Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-01-17

would show results at the supper table,
aud began on her.
miss Kelley is very charming
girl" ! ventured.
"Yes, Maggie's nice enough" an
swered Aunt Rachel in non-commit-
tai voice.
"She is one of the sort that attracts
young men"
II guess that's so." ...lli
This was not encouraging, and
took plunge.
"Your hired mans in love with her."
Aunt Rachel broke two eggs before
she spoke.
"Curious notions some people get
into their heads" she said, IAN for the
life of me don't see where they come
from. sometimes think the air is
full of them, jest as it is of bees an
things"
This was not exactly relevant to tho
subject under discussion, from any
point of view, and did not feel in the
humor for abstract argument. i be-
| gan to suspect that Aunt Rachel had
been as observant as ] had and did
not care for me to discover the fact.
Harry Perrin is going to propose to
her before he leaves this place." l as
serted as boldly as if had the infor-
nation from headquarters
"He might go further and fare
worse" was the not entirely original
answer got from this, though in this
case l was ready to assent to the truth
of the saying.
The interview was not as satisfac-
tory as it might have been, and |
lounged down toward the field where
Joe was at work without very def
mite idea of Aunt Rachel's opinion or
information. A.tN
A few days after this abortive at
tempt to get confirmation of my sus-
picions or some evidence to prove to
myself that they were not well found
ed was compelled to go my way and
leave fate to work out it's designs
without help or hindrance from me.
AS / said good-by to Aunt Rachel at
the station at Garrettsville said
II am afraid Margaret Kelley is go.
ing to make fool of herself"
$50 am l." answered Aunt Rachel,
without making any sign to denote
that she was at all surprised at my re-
mark or that she did not fully under
stand my meaning.
A year is not long whe one is busy,
and it was full twelve months before
l saw or heard from Aunt Rachel
again. You may be sure it was not
long after that before asked about
her niece and her lovers.
at turned out just as you said it
would, the last words you said before
you jumped on the cars down to Gar
rettsville last summer" she said.
"That day when You come a-pryin'
around out on the back porch an tried
to get me to tell you all l knowed an
didn't succeed, knowed how the land
lay between them two young fellers |
knowed then jest as well as dc now
that both of 'em was heels over head
in love with Maggie, an l knowed
that she would take up with Harry
Perrin as we'll as | ever knowed any
thing in my life. After you went
away Harry got to maxim up to her
more lively than he did while you was
around to see every move he made, an
they got to philanderin' round good
deal.
Joe he was pretty well down,in the
mouth an did sorter pity him, though
thought he was big fool to ever
think he could get such nice girl as
Maggie. Not but what Joe was good
enough for anybody, for a nicer, stid-
dier young feller never was about my
house in the world, but then folks
must remember that some things are
fitten an some unftten, an Joe
seemed to TO rget this entirely.
Things went along about that way
till towards fall, when Maggie had to
go back home an Harry hadn't any
excuse to speak of for stayin' out here,
an Joe he got pretty gloomy an Harry
pretty Uneasy, an Maggie was the
most puzzlin' critter l ever met with
in all my born days. She tried to
show Joe there wasn't no chance for
him by bein' polite to him an holdin'
him off at arms length, an she was
nice to Harry as she could be.
~ got tired of worryin' about it,
which couldn't help but do, though
it was none of my busines, an one day
I says to her, says /: Maggie, why
don't you get them two fellers out of
their misery by lettin' the one that you
are goin' to take propose an lettin'
the other know it is time to look some
nnH Helse?"
kort of flushed up an looked
Us like at me an says:
know which one to
a. there ought
hich que that
7osti0n in
Iall, we Kel-
We belong to q
this country
lat counts for
y one that be-
scracy, an the
ow which one
IN to me.
to her, but |
wanted to that
an felt easier
It had no great
good sense all
larry an her
ling about an
q made up
settled before
Is. She come
1 asked her
Baid she didn't
out sayin': oh,