The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1897-04-27
FORREST ROSF,
TALE OF THE FRONT. .EAR.-aY CARP.


1 from my owney own 'ovey dovey,
: and Rose held up her red ripe lips t
5 be glued some more.
Lewis Wetzel was light sleepe
and the slightest noise awakene,
him. He had heard the murmur O
voices and sounds which resemblet
the drawing of corks from beer bot
ties, and for some time he was at
loss to account for it.. He rolled owe
| on his side and felt for his comrad
J and finding him gone, he concluded
that the sounds came from him o
that he was in somo way connected
! with them. He softly arose anC
quietly made his way to a rock i'm.
mediately in the rear of the lovers
and peering over he was amazed t
see Albert sitting with his arm.
around what looked like Il very cor
pulent sack of bran with q head or
it and cooling to it like turtle dove
to its mate. 1t was the most re
markable spectacle the old hunter
had ever witnessed, and he held his
breath while he listened to the bill
Ing and cooling and the smacking OF
lips as the lovers loosened up for a
fresh hold occasionally. Finally
whom they took breathing spell and
the old hunter was forced to listen to
"ovey dovoy," and chubby dubby," +"
and that sort of stuff, he could not
contain himself any longer and be
startled the lovers from their dream
of bliss with an emphatic "Ratsw
Rose gave little scream and AL
bert bounded to his feet in such q
hurry that he overturned Rose, and
the rock that he had placed in her
lap for ballast, slid off and to the
amazement of Wetzel, the supposed
bag Of bran shot up in the air to the
end of the line that held it to the
rock and bobbed and tugged, while
screams came from it that nearly
froze the blood in his veins.
eur the love of goodness, what
sort of a circus hev ye got there?" al
most shouted Wetzel to his compan-
ion, as he stepped around the rock
and eagerly grasped Albert by the
arm.
why its Rose" rather indignant
ly responded the young lover, for he
did not like to hear his darling re-
ferred to as q "circus."
"sose!" calculated tho astonished
hunter. "What in the land o. Gosh
Ell is she doin' up thar, and what
swelled her up so?"
"Well just wait until 1 pulE her
down and then I will explain" And
Albert seized the rope and brought
Rose down hand over hand, to the
rock. Having ballasted her again,
he turned to the dumbfounded Wet
eel and said:
"Now come and see for yourself"
Wetzel approached nearer aud as
he did so Rose lifted up her sweet
Smiling Iace ana SAID:
How do you do Mr.. Wetzel?"
"Well chaw me up into bologna
sissage if it aint ther gal, then Ill be
dumsiZzled."
Albert was now amused at the !
puzzled look on the face of his friend
and after moment he explained the
matter to him. Tho old hunter could |
hardly grasp the problem however,
and for once he was unequal to the
occasion, and could only exclaim:
"Well I'll be dadgasted."
In a course of time, however, the
old hunter regained his equilibrium,
and the trio settled nown TO discus
sion of ways and means. They had |
no further business here, now that
they had Rose, but before them were
of Indians on thelAain, ,and |
number on the other side
Of the rock IN the defllo.
The question before the house was,
how were they to get away under
existing circumstances The old
hunters genius was always equal to
any emergency, and it did not fail
him in this dilemma.
"If natural gas can bring tho gal
up here, why can't it take us down
from here?" at length asked Wetzol.
"Truo enough" said Albeat, "but
how are we to get it up hore?"
"Why didn't ther gal bring hers
up and If she could bring hers up
why can't she bring up somo for us?'
inquired the old hunter, with some
"But how is she to convey it? We
have no retort, no bucket, no basket
and it wouldn't bo nice to ask her
to take our clothes down and Ill
them. -
"That is sort o. serious" slowly
answered the old hunter, ''if we only
had n rubber hose, we would be
fixed"
"But we have no rubber hose or
my other kind. Mine are so badly
worn that they will scarcely hold
my feet and you don't wear any,
SO that is out of the question. You
will have to think of some !other
plan my friend" 49,.
"Yes / low as wo will hov to drop
iher gas question and find some