Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1898-04-28

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but Sammy. Sammy. although qusk-
Ing with fear, stood her ground.
What seekest thou" repeated the
voice.
II want to see my husband" ans.
wered she in faint voice.
Behold! he appears" and there
stepped forth from the lilac bushes Il
her side the form Of man. II was
too dark to distinguish his features.
NTH yell Of which an Indian
would have been .'roud, Sammy rush.
ed after the others, and the man ran
after her, and soon caught the terror
stricken girl. They were now in the
opening, and the bright moon was
shining down on 10th. Sammy still
held the apples in her apron.
Now, will you kindly tell me what
you and your companions were tres
passing on my grounds for?" in.
quired he in very human voice, full
Of laughter and would-be sterness
and he held her arm so that she
could not run awav.
"We-that is-I-I-we wanted to
see our future husbands" she ans.
wered.
WELL" he queried, in answer to
that, look, will | suit you?"
Sammy was afraid of nothing NOR.
tai, and as she saw she had to deal
with flesh and blood, regained her
pert tongue.
well, no. she answered, calmly
surveying him, II don't think you'd
do at all
"Why not?"
We'll, you are too thin; then, be-
sides, you've got tow-colored hair and
a horrid nose. Now, II you were dark,
l might like you,' she said seriously.
What saucy little vixen it Is,
What is your name?
Sammy"
Sammy, well named" And he
laughed again. "Well, I'm glad my
future wife will have smart tongue,
a. l am sure she will never be q
beauty. BY the way, what are you
doing with all those apples!"
Take your old apples" And she
freed her arm and flung them at his
feet. "You are the rudest man ever
lived, and I'd rather die than eat your
apples" and she turned and fled from
him.
III.
Thus matters went on until the be.
ginning Of the new year, when 1t was
agreed that both Lily and Sammy
should be sent away to a boarding
shool, so the first ,aturday after Me-
Years she was speeding away to
distant city, where they were to
finish their education.
just as the train was moving off,
the window was thrown up quickly
and a box of bonbons and some roses
were thrown into the lap of the as
tonished Sammy, and the merry face
OF the young squire beamed on her;
with wave of his hand he called to
her to accept them as a peace offering
and not to forget her future husband,
Three years af+"rward there was
happy gathering at the parsonage to
welcome home the two girls, who had
finished their schooling days.
Lily wasn't so very much changed
from the sweet-faced Lily of old, but
Sammv-"omld that tall. graceful and
d1ghl1ed' Young lazy be SAMMY
She wasn't pretty, but what a de.
lightful face with those saucy YET
sympathetic eyes, and what sweet
lovable smile.
She was more than pretty, she wa,
beautiful-so tho rht a gentleme
standing in the doorway. For the
young squire was there, too. f com.
plete the circle. and as she raised her
lovely eyes to his face he knew that
it would 90 hard with him II he could
not persuade her to accept the title
he had given her in Jest. Squire Hal.
ford was no laggard in wooing, and
before long Sammy had promised to
fulfill her fate and brighten his life
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