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Show . Her Johnnie Morgan. BY WIU.IAM WENDHAM. Copyrlht, lHOt, liy Dally Blorr Hub. Co.) Hit name wa not Johnnie Morgan; tt fu Antonio I'anriado. But from that day almoat a year ko when ib Drat heard and in him, a very dirt and rerjr plrtiirosqua Italian vlollnbit, or 1 flddltng hla way tbroawb tha tliklaiud purao itrinxa and Into tha hoarta of all who heard him, ahe had clirlatcned him and to herself had called blm "Johnnie Moriian." Almoat a year It waa and to her tho ahorteat year aha had evor lived, for It leemed aa If thla Antonio had brought with hlra Into ber ll(o the blue aky and the aunahlne of hu own Italy. "I Mlai Anna Gilbert waa tha teacher of drawing and pnlntlng In the Qlrla' College at Maillmmvllle, and waa mora beloved than any teacher of the col-legs col-legs bad ever been before. Tha title which the glrla had given ber, "Saint Anna," waa truly deserved, for ao thickly did ehe aow the teeda of good-Sena good-Sena about ber that had her harveat ot thanki from poor itrtiKgllng atudenta been wheat at the right time of the market It would have given bar a prlnceaa' Income. During ber youth, for It must be confessed her youth waa mostly behind be-hind her, ahe had worked and aacrl-Deed aacrl-Deed for her parents until their death, and then ahe struggled for the education educa-tion of her younger brother and sister. sis-ter. 9 One gray October morning on her way to work she bad been atruck by ( A picturesque Italian violinist ' the evident genius of the young Italian, I who waa playing bla violin on tbu j atroet Always attracted by muslo she atopped to listen and waa struck by I the combination of poverty and genius In the handsome young fellow. He certainly waa uuuautlly hand-some hand-some and be looked even younger than hs wsa for his face possessed a great alncerlty and lngenuousneas of expres- slon. The soft dark eyes and olive f skin were enhanced by the exceeding thinnest of the fuce aud by the bun-I bun-I gry look In the eyea a hunger for splr- k Itual and mental aa well aa physl- I cal food, which, shining from those 1 dark eyea appealed directly and power- . ' fully to this warm-hearted woman. Knowing of an opening In the college he quietly put th nn and the opportunity op-portunity together, with the result that the Italian, within a month, was giving giv-ing lessons to a class. And the class - , , , grew Immediately from three to thirteen. thir-teen. To hit patroness he owed all, and never did he erase to pour out to her bis gratitude. He treated her with the greatest reverence and when walking home with her or meeting her coming to ber duties he would hold open the gate or raise bis hat at It ahe were prlncest. Then ahe got Into the habit ' ""htn aliea to ooma in when he walked home wltb her and of making a cup of tea In her little bachelor room, which always teemed coty and pleasant pleas-ant to them both, and had made hla thanka overflow to "Meea Anna." She discovered that ho waa saving almost all hla earnings toward a sum which would enable him to bring over bit old father and mother. Ha poured out hla music to Mitt Gilbert, aa be did bit troubles, with those "foolish girls who will not work at te lesson." And to all hla plana and trouble she listened with sympathy, sym-pathy, aa the alwaya had done to any ot the atudentt In whom the waa taking tak-ing a special Interest. But sympathy and friendliness In a woman's heart toward a man, when the man It young, handsome and manly, la going to grow Into love at aurely aa the acorn wblch Dame Nature also planted It going to grow Into an oak. One June day after be had walked home wltb ber ahe tat In ber room and with many blusbea faced It faced tblt fact that the loved the vtollulat. The song was all true: Bhe loved her "Johnnie Morgan." And why not? ahe aaked herself. Had ahe not worked hard for others all her life and been faithful In all thlngsT Waa It not right that the sunshine of love and happiness ahould come Into ber lira Hhe dreamed that night of a cottage filled with the music of a violin; and never bad the looked to radiant and ao young aa she did the next day. "I had a letter this morning from my little slater," ahe said to Antonio the next evening aa he walkod bonis with her. "Hhe la coming next week to spend her vacation with me." "Ah, the little alster. I shall love tho little child for the sake ot Saint Anna," exclaimed Antonio. Saint Anna laughed. "Oh, she'a not so small aa all that," she replied. Bulillo la eighteen and a great tall girl, but I call her my little sister because ahe always haa been my baby. She haa been at Normal school and next season she will begin to teach." 8aldle came, and a rosebud of rare perfection she wot a perfect type ot blonde beauty, with a warm heart and a vivacity which charmed all who met ber. To her physical charms she added add-ed a character built on ttrongott foundations, foun-dations, for to this baby sister had Miss Anna given all the loving care and earnestness of thought, all the building up of Ideals that ahe had missed In her own girlhood and acquired ac-quired In ber bard battles with the world. The next time Antonio walked home with hla "St. Anna" she Insisted that ' he come In and aee the "little sister." He came and they bad a cup of tea, and Antonio, who was prepared to make himself agreeable for the sake of his patroness and friend, soon forgot for-got all about her In the presence of the sparkling youth and beauty of Bal-die. Bal-die. He rame more often than ever after that and sut In undlagulsed rau- ture and a-lm .i. n 'i hi the fit of tne younger girl Nor wua she lees attracted at-tracted liy the ilui k fn.-ed foreigner with the sort him k cycK. As .MiMs Aiiuit wntcheil them It all rniiie to her an, I she snw, not at thrinii;h a hIiim ilnrkly. but as in the glare of fu, tnoriilnK IlKlit, how It all iis ami would lie. She hail built up theMo tno, hail given them etialennnee li'ntn her own nature, hail fed their ftouls and wuimiil their hearts, for thla very thing. And what could be "etter, sho thought, than that theso two yo'ing tlilriKH. full of life and love ami tl.e sunshine of the present and prumlne of the future, should lovo each other. Nothing, she told heruclf, nothing noth-ing could ho belter. It was natural. It wn right. As alio stood In front of her gloat she looked closely at herself, scanning her features critically. "You thought yon could be young again?" she said, "but ynu had more than ten years aaalust you." Hhe looked closely at her heavy brown hair and noting the few gray hairs atmut the temples she smiled a little euilly to herself. She looked lovingly lov-ingly at Habile, anlecp on the bed, and said softly: "He Is her Johnnie Morgan," and then with a weary alxh, "Oh, how glsd I am that Wellesley needs another drawing teacher next year." If Buldle had been awake Instead ot asleep she might have aeen above the head of St. Anna, the ring of white light which crowned the bead ot thlt 311 "He It her Johnnie Morgan." taint In thla ber supreme hour ot tao-rlnce. |