The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1891-06-06

here and there; and occasionally she
would lay Toms flowers against the
lress to try the effect. When she was
dressed and quite ready she hesitated
for some time before she pinned the
Spretty blossoms at her neck with the
great hair brooch which had been her
mothers; then she threw her shawl
over her head so that she might not muss
the flowers and she tripped down the
street to Sally's house.
The big kitchen at the Walters home
, was clean and shiny, and the bare
floor smooth as wax; rows of chairs
were set along the sides of the room,
and the bashful, red-faced beaux and
country bellies were sitting in an en-
barrassed silence which was broken by
an occasional giggle.
The organ was at the end of the
room and Tom Jones stood near it tun-
ing his fiddle. Everyone looked eX-
pectant and eager as the hostess bus
tied in and led Miss Smith to the organ.
Tom gravely called:
"Places for fust set"
And soon everybody was on the
floor, and the fiddle-bow scraped away,
and the organs deep tones emphasized
the time by little crash of chords at
every second note.
"Fust lady balance to the right hand
gent'-called Tom, chee,ily, and then
he leaned over and nodded toward the
posies at Miss Smiths throat: Pm glad
ye wore 'em," whispered he.
Miss Smith blushed to her eyes and
struck whole handful of false notes,
but nobody noticed it and the dancers
danced on, obedient to Toms call,
through figure after figure, ending
with "Gran' right an left; you done ii
SO well you can do it ag5n, agin," and
then Tom called "SeatS-all," and there
was stampede to the water pail and
dipper which stood on chair in the
corner.
When supper was announced, Tom
stiffly gave his accompanist his arm
and they followed the rest to the din
ing-room. The chairs were all full
and was left only wash bench, and
they were laughingly told they must
share that.
AS he helped Miss Smith to the
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dainties, Tom told her that he was GO
ing away, and she murmured that the
young people would miss him sadly
Then he asked her If SHE would miss
him, and she murmured, even lower
that she would, and then he followed
that up with another question which
he half whispered and she answered
very low-quite under her breath, but
he understood it, for he looked very
proud when he led her back to the
organ after supper.
When the party "brole up" every
body came to bid Tom good-by and he
said; Boys an girls, you'll hev to say
good-by to Miss Smith too, fur She.
goin' with me-"
Everyone was delighted and sur
prised, of course, and wondered now il
all happened, only Mandy Null ant
Mrs, Walters shook their heads anc
said despairingly that it seemed too
bad for the village to lose all its musica
talent at once, and six of the girls Sc
cretly determined on the spot to apply
for the position of organist in the Sun
day-school.
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doorstep that night he told her that i
he had known how very easy it was tC
propose he would have done it twenty
years before, and she said "Oh, Toni
and ran in the house. When Tom came
to pack her organ for its journey to ,
new country they discovered that the
tremolo-stop was broken and the key
would not respond to its doleful com
mand, Tom puttered over it in vain
until Miss Smith said: "Never mind
Tom; / don't care bit if it's nevel
fixed-I only used that stop when | wa
lonesome and sad. I'm glad it ism
'Vox' thet's broke Somehow it seem
kind of good sign, as though WASH
goin' to need the lonesome one n,
more. 'Vox' is joyful-let me shoV
you," and the little woman pulled on
the stop and sat down at the organ an,
played Old Hundred with will.
MARIE MORE MARSH.
Said one darlxy to another who wa
| beating carpet: "Gwine to git an,
money fur dat?" "You bet. Doan yo