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Show ; BARBARA-BABS gS By ACNES G. DROQAN. S PVpxaxQxvJxvrsviXvi7Q)u (. "II. VVulern NwppT Vnlgn ) Hnrhnrrt Hnlubrldge sometimes felt tlinl she bad (vvo Hrsonttlltle.s, and whether the one adopted with the abbreviation ab-breviation of her name was her true personality, or the other of the dignified digni-fied Miss Hatlura. the girl herself, could not determine. It all ciitne of being born Into a wealth), arlstoerjtle futnlly nn jour father's side, and one of sweet simplicity on jour mother's side. So Hubs decided the mutter of her dual nature. The HalubriiUes left nothing undone thut might further their gramlilnugh lair's uuiural advantage, while old Grau'ma Hiirule instructed her In homel.v tasks mid gave to her homely pleasiin-s. H.iiliara's mother died at her child's blnh. while the father, who bad Itiil.v loved bU .voting wife, passed ll.osl of Ills luli-r V'.ll's III one of the foreign otllre roiinerlcil ulili his vast business Interest. Itarlinia In her girlhood girl-hood Iim i,i,...'il torwaid vuih seciet Jo) fill autielpation to Hie weeks of summer with If would take her out to (iriitt'mu Huiuie's farm. It was there. In rttllleil pluk gltigham frocks, that she , heeaniL' imuusllatel.v "Hubs," leavln; , the cultured .voting person behind. There vvns a lilt h- attic room at the farm cottage thai Habs occupied, . where a rambler rose peeped its fragrant bead through ibe casement wimlim, and where across .stiu-steeied meadows site cotilil lieat- the llrst soft stirrings of early morning. I In lis had loved to lie lazily awake in the lavender laven-der scented bed. listening to these sounds and planning Hie ftccilom of her day. Usually, as he rested irid us a part of Hie prosi-iim awaited, cnnie n. boy's, happy song: "If ii body, meet a body, ( 'ninltig through the rye, If n body, kiss n boily Need n body, cry V" poiael lines Ibe air was half whistled, whis-tled, lie- whistler absorbed for the mo- I mem with the departure of unruly. Molslclu's fiom their directed pnlh. And once, Hubs looking down M the big boy from her rme-screefied win- (low. hail iln-sscd hurriedly, and III an advent uroos sjni-il foi-osinlliMl him n 1 v-ou v-ou bis i el urn. As- though by more limine bhc met him in the. pjith thai feil through the meadow ; she was busily picking buttercups no. I she daiMigly sang his song. Ami" the boy, at her saucy smile bent suddenly and unbelievingly, ami turning buck tbe pink ruffle of her sunboiinel. kissel her. Laughing, be had hummed back as he wenl on his wny, ,. ' ' ".Need a body cry?'. I'nb's had not cried; she bad been angry. Ob! -o very angry! And a milliner passed thereafter, before the Incident wus forgotten. To ",llm Kvniis' hoy,".Hub jyqs. Grun'ma Hurnle's granddaughter, that whs all: while to the gfil, young Jim wns the son of a departed and beloved be-loved country doctor, whom gruu'mn hail known in his youth .Urn's mother moth-er was gone now. too. nml the boy's ambition planning seemed to have .small foundation in his present, of 'helper' to an exacting uncle Hut the time of Hall's prcscuialion to so Clety sounded, and the little sleeping prim ess of country lanes went back, with eyes opened to new duties Miss Hnrhara Haltihriilge proved u success socially: gratified, her grandparents realized thai Ihey were rewarded for their effort. She was lovely, loo, with the sweet freshness of the deplored Hurnle's, and with their true look In her eyes. Grandfather I bought that Harharu should marry nn corl. And so he bent her to Jo'n her father abroad, ami though no ear) offered his heart and bund, a young lordllug and a good count did ; and Miss Haiti-bridge Haiti-bridge refused both dhxlnlnfully. ""If Carlton I.alnsley was not an earl, he vvns at least the only sou of n capitalist, and he was, and ever bad .been, In love with Harlmrn. Ho she went quite alone out to old 'Grnn'ma Hurnle's. (iran'tnn was embarrassed em-barrassed and npologetle concerning .the tit tic- bedroom, but Hub's again Willi n grateful sigh, placed her weary bean on tuu invemier-scenied pniow. Ahd hi the morning"' when the raui-hlcr raui-hlcr .tapped, .its summons ut the ease-ment ease-ment window, Hubs arose hurriedly, ntiil with n' thrill of excitement no for-elgu' for-elgu' land' bad brought.' she Investigated Investi-gated the tiny closet for the old gingham ging-ham frock that she knew gran'mu's sentiment would keep there, and .found " '1'he dress vvns Mill big enough for her petite figure and Ihen heroes thr-' meadow's. Hubs saw htm coming; the boy .llm. n man now big' nndjlne, and yel iccoghuiahle In spite of Ids proper cut clothing. As Hans fle'vv down ibe stitlr his old song came U) her. "If a body meet n body. Coming through the rye, If a body, kiss a body. Need n body cry?" Sbo was In his puthwuy, the old aaucy smile on her lips. "Jim," she cried. "Oh I where Imvo jou been 7" And wlau .lames IIviuih: could slop Btarlng he nnsvverod her. ' "Around the World civil -eiiglmsT- I lug. And always, everywlieie, Hdit. Ing of you Hubs. Kor of course,' be added sadly, "when 1 learned who you roully were, there wua no use iu hop log for you." ( "Jim." said Hubs, Hliuklly, "vvben you vvere a hoy, you wero much ttioie idnrlug Uuin now, slim dear a body wuubiu't m- -' Then he kissed her. |