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Show TllfiYKW7oA I TOMATOES. When JUHlSaC Vaa ,,r,IIlt nrat vnt to tnW""' HboaX ib h,, "dP' ed couulty he'had the fell.ity of alt-ting alt-ting oppoalte a Hint Sltl with trrrklei and blueT') "'"' "B""' " "cr'ha Manderson, which s a illlltcult name for Uomlnln" ,0 ramler Hut It n not at H hntdfor lilm to remember remem-ber the dear little tlrl with freckle. Bho v,ore HnX b'acl taaaels at the top of her eh, o1"1 hlte aprons, ruffled ruf-fled and tli.uno"'h ihoiildera with largp nlrytooMn Vows nnd the ends 'of hr smooth brajds wro tied v.Hh rlbbiui no't''e 'r u' "' vloltt nd uov. the ester of tkt rose Dimilnlcttt Ml'' to hlmsrlf that In Amterilui I' Mw knon any 1 little girl to 'frlg mitt so drar. "I wish ' "Wht Iwik it me." thought little l'Mfeleue Van llrntit Hut he thofll lit ltfli Dittth. although when he HHiko MM he managed to make himself "atttslood In Kmllah. It must be rontetjSl that tittle American Ameri-can children are'uo rgotlatkal tu bo Oolite. Thlnklnru they do that they lire molded on tbt right pattern, they nro Inclined to rttmi nil ihlldren differing dif-fering from them as curlotltle Tiny conslder.ed the rMtxt-fnied Dutch boy, lth hta shy viji nnd defernitl.il manner to the tsetaer. a strange little llsli Indeed. And no one In all the arhool was meujiuiused than tho dainty llertha, M lool.eil nt him co-icrlly co-icrlly out of htrtrty-hlue eyea How-ecr. How-ecr. she did net Uush nt lilm. Ko Domlnlcus, v.hodkt not know that alio wna nmitied, am ho penehed only her aepect of gravity, thought her kinder than tbf rut. nnd naa grateful. If only ahe NM havo ,ken to lilm, or looked nt aim as If ahe nero his friend, lie raM tare iiathlng moro to ak ho could even hae been patient with that terrible Ungllth language which every etc around him was Jabbering. Jab-bering. Ho determined to do something to call tho ntteillen of his freckled hearts-own tollmself, and one day he hurried Into the schoolroom the first minute the doors tro opened nnd laid three pear ihiped yellow tomatoes on her desk Tbt srholira came saw the "JaMB preu tegemblea and had little trouble trou-ble 19 deciding from v. hat auurca tho trlbtte came Tor who else In a fash-loniMt fash-loniMt suburb would have Yellow to-I to-I matM, cxupt tho ton of the Dutch 1 garltterT Tho achool indulged In 1 uniMiralucd giggling, but llertha. In-itca4 In-itca4 et partlrlpatlug, ahot deflnnco from ter grny-blue eyes, and, turning v,lth in ndorablo amllo toward !) mlnleM, carefully fitted one of tho ; )cllow tomatoes Into her red mouth, ' nnd devoured It In tho same spirit In 1 which a loynl aubjeit drlnka to his king. It naa evident that Domlnlcus had been right, llertha was different from tie others. Ilia happiness stained tho amtibto boy'a faco scarlet, and while the other bays Jeered nt lilm a number of them felt a distinct pang of Joalouir. They wcro quite alive to the extraordinary fuvor which had been ihon lilm. From that day on llertha, the daughter daugh-ter of aproapcroua lawyer nnd a little maid distinctly conscious of her social opportunities, and Domlnlcus, tho son of the nan who rased garden truck, v. ero friends. There como n day when llertha. having reached the proud ago of 10, (ivo a birthday party on her father's l'. and Insisted on having Domlnlcus nllong her guests a famous fa-mous da; for Domlnlcus. In which ho saw bit prim ess In nil tho glory of her best whits fiock, with her hair crimped down her buck, and had the rapture of eating cream Urta In her company! Hut there waa yet a prouder day In which Dimlnlcua wna permitted to return re-turn tali social attention, and was allowed al-lowed to Invito llertha and three other friends to the snowy kitchen of his home, "le mother of Domlnlctii sang beautiful longs to them In a language lan-guage they could not understand, and fed them with crullers and grape Juice, llertha thought ahe had never aeen any room io charming as this kitchen, with Its racks and blue plates, Ita shining pant and Hi Illuminated mottoes upon Urn wsIL Bertha was not moro than 12 when she was sent to a private school, and aa the yeiri went by she saw people of quite a different aort from Domlnlcus and his father and mother, and ought, probably, to have forgotten all about them. Dut It li an unrentable fact though It may have shown some evi dences of vulgarity ft n aturo-that aturo-that all the jeara that ahe was occupied occu-pied with other mottera.such as boarding-school and summer resorts, and "coming out ' and the gayetles of a winter In the city, ahe remembered Vbat curloua kitchen, and tho peoplo Lho lived In It. and wondered where lhy had gone 1 or t haa hanpenra tlat oae autumn, after returning from tie seashore. llertha had discovered iHat the bouse back of the garden was H pty. It had been & sad moment for l.cr. Sha hnd felt tho tcan cruse to her ryei aa ahe looked nt tU untidy piece of ground whero the exqulaltely kept garden of Jacob Van llrunt had bien, nnd the windows, from which the round faco of hT friend hail otter.. smiled nt her, repulsed her nuw with their bareness. It happened that In course of tlmo llertha had n notion to go abroad, and, having the consclousneaa of her certiorate cer-tiorate of graduation In her trunk, ah was In nn haste to return to her homo. 80 ahe lingered where ahe pleased, arrogantly ar-rogantly directing the movements of her party, which consisted of a maiden maid-en mint and an elderly second cousin With this double chaperonnge alio waa allowed tu do almost au thing the pleased At length they reached Amsterdam, making headquarter! for liiemseHca there, and planning to go upon many em unions through the country. It was natural enough that, having n local lo-cal habitation, they should make same friends In the city, and so It nmo about that before ttioy had been there long they wero Invited tu dinner by an American lady, Mrt, Truax, whoeo husband waa engaged In sumo mercantile mercan-tile enterprise there. The Truax house was n rwinupolltan one, and at It the habitue expected to meet all manner of cclebrltle nnd human hu-man curios, llertha, much elated at the prospect, whirled off, accompanied by her decorous relative, nrrajed for the occasion In the most becoming of their best idlk. "What dear old fruinin they are," llertha commented to herself. "1 think the Amsterdam ladlea will llko them. Ihey Just suit this background." They seemed to. Indeed, nnd got on better than llertha, whoao jnuth condemned con-demned her tu n subordinate placo. This waa not aa II wna In America, llcrtht reflected, and permitted herself to Indulge. In u moment of homesick-neas, homesick-neas, aa sho aat apart, her glowing beauty unnoticed by tho middle-aged people who wero paying their rcapecta to her aunt nnd her second remain, "1 hato delayed for n moment for another guest," Mr a. Truax aald. "I wlihed to present to jour niece, Mill Manderaon," she nald, addressing Her-Ilia's Her-Ilia's aunt, "a young man who la half an American. Ah, thcro Is tho bell now I" Tho man at the door announced a moment Inter: "llerr Van llrunt." llertha turned with an anticipation which sho endeavored to lubduo. It wna not likely that tho aan of a gar dener would bo nt the homo of Mrs. Truax. Hut In tho young man who entered llertha saw with Unmistakable recognition tho nmlnble, soft eyea, the round faro and high brow, nnd tho quiet, kindly manners of her old friend, borno with the assurance and caso that como with eclf-coiifldenco. The hostess mannged to whisper to Herthn'i aunt, and of course llertha overheard: "This joung man haa distinguished himself In landscape gardening, lie haa Just laid nut n park tor Prince Kagcnwoll, nnd Is much thought of both In M'" 1. 1 ju tiermnny. I bear that tho 1 if iork la likely to aend for him fo. h place In Scotland." Dominion Van llrunt saluted hli hostess with n profound bow how well llertha remembered that quaint rcverenco of manner! He wai presented pre-sented tu the gursia and at last was led up tu llertha. who suddenly felt ai It ahe were In abort frocka, with freckle frec-kle on her faro and brnlda dawn her back, llo started and Unshed, and then held out his hand In tho good American way, regardle of ccro-raony. ccro-raony. "What, you are acquainted!" cried tho hoateea. They explained, Tho hosteea turned In aotno perplexity to tho spinster aunt. She wondered If sho hnd unintentionally committed an Indcscrctlon. Hut there was no annoyance an-noyance In the faro of the cider Mlai Manderaon, and the hostess felt at liberty lib-erty to permit the two young peoplo to go down to dinner together. Tho conversation at dinner would not be particularly Interesting to recount. re-count. Hut llertha remembered every word of It. l'crhaps Domlulcua Van llrunt did too but It haa been Impossible Im-possible to securo till confidence It Is a certain thing, however, that the next day a basket ramo for tho young American lady, containing n doxen yellow tomatoes, dropped llko eggi In a nest of white daisies. Which waa, aurily, a curloua gift! Now It la undeniable that llertha Manderaon found Amsterdam Interesting, Interest-ing, yet for some rcaiou best understood under-stood by her aex aha remained In It but a short time, battening away to other polnta of Interest. It la also certain cer-tain that about the tlmo of her departure depart-ure a young landacapo gardener ran tu yewa nnd weeping willows In hta designs, de-signs, nnd accepted with alacrity tho opportunity of designing a cemetery for soma new Amcrlran town. Hut bo recovered from his gloom when there reached him from the iborei of tho llnltlc u trinket fashioned of lucent amber, ahuped llko a yellow tomato. It occurred to him that he ought also to visit tho itorled boaches of tho Hal-tic, Hal-tic, and ho did 10 without an hour' unnecessary delay. And tho consequenco was, as tho children say when they play tho old game, that when Mia llertha Manderaon Mander-aon returned to America, ahe wore for an engagement ring a tomato shaped topax on her third finger. |