Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-03-22
aRa MEsI,s Story.


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..s,zas N. wHlTrLEsEy.
sss,ns Fred Hayes has finally
INV Howe" said Grandpa
rainy morning. as he stood
Iii the drops from his great
our kitchen stove.
replied |. as filed a pan
les and prepared to cut them,
oore shame to him, too
her clear up to an engage
& then LETT town With anoth-
and without one word to
~ repeated good Grandpa
ii 40 indignant flash from
and clear as at 81. It's a
to any Christian church to
os its members so on so.
when he wouldn't have gone
as he has now
That could have been donef"
a.
He'd have had the fun
IS Of church discipline on his
4 fifty years ago. He ought
Bealt with as HARMON Page
tonsluded grandpa, medita-
was that?" inquired !, inter
CAGE.
uder il you never heard that
said he, with a curious glance
hood better afterward. "See
q q rainy day, and mother
expecting me home. Hand
nife, and Iii help you with
kpies and tell thatyarn at the
be-"
pleased with the plars I took
nan. and our Anglers flew as
we.it ON with the true and
ic history of Harmon Page.
SEE he began, .'all this hap
|fty years ago. and Amitvville
Then the slow-going, duh little
Is now. Ii was comparative
and was lively and enterpris-
kse new places OF the West to-
fhers were a good many old
<atic families, though, and /
[hey held their heads high. The
etin house slips had to be
eccordin' TO the rank OF the
hnd / tell you old Deacon Avery
lever have got the seowl out OF
bard il Squire Page had hap
3 had a seat in front OF his,
Ion Avery had q daughter-a
Eeutle girl, with slight, graceful
nd y face-well, yeu don't see
<ces nowadays; q clear. fine
kioa. with a delicate pink
|ng ap into her lips. when she
5ken to. Her eyes were grea.
wells. changing with every
., and her hair was a soft
u brown, waving about her
lis own hayward style.
|xas q lovely girl, became a
br young. and was always to
|in the end of the deacon's peg
rain or shine. She'd
|ad much company for there
ind of disnife6 reserve about
4 kept the fellers at a distance.
In she was long bout Is or
Fmon Page began to go With
kas handsome, high.spirited
|yely and full of talk, and as
/ from Mercy Avery as two
conld be. But they loved
her; there's no doubt about
Many's the time I've seen her
|yes sparkle and pretty cheeks
Harmon's witty speeches, till
really brilliant. And he, with
proud spirit. always grew
ey gentle with Mercy.
h spite OF the rivalry that had
EXISTED between the two fanli-
lone would have disturbed the
hd it not been for Virginia
She was n cousin of Colonel
Hist wife, and came there Wis
bm the South.
suia was called a handsome
b her brunette face, flashing
eyes, and heavy black
she was never tired OF
around he. neck. She had
deal. too, of what you call
and Amityville folks who
know as much OF the ways OF
I'D as they do now were COM
fascinated with her taking
The young fellows in psrticu,
sered around her like moths
a candle.
Except Harmon Page. He had
himself to Mercy, and at first
be newcomer the go-by. The
md Forts had a family feud OF
1iasy years standing, which
EN- apart for one thing, and
3 had plenty of company be-
larmon.
| suppose Harmon's indiffer-
qned the girl, and she snubbed
|er boys and exerted all her
on Harmon.
came in the Fall, and along
Christmas time, the neighbors
to notice that Virginia was
thick at the Pages.
two houses were pretty near
=, fa,d she used to run
TO mother Pages on some
or Other twenty times a day.
: want strange that Har.
gan to be battered by it. He
good a turn-out as any chap
place, aud he got in the habit
hs Virginia considerable.
see positions everything in
ases than one, and Virginia
pc there handy; while Mercy
the top of one of our old FASH
connecticut hills, with q dread
1 road leading to il.
ether she knew how much Har-
Is taking the other girl wasn't
some thought not. She didn't
much except to meetin' that
and she had enough OF her
spunk about her, not to let
she saw Harmon foolin' with
, Wake at the noonin's.
re Was splendid sleishing that
the kind We don't have these
no some OF those young folks
20 have d general sleigh-ride.
put OF from time to time, till
lnasiy set for one Thursday
'as the night OF the regular
prayer. meeting; and, after the
tne ride was all settled, Har-
no was the only professor in
,,ty, tried a little to have it
!. But Virginia Wake declared,
wicked shake of those jingling
nat she could say her prayers
well In a sleigh as she could
up III that stupid barn OF q
,-house.
. cody thought afterward she
e ride Tor that night, to show
Ayery the power she had over
n Page.
/, the party starred from Am
long abont 8 o'clock. They