The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1928-02-03

as If you had ever had physical or
mental pain in your life. Talk about
late bloomingl You are an autumn
rose all right"
"Oh, Ely! You fiatterer" But Cas-
sy kissed her and went on her way,
happier than she had been in months.
Life wasn't altogether bad, although
you were thirty-six, had seen home
and fortune evapsrate, and had been
forced to earn your own living.
If am as good looking as that, 1
need a new hat" Classy thought on
her way home from work that after
noon. She had paused to glance into
the window of that smart little shop
known as "The Mary Louise" There
was just the hat she wanted, agree
ably marked down, too! Why should
she not get it? 81 WILL" she decided.
''That last rainstorm / was caught out
in nearly finished this one"
Twenty minutes later Classy came
out of "The Mary Louise" wearing the
little new hat with its. bright Orna-
ment and the clever twist to the brim,
which showed the waves of dark hair
above her left ear.
AS she entered the Highly house,
smell of soup met her, adding itself
to that earlier odor of turnip, which
still fingered. This was her first i'm
preston. Her next was of a man who
was kicking off his rubbers at the
hail rack, with his back turned to her.
He was tall, heavily built with gray
hair, little thin at the top. A new
bOarder, in Mr.. Horizons place., Mrs.
Highly never had to wait to Ali her
AS Classy approached the hall rack
the man turned and she found herself
standing face to face with Enoch
Morrow.
There was the slightest pause, dur
ing which she realized that he did not
know her, then she spoke as casually
as she could:
"Why, how do you do, Enoch?
Have you forgotten Classy BartIett?"
Classy Bartlett! 1t can't be pos
sible!" He held out his hand
They had time for but the briefest
handshake before the dinner bell went
jangling. AT the table he had Mr..
Horizons place. Classy sat next to
him.
Mrs. Pike, always inQufsitive, found
out d great many things about Enoch
Morrow before the meal was over.
His wife was dead, he was alone, and
he had come back to Castle Greek to
sell some land he had been holding on
to in order to get higher price. Ev-
cry one he knew had gone or changed
about and he felt himself very for
tunate to be able to find a place at
Mrs. Higby's. He had his own car
and was thinking of driving it clear
through to California, where he in
tended to spend the winter. He had
been working pretty hard and needed
a rest.
Classy, hearing these things, sat very
quiet and tried to eat her dinner, but
she was aware that Enoch looked at
her often in puzzled, wondering way.
Afterward, in the sitting room he
made her sit down and talk to him.
"You don't know how pleasant 1t
seems to find you, Classy" he said.
Cali the old crowd has drifted away.
Sixteen years is long time to be
away"
Then he told her how Alice had
had pneumonia the previous winter
hn1 I'd al,.I
dren-"only dog, and l have given
him away. l could get him. back
though, Tiff l had a home to take
him to. But l have only house,
big one, and man makes pretty poor
work of living alone, don't you know
it,"
Three weeks later ELY made Classy
another present. This time it was
wedding present.