The Progress., 1894-04-14

troo nm in ,vLosn branches the Young
proctors climbed and pcrchcd after
~, ,,,,,or of So MANY voun~ suuir~
rolls II was this habit Of theirs that
Gr,11, cousrd Johnnv's observation
nnint to be disrc-nrd.
,r,vn Of fine children had a dispute
,,.hiIc I'M in fine tree. and one fell out
of if johnny happrnrd to be at the
l.not-ho)r He saw Rose rush out OF
fine honsc, He could not stand her
Tool, Of Terror. and ne stepped up on
tho bcnrh clio isn't much hurt" he
coIIcd ont "Don't he so frightened.
Thc t,,rr i 81 soft Won know"
SON IT.. Won Mr. Porter" said Rose.
Inhnr,, hn,r,n to anoIorizc for his
ro,;tio,
Hynr needn't onoIori2c, " Rose has
tonoI to say 81 don't mind your
Iool,ir,, o,.,r tbo fence q bit." Then
Cha ,n;Iod aroin. and that NIGHT
I,bun, portcr dreamed of her.
rho rovt dav inst before noon. as
Rose was SINGING her little sister to
Sloan ONT in the yard, Johnny handed
hcr orcr an enormous bouquet Of
roso. His face was crimson with
bushes and he was spccchlcss at his
ov,n tcmrritv
,.lIow evoI1isita, Are they for mc?"
Rosa asked rs She went TO the fence
to rcccivc thcm.
VIII had cone to Frisco on a bust
moss trin and how pleased he would
no to know Of Jnhnuv's attcmpts at
n,,,,ipo, friends with her. During the
ncvt ynok Johnny almost lived at the
rcncc and whenever Rose had occa-
sion TO sit ont in the yard he would
mount his bench and speak to her.
She always allowed him to see that
she was pleased. They became con-
fdcntial. lie found out her likes and
dislilcs, he haunted book and candy
stores, the ripest fruit in the garden
he cave to her and fresh flowers every
morning. Rose accepted his gifts
with delight.
Poor, lonely fellow" she would
saw to herself. 81 shall be very good
to him"
And Johnny BEGAN to build air
castles-such extensive ones. Life
grow to have meaning for him. He
read ND on the subject of obesity. lie
astonished GOOD Mrs. Penny by re-
fusinr 90 partal,e of his favoritc dain-
ties, He ate dried toast rigidlv in
spitc Of the Halzv biscuits and mullins
she put before him. lie took long
walks around the garden and had
himself weighed every few days.
When he had lost one of his pounds of
flash his DELIGHT knew no bounds He
imarined himself lust Wills weight.
An thcn perhans-
Then VIII came home, He entered
ouietlv He wanted to surprise
Johnny. Not fnd;ro him in the
house he went INTO the garden, and tc
his evtreme amazcment caught him
IN the act Of looking through tn.
Friendly knot-hole. lie went nearer.
Johnny's nreoccupation was complete
he was tall5inr SOFTLY to himself.
ooh, nv beautiful queen of Roses,
, be was SAVING. "thcn when all thi
mountain of flesh has melted away
will WOO and win vou."
VIII was panic-striclSen-his poo
Johnny had fallen in love with hi
nromiscd bride, Still unobserved h,
went bacl, into the house; he de
cided to saw nothing to Johnny of hi
discovery. he would wait until even
;nr and % and fell Rose all about il
Meanwhile he could not face hi
brother 50 he left the house.
Eveninr came and VIII sat with hi
svoethe,rt ont under a bip tree. Mrs
Proctor mad sent them there.
"Tbav,ve been senarated q who'll
vael ~ she said svmnatheticallv to be
bnsba nd "thev will have so much t
toll Zach other"
7, +bo sol,tnde of his OWN ROOF
Johnny was thinking of Ros.. Ho
doorlv ba loved her Thr.e week
400 bo had NOT oiven her ona though
~, 10 +horrh+ ~ bor continrallv'
Va fo,+ ca rostless IF Ia could onl
ho,r bor VOICE inst once more tn;