Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-05-24

bE,I'S oi3D LUCK.
Rosy checks. blue eyes, auburn hair,
il plump form. faultIcss teeth that
cleaned when she laughed that was
Rosie Fem.
i tall. muscular, dark featured
young man, With bristIing mustache,
black ewes aad brown hair-that was
Ben idmia Falcs, Nobody could make
lcp"un OF hummer quite 50 well
rs Ben Uncle Ben we used to call him.
Rose was only our hired Girl and Ben
drove Il truck for dry goods house,
bat the same Cupid that shoots his ar
rows on Fifth avenue had aimed his
missiles 81 Ben and Eiayhap 1T Rosie.
There was no m;stakiug that Ben was
lin love with her | hid behind the
kitchen door boy ike, and saw him
take her shrinkinghand and heard him
tell her now he worshipped the ground
She walked on
| could not then understand why she
tossed her head and told Ben that he
was Il fool, and that NE hadn't money
enough 10 keep mouse, let alone sup
porting il wife. Then she ran away
and Ben strobe off 10 his work
looking terribly sad. And what did
Rosie do buj rush into thesittin@-room,
throw herself face downward on the
old haiI-rIoth sofa, and sob rs ii her
heart Was breaking.
[ tried 10 comfort her, for she
Thought much Of me; but felt somehow
that had Numbered when she
spranu IN. her Blue ewes al wet with
tears. seized INV arm, and said: 80
YOU PLAYED aayesdroppar, did ven? II
YOU ever tell Ben thai | cried / will
box your ears"
The very nest evening as Rosie was
BUSTING about the house. there came a
knock 1T the door and who should
come I'M but Bob Fallon. Twas Young,
but ! knew enough 10 realize that Bob
was In love with Rosie lust as Ben was.
/ didn't like Sob. but enyied him. He
was a locomotive engineer. and once
he took me aboard his engine and let
me ride with him from the station to
the roQud-hogsa. How insignificant
moor Pen. drivino a truck. apneared to
Roll rnnDinr an enoine. And Vet
loved Bea and hated Bob. l almost
hated Rosie because She smiled on Bob
while Size repcIled Ben.
Sen came TO my mother and poured
tbe story of his woe into he, synDa-
thctir oars but She only shook her
boad and said. Won must naver think
If p}alr,-;no Rosie :, He went AWAY
sorroyfnI Int IN = few d,,s he rctuI.n-
o1 !, ~ ,otbn,. his bo.n.t f,aa r,d;-
ont vif5 nInssnro He LaI sncYrad :,
,,I,aa - f;rn,,,,n an thn road u,lar...
RnI ,sn ma h.J hnrn .nron,isnd =
~ - o,,,~i,on,, as coon as ba bad
tba necessary nxnarieppa an tbn line.
If wasn't lonm hpfora Ron who some
bor-h,l inGTarco vith fsa co,nn,n,-
500, =, All -. t1,,+ In ba5 boon ma1a
- cnoinon,. Dosia WINS nrnsaot but
il ,l:.7,,.4 .,,,,l j, Iii ~ on,,J fn,.
fnna WIN any iaferast Ron came in.
,.I,,,-a,.,d - i,r, - 90 a., ,,,.,,.
Rns;o S5o s,,;iod -, Inn, TstanaJ in
- ~, 80, e fl -,
len!l - 'e S' :, - ll-s t'tiL ~ ~
el lG,,(er ,.,.>, ;',1l ~, ie'' '''N
II ,ras ! ,roi7d dav for, mo whom I
s+aod - - t5o dono+ a3d cow Ron board
~ - I'LL, Ia w.,
tnr mn ~ sbinino Ieyor and sand
i g,linlr oL-o,. tha Ill Ron wasn't =
Ioa,.,a ~ ~, hnt 4 ~, = cool ~ :
I - - Ill.,. ~ ~, +alI
s ,U, - I When for tbe frst time he
onanod no thrnttle-vaiyo and faIt tre
,rI.oat T,onI,;n ,,,aL-ino. ~ his viii
Poor Rem, Not I month had zone
when he came to our house utterly
erestfaIlen. He had lost his situation.
The journals of his eno.ine had been
ruined on one of his trips and the mas
ter mechanic had DISCHARGED him for
caraInssness yet 7 know oiled all the
HEARINGS J, said Ben. Il can't under
stand how If ha,Dened. :, Rosie tossed
her head biober than ever when she
heard Of Be1,s in fortune. and gave
him not 1,-or,l Of coD,fo4t Rem cSIIed
nv mother oI,t IL tbn roon, ond arain
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