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CHAPTER V. y'- " :
IIB bright sun of circus &t&
shone Into Harklesa' window,
and he awoke to And himself
sjiilllng. For a little while be
ay content, drowsll wondering why
ne smiled, only knowing that there
was something new. It was thus as
a tor he bad wakened on birthday
morning or on ChrUtmas or on the
Fourth of July, drifting happily out of
pleasant dreams Into the consciousness
of long awaited delights that had come
true, yet lying only half awake In a
cheerful borderlaud, leaving happiness
Undefined. tA
The niornjeg braeu was fluttering at
his window-blind, a honeysuckle vine
tapped lightly on the pane. Birds weje
trilling, warbling, Whistling, and from
the street came the rumbling of wag
one, merry cries of greeting and toe
barking of dogs. What Vs. It made
him feel so young and strong and light
hearted T The breexe brought him the
smell of June roses, fresh and sweet
with dew, and then be knew why lie
bad come smiling from hi dreams, ne
leaped out of bed and shouted loudly:
"Zen! Hello, Xenophonl"
In answer an andent, very black
darky, bis warped and wrinkled vis
age showing under his grizzled hair!
like charred paper In a fall of pins
aabea, put bis bead in at the door and
said: "Good mawn', sub. Tesauh, Hit's
done pump' full. Good nawn', anb."
A few moments later "the colored
man, seatod on the front steps of the
cottage, heard i mighty splashing
within while the rafters rang with
stentorian song: . . til
"He promised to buy me a bonny blue
ribbon, . ... -it' .
II promised to buy me a bonny blue
ribbon,
II promised to buy m a bonny blue
ribbon.
To tie up my bonny brown hair.
"Oh, dear, what can the matter bef
Oh, dur, what can the matter bT
On. dear, what aa the matter beT
Johnnie's so long at the fair!"
The listener's Jaw dropped, and bla
mouth opened and stayed open. "Hlmr
be muttered faintly. "SlngtnT
"Well Hie old triangle knew the muste
of our tread;
How the pMcru! Beminoia would tremble
tn hie bedl"
sang the editor. . 0
dunno bnccome It," exclaimed the
Id man, "but, bleaa Gawd, de young
man happy r A thought atmck him
suddenly, and he scratched bla bead.
"Maybe be goln' away," be mild quer
ulously. "What become of olo Zen?"
The splashing ceased, but not the voice,
which struck into a noble marching
chorus. ' i '
' "Oh, my Lawd," said the colored man,
"X pray you listen at dat!"
r "Soldier marching up the street
They keep the time;
They look ttihllme!
Hear them play 'Die Wacht am Rheln.'
, They call It Schneider' band.
Tra la la, la la,"
The length of Main street and atl
aides of the square resounded with the
rattle of vehicles of every kind. Since
earliest davn they had been pouring In
to the village, a long procession, on ev
ery country road. The air was full of
exhilaration; everybody was laughing
and shouting and calling greetings, for
Carlow county waa turning out, and
from, far and near the country people
came nay, from over, trie coulity line;
ana ciouua or au aroee rrom every
thoroughfare and-highway and swept
mto town to herald their coming. ' '
Dlbb Zane, the 'Sprinkling 'contra ct
or," had been at work wltb the to'wn
"Soney, Kit bald tuck ting 'Jo' brtakfu'."
wator cart since the morning stars were
bright, but be might aa well have wa
tered the streets with his tears, which,
Indeed, when the farmers began to
come in, bringing their cyclones of
dust, be drew nigh unto after a burst
of profanity aa futile aa bla cart.
Ttet wl daa Meor aoll detn Uebe aetn,"
hammed the editor in the cottage. Hui
song had taken on a reflective tone, as
that of one who cons a problem or
musically ponders which card to play.
Ua jrai kneeling beJorean phi .trunk u
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lit
TA. HKJtG TOf ti
3L MiClun C.
fltClun, ThKUn rsi Cm.
EC WcLamTiJr"' ffoi-Totie Compart'
ment be took a neatly" folded pair M
duck r0uT and a light gray tweed
coat from anaiher a aitvw bat with a
ribbon or blight colors. He examined
these musingly. They bad la fit (n the
trunk for a long time undisturbed. He
ahook the coat and brushed it Then be
laid the garments upon bis bed and
proceeded to aliave himself carefully,
after which he donned the white trou
sers, the gray coat and, rummaging la
the trunk again, found a gay pink cra
vat,, which he fastened about bis tall
collar (also a resurrection from the
trunk) with a pearl pin. He took a long
time to arrange hla hair with a pair of
brushes. When at last It suited; him
and bla drewiliig was complete, be aal
lied forth to breakfast
Xenophon stared after him aa be went
out of the gate whistling heartily. The
old darky lifted bla hands, palm out
ward. "Lan' name, who dat?" he exclaimed
aloud. "Who dat in dem panjlngerieaY
He gone JIne de circus!" Hla bands
fell upon his knees, and be got to bla
feet rbeumatlcally, shaking bla bead
with foreboding. "Honey, honey, bit
bald luck, bald luck alng 'fo breakfua.
Trouble 'fo' de day be done. Trouble,
honey, great trouble. Bald luck, bald
luck!"
-Along the square the passing of the
editor In bis cool equipments waa a
progress, and wide were the eye and
deep the gasps of astonishment caused
by hi festal appearance. Mr. Tibba
and bl sinter rushed from the pott
offlce to stare after blm.
file looka just beautiful, Solomon,'
said Mis Tlbtm. ;
Harklesa usually ate hla breakfast
alone, a be waa the latest riser in
rhtttrllle. There were daya in the
winter when be did not, reach the hotel
until 8 o'clock. This morning be found
t bunch of white roses, still wet with
dew and so fragrant that the whole
room waa fresh and sweet with their
odor, prettily arranged in a bowl oa
the table, and at bla plate the largest
of all with a pin through the stem. He
looked up smilingly and nodled at the
rod faced, red haired waitress who waa
waving i long fly brush over bla bead.
"Thank you, Charmion," he said.
JTbat'a very pretty." . . .
, "That old Mr..Wimby waa here' she
answered, "and he left word for you to
look out The . whole pbssetucky of
Johnsons from the Crossroads passed
bla bouse this morula', coiuin' this
way, and he see Rob Sklllett on the
square when he got to town. He left '
them flowers. Mny Wlmby aent 'em to
ye. I dldu't bring 'cm.'
"Thank yon for arranging them."
She turned even redder than she al
ways waa and answered nothing, vig
orously darting her brush at an imag
inary fly on the cloth. After several
minutes she said abruptly, "You're wel
come." There was a alienee, finally broken
by a long, gasping algb. Astonished,
be looked at the girl. Her eyes were
set infatsomably upon bla pink tie.
The wand bad dropped from her nerve
lees hand, and ahe stood rapt and im
movable. She started violently from
ler trance. "Ain't ye goln' to finish
ler coffee V ahe asked, plying her In
strument again, and, bending slightly,
whispered, "Say, Eph Watta la over
there behind ye."
At a table in a far corner of the room
large gentleman in a brown frock
coat waa quietly eating hia breakfast
and reading the Herald. lie waa of an
ornate presence, though entirely neat
A sumptuous expanse of linen exhibit
ed itself between the lapels of bis low
cut waistcoat, and an inch of bedla
monded breastpin glittered there like
an ice ledge on a snowy mountain side,
lie bad a steady blue eye and a dissi
pated Iron gray mustache. ; Thla per
sonage was Mr. Ephraim Watts, who,
following a calling more fashionable in
the elKhteenfh century than in the lat
ter decades ' of the - nineteenth, bad
shaken the dust of Carlow from bla
feet some three years previously at the
strong request of the authorities. The
Herald hail been particularly Insistent
upon hIA deportation, in the local
phrase, Harkless bad "run blm out o
town." Perhaps it was because the
Herald's opposition, as the editor bad
explained at the time, bad been "mere
ly moral and Impersonal," and the ed
itor had confessed to a liking for the
unprofessional qualities of Mr. Watta
that there waa bnt a alight embarrass
ment when the two gentlemen met to
day. Hla breakfast finished, Harkless
went over to the other, and extended
hla hand. Cynthia, the waitress, held
her breath and clutched the back of a
chair. However, Mr. Watta made bo
motion toward hla well known hip
pocket Instead he rose, flushing slight
ly, and accepted the hand offered him. .
"I'm glad to see you, Mr. Watta,"
aid the Journalist cordially. "And
also, If you are running with the cir
cus and calculate on doing business
here today, I'll have you fired out of
town before noon. How are you?
You're looking extremely well."
"Mr. Harklesa," answered Watta, "1
cherish no bard feelings, and never
said but what you dona exactly rljjht
"To, nit;
way at
I'm iiot here In
lirofinsiwiflj
all, awl I don't wnt to be molested.
I've cwmwted ruyolf with an oil com
pany, and I'm down here to look ovej
the ground. It beats' poker and fantan
all hollow, though there ain't aa many
chances In favor of the dealer, and in
oil It's the farmer that get the rakeoff.
I've come back, but In an enterprising
spirit tU'J tltue, to open up a new field
and bed light and money In Carlow.
They told me never to show my face
here agaln but If you say I stay I
foes 1 cnn." I always was sure there
was oil Id the county, and I want to
prove it for everybody's benefit 1 It
all right r,'' - ' '
"My dear fellow," laughed the y tint
Wan, slinking the gambler's band again,
It.W all right' I have always been
sorry i bad to act against ybm 'Every
thing is all right Etay and bore to
Korea, If you like. Did ever you see
such glorious weather?"
"I'll let you in on some hares,' Watts
called after blm aa be turned away.
The. other nodded in reply and was
leaving the room when Cyntbla detain
ed blm by a flourish of bar fly brush.
"Say. ahe saidshe always called him
"Say"T-"you've forgot yer flower."
He came back and thanked her. "Will
you pin It on for me, Cbarmlon?".,
"I don't know what call you got to
speak to me out of my name,' she re
sponded, looking-at the now moodily.
"Why?" he asked, surprised. '
"I don't see wby you want to' make
fun of me," .''" ' ?. .
"I beg your pardon, Cynthia,' be said
gravely. "I didn't mean to do that I
haven't been considerate. I didn't think
you'd be dlspleaaed. I'm very sorry.
Won't you pin It on my coatl
Her face waa lifted in grateful pleas
ure, and ahe began to pin the rose to bla
lapeL Her hands were large and red
and trembled. She dropped the flower
and, aaylng huskily, "I don't know aa I
could do It right," seized violently upon
a pile of dlahea and hurried from the
room.
Harkless rescued the rose, pinned it
on bis coat; himself, with the internal
observation, that the red haired wait
ress waa the queerest creature in the
village, and set forth upon bla holiday.
Mr. Llge Wllletta, a stalwart bach
elor, the moat eligible in Carlow, and
a habitual devotee of Minnie Briscoe,
waa seated on the veranda when Hark
lesa turned in at the gate of the brick
bouse. The ladies will be down right
off," he said, greeting the, editor's cool
finery with a perceptible agitation and
the editor himself wltb a friendly abake
of the band. "Mlldy aaya to wait out
here."
" There waa a faint rustling within the
house, the swish of draperlea on the
stairs, a delicious whispering, when
light feet descend, tapping, to hearts
that beat an answer the telegraphic
message: "We come! We come! We
are near! We are near!" Llge Wll
letta stared at Harkless. lie bad-never
thought the latter waa good looking un
til be aaw Ijlni step to the door to take
Helen Sherwood's band and say, In a
strange, low, tense voice, "Good morn
ing," as if be were announcing, at the
least: "Every one In the world, except
us two, died last night. It la a solemn
thing, but I am' very happy."
They walked, Minnie and ' Mr. Wll
letta, a little distance in front of the
others. Tlarklesa could not have told,
afterward whether they rode or walked
or floated on an airship to the court
bouse. All he knew distinctly waa
that a divinity in a pink shirt waist
and a hat that waa woven of gauzy
cloud by mocking fairies to make hltc
atoop hideously to aee under it dwelt
for the tlmeon earth and waa at hU
aide, dazzling him in the morning sun
shine. Last night the moon bad lent
her a silvery glamour. She had some
thing of tlie ethereal whiteness of
night dews in that watery light a
nymph to laugh from a sparkling foun
tain at the moon, or, aa be thought, re
membering her courtesy for bla pretty
tpeech, per ha pa a little lady of King
Jouia' court wandering down the yean
from Fontalnebleau and appearing to
clumsy mortals sometimes of a summer
night ,when the moon was in their,
heads.' -. ' ' f!
But today she waa of the daintiest
color, a pretty girl whose" gray eyea
twinkled to his in gay companionship.
He marked how the sunshine danced
across the shadows of her fair hani
and seemed itself to catch a "luster
rather than impart it, and the light of
the June day drifted through the gauzy
bat to ber face, touching it with a deli
cate and tender flush that came and
weut like the vibrating pink of early
dawn. She bad the dlvluest straight!
nosa, tip tilted a faint, alluring trifle,
and a dimple cleft her chin, "the dead
liest maelstrom in the world P He
thrilled, through and through, ne bad
been only vaguely conscious of the
dimple in tho night It was not until
he saw ber by daylight that be really
knew it waa there.
The village hummed with life before
them. They walked through shimmer
lug aire, sweeter to breathe than nectar
la to drink. She caught a butterfly
basking on a jlmson weed, and before
she let it go held It out to him in her
band. It waa a white butterly. He
asked which waa the butterfly.
. "Bravol" she said, tossing the captive
craft above their beads and watching
the small sails catch the breeze, "And
so you can make little flatteries in the
morning too. It Is another courtesy
you should be having from me if it
weren't for the dustiness of It Wait
till we come to the board walk." ' '
She bad some big pink rosea at ber
waist
Indicating these, be answered Tn
the meantime, I know very well a lad
that would be blithe to accept a pretty
token of any lady'g blph esteem,
, ui l.LT? ne'I'iTkuITa very
beaut If nl une." She .-are him a genial
up and down glance rrorti bend to foot;
half quizzical and half applauding, but
m quick be scarcely saw It, and he was
glad lie. had resurrected the straw hat
with the youthful rlbljon and hi other
festal vestures. "And a very becoming
flower a white rose is," she continued,
."though 1 am a bold gtrl to be blarney
ing with a young gentlcmun I met no
longer ago than last night".
"But wby shouldn't you blarney wltb
a gentleman when you began by sav
ing hi lifer
"Especially when the gentleman had
the politeness to gallop about the conn
jf 'folb me tucked .under his arm."
She stood still and laughed softly, but
consummately1, and ber eyes closed
unit -Villi the mirth of It. She bad
taken one of tit) roses from ber waist,
and. aa she stooJ holuiug li ly the long
stem Its cool petal lightly pretwed her
lips. , ' .' " "'" " "I
"You may have it la exchange," she"
said. lie bent down to 'her, and six
fattened ber rose In place of the wh fee
one In hi coat. She did not ak hlnv
directly or Indirectly, who bad put the'
white one there for him. She knew by
the way, It was pinned that he bad
done it himself. "Who la- it that ev'ry
morning brings me'these lovely flow
ers?" ahe burlesqued as he bent over
ber.' " ',. ' .-..-,..',..
"Mr. Wimby," be returned. "I will
point him out to you. ' You must see
blm and Mr. Bodeffer, who Is the old
est Inhabitant and the crosses t of Car
low." ; , . .. , .;(,..
"Will you present them to me?" '
"Ho; they might talk to you and
take some of my time with you away
from me." . . '
Her eyea sparkled Into his for the
merest fraction of a second, and aha
laughed. Then she dropped bla lapel,
and they proceeded. She did not put
tba white rose in ber belt but carried
It
The square was heaving with a Jos
tling, moving, good na tared, happy and
constantly Increasing crowd that over
flowed on Main street in both direc
tions and whose good nature augment
ed w me rauo uiai lis size increaaea.
The street . were a kaleidoscope of
many colors, and every window open
ing on Main street or the square waa'
vugvt suvvv, swj tf v v-awas.
all the window of the courthouse, la.
the center of the square were occapled.
Here most of the damsels congregated
to enjoy the spectacle of the parade,
and their swalna attended, posted at
eolgna of less "vantage behind the la
dles. Borne of the faces that peeped
from the windows of the, dark, old,
shady courthouse were pretty, and
some of them were not pretty, but near
ly all of them were rosy cheeked, and
all were pleasant to see because of the
good cheer they kept
Here and there, along the sidewalk
below, a father worked bis way through
the throng, a licorice bedaubed cherub
on one arm, bis coat (borne wltb long
enough) on the other, followed by a
mother, wltb the other children bang
ing to her skirts and tagging exasper
atingly behind, holding red and blue
toy balloons and delectable candy
batons of spiral starped peppermint in
tightly closed, sadly sticky fingers. A
thousand criea rent the air the stroll
ing mountebanks and gypsylng booth
merchants, the peanut venders, the
boy a -with palm leaf fana for sale, the
candy sellers, the popcorn peddlers, the
Italian with the toy balloons that float
like a cluster of colored bubbles above ,
the beada of the crowd and the bal- ,
loona that wall like a baby; the red
lemonade man, shouting in the shrill
voice that reaches everywhere and en
dures forever: "Lemo'l Lemo'! Five
a glaaa! Ice cole lemo'l Five cents, A
nickel, a half a dime, the twentleth-
nntnfnilnllnht Ifmn'l Tr ftile lemn'I"
all tbe vociferating harbingers of the
circus crying their wares. Timid
youths In shoes covered with dust
through which the morning polish but
dimly shone and unalterably booked
by tbe arm to blushing maidens bough
recklessly of peanuts of candy, of pop
corn, of all known sweetmeatd, per
chanee, and forced helr " way to the
lemonade stands, and there, all shyly,
silently sipped the crimson stained am
brosia; Everywhere the hawkers din
ned,' and 'everywhere waa beard' the
plaintive squawk of tk4 toy balloon. '
In the courthouse yard. And so sin
ning in toe very, eye of; the-law, two
swarthy, shifty looking gentlemen were
operating wltji some greasy walnut
sheila and a pea what the fanciful or
unsophisticated might have been pleas
ed to call a game of chance, and the
most Intent spectator .of the group
around them was Mr. James Bard lock,
the town marshal. He was simply and
unofficially and earnestly interested.
Thua the eye of the law may not be
said to have winked upon tbe ncfarl
ousnesa now under Its vision. It gazed
with strong curiosity, an itch to dab
ble and. It must be admitted, a grow
ing hope of profit tbe game waa so di
rect and the player so sure. Several
countrymen had won email sums, and
one, a charmingly rustic stranger, with
a peculiar accent (bo aaid that him and
bis goil should now have a smoof olt
time off bis wlnnlnka, though the lady
waa not manifested) had pocketed 15
with no trouble at all The two oper
ators seemed depressed, declaring tho
luck against them and the riattvllle
people Joo brllllantat the game.
(Continued Next Sunday.)
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