St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1892-04-09

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Faulkner sat quiet . though dls.
couraged and exhausted at last And
Dick-poor Dick! He wished that hs
was somcwhere-anyw where else; that
he knew enough 70 say TOO to goose;
that he had never been born. What
Anst she think Of him? That he was .
tongue tied. rural gawk
lie cast IN shrighted glance at her,
sitsin4 demure and lovely. He was AZ
most in love with her. he knew that
In love with her! Well, his misery was
strangely complete. HALF IN hour ago
he had been phlegmatically serene.
Nowl
"Look!' Carrie cried. miraculoasly
rousing herself .'Wild roses! Jim, 20
and get some this instant-Dicl4. too
You want some. don't you, Miss Faulk.
ner?"
'Oh. yes:" Miss Faulkner cried. and
took the lines from Dick
"You shall have all l can fet," he
murmured, anxiously.
Jim followed him, and Carrie fol-
lowed Jim.
81 know they'll overlook that pref
tiest spray. just for minute, Miss
Faulkner" abe said
Il was far more than Q minute. The
horse gave . sudden plunge; though
eighteen years old and soberness itself,
he clung to the habits Of youth. A
white paper was driven under bis
sorrel nose by the wind, and the
frightened animal gave . snort and
galloped down the road at high speed
| There waa . turn not far away and
Dick had not recovered his breath BE-
fore he saw the last flicker Of Miss
Faulkner's blue dress in . cloud of
dust The old horse few round the
corner.
shell be killed!' shrieked Carrie,
while Jim stood petrified.
But Dick swung into the road and
ran. He had not been aware that such
powers Of swiftness lay in him.
OF course she would be killed-or
fesrfully injured, at best He should
nnd her lying somewhere-thath he was
sure of. But when? He had turned
the corner. but he could Is yet 80
nothing. How far he had run he didn't
know. It was nearly . mile. Small
wonder that when he did make out
something ahead of him 1t last things
were swimming before his eyes and
his head was buzzing. The object was
. person, and not . recumbent person,
either. 1t was Miss Faulkner hurrying
toward him.
'.Mr Corwin!" she painted '-Oh. did
You think was killed? How absurd
It was! Nothing but . newspaper.
But how you look! You've run all
the way- She dropped down on the
grass and pulled him down beside her.
I'm afraid you've almost killed your
self," she cried ..Do take OF your
hat and loosen your collar. You're
purplew
You thought should 6nd You lying
dead somewhere. saw your hat back
there"
THAT came OF. Of course"
II almost gave you mp then"
She half pouted @
Didn't you think l had . bit Of
nerve to let myself be killed just by .
frightened horse? I Just sat still and
held the lines with al my might and
let him run till he got tired I Wa
sure he would stop sometime. Hes up
there under that big maple. Sec himf
tied him to the post and ran back.
thought you'd Be worried" she IN
ishcd, demurely.
'.But you're pluckyy' cried Dick, his
heart thumping trife lcss furiously.
''Why. not 20 awfully," said the girl,
glancing at him half-frowningly. ANY
other line of conduct would have been
stupid, you know. And why shouldn't
I know something about horses? We
have one. and drive al over Earring
ton every day."
'Farrington?"
"Dont 60 back to naonosyllables.
Mr.. Corwin. Yes, Farrington. Why
not? rve lived there nineteen years
and three month&"
I'm Farrington9 said poor Dick.
dazsdly. my sister said you were
from the city"
Hardly. Farrington has only ten
thousand inhabitants, y0u know. II
that the reason you were afraid oS
met"
She lowered her mischievous eyea
'sThst and few other things."
'.What other things?"
my sister said she heard that you
were very rich, high and mighty, and-
but il IL had been true I ought not :"
have acted like . fool I'm baah9.i
naturally, Miss Faulkner, and ] was
about ratified out of my vita Oh. yea;
heard you had been to Europe twice"
: Cl d. .- ArAA k~>~A~ av>A No.
pretty round chin.
..Europe! We went 70 the Thousand
islands once. bat we had to economtse
rather TO do that Father has hard
ware store, and not such very pros
porous one, either. There! Am can
did enough for you? Are you afraid OF
me still, Mr.. Corwin?"
What was the matter with the blithe
girl? She was smiling. bat her dark
eyes were misty. Dick did mot know
then, but Q time came when he did
He had felt the power OF her delicate
beauty, her brightness, and there was
an answering thrill In her own heart
II am not afraid Of you" said Dick.
"And ] know now where I saw you
before: it was in Farrin&too. . long
time ago. and have never forgotten
you"
As he looked at her she blushed and
smiled, and IL did not occur TO them to
drive back till Jim and Carrie came in
sight down the road
Dicks shyuess was not wholly eradi-
Gated It was llvs Reathe e3tervard
that he came home from burlington
and told his sister that he had left .
ring ON Maggie Faullner's hand
1--WE liked each other from tho very
first" he said. simply. Only thas
story Of yours came near scttnne
things; the horse ran away In the nick
Of time"
at wasn't mine. Dick" aid Carrie.
(She and jim hod been DaSsied In sep
tember.) ''It was sally Decker thas
said Il and she always mtxes things
nm II was your own fanlt Il yop be-
lieved Il: I didn't Aaga-
zine
Mr. George Wilson, Of Lexington.