Lawrence democrat. (Lawrenceburg, Tenn.) 1884-1925, 1893-12-01

"Well, mandolin, if you like; it is
worse to me than tin-can making. De-
cidedly, Cholly must be abated."
Another team attempting to pass
him melted Mr.. Blodgett to trial Of
the speed of his bays, which proved
quite satisfactory to all concerned.
When they were again jogging along
at an easy pace Mr.. Blodgett resumed
his theme, remarlking, tentatively: Il
wish | knew how much you think of
that cat"
Meaning Cholly?'
"Yes."
''Oh, l think he is ever so nice! In
deed, he is one of the very incest young
men | know"
"Humph! Nice, ladylike,e h, That's
the idea the word conveys to my mind"
"Oh dear! No Cholly is quite a
brave little man. You should hear
him tell how he once frightened an
awfully savage bull by simply shaking
his fist, over fence, at the terrible
creature, and telling it to go away"
THE bull would not have tossed him,
even if there had been no fence. He
would have bitten Cholly."
perhaps. Cholly is somewhat fresh,
though possibly not so green as you
may imagine, papa"
'Ile has been making love to you for
six months or more, hasn't hep"
''He has called on me frequently fol
about that long"
"And not without some encourage
ment from you, dare say. / wish
knew how much you really think OF
him."
you said SO before, papa Why
would you like to know?"
Because / would as lief seen you
marry monkey as Cholly Lytewayte. ,
A CLEAN of mischief flashed in the
girls eyes and smile curved her
lips, but she did not let him see either
blossoming of her internal mirth
Very seriously, and with little affect
ed hesitancy, she replied;
"But-would you really object to
Cholly's marrying me?"
Would l 'objectr I'd see him
boiled first"
Flora was silent. She could not have
spoken without bursting into laughter
| it appeared to her such an excellent
| joke that her father should seriously
think of Cholly in the light of fla
vored sutton for her hand; so she BIZ
her lips to keep straight face, anG
Mr.. Blodgett very enormously imagined
he had spoken none too soon to restrain
his beloved moth from the fatal fasci
nation of that brilliant fame Cholly
Lytewayte.
81 don't see," he pursued with a lit
tie querulousness in his tone, "why
you should want to think of marrying
anyway. You are only seventeen"
Last November"
'Well-'last November But there's
plenty of time, for years yet Why
don't you amuse yourself finding hus
band for your Aunt Jennie? She wants
one badly enough. I've no doubt sh'
would even accept Cholly."
81 should think she would-if tn,
sleeps eyes she makes at him meal
anything But Cholly does not recipro
cate. He is faithful to me-so far a
she is concerned, at least"
well l wish to goodness somebod.
would marry her Pm not particula
who, any more than she is; and that
saying G God deal"
Late that night the mosquitoes in tb
shrubbery Toasted again on Cholly'
neck, while the "twinkey-twank' o
his little mandolin and the chippery
chirp of his small voice stirred the katy
dds to cumulative fury. Mr. Blodgett
rising from his bed in wrathful disgust
sent to the city Office a long telegram
which he knew the automatic receive
would faithfully record and present t
the chief clerk the mex morning.
BY little after nine o'clock the fol
lowing morning two expert lineme
presented themselves in Mr.. Blodgett'
Office, saying that Mr.. Marshall, tb
chief clerk, had sent them down to re
ceive instructions. Two hours later
wagon arrived, laden with wires, plai
and insulated, a heavy storage battery
and boxes of objects carefully cor
cealed, all, as the driver explained
sent down on Mr.. Blodgett's order t
Mr.. Marshall.
! Flora went to the city early tina
morning, on shopping expedition
Qnl wv oil dow. al
vigilant curiosity would have bee
much excited by the strange industr
of the linemen, who busted themselve
hour after hour with the laying dow
of insulated wires just beneath the SUI
face of the earth, all through MI
Blodgett's grounds, and connectin
them with many almost invisible wire
which they temporarily left coiled on
of sight under shrubs, or laid up alon
tree-trunks, or concealed in the grass
Long after dark they were still busy
but as there was almost no light the
must have had the perceptions of owl
or bats, to enable them to work at al
As they took care to keep out of sigh
as much as possible Miss Blodget
knew nothing of their presence, thong
she was then at hsme and much of tn
time seated on the porch.
AT ten O'Clock the twinkey-twanlS c
Cholly's mandolin in the shrubber
smote the ear OF Mr.. Blodgett, who e1
pectantly sat alone near window @
his Office, in the darkness Briskly h
CROPPED to the column by his desk an
pressed u button, at the same time III
consciously translating into the word
LET 'er GO the signal he thereb
transmitted to the linemen waiting i
the basement battery-room.
The light-hearted serenader had jus
started in on the song he flattered hin
self he sang best;
! "Eyah of thee I'm fawswawndly dreeeaming,