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Vy JIAZKL DEVO HYTCHELOK
Cctlrloht, ItiO, bu tit I'uWc Lttatr Co.
jutcrwnru, when it enmo
Mr. Snyder, to go, ho shook
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lnnc Meets a Young Man
. r,n let's childhood is shadolccd
, Wmthtr'tnlcUc and he fact
L tTaVP'i'd nu,c Alice Car;
that if 1 1 1 . . . 0 gcc Anne's
fc'i rrtc mote to Orechvillc after
VK" o,d Anne h brought
a,,ricllu lest hefi mother's tccak
rt2 eMcmI to Aer daughter in
'ra nultc suddcnlu her father
ilihmc a guano dinner.
nHK walKcd ilown the stalls slowly
Shct bnnil on the balustrade. Aunt
tf.,.f. In tin uimwustomed splendor
her Mack drew HU '"" "Jl"
?.V, it nnd her "allow checks
lit" "'" . , A.. ..i-Ulnnllv.
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hair fuller th,nti usual,
she said Biiinly
enmc up on the porolv. She lose to her
feet shyly and flushed under her father's
eyes. 'Xlicy had net or1 heen bcn,t on her
In any spirit of kindliness. lie hud
either jjlowcred or criticized, hut to
nl(;ht there was an unwonted animation
about him.
"This h my daughter, Snyder," he
said as genially as he ever spo'xe.
And Anne shook hands shyly with the
stranger.
"You might it out here on the porch
n few minutes," Jim Carter went on.
"I'm RoiiiB in to wash up."
Anne sat down In the rocker, and
the dark-eyed stranger sat in the
straight chair against the railing. There
was no hammock on the Carter porch,
Aunt Mnitha did not approve of swingi i
or hammocks, nnd tho chairs were near
ly nil uncomfortable. Anne had al
ways sighed for n porch like the Ilnrd-
Incsi'. rooinA and comfortable, with ,
llnu-cr.q Hi liowli. and little tables and
iid put hasty tentative f"Ks nd a big swing and even a shaded
Anne, did not know what to talk of
to the stranger. Hhc had never known
tlmo' for
hands with
Anne nnd held her fingers nn unneces
sarily long time. Anne tried to draw
them avay, but they were held In a
tight grip, Mr. Snyder held her hand
ns he held her ejes when he looked at
her. Anno did not like It, It made her
feel choked, imprisoned.
Slio wai about to go upstairs when
her aunt called her back. Aunt Mnithn
nnd her fnthcr were both looking at'
Anne expectantly. Aunt Martha said
kindly.
"How did you like Mr. Snyder?"
"Why,. I didn't see enough of, him
to judge," Anno began.
Her father guffawed loudly., "Oh,
I guess n girl ahvayH knows when n
man's around, a man as good-looking
ns Dill Snyder," ho said. 7'IIeB a lino
mnn nnd would mako a good husband.
You'd do a lot worse, and I want you
to bo nice to him."
Anno heard the words with a cqld
gr.lp of fear at her heart.
POSTAL CLERKS TO DANCE
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Twenty-fourth Annual Fete Will Be
Held In Mercantile Hall
The twenty-fourth nnnunl conceit
nnd dance of tho Philadelphia Postoffloe
Clerks, Uranch No. !, United National
Association of Postoffice Clerks, will
be held tonight in Mercantile Hall,
Itrnml fctrcot. nborc Master.
lias been
(Tomorrow,
A vniiiWIiln tiroernin tins hrcn nr
Anno Confides In Cherry) ! ranged to follow thy concert, which will
Jostl
"Got your
v.ien't you?'
Anno flushed a
it, ..Mnlne lnck.
', it." nor nuiit went on. "It'll
j. nd ntic wonduicd again at thp
? n.fiBnro of the guest who was rom
Erffbiaunt would overlook "an
St of friiollty.so great as that;.
'Cm I help?' Anne asked.
.. eurj tiling's uaily."
Hlios coming. Aunt Martha.'
V friend of J our fatlici s. n Mr.
,.i, (Jo out on tho porch uud sit
In ihc.rocKrrs: they'll be hero In a
BAnnc"fli'l as tUe was told.' marveling
. oath moment. She sat Jn the
Sicker rotker on the nnrrow little porch
th its t'-nnty vines only half cov-
ng ouo side. A moment later she
,i her father comim; up the street.
She hnd a good chaneo to observe the
.irhn ns with him, and sho stared
Tvith flrlWi turlosltv.
1. ihnt nrnrrd tlie li
tood chance to look nt his face. Ho
.1, about thlrtj-two or thiity-throc.
iriih a dark, swarihj complexion and
iturk DC In a way he was rather
tood'lookiiig. his mouth was handsome.
but there wn vnmethins about him that
much' disturbed Anne.' nlthough she
rould not have told why. Nevertheless,
lf.as oung enough to Interest her,
is hfr lienrt heat fiiter (is the two men
Inen, nnd his direct observation of her .
disturbed her. She knew Intuitively '
that her father cvpeetcd her to be nkc I
to this man. nnd jjhc made nn effoi t
to overcome her shjncss. He did not
talk vcrytauch, howecr, and her tentn- i
tlvc efforts nt conversation were not
very successful. He kept staring nt her '
with bold, dark eyes, a,ud she diew
a In ca th of'ielief when Aflnt Martha
appeured in the door and asked them
to come in to dinner.
At the tabic it seemed u" though (
every time she raised her eyes fioni
her plate she looked Into the dark i
ones of tliu NtiT.nier. although he said !
nothing to her dltectly. lie talked
business with her father, and Anne
lenrncd from their talk ttiat he had a
nenred the house Anno lindi farm somewhere about ten miles from
urecnville. sue Had neer seen iter
father so pleasant to uu one before,
nor bad she ever di earned that It wns
io.-sil)lp for Aunt Alirt'thn to be so cx
paniive. She kept watch ocr Mr,
Snyder's plato and saw that lie whs
well supplied with everything. Oc
casionally Anne caught her aunt's eye
llxcd on her with mi nppraUing look.
It was all very strangi1.
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out of led; drink a small dlass of pure oirande
juice just before you eat ireakfasfcfor treak-
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inthe oven (to restore their crispness) and.
eat them withhot milk or cream. All the
nutriment neededfor ahalf days work' 'the
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begin at 8:80 o'clock. John J. A, Col
lins, secretary of the organization, an
nounced that this year's event will be
the biggest attempted by the clerks.
Choral Union Concert Tonfflht
Thp Choral Unfon will give a concert
at thy Free Idbrnry. Hlxth street nnd
Tn1ilf.li ovnnno. tftwifht. Admission will
be free. This Is the ilrst of a series of
concerts to be given by the tnorni
Union with the purpose of increasing
Interest In choral music Inthis city.
DAMROSCH OFF FOR FRANCE
Orch'estra Director to Conduct Con
certs In European Cities
New York, April 15. Wnlter I)am
rosch, director of the Xew York Syin
phons Orchestra, soiled for Havre jes
terdny on tho stcntnshlp France to give
concerts in France, Italy nnd England,
ns requested by the governments of those
countries. The members of the orches
tra will sail next week. Their IJuro-
nenn concerts wltt begin nt tho.rarK
Opera IIouso oil May 0, They will r,
turn In June.,
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