Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1897-01-14

Ing girl. After supper they took q
| spin together on their wheels as far as
the school house, which she exhibited
| to him with Il certain air of possession
that seemed delightful to Tommy. After
escorting her back to the farm they
stood and chatted together for q while
at the gate.
81 see," she said, chat you ride an
| Eagle
EYES," said Tommy, with a sigh, look
| ing at his machine, ''but as soon as
get back to the Corners l am going to
paint the word out and substitute the
word Dove for it."
Miss Seaford laughed merrily, and
so it need hardly be stated that the
machine she rode was the Dove.
'Well,' said III. r. over the wire next
day, "did you see herr"
You bet / did," answered Tommy.
"And say, II. B., she is the most stun
ming girl l ever met in my life; pretty
as a picture, too. / used to think
school mistresses were rather sticks,
but there's nothing Of the conventional
schoolmaam about her at all. BY the
! way, III. b., do you know anything
about books and authors and that sort
of thing?'
mot q bit; I'm not a reading man"
! answered II. b. "Why do you askY'
I'm amazed at YOU" replied Tommy
that's why you couldn't get along
| with that girl. l believe she has read
every mortal thing that ever was print
ed. | felt like fool when she was
talking, she was so we'll posted Oh
books Say, who's the greatest novel
list in this country; do you know?
Il haven't the slightest idea" re-
piled II. B., 'but l can tell you the
presidents of all the railways in the
country"
Hang the presidents of all the rail-
ways; Pm interested in books now.
tell you, and I'm going to post up. You
don't know any fellow along the line
that has lot of books, do your
mo, don't. But why don't you ask
Miss Seaford to lend you some books?
Although she may not have much of
the schoolma'am about her, I'll bet she
would enjoy teaching a fellow. l wish
l had thought Of asking her.
III. B., you're a brick. I'll do 1t to-
morrow. That'Il give me an excuse
for riding over there so soon. I'll tell
her how blamed ignorant am, and ask
! her to take pity on me; that always
! fetches the girls, anyhow, and, you
see, when l borrow book l can al
ways go and take it back; it will give
me reasonably good excuse for going
there pretty often
'Weil, you are getting along" said
II. r.
"You bet was the laconic answer
clicked out on FL. BIS telegraph instru-
ment
| And so Tommy's visits to Hobbs
farm became many and frequent. They
took bicycle rides together, and they
strolled in the woods together. She
! took his reading in charge and told him
the books he should shun, and the
books he should treasure. She lent
him volume after volume, and Tommy,
with great deftAess, found out the
books she did not have and wished to
get, and he sent surreptitiously to the
city for them. 1t delighted him to see
her eyes light with pleasure when he
took from his pocket some new book
that had just arrived. Tommy was
young, and had all the conceft that
had formerly filled his animated being
| with regard to woman had now left
him, and he felt tumble and small ana
mean when in Miss Seaford's pres
ence. All of which is good for a man
at a certain period Of his career. An
other change had come over him which
somewhat interfered with his friend
ship for the genial Fl. B.
| When the telegrapher at Hobbsville
| sent somewhat jocular and bantering
messages over the wire regarding the
young lady, Tommy waxed indignant,
! and said he wasn't going to have her
made the subject of Geographic Cos
| sip.
SIS it so serious as all that?' asked
| III. B.
"It is as serious as it can be-" tele-
graphed Tommy.
Beware, beware, she's fooling thee"
came over the wire.
Then Tommy sent back fearful cleo
trical words, which ought to have made
sparks fly from the machine, and doubt
less did, asking the operator at Hobbs
vile to mind his own business, where
at the operator ratified his machine to
represent, he said, fiendish laughter.
One day Tommy telegraphed HI. B.,
saying he was going away shortly after
lunch, and asked his friend to answer
any messages that were sent to SUIT
toms Corners.
''You can't leave the Office" an
swered III. B.
Il am going to- said Tommy. II
won't stand this suspense any longer.
i / am going right to the school house
and propose to her, even IL there are
two hundred and fifty children pres
emit"
Il wouldn't do anything so extremely
foolish" answered II. B. "Why, you'll
make the girl so ashamed that she'll
never speak to you again"