THE
WEST SHORE.
Fourteenth Year.
DECEMBER, 1SSH.
Nmrn li
FROM CHRISTMAS TO CIIRI3TMAa
.' If t) I.. .
am aHhamed to bo a burdt-n
on father any longer abe
f said, in her pretty, vivacious way.
HE was ono of my girlhood's " There nay l doubtless it, surh a thlcg m mu
choiceat friend, Ibrough taal admiration, even infatuation, at first sight; tut
tho different department! of ; love, truo love, never," I answered, bluntly, but ray
tbo city high school we were I worda did not in the lat discomfit hr. Hho jut
classmates, and for two years ; put her arma around my nt-ck and klsaM tne, saying
at tho university inseparable j patronizingly
frienda. Tben she told me ; M Wait till you know by e ijerioncAM
that abo must quit school a ; They wero to U married at ChrUtma. Ha had
year, at least, and tiach. "I ' beggl for an earlier day, for ho aald ho could inl
feel liko leaving hia childrro so long, but Hblrley
would not har to it Her parrots approval of tbo
match, and there was nothing to prevent thocuf
Xn U' "John taught and psid nearly all of truo love, frora running srnoMb, eiwpt John, Ut
Z his college expenses himself, and brother, and senior ty threo years.
why shouldn't I ? " "I never kuew John could U so contrary atid on.
I looked admiringly into the reasonable," Hbirley sail m Ho knows nothing what
Hushed face with its dark, earnest eyes. "How no- j ever againat OarU, but ho ha lb ld- that U can
bio of you to think of it 1" I exclaimed, warmly. read character, and he don't like his ryr. be mvs,m
" Oh, there's nothing noble about it, it's simply i " I don't think I could U content with wannM.
duty," she answered, indifferently, with an e xpreaaive om affection, rven in an angd," aald Kutb, Hhirky's
shrug. i aixbfn-y aMild slater, aagrly. H Aside from that ho
Her father worked hard, but managed to keep his J sw-rns quit a fine Mlow, though a trifle mcI-lI"
family well housed, fed and clothed, braid hoping Kbirlry laughs, a little nervou.ly, to U surf, and
them to an education. Of course, this last is no gn at ' answered -
task for a resident of Madison, with all its education- " IMtr U aa old wan darlitg than a young
al advantages, bat Shirley felt that she ought to U man's slave you know, Kuth.
doing something for herself as long as there wero i -Mot what if It turns out that yo are aa oil
five children younger to bo provided for. ; man's slave?
She taught that year. Early in the spring I went j Oh, but it won U W ttfe.
eaat, and when I return! in the autumn they told AfW tha wo M .way la tin U m t U
me that Shirley had .peat tho summer with a relative j t o prMty wbt we wrre making fo, tU triU
nn in ihn rin. .ml Vim Poini? to bo IflarriM to j rlCt
.-u f f I n j wuoJ,f if this nnlotMA wont U a mile m
a man she had met there-" a wealthy rrm' r iron ...
tho Pacific Co . widower," . th. Ufto UX. U 11 -l
M Dear ia! I aro vi f 'bg t 'f
Kuth. Carb4 says U h4 t-IgUr within half a
t-lnnre at Ur I Kutb, aiu-r awfciw.
Mn.ln'fif n..;rtn. mtiifled mo that ono thing
I -A f li,.riffl t Ail
was truesLe was in love, or, ai u wS - , j
mot etc Weli." .t- 4 f' " j A, M ,U. fu."
was a genuine case of ' lovo at tint aignl. i