The Florence daily tribune., 1899-02-11

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s..an,i sit Moi, oscar wants IN have her
h,, H., ,cts binder cpriops ,hout il
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Iizv is different Cam tell wbv. Iess'n
III ,b,, ,yapt N camn meetin an
nro,esscd a,yhile befo' She was horn
So,,eho,v sne,s always been delicater Am
on,at.r likr'n any of NV children.
Tho RlevIock bovs easv roIliokinp
feIIo,ys tr,ntpd tbe neddler vary muoh
a. # he had been "A harmless tbouph nm
necessary cnt nbout the bnuse and we're
snrnrised when Dick Oscar draining
IN one awning informed them that thew
were all "A mack of fools for "takin in
a strauver "a free and easy "
"Whv. amt paid no more attention
10 the man N If he'd "A been preacb
ar sand san Blevlock "seems's if
thar mint no harm to him.
"utG n vary God fearin man. - said
Eliza softly Fan powerful reader o.
the Bible "
"'F Won II take NV saw SO. You'll git
ouit n him. " said Dick Oscar
Hes got such beautiful taste. " said
Mother Bleylock "Itsa goods poiu
to the city 20 look at bis things "
81 see he's .dressin YOU up. " said
Oscar, with sheer at the new ribbons
the girls wore round their necks.
Janev sprnng I'M. Her face Redeemed
In nm instant She had torn off the rib.
hon and slammed her foot ON il. That's
how much | care for him an his rib.
bonsr' she cried.
Don't fly quite off the handle, " said
Mr. Oscar coolly.
Poor .Ianuy. She had hoped to please
her lover by her scorn OF the peddler's
gift, hut she was coming to the cunolu-
sion that he was II lard man to please
She was passionate young animal,
and she had thrown herself into his
arms with readiness that robbed her
self Of her Cruces. He liked to sting and
stroke her alternately and was about as
unsatisfactory lover as .Iauey could
have found on the Cumberland But
she liked him, saw with his eyes,
thought with his thoughts Naturally
she turned against the peddler, and
from this time set herself to watch him.
Tint harmless yuuug man in the
meantime was doing what he could. He
wandered about the country, selling
such little things as the people could
buy, pumping the Bleylock boys and
making love to the Bleylock girls. The
pumping process was rewarded with
about NJ much success rs would attend
fishing for soul through the eye of
skeleton In the lovemaking there was
more hope
,Iuuey WIS accessible TO fiattery and
encouraged him with little looks of
fire But there was something in her
avss he did not trust and he was a
wary man. the pe1dler. Besides, she
slapped his face when he tried to kiss
her. But he soon grew to believe that
Eliza-simp,e. unsuspicious, serious
would be MS clay in his hands.
Chance favored Miss Janey. she was
bathing one warm day in the creek that
ran out from the spring when she saw
Eliza aud the peddler coming. like Jack
and Jill, to fetch pail of water, Be
ing naked, Janey could not get away,
but she slid along to cool inlet over
hung with tree branches and so hidden
waited for them TO do their errand. OF
course they stopped to talk.
THAT pink ribbon becomes your
black hair nightly. " said the peddIer.
Eliza FLUSHED. "we're lust country
girls, Won know. Mr.. Pond We don't
have many pretty things, Seems AS if
the boys don t have any money left after
buyin the sugar an flour, an mulasses
an things.
MEAT, ! s'pose, said the practical
peddler
mo; we raise our own meat. Pa has
powerful lot o. hogs"
"Sor'
But expect you don't take much
interest in country life, Mr.. Pond?"
why, my dear"-and Mr. Pond
slipped his arm around Eliza-"rd
like the best in the world to settle down
in a country inst like this A fellow