Middletown transcript., 1892-04-28
4 SPRING ROMANCE.
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He put his arm around her wais
and helped her out and did not pu
her down till they reached the road
She was completely dressed, even I
her hat and shoes, but she mourned
aMy hair is every which way
Lyme, how can I be married 50 n
They were nearing the horse an
buggy now, and Lyme laughed. @of
wen step ut Jennings and fix up
He has told his mother by this time
So just laugh as jolly as you can"
Soon they were in the buggy, th
impatient horse swung into the roac
at a rafting pace, and as MARKETS.
leaned back in the seat, thinking Q
what she had done, she cried lament
ably, in spite Of all the caresses ant
pleadings Of herlover.
But the sun burst up from the
plain. the prairie-chickens took VI
their mighty chorus on the hills
robins met them on the way, focks Of
wild geese, honking cheerily, drove fal
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overhead towards the north, and with
these sounds ola golden spring day in
her ears, the bride grew cheerful, and
laughed.
At about the time when the sun
was rising. Farmer Bacon, reused
from bis sleep by the growing of the
chickens on the dry knolls in the
fields as we'll as by those in the barn.
yard, rolled out of bed YEARLY, won
dering why he should feel so drowsy.
Then be remembered the row with
Lyme and his subsequent inability to
sleep with thinking over it. There
was dull pain 10 his breast. which
made him uncomfo Portable.
As was his usual custom, he went
out into the kitchen and built the fire
for Marietta, filled the tea-kettle With
water, and filled the water bucket in
the sink. Then he went to her bed-
room door and knocked with bis
knuckles as he had done for years in
precisely the same fashion.
Rap-rap-rap. Hello, Merry !
Time l git up. Broad daylight, an
birds a.singin'."
Without waiting for an answer be
went out to the barn and worked
away at his chores. He took such
delight in the glorious morning and
the turbulent life of the farmyard that
his heart grew light and he hummed
d tune which sounded like the merry
growl Of a lion. 9 Poo-ee. poo-ee,"
he called to the pigs as they sSarmed
across the yard.
aAhrrl you big, fat rascals, them
hams O. yourn is clear money. One
o. ye shall 60 TO- buy Merry a new
dress, = he said as heglanced at the
house and saw the smoke pouring out
the stose.pipe !" Merry 5 a good
girl she's stood by her old pap when
other girls 'u'd "a gone back on 'im..''
While currying the horses he went
all over the ground of the quarrel
yesterday, and be began to see it in q
different light. He began to see that
Lyme Gilman was good man and an
able man, and THAT his own course
was a foolish one.
When / gil mad, he confessed to
himself, i don't know anythin'.
But / won't give her up. She amt
I'D 'nough t. marry yet--and, besides.
need her."
Having got his chores done as
usual, he went to the well and wash |
ID his face and hands, then entered
the kitchen-to find the tea-kettle |
boiling over, and no signs Of break
asst anywhere and no sign Of the girl.
Well, I guess she felt sleepy this
nornin. Poor gal mebbe she cried
,alf the night.o
Merry Y he called gently at her
loor. /" Merry, M gal Pap needs
lis breakfast.
There was no reply, and the old
mans face stiffened into a wild sur
rise. he knocked heavily again
gain, and got no.reply, and with a
White face and shaking hand he flung
he door open and gazed at the empty
,ed. His hand dropped to his side;
lis head turned slowly from the bed
0 the open window; he rushed for
Yard and looked out on the ground,
shere he saw the tracks of a man.
He fell heavily into the chair BY
be bed, while a deep groan broke
rom his stiff aud twitching lips.
aShe's left me! She's left me T.
For a long halfhour the iron
nuscled old man sat there motionless.
'earing not the songs Of the hens or
be birds far out in the brilliant sun
hine. He.had lost sight Of his farm,
Is days wcrk, and telt no hunger
or food. He did not doubt that her
Ding was final. He felt that she was
one from him forever. If she ever
h.ob Il Uouid not be as his