural advantage while old
Granma Burnic instructed her ia
I hOmcly tasks and gave to her honcly
! pleasures. Barharu's mother died at
her Child'S birth. while the father. who
had truly loved his young wife, PASSED
most Of his later years In one of -"
! foreign offices connected with his vast
| business interest Barbara In Nor girl
, huul had luut"d forward with secret
| Joyful anticipation to the weeks OF
summer which would take her out to
| Grnumn Burnies farm IL was there.
| IN RULED pink ginghnm frOCkS, that she
| became Immediately "Babs," leaving
! the cultured young person behind.
There was little attic room at the
farm cottage that Habs occupied
where "a rambler rose pecpch it's
! fragrant head Ihfr,ugh the easement
window, and where across Suu.Stccpcd
meadows she could hear the first soft
STRINGS Of early morning. Babs had
loved Ia lie lazily awake ia the Iaveh.
der scented bed, listening to these
sounds aud planning tie freedom uf
her day. Usually, as she rested ami
! as part OF the program awaited,
came II boys happy song:
"If body. meet a body,
Coming through the rye,
If u body, kiss q body
Need a body, cry
Sometimes the air was half wills.
tied, thr whistler absorbed for the mo.
meat with the departure Of unruly
unlSlrin's from their directed path.
!
hig boy from her ruSr-scrccn"d win
| dow. had dressed hurrirdly. and IN An
adventurous spirit rOroSlailcd 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 buttrrcups ana she
| darngly Saug his song. And the hoy,
at her Saury smile bent suddenly and
unhclicvingIy, aud turning back the
pink rufllc of her SunbOumci. kissed
her. Laughing lie had hummcd back
as he went on his way, -
Need body Cryf'.
Bab'S had not cried; she had been
angry. Oh. so very angry. And II
sumner passed thereafter, before the
incident wgs forgotten.
To Jim Evans boy" Bab's was
Grau'nn Burne's granddaughter. that
was all while to the gir,, young Jim
was the son of departed and he
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 cXucting uncle. But
the time Of Bab'S presentation to so
ciety sounded, and the little sleeping
princess Of country lanes went back,
with eyes Oprurd to new duties Miss
Barbara Buinbridgr proved success
socially; Grntiticd, her grandparents
| realized that they were rewarded fol-
their effort. She was lovely, too, with
the sweet freshness Of the dcplOred
Burnie's, and with their true look In
her eyes. Grandfather thought that
Barbara should marry an earl. And
so he sent her to JON her father
abroad and though no earl offered hts
heart and hand, Il young iOrdiing and
10 good count did: and Miss Balm
bridge refused both dlsdalnfully.
II 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
Grnn'mn Burnie's. Gran'ma was en-
barrussed and apologize concerning
luf diNlN bthl'bAlf bhN A'hb aEhAi
with a grateful sigh, placed her weary
head on the lnvcndcr-sCGntcd pillow
10 Aid IN the morning when the ram
bier tapped its summons at the case
ment window, Babs arose hurricdy
and with q thrill OF excitement no for
Leigh land had brought. she inyestl
gated the tiny closet for the old ging
ham frock that she knew granma''
sentiment would keep there, ant
..fOuRl it. The dress was still, bis
enough for her petite figure ami then
across tho meadows, Babs saw hin
coming; the boy Jim, a man now hil
and fine, and Yet recognizable IN spit'
q Of his proper cut clothing. As Rah'
few down the stair his old song cum'
% her.
III a body meet a body,
O. Coming through the rye,
II body, kiss Il body,
% Need body CryH"