, 1883-06-02

NJIuS hON uIOppeu MS hyTlnkd
twig, owqulte stripped of Its leaves,
and 1t fell into the grass. He had
Just been thinking OF chewing the
end Of it. 4 don't chew Straw he
Ventured.
Octavia turned and looked at him.
He was not chewing straw 10 be
sure, but there was an air Of rustic
smartnes about him which the girl
in present captiOus mood found in
finitely annoying. you don't uD
derstand me- she repeated pettishly.
No. agreed Cyrus 4 guess l
don't l dunno, n,ly, what 'tis trou-
bles ye to night wish / did
A silence fell upon them for a mo
ment, through which came the voices
from tho barn. ,.
Got some new tangled notions
abAOut whSt he calls the rotation Of
crops. Allus was full " notions
WA, notions never'll raise wheat
'N' NM ~ tie i'uIaAlh HheuueT 1
say what l allus held To-
Thought began Cyrus, tirhldly,
'that et things went wal this fall |
might git hdtof liubbards lot, next
the forge, an hev the suller dug
aiore winter, so as to begin building
ez soohs the roStS Outen the ground
IN the spring. Mebbe then-ye might
new a nome OF your own-this time
next year-Octavy dear
For a moment the girl hid not an
swer' Her face did not brighten, rs
Cyrushad hopeditwou She neither
blushed nor smiled. But then,'
she said, there Is all winter, Cyrus
an winter on the farm is worse than
the suIiiiher.' She paused minute,
then suddenly drew from her pocket
a letter written in red ink and SCENT
ed with musk. q had this vcster-
day. she said from nv cousin Jinnv
Buck. she's my aunt Marthy,s old
est girl-three wears older IN mo
they live to Lewiston: there bIg
mills there, an lots of girls work in
'em. They have good times topeth-
er. jimmy saws its real gay. They
have dances AM all sorts of shows.
different from here Jinnv wants
me to come to Lewiston an, work In
the mills along with her and Elvirv.
| mean to 90, too, ef father'u let me,
She folded the letter very small and
creased 1t with her thumb and fore
finger. She did not glance toward
Cyrus, hut added. oftcr an instant
AN he'll her to let me-
Poor Cyrus could think of nothing
to say for a time. His slow hrain
was completely unbalanced by the
adventur0us spirit OF the GIN beside
MN 1or ni'iiseil, ne was ehtirely
cSh'Tn' WIN ms ilie' ne never as
PlrSu 10 go rom 'hina N"lley than
70 'n' v"ui'S W., i"it "' -Ior'h |hi''.' OF
/" iioi' M,ilS !" Wi'I'eSS river
paP'lsnl' tS u,e''ul JUr' oc'aVy,
ne s'lu ~ leng,h, Lewiston Is; l
u"' u"l. ~, iu!b ye'' Nv" many ihiies'
, "u' ~ . 'ui away ; II 'o'''iu "ie vi
JouiIes nI s-T'S II,
."''S ''DN'u ~ i'e' '"NcI WIN
.v"- v ~ "a" ~ ule'iui iur'
o,'o %'."I,,, ,.'.u. ~ o' W" H"o" "o'"i"s
"OTT' ,I,, u"'ei'n CyIuS -,
III me $500 I 80, S,c'"TS, ine sni'.h as
-, 80 aI.'i-aS I i'e 'opHe" IN, , " n'o-
l.. '. - sH i' ie"iie"s
the vroDnd and be reDostod sIou;I,
sTbar,s . soI Ua annearnd 10 ho ~
numbed bv the length and danger =,
tho Ioprnov and by tho - ~,
Oc,ayIo
-,
-, o''Ou'" 1 "i''e 20 YOU, Hl fours9
TSIus' ~ anu Sou Touiu "ri.e 10 me-
II WOULD Idhosnrino,,o.o 70, -, a
Oc,ayio NOS doto.n,Inod pt,is,
woman and II Wos no. r,gr,, 49,
totoro sbo rooiiy; ia,, ChInS Iyana,,
-. ,ho n,ir 80 - o,,,il.au e,,
startod % I on" % soDtoUhar M a,om,o, n,orDirr 'e 'n
Tho old vello,y-hod,od stoaa ooooh
drawn bv two oannt v,hito horsn,
and driy.n hy NJ EI,o" He -
faced and loudly cheerful, Cl,rus
went to the village store to GivJ her
a bunch Of dahlias, yellow andIflaret
and white, and some EariS1Iorvests
In a snaII bosl,o,
orI,s,u ,oo,, go. ,,
,,,,in | -, - =. SNs ~ ", "s sS S,''u,
ond ha1U,, On ,ho - Son,' oi,o a. "a. huSi,eu ", .
49, ",.u l"Ppy y, ~" ~, ~, ~, "aIN scat VI .ne
otSan ot - - g. o''o" !ou 'ne
t,,.o e, ~ ~ Ntsl,s-,, III, . nus S', on''se
" 80, : a%n S'' 1877 ~ NV ,.,
s,i,.h, 'o.;,,, tSius, '"' ieP''' VIII"
'eS'''ene'''
her ola iather, who had driven
her IN from the farm In his wagon,
now came out OF the store and stood
WIN MS 1901 on the hub ola wheel
anu che"ed straw renectiVely,
oe sure 'Lias d0n't iOrgit to put
your ChiSt over on to other stage