The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1896-07-16
sent q sta bic boy for the. policeman
an tongued Bill nfnner.

sent a sta bic boy for the policeman
an tongued Bill proper.
s 'Ess, fay, / knawed you'd do that
SEE Biz, While he waited an Anplebird
drawed breath. I knawed you'd have
the law Of me, an when i was to-
Exeter arter we was married, Polly
an me Went down to the Jail, an /
was for gWaiHe in theer an then to
4 save e trouble, but they Wouldn't take
me. You've got to summons me fust,i
and then I'm brought up in due course
afOre Justice, an he sentences me to
SIX weeks for marryin' gal under.
age. tho't to have saved e all that
confusion, but it can't be, they towld
me. So you'll have to go through wi
it, an Iget six weeks
Six weeks, you damn young rip
bust out Applebird, sweatin' wi rage.
| I'll have e theer for six years hard
labor, if lawyers can work it. 3#
They can't, seq Bill. six weeks
I'll get-then I'll come back to Meri-
vale
ut happened that the policeman
couldn't. be found just then, an Bill,
sayin' as he would be at his fathers
house, went off. He waited till even
ing, but no policeman coined. Next
day he went to see Master Applebird
again; an the aud man tawld un to
get out the bar, but he said nothin'
bout the policeman. An four follow
in marnins he went to knaw when
the policeman was comm. Then Polly
coined nome an faced the mOOsic; but
you see, Polly was wound too tight
around her fathers heart for un to
cast her off or enything outrageous
| like that He stormed steady for a
fortnight, then the doctor from Prince
ton gave I'm brace o. pills for his
vitals, an tawld I'm that anger turned
the blood sour if persisted in too long
Meanwhile Bill went about his bust
rcss, an KEEP away from the Hunts
mans Rest as though twas the gate
to perdition. That's wheer the famous
O. Bill coined n-almost contrary to
! human nachur. Then in the spring
| Bills father died an twas found he'd
saved a, matter Of ES3 in silver, which
had took fifty year O. fuss-cuttin' to
| do. But theer it was. an when auld
| Applebird heard as Bill meant buyin'
fraish paper for the cottage walls an
tmprovin the place general lie was
| interested; an when he heard Bill was
! specially axed to paint CERT elephant
! on sign at Tavistock for two pounds
| ten he was 'mazed with wonder
| Eighteen months dawdled BY. an
!; then coined the tail to the story, as
said. Wan day Applebird sees his dar.
ter helpin' the servant gal down stairs
with two boxes, an he also sees q
boy with barrow fore the inn door,
waitin'.
".Wheer be gwainey' he seq to
Polly.
Down long to my husband, Bill
Vogwells house. SEE Polly.
"Never-not while can stop ye,' he
answers back, but rather tame like,
for theer was many things in his mind
by that time. %1
"'God bless ye' father she sez, God
bless We, but We can't stop me. Do We
knaw the day?' she seq.
Mo- he sez 49,. 81. -S,.-
my. birthday she sez, 4 be of
| coined age, an I loves We so dear as
ever, an Bill no less than I did when
us was married. TITS my bounden
dooty, dear father she seq.
"Thei auld man answered never a
4 word, but he stood at the door with
his CERT double chins all rumpled UP
as He put his head down like a bull
snortin' an putin. SO he watched
her go, an then went in the door. No
body seed un all that AFTERNOON, but
when evenin' came an the lights
twinkled out O. Merivale like row OF
glow-worms climbin' the black hill
Applebird he put on the velveteen
coat he uses for rabbit shootin', an
| brushed his white hair till it shone
! an counted out tidy little pile OF
sovereigns from bag, an took his
slso ~ \
served in the bar, he'd be back in an
hour or less. Then he sneaked dowr
the hill as though he was gwaine
poachin'; but he stopped at the last
cot, an looked at a light in the kitchen
! winder' an seed two heads close to-
! gether eatin' supper at a little moo ia
! BILE. Then he tramped up the path.
way soft, but Polly heard an knawed
the step; an fore he reached the door
twas open-"-St. Louis Globe-Demo
crat. ~