The Butler Weekly Times Newspaper, December 19, 1895, Page 6

ey ers g. vis meal in g gas had 8 v cars crowded with 5 sas freedom of the and savors thawed outa t However, wh took his place a opposite his land alring of medical « the table and Pollock's ample wing teen or twenty. He wa M that h that k bush Rostra Rosita! It ught to ask I have guessed it } she was ot curiosity, knowing lores! See th of her own young re certainly was not. Austen May th little sad that that deficiency sh her from gallant self not ungrac posure which changed Inadvertent movement sent a napkin Spinning to her opposite neighbor met Austen May's eyes with a quiet sr her dark eyes lighting for the briefest m ment, and white. even teeth showing against! L her swarthy skin. A scar crossed the lobe of her left ear. **A real lady,” said Mrs. Pollock to young May as she left the room, ** but reduced— very, very much reduced. Her father sailed | ind how pathe F He 1 ste ! i-umag > mat ace. & him ss made het so unapprg tor h put d om hi z ime hij is ingoings or outgoings when hy never proved her time The days passed, and it was the fore Christmas when he again met had been thinking of her day, yd and dreary tor her; w: nderig, }detestable bluing had become sg popular to warrant her presence aq Christmas shoppers. Something not tell what, unless it was a reme } of the offering of Tom Brown at 0 ty-love. led him to invest in ope. He neared home wil haling its fragrance t ugh th | wrapping. He turned a corner quid eyes upon his bun when he ran Rosita Nunez, who slipped upon and escaped fall by a quiclg at_an iron railir ery of pain her. Aniron sy rad entered the her hand. Austen May took the w hand in his, though she have h him. and drew out h kerchiet it. It needed an application of sno aster from his ition seemed her, and 4 attention. She y. with a grave com y Was a preser yuttoned up once, when an with Captain Pollock many a time to Peru when they could not count their money, and now it’s all gone, and he’s gone, and th captain. Itis against my rule to have her, ana it’s not just the thing, but whatcan the poor child do in a strange city? And she's ; 80 Lrave.” | his j of he Austen May left town for a day or two. He returned late one evening, and the new | boarder entered the house ahead of him. The mail had just arrived, and as she passed the group that struggled for ita young fel- low held up a letter and called ‘* Nunez.” “ Miss Nunez,” she emphasized, the color i mounting to her cheeks at the imagined in- | { dignity. She turned from apology. When she ; came back to the dining-room she started to find Austen May belated like herself i She hesitated a moment at the door, then took her place, sliding her chair as far down her side of the table as arrangements would allow. While they waited to be served, Austen May took up the evening paper, and she had an opportunity to study his pleasant, fair-bearded face. “My beef rare again!" he exclaimed, as the dishes reached thetable. ‘‘ What mortal Man can endure this ?” “Take mine,” said his 2#s-d-z/s, demurely offering her plate. ‘*A change would suit me.” “It is strange " he said, ‘‘to be indebted to a lady tor such a favor. “How can I like meat, cooked or un- cooked,” she answered, ‘‘ when a stove I! have seen only lighted as a plaything?” “Ab!” he sighed“ Itmust be charming ike and a str but ever than mig How could you,” he said in angry though his touch was tender, and hell he spoke of necessary evil, “be sommaiiimy hardy as to suppose you could getqaiii such a night’ without rubbers—— gloved, too?” ‘Well, she said, with an embar laugh “T would have been prepa jan ordinary steam-engine, for that whistles.” He looked up at her under his eyd fora moment The wind was blowi hair about her forehead and color® | cheeks, giving her the prettiness Jerty’s repression had stolen from her lend grace. She went on nervously; * But will not your bundle blow J It seems to me to have the fragra | heliotrope; and, do you know, that takes me back to Callao. That is ong and [ have satin a yacht there andh lap filled with heliotrope. It grows ithe mountains, and you car beg itfi | women who bring their flowers for the | of Saint Rose of Lima ‘Saint Rose of Lima pitied the go | of the poor, if she was rich herself, di not? ‘Why, yes por two of 5 t pr t be \\\ | to live on figs and mocking-birds’ eggs—and “If she had been poor, her own | earthquakes,” ness would have made her q | : ; . 4 » else's, wouldn't it } She laughed a little j 3 . Az: iby Saicas aad ai hot ; ra p i £ a - ‘ “Dr. May, your handkerchief is @ q An earthquake and a long crack in the = badcolor T'must recommend my on side of my house is dearer to me than your| jor perhaps I can have it Jaundered prg H summer with thunder-storms and your| r you, to show my gratitude.’ Christmas with snow y she spoke ** Would you like to go back to your south country ?” he asked *T could not go back to its idleness." she said. quietly, and spoke again only in mono- syllables May guessed her education from her fluent English with its clear enunciation Her full soft voice was in keeping with her lingering accent It was not many days after that Austen May looked down upon her from the ele vated railroad She came out of the first of a row of apartment houses, and he noticed She shivered as Her voice shook, and she stepped q | back as he released her hand “Thank you,” he said, coolly. hurry about it,” and, picking up his b left her She summoned up her courage to go! to the evening table, as she had felto to return tothe house. At her place | magnificent bunch of heliotrope. She {the first on the scene. With a hasty | she picked up the flowers, laid them |the table at Austen May's place, and! A few moments more and she was ash The noise of voices came loudly fra }room, and she thought to slip in bya i. juented lobby As she entered aff how she differed in walk and carriage from ee ~. pe” aes, . [is Goors De my SO eee ee once the girls who passed—her light, elastic step “YOU CAN'T SMELL ‘EM THROUGH THE GLASS, BILLY.” Heligtropes in tas bane oa roe Speeds . = i mine) co = 9 was x door had closed behind her with a cata and their quick. assertive tread ; her grace- | zs i ful inclination and their rigid masculine From a DRaWING RY ALBERT ScoTT Cox could not move. Dr. May. appearing see her, leaned against the other @@ es : Voices came clearly through a above He watched her in and out of ‘May has been reminded of the row of houses, train after train prieties, I fancy. Probably by the passing him, and her step growing weary. orata herself.” saw him as she slowly reached the plat- *‘ Doubtless. Pity if there should n where stood misunderstanding. Its my opini “ae need to carry such a weight knows more about flirting than he, a.” she said, as she quickened suspects him of it When May gets® wound he’s the kind to keep it. you too great a task to such small sure.” answered, thinking how young “Oh, yes; these blond, ther, ways do. Nobody knows the seen Pass the provisions, will yo looking black-haired Lothario. May's the An agent for - somest orphan I know, but who'd nust not think any task too great for it?” SS Rosita’s face was crimson with shat She hastened contusion. She touched the doctors 5) Von t you manage the knob for she cried. under her breath b She turned on the sill and pointed @ flowers in his hand “Will you give me back a few of thom she said. ** for Christmas?” ‘Do you know that would mean # st give me up your Bol said, looking down at fella troubigl were e was a t Hos You are very, very rude,” she oie g away from him. = fter. as he sat alone at the @ she appeared before him ‘I can spare you half the sample boxe 1 she said. *' You must wait ford arted to his feet ‘* You cannot expect me to take it acto eously, but ao and she fleg * this is th py the arms. box, the othe vorthy of hon Bolton's agent one, or to wal rself and m your tis more angered 5 to passionate f that Rosita! ther left me he whispered. A CHRISTM: DINNER INTERRUPTED.—Draws py P. NeweLt.