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Show TiVTiL JANR "Von ilon't liMAii tlut' Jane's ilclrt. lift. Ward!" "YlialdO." "Wby, It' Urffer till n yoftrn.' 'I know It. Uh tl!cr tbnn 1 be. Ehp'c grown nil wit of uvwjth.oK lately. I'volctilowntuolM nn lirin, un plcc. &t the top, nn now her pink ffiiuham It inot Dp to Iit lttirw, I IumI to buy liar tliU nY m tlio'd look ilccrnt to o U ichool. June, wine hero ft initiate. Thn Juno aims In brtltitloKly. Her im.ill liptvl, nitl. It mat vt fair lriM, droopfil forlornly, lirleuder honldrr wtr 1-tnt. Hli pnlloil down lwr pink tklrt rrrroonly.trjfnsto iiukltlunpr "bUml tip h-tv 'rtd of hip,' onlrrei tier mottir ' I want Mnt. Maton toieo bow iimch taller you It " Jane'M prrtty yunti fco flaMml jrlnk Klieatwxl btalda lur mother, mid tliu tvart itArtol In lwr tyrt, although aha tried to rmllp "You can't gf t tli rough tlw door II you lon'talop pre'ty twin, Jane," InngUrd Mrs, MttH). who wiwiUUlniftiifl Ward n. "1 utter km utich ft light An alio ain t oirfoiirttnr tHw nin't tlf t(ti till next month, rv pllcl Mrs Ward. An if alio don't kH her KroiTth till alm'a li;litwn I don't know whoro ahVU l Her father telta tier he'll goln tohlrober out bynn by for n Ul graph pole Jano linKhcil feebly when her mother an 1 Mr. n did Then aha toll back to thodooritep, nnd thtntra rolled down hcrthryl. It win nearly tlinofrlrar to atMt to achool. rrcwnlly bor mother tuio with her dinner 111. "JUre your dinnt-r, aald the. "You'd better atart U torn Ionic, o a not U hurry. Ila a jirrtty Vfnnn morn'n.' "YKin." ld Jano. fiho kept her faco turned iway from Iter mother o hr tear alalued i)w ahonld notbou-tlcvd notbou-tlcvd You ahall ha to ) our now dreta to wear tcuiorruw." ald her moth-ir u aho finally final-ly istartol with Itrr acliool boika under br nrtu nn 1 th dinner prill anlotfli... "Von ahont weir that ahort ttilutf again.1 Jnuo tnsited at her pink drrta aktrt n aho went out of the ynrdt abi cvu stanttMliL llltlrt ill inikft It Irtok ItMivpr. NoUhly know how aora Jait'tt heart vrm over ber Irtlsht. bho had n milo to alk to ichool, and ah ueTer thought uf any Ihln t 1n nil tlio wuy, Pre-Mrntly iho camo tofthre white houo, with ii crabapplo trtis in th front janh Mary IUtu nnd Marl iHtarr lived th.re. and m taw the Hutter of thrlr line drewien nt Uio gate. They mo waiting for her. "Jlullor laid Mary Etta ai jAne drew near, "Jlullor mponded Jano, trying to make her tolc cheerful Jlaria wna eatlnj; n crabipplo and did not any "Lf I H but prctoit.ybotliihe and lur aUter itaml onderingly at JttUfl. " Wbat'a the matterr Mked Mary T.tU finally. othln'a the matter " "Yea there Utou. YLa'Tebecncryln. jAt)9aaidnothiiC "Hlio'i mad," aald Maria. Mary l.tta linrr-l. "Wlnt'a the inattflrr lii atknl ngftln, tpilto lovingly. "Xothtn'a the inattr 1 UU jouM let luo olonu.' crlixl Jaoft. with a bunt of tt'tra. Ihat woiouongh. Mary KtU an 1 Marin hurried up tho roal, rlth curt aulUhee of thvtr Uuo ituntiM skirts and Jnn pll lr-l mttwrnbly on In hind. loor Jine wai tlii tallett (rlrl lu achool. and not only that, but the tallect scholar, tibtonnof tho boji was ua tall ai rlie, nnd not only that, but iho v. a taller th in the teacher. It did iui to Jnuo that the com mitt unght tn haTo chwtn nUacher who a taller, juit out of ie-gardtotho ie-gardtotho becoming and luUnblo np-1-rarance of tho ichooh A itranger might almiMt har taken ber for the teacVr, e pet I ally ilnco her hair win dono up. When tli9 bell had rung, Jano fat at her de-It, her pink ihoul lera and her pretty, pink fico nuou all tlwclli.ru. .Sho looked Ilka u ull, pink boll) hook lu a 1m1 of duUlen, TU,1 uaiatryiiu mo limit fur her Tlio coTHuUton cama to ilt tlm Khool, and a itrangi gvntltf man an 1 hit a ifo came with Ihem. Jano dUUnctly miw tt.it atrange laly turn hor whlto plumed head toward hi r, tlun whlcr to her huituind. Then ho mv him look at her nnd ok om of tho rouimittwimeu who that tall girl wm. Hhocoull Ull what ho aaid bytho motion mo-tion of Wi lip. Then he told hU wifo, anl a llltle imllo itole ovtr hirtereiio fuco between lu aoft curls ut black hair. Jano thought ihe was laughing at her blu dll not drvam that tht Ialy had noticed no-ticed her Imciij her face th bo rrctty, and not becatu aho w.n ho tull. The Keornphy claw came and tho visitors vis-itors weroatill there. June tiled out with the rott. blip thought aho hid lu r Iomqu perfectly, but aim mlaaud In bounllng Uruguay, nn 1 bn 1 to go down. A little bit of n girl In u lung ilec vd apron went bo e luit, tSho ha t a conviction that tho tlsitor woreialng, "What! that gront, tull. crown im irlil with liar hale duitu uji, mikuingr lloweur, the change brought her next to Ihbert Curuea.hv ahuflM hiabare toea uneaiitly ou the linH, tu ho iNHindvd Vinetuela In tC Ugh, awi-et oicoi then hecvit u qui(.k,ihatnefnred, but wholl) aympnthetio giaucw at Jne, which iht felt irtUr than aau, but It comforted hvr. Hlw and Itottrt were near nelgh bor, anl wlun they lura Lhildren Iu4 1 Inyed together a gre.it deal Jiot tho worst mine wliHn one of thi cotniiiitteemeii rl lreiwed tlie arhool, and In tlio tour ( f hU re murk add di tlnctly tliat lutetleot waa not t j Imj iiiwu unl by size, and ho uft.auotUwl Unit tho imalleat nchulura had tluirUtmitu tiiiiLh letter than thoso iho woro taller nn 1 older Jauo U It that be nf irred t' her und Utile llattle llaUr aud tbu buuudlnj bf Urmuiy II r i kj burl it tin i r ii t hov r, Mar i b Mt, who waa three x S In thetmierow, leanelforwarl uu d Je cculUh ,nnd tliLnl Mary TA a. In tho act behind, pulled lur t mru to make 1 r stop, but tht di 1 nut hoed Jane mw tho committee anl tho strange laly nnl gwiitleinai. go out, while the teacher Mood cqurteaytng at the door, and all through n Hearing clon 1 of team, hen tho door clonwl after thfCompanyahohooM1!! Iter nrma around her f iiw, an 1 UU It down on the desk. The teacher oitme nnd Blood bealde her, and tvked lier wliat tho matter vraa. Jane only ahook hr hca 1 nn I wej U "An ymi t&cW lukeil Wit teacher, Imndtng low over Iter. "No,m'arn,,aohled Jan Hhe woull not nay nnotlier word nnd tlw t etcher wont bek (o her deek nnd inlleil ncliM. Jane," alio i-ild preentl),tn a clar, mithorititio vole, "You may go out and get a pail of water." The tohr (nmnt Itrery klndlyt U wb conttdered qmut n prlrilegj to get n pall of water, nn 1 then tutu It around In a tin dtpjrt tli thoaght It would ecrvo todintmct Janfta mind from her grief, wh-itrver It might bo. Ilutltwas dreadful for poor Jane Ij pull he rati f up to her full height and crawl alowly down tho tdale, with bur artni crooked In a pink ring around her face, and all the erhool looking Khe stumbled orer n protruding irntl, nud evcryWuly tittered, and thutoachtr tailed out, "Ilnhr aharply. Jane went out with tho water pntl, but Instta I of Qllfng It from the om.rnear tho tchool Iwntw alie aat It down on tho hit form and lied deepcraklr down the nwd to n little bridge orer a brook. Hit mind was made up, the would not go btvk to school, rhe iX nornr wn ao tnlserahlo lu her life, nnd the tninery win All tho greater beiaUMau9 was aihamiVlof Itanl mdivned Vi ton feee it. Bliedld not waut to tell oven her mother tint aho minded aomnch ! cauno alio wae tillt ahe rrouched low down lu the buehea nnd wept. I'reftently alio beard n quick pattrr of barofwton the bridge, thenn break the btish.. "Hallor ctllM a heeitatlng vol Jano made no Hound. "JIo, )oo neskln t piny you ain't there," rail the tnlce. "lace j on coiuolu here I was looklug out of thu window. I ralMwl my hand when teswlwr iwked where yon wan. an I elui eent me out litre to fetch the water, aud to tt.Il you to come In, JatMi lookM up and mw n ly'a faoo Irtug down at Iter from the top of thi tank, hU brown clteeka tlnhlug, his red II I parting In n bashful ltui,h. "1 nln't ever going back to echoed, Uobbhj.' Ml 1 Jne with a cob. All the old chll Ibli contra leehlp H-euu-d to comi Iwck to her, the hod not aeen much of lim for n year or two, she b 4 played mora with girl . "I don't care, yon'ro the pre ttint girl In school anyhow," said Itobett In a shamefaced wa . "Wby, Itobert Came! 1 ain't. "Yea, Jim nre Oh, Uobbffr-niaytM 1 shall b--taller than 1 am tiow." "I don t tare If you arc, yon'll always bo tho prettiest Conns along "1 aln t going back to achvol." "I atn t going back lo 'envoi." i "Twicher won't like lu" , "I can't help It." Oh, come along." j "J wont." The girl'a pink face turned np toward him llki n Ink tUiwerfrum '. the I nth. There waa n look lu It tha the hoy knew wull. Ho knew that w hU old playmato said "I won't" la t. tone, ahe didn't. Hobvrt sentM himself on tlw bank and hgan to whistle. Jauo looked at him, the could aeo his alendcr shoulder! tn hU llttlo ltomeniuvle blu and white shirt, and his lmmUome facet gizlng abend ub ttractMlly ho whutled. "Whyd you go back to achooir sho naked ntingty. Oh, I aln gulng back tf you ain't." "Whyn. Idllketoknowr MCniiMt ain't. H.y, Mnry Ktta has got her hut downonbt-r deek crjlug caum j on dont come In, anl I seeii Maria putting along some trub of plea to put in j our deek." Jane eald nothing. Hubert whistled again Jauo wattM n minute. "Woll, 111 ctnae," aald tie. uox go ahtud and get tha water," There wn a leap of biro feet orer the bridge, nnd Jane t.iiim out from tho swannof Uower bntleri.te, with nndu-fined nndu-fined conviction that brought comfort In her cl lldlsh heart, that howorur tall she grew, although the might out crow nil her dreMi, sho would never outgrow lovo. Mury II Wilklus In UostouUlube. |
