Show lonar G AM SHORT eodore died cried mrs stebbins in her high i asal voice and tho the clatter of spoons in the nest next room stopped sud bud denly alter after which slight as assurance that ahe be was heard beard aira mrs iua command cd ed between lie be splashes of her churn I 1 want yon you to come right out hera bey an tin put up the men a 8 dinner an tin take it down to cm em they am t go n to take talo the time to come home cause father f feet la is abiu a biu this mornin an he wants to bit git in all the hay afore tb the a storm como along now item spoons is eoin goin to keep t beep answer thia this time cither either but the door was pushed farther open and a girl came silently into the kitchen her fingers were black as if she ha I 1 been cleaning aaning cl very dirty silver and she walked over to the sink poured some water into a tin basin and began to wain them with a deliberate slow slowness nels which made her mother mothers s thin lips tighten and the churn fairly hop about the floor with the vigor of her strokes mrs stebbins could not tolerate slow ness she could not understand how ft it was possible for or a person to be either alow slow or silent and nothing made her BO so angry as the exhibition of either char act eristio in her only daug daughter liter a fact e dahich aich I 1 am arry to say eudora dincov I 1 late ad d and made use of at a very early ju ewh joie it was the only way in which she y could as eho she expressed it get got square with her overbearing mother and she had cultivated it till the slight natural tendencies in those directions had bad be come actual habits babits As she stood there no now teeming seeming to wash and dry each separate se finger by itself she did not booc like a person who would be trod upon without find ing some way to turn she was dark with a strong hand tome sorn face eface heavy brows that met above A very determined nose a beautiful chin and bright brown eyes but the most notable thing about her was vas her height tall taken in the ordinary tense muse not describe her for she stood 0 6 feet acet I 1 in the lowet heeled shoes ehe she could buy and the neighbors de tie dared that though over SO 20 she was wag growing yet a fact which filled her parents with pride her brothers with envy and herself with fierce rebellion she detested the curious looks that followed her when she N went eat to town the inevitable jokes abent the state of the atmosphere up where the she was and references to the long and the short shor tofit of it or the probable diminutive height of the man she would marry she was thinking of it now as she aw saw bow how far fax she bad to stoop to reach the basin and the little fit cf of anger at on the thought made her even more deliberate than usual BO so that at last mrs stebbins broke forth in spite of herself you ve took me minutes for ivery finger now she exclaimed wrathfully if you wash the palms the same way I 1 11 bo be able to do the butter and git down to th field abid 0 you it it takes all big things BO so long to move I 1 in glad the boys didn dian t grow no more eudora flushed and threw out he the water with a more hurried motion notion that last was the taunt that ever eer had the least effect upon her then she ent into the pantry and began to cut a loaf of bread yon you better cut it all her mother called cause there a 8 tour four of them to day pas pa B got loo fc ampson helpin too an den don t forgit to leave the mustard out 0 joe a sandwiches either put in lots of pickets and take the apple pie eu dory do ry I 1 do you he ar me as no found bat the rattle of dish escame from I 1 the depths of 0 the breezy pantry yes ma said eudora shortly and tor for a few minutes the churn had the floor entirely to itself but presently mrs bt ebbins broke out again vi bat hat d yon you get them spoons out for anyway ay she demanded if plated una ims ain t good enough for gus San derly why he be d better stay away that a all he aln sin t no better n my bo bos er joe sampson if you only wagn t BO plumb ciack crack ed on height you d know there wasu wasn t as a much good in the bull hull length of him as in little joe a thumb nail en eu do ry do you he ar amov lea ea ma a said eudora and silence sile jice reigned once more la in a moment she came oat out of the pantry carrying caming a big tin pail full tall of and set bet ll 11 quietly down oil aba tat ie her mother looked up to BLO if were any signs of wrath in the fearl irl a face but vi was as met by the quiet blank ness liess that always exasperated her I 1 with wish yon you t go round looking like sich a graven image she eja ejaculate culat ed yon you won t catch any feller teller at nil all it if you don t look out yon you better maka make tome ginger water to take do down wu t cooj it i A T awful hot today an mind yo byoir I 1 f 7 qt it OL A 74 4 z t 7 k 1 I 1 M ta i yon you lili fiti oils GUs Han Sau derly tip to t tart 11 4 t tomor OIZ or row I 1 in goin to ask joe b impton t too and then nothing more was E sai 1 as ln dora dom took do down la her 01 oil I 1 sun bat hat from behind the kitchen door and tal ing trig the pail in oue one baud hand and the pitcher la in the other stepped slowly out into the warm light ot of tho the glowing bummer summer n noon oon when the house ni ts ts hidden behind tho the turn of the little la lano n c she stopp stopped ed a moment and set her burdens down but she rose again stretching out her lithe little young figure with a feeling of freedom and relief bhe bho found I 1 er head well up in the low bong bung boughs U g Is 0 of f a p stanch old apple tree whose t ig slap ped saucily at her cheeks and sent tl tj 6 big bat hat flying rakishly down dowil oe oner the tip ot 0 her determined no noe bho gave an angry little cry and as she disentangled herself her fa face ce flush ed hotly that a it she cried always my Y height beight my awful height I 1 hat other girl is there in this whole who has to walk around with her head up into the trees and it 8 9 just so every way I 1 wish ma me would bo be aL sensible about gus benderly ban derly goodness knows I 1 don t tb think ink he it much to brag af pf either but can t she see am be he 9 the only fellow round I 1 don t look silly with it if there wason was only lyan an inch or two difference bo be tween joe and me now but a whole foot fook and an as she picked up the I 1 all ail an and d pitcher once more she gan gae a a really tragic little groan for joe bampi on the rho only ton son and heir of their next door neighbor was generally acknowledged to be the handsomest smartest and beat best young ni lain in in the corente county and a devoted admirer of eudora only and it was a very big only too as eudora was the tallest girl for miles around so he was the shortest man measuring but 6 5 feet I 1 in the very high est eat heeled boots that he could by any means buy or wear eudora bad remarked after chobad he bad taken her home from a party one right that she felt nery cry much like Pick picking luiz him jilin up in her arms and telling him I 1 not to bo be scared of the dark she slip i 1 carry him gate safo home and after that night she systematically refused tov to v ilk or dance or ride with him under a ly circumstances by daylight or by dark BO so cau can ng the tile poor little man 9 great reat an gursh of soul ha ile knew just as well mell as ile she did bow how ridiculous they bookel to gether and his big height aras gaaei eien en a greater cross to him than berg here was wall to ler lr but be was quite willing to sacrifice these personal feelings on the altar of his hie love and be he thought she might be too but eudora was firm and drove both joe and her family nearly frantic by her evident preference for the lazy bones of the town gi gigantic gantle gus san derly w ho allowed his mother to cup port him from the proceeds of her little candy store and accepted tho the worl worship hip of silly young women as if it bad been bia his by divine at present le had really done eudora the honor to fall slightly in love with her and she was not at all surprised when at t the next turn of the winding counts country lane a tall broad figure rose from the corner of the snake fence and I 1 doffing its correct straw hat come quick I 1 ly toward her I 1 thought you a be coming dove down ir today he said in his hi soft deep voice let me carry those things for you well the pitcher anyway and as a the she let him take it from her she looked up into bis big lazy blue eyes with a feeling of pleasurable relief it was so good to bo be able to look up at anybody at ail all he ile was the only person she knew with whom ebe she could do it and even if be had been the worst kind of a bad fellow which be ho was not by any tiny means she would have nave enjoyed hla his company for that reason alone they made a magnificent pair as they walked on side bv side both ao so straight and tall BO so handsome hand soroa and BO tie I 1 balthy and poor little joe sampson realized it with a sickening cath in bis his throat threat aa as he lie stopped to push his big broad bat hat from his heated forehead and saw the them oom ing toward him lie ile bad had made hla his father very angry that morning by insisting upon going over to help the Stebbin ses with their belated bay instead of going into town with a load of their own and he bad had done it simply because he knew the men would not be likely to leave the distant field for dinner and that in that case eudora would bring it down to them and wait until they were through to carry back the pail and cups again and he knew from former experiences experience how show considerate mr stebbins ebbina St and the boys would be about leaving them alone and that under these circumstance s awaa awa from all prying or joking eyes eudora would unbend and talk and laugh and be sweet and friendly with him taking all this into account it is not to be wondered at that the sight of big gun gus San derly who was all he wished to be and was not walking down do n in close and evidently pleasant converse with eudora should turn all jo joe A thoughts to bitter ones and make ills life handsome eyes grow dark with anger auger ha he was not e een ell mollified when eu dora dom produced the pile of sandwiches made expressly for him without a bit of mustard or when she gave him the biggest quarter of the pie and when the two visitors started to pick up the debris and journey back again to their 0 om it dinner dinners be h determined to go along with them eudora w as in a mood that day which mcdo this arrangement suit her very well she thought it would be rather amusing to nee we the two men glare at each other a little longed and he the started home by another road in order to extend the you sed sw there jbf re are gone on e laings la in berun luo gawu bih bi h do not need cultivation or experience they come by nature but contrary to her expectations talk languished and when they struck the path that led along the top of the rail road cut and the chimney a of the steb stell bins house rose up almost beside them nobody was saying anything at tit all but as they rounded a sudden curve endora gave ft a little start of surprise why ebe she cried there a daddy hunt down on the tracks how do you yon ever suppose he got there daddy hunt was an old blind negro who lived alone in a tumbledown tumble down hut near the railroad refused to go to the I 1 and bava have died of I 1 I 1 long wore ba had d it not been beca or mrs who wa was wont to da de I 1 I 1 dare clare that she bated beggars in general ever gave them anything and hoped one I 1 in n PA particular reticular would dilwith die with very same breath in which she ask what clo clothes tvs ha he needed or gave biro him the run byg 0 her orchard or kitchen gar I 1 alae wide 1 rilie fishi Ww nir now antho in the middle I 1 capping fearfully about I 1 ald cabe and i ab J I t 1 by the legs A lively adrift d duiane chac lieu on who m was as III doing her best beat to bewilder and annoy her present owner guess be he roust must have tumbled in to bald baia ow gus laug as rig he be pointed to a place where the embankment gaie evi dence of a recent slide hello daddy where d you steal that chicken 1 I didn dian t steal him replied the old man indignantly mis ilia stebbins just dun gib him to mo me ii tin I 1 wisht you uns d come down donn hi ht in th an kill him I 1 danen t ie go ui in stick an he gits tv ecu acu I 1 in legs so a I 1 can t walk I 1 keep cop at a belll 11 darl dart kud nd he gae gane the offending fowl fowl a shake shako which sent it into a series of 01 frantic squawks and struggles T throw brow her away then da idy she 9 no good suggested on gus an I 1 the tile young younk folks laughed as the tile old man bet set up a loud and indignant protest but as the sound died away they turned to ea ca h b other with strained white faces for coining coming tov toward ard them was an ail other sound a swiftly rushing roar that deadened emry entry other noise about aa as it rang echoing out ont from the narrow cut below them daddy heard beard and understood it too de train de do train they heard beard him cry which va na which way and be turned round and rou round d grop groping I 1 11 g in his pitiful blind way mity with both stick and chicken to the right rights daddy to the liht right cried gus Sau San derly wildly as he loaned leaned Z down over the bi bank uk for each one knew it was too late now to climb down and lead him safely off mechanically the old man turned bis his hands relaxed with fright the chicken felt it made a last dash for liberty and As he be grasped to save her the shut fling foet feet stumbled and he be fell juht in the track of the ad advancing anding trail he was up in a moment bat so frightened and bewildered that as gna gus shouted frantically at him to move more move but a yard and he be ni be safe he tie merely turned his lightless hight less lem eyes imploringly imploring y toward tho the voice and stood silently fac ing them ludora aw baw the engine rushing round the curve then with jh a cry threw both tums arino before her taie fate and sank bank down doan on the path while willie ous gus stood by her mo me gonles lon les with fear and find horror and nd then above the rush and real and rattle of the train endora eudora beard heard not the shriek of awful agony for which she waited but a wildly ringing cheer and antl when allen she looked again the cars care were swiftly b and she and gus were standing all alone upon the bank for little joo joe bad had vanished where she began and th then en the train bad had passed and ebe she saw him saw him lying helpless on the farther track side by si side deIth with daddy hunt and the next moment she had slid stumbled d rolled she knew not how do doi a the bank aad and wag vms beading bending over him it A as the bravest thing I 1 ever saw gus San derly was saying brokenly he jumped you know just as the train was almost there he jumped right flown before the engine and the force of it knocked him and daddy both safe I 1 over here but george etwas it was a clog shave and the big man gazed admire aamir angly down at the little one who lay jay bruised and battered and senseless below but old daddy though rather shaken waa was unhurt he ile uns saved my life be admitted grum bingly but a might t a been more gentle like about it 0 knocked dat chicken clean out n my my no oam arau banyan an 0 eago I 1 a gong nef too eudora turned abe about tit will clashin 9 eyes D iday hunt ehe she exclaimed it if I 1 ever hear bear you say anything like that again I 1 11 never let ma gi a you another thing remember bowl now mr sarly San derly you help daddy homo home I 1 11 toko take care of mr bampton aud and this time she really an I 1 truly did lift her lit tie ION lover er up into her strong young arms and walking balking down to v hero here the cut ended just I 1 clow her own home she disappeared from |