Telegram-herald., 1889-05-24

| DANCED WITH JENNIE MANY TINES.
| Tipped girls, full OF health, vivacity and
natural honesty. Rut old man Dan Ed
| er's daughter Jennie seemed TO me the
| flower OF the flock. and assure you that,
| as far as could, | made il an object of in
terest for the Elder family to do its trad
ing at our store.
Jennie and I otqulte friendly, and be-
gan to have hopeful suspicion that she
was pretty near a. glad 70 see me whea
she came TO town as l was To see her.
Once | got her and her father TO
go with me 10 a theatre. the first
time that either of them had seen a play,
but he got q notion that there was some
thing wrong about stage plays and would
not let her 60 again. Still, the old fellow
seemed TO take sort Of liking to mo and
after he had got To know me quite well,
nearly two years from our first meeting,
he invited me to visit his place out on Rae
coon Greek.
About n week afterward, I hired n good
saddle horse and rode out 10 pay that visit.
II was easy enough 10 find Uncle Dams
place, for everybo within n radius Of ten
miles about IL seemed to know him. and
reached his house just Mt dusk. | Thought
1t was good omen when the dogs were SO
much more friendly than country dogs
generally are in greeting u stranger, and
was sure of it when Jennie said aTchly:
"Old Bose wouldn't be so good natured
IL he did not know that / was expecting
you. He must have heard me talking
about you"
That evening the whole mily-Jennie,
her father and mother, IN elder brother
and two sisters-went to q dance, about
two miles distant, and of course | went
along. At least | seemed to do SO. la
potns OF fact, went To Paradise. / sat
beside Jennie in the big wagon, with my
arm around her while We went through
dark patches OF forest; danced with Jennie,
I don't know how many times; waited
upon Jennie at supper; rode home beside
Jennie. with renewed utilization Of for
est shadows, and even snatched Hiss
from Jennie ere she led n her room. IN
der such circumstances how could Toe eK
pected TO be- moro than vaguely conscious
that thers was n big, hulkinZ clod-hopper
named + m Arney. who scowlsd and & ared
at me "a II he would ike to eat me. What
the mischief did care for Jim Arney. But
thefellow wouldn't BE- ignored. Tne very
next afternoon. feeling that IL was not
quite the proper thing for me to loiter
around the house al day. I borrowed
brother Dawes rife and went ont to shoot
squirrel or two If I could find any sud
denly at turn Of the road was con
fronted by i'm ArneY on horseback. Eve
ing me with an insulting sffectation Of
scorn he snarleyI,
You're pretty looking dandy from
town. siut youi" / replied that candidly
speaking I really dad tank | presented q
rather az - abb ecoatrsst TO him.
He flushed angriiY. aad speaking IN
voic- thick with passion, retorted:
I'D break your back II Jennie hadn't
SAID vas 20 leave you alone. ] told him
Ivsuid secure his pardon for All ths back
breaking he could do on ne and invited
him 20 "rsas n. bit he rode OF on his
way sn1 went on squirrel hunting
Leaving ny course - chance | strolled
higher and higher uo a esBtly slop'ng bill
natl I cans ent sRiSen = - the top of
prsci pics several hundred fe-+ in height.
which I - Subsequently, leaned wss called
The Devil a Rsrkbcre" Tue face a.
t1e elf vas as sheer - wal