The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-05-27
BARS B%AcKsLIDING.
Marrow Escape from General Woe
Because of It.

u nt HISI Iud" udu SCI IL GhO Jul
sbone down warmly. and the roofs of
az ha,sas .nd harns ona tbe few dirty
.ne houses anu oa,l' anu
orh's o. show M .ne .enoe oolne,s ~
peared dazzingly bright beneath 1t.
The wheels of BARS two-seated buggy
dripped with mud, and the tall, red
horse was well shattered. Stephen
P;nnev,s Mace was Severely neat in all
-a-;s IN sasare ho,.o w.s
Pafs'cuiais Ano oqu"io
wingiess; the yard was u~ndecorated,
save for an evergreen bush set with
reometrical precision on each side of
the walk. and an elliptical flower bed
whose baroness was atoned for by the
large pink sea-shells which bordcred it;
the green paper shades in the front
windows were rolled mr. as nearly as
noss;bla to the same noipt and gave a
ri;mnse ~ chair hacts set close ao;nst
81 Tsil The door onened before Biar
could ai;obt and J o;rl came ont. she
wn-a : rad.snJ-blsct Checked shawl
49, hisoL ainaae drass and She
o.use down The waIk With a Stiffness
s,h;"I ;n5;a.taJ aonso;ousnass If
ha;n~ drasseJ mn Her thin freckled
fsca yore : nleasad ioot
s.cood aftornoon Iou;san said
p;.s
..cood .ftornoor " tha o;r, resnond-
at aras Ill re.dv a5d T tbpnrbt
49,. 90, na,r rottSnr
a,,t srd ooro;nr in -
SSa o,;r,had {ntn mo buaov unass;st-
II md sat Jovn ON The Pant scot he-
s;d.- sha Iorr-legrad i;abt-h.ired
M -
splashed upon them as they started
PAW, with Louise Pinney, and it had
not entered their heads to omit their
usual Sunday afternoon drive because
tho going was bad. Neither were they
disturbed by the lack of q single buggy.
The two-seated one was all that Biar
possessed, except a lumber wagon, and
fhay would not have stopped at that if
it had been a condit on of their going.
II should think this wa, first-rate SUI
gar weather" said Louise. as they jog
ged along.
You hain't tapped yet, l s'poseP"
Were going up to the sugar-bush
Tomorrow if this warm spell hangs on"
Bar responded.
They drove on silently after that.
Neither was much of a talker, and it
did not occur to a for the sake OF
breaking the pause. They often rode
for miles without speaking and without
embarrassment from the silence.
Biar ficked the horse occasionally with
the frayed tip OF the whip; Louise sat
quiet her PLAIN lace hgnted Win a SIM
PIE content
Mis- Baldwin,s got a visitor" she
said as they came in sight of a long,
yellow-painted house. s.She's got her
cousin from over in Jacksonville; Mandy
Sawyer's her name. Her folks are
away from home and she's staying to
Mis- Baldwin's while they're gone.
was down to Mis- Baldwin's yesterday
and she introduced me. She's a real
lively acting girl
lis that herPn said Biar.
He was gazing admiringly at a young
girl who was standing at the Baldwin's
front gate. She was fifteen at the most,
but she was tall and plump. and there
was a marked pretention to style and
gayety in her blue, silk-trimmed dress,
her white beads and the ribbon on tor
of her head. She was pretty, too, from
q rural standpoint-she had red cheeks,
sharp blue eyes and a profusion of lighi
curls, which fell about her round face in
the manner of an old-fashioned china
doll.
s.Ho d, do. Miss P~inneyp" she called
OUT
Biar was staring at her broadly, anG
she gave him a pert little nod. II,
turned to look back at her as they droy,
on, and she returned his gaze boldly
shaking back her curls iauntily ant
swinging herself on the gate.
s.She's pretty pood-lookinp.n sail
BIar: Int that was a feeble eSnressio,
of the admiration with which Mis-
Mandy Sawyer's BLOOMING charms ba,
overp0vered him.
Biar GENERALLY dronped in at Stcpbe,
pinnev's two or three evenin orc . waaL
II was a necessary mart Of kecnin com
many Tbat weet be n not oo,no
f'on;ss mt ON ber blact a,nano auar,
EVENING and took II off at T.90 Rio,
never Came later than IS and thor,
was M need of keen;no r. nm af,er tha'
time and wear;ng + ont She did NO
Lnow why he d;d nn, oomo Int shn ha,
fnll trust IN him and his on-annear.n
did not arouse her susnicionsl Rut Jy
man BAKER came in toward the end .
the weat with q niece of rows
LYMAN Baker had been mildly atten
tive to Lonise before Riar GiIlett's suc
cession. He had not admired her mar
ticularlvLbe battered himself that h,
knew a good-looking girl when he saw
n but he had established an enviabl,
reputation as a lady's man, and to kee,
II u~utarnished II was necessary tha
there should be no girl in the neishbor
hood who had not ..gone WITH him
He had bestowed his preference on Till
Dillingham; of late; but he was lcavin;
lilly severely alone at present because
she hads.other company when he ha,
invited her to the last sociable. He wa