The Mason County journal. [volume] (Shelton, W.T.) 1886-1927, 1899-10-27


and sot on the gate, but it didn't move
peg. You jist fetchher up here and
see eff wouldn't
"'No, you jist go down thar says
she. That's whar you started fer
Isl didn't do nothin' Nv the sort,
says I, gittin' despriter every minute.
"'You told me you did, says she, and
could feel the gate give some and
then shet up ag'in.
"'You oughter know, Susan, says I,
seriously, that wuz jist a-foolin', and
could feel the gate a-givin' way and
shettin', and then givin' way ag'in.
can you amt lynn now, LEM? says
she, heap sight softer than any time
in her life.
"Course / amt, Susan says 1, and
the gate come open about six inches.
"'Ef I only thought you wuzn't,
Lem, says she, lettin' the gate slip my
way leetle more every minute.
"'You know I amt, Susan says 1,
givin' the gate the strongest pull yit.
You know it, and you know never
give snap Nv my finger fer any other
gal in these parts, and that all the time
I've been a-hankerin' after you and
wantin' you for my wife, but you KEEP
foolin' with me all along and Dustin
my heart mighty nigh, and maxim me
want to go off and chop tree down on
myself. You know it, Susan, you know
it, and she h'isted her hands and the
gate swung wide open.
"'What about Mary?' says she, stand
in thar before me lookin' sweeter'n
peaches and rosies
"'Dern Mary says I, clean ferget-
tin my manners, and reich out both
hands fer Susan.
"'Oh, Lemr says she, ''and-well,
colonel" he laughed as his honest face
Redeemed beneath it's saffron hue. Il
reckon you're old enough to know the
balance"
Il wouldn't be surprised, Lem" re-
piled. blushing just shade myself as
a memory or two came slowly back
from the rosy past.
He looked up smiling.
"And say, colonel, he said, 'sIwuzn't
any purifier that night than wuz be-
fore"
"Come of, Lemuel," said 1, slapping
him on the back, sit was SO dark Susan
couldn't see you. IN. Y. Sun.
OF the $1,000 breweries estimated to
be in the world, $4,000 are in Germany.
New South Wales has spent $4,000
600 for harbors in 40 years, exclusive
OF the cost of the port of Sydney, and
will spend 81, 500, 900 for the same pur-
pose this year
The aboriginal population of Aus
tralia is dying out so rapidly that it
has been proposed to establish reser-
vations where the remnants can be
instructed in agricultural labor and
cared for.
One OF the largest forests in the
world stands on ice. It is situated be-
tween Ural and the Okhotsk sea. A
wall was recently dug in that region.
when it was found that at depth Of
$50 feet the ground was still frozen.
Despite the fact that hundreds Of
persons have killed themselves because
they have been ruined by the Vienna
municipal lottery, the Viennese con-
tinue to regard the institution with
favor; it keeps down the taxes.
The Paris Ice company has con-
celved the idea of making some Of the
glaciers furnish the ice needed for con-
sumption, the last winter having been
50 mild that their other resources
failed, and they have accordinrlv laid
the Du Casset glacier under tribute.
A curious incident occurred DIR
ing game of golf which was being
played on the st. Duthus course, Tain,
Scotland, the other day. A ball struck
oy one OF the players coming into con-.
tact with bird perched on neigh
boring hillock and killing it instantly.