The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1900-10-12

Not Infrequeuriy Huc'dE0rr Gut heeseir
to the bayfield, to take the men their jug
Of "swisxle," which 10 o nectar composed
of vinegar. molasses, water and ginger.
and Cy was always on hand TO receive
the jug. Once be said. after swinging u
on bis muscular arm and drinking deep
and gurglingly:
"This tastes the best Of any I ever
drank"
"Why?' asked Emmalsne innoeentiy,
and then dropped her syes before his ele.
quent look.
'aThey'rs got the ginger Just right"
said the yeung man. That was the pro-
yokins thing about him. Emmeline could
never tell precisely what effect she was
having on him. In q general way she
was afraid that she knew. But then she
could hardly reproach herself. She had
not deliberately set herself TO "break
country heart for pastime ere she went
to town" II country hearts couldn't
take care Of themselves. Il was surely not
her fault. Thinking this. abe bestowed
q radiant smile on the stalwart haymak-
er as he adjusted her laprobe for her
and asked him IL he knew where there
were some COED ferns. ~ shs Intended
to gather some that afternoeD. he said
he would show her q place.
But the girls better nature asserted
itself as she drove back. She had q con-
science which was healthy and active. a.
though a little calloused by much use.
and that conscience said 30 many plain
things to her that she took her mother
with her after the ferns that afternoon
Still further to appease the inward mon
itor. she wrote two extra pages to De
Forest Poor De Forest had been obliged
to take long western trip and was then
in Denver. That was the reason he had
not been down to Fernwood.
Emmeline had long since decided that
Lottie was one OF the strangest girls she
had ever seen. She had been disposed
to like Lottie and to be good to her and
show her how to arrange that pretty hair
of hers, but the girl had coldly repealed
all Of her advances and after little En-
meline's amiability gave out. When she
heard Lottie laughing with the freckled
boy, she even had little spasms of tenn
per, because she knew then that the girl
was not naturally morose. in which case
she might have forgiven her. Emmeline
did not like to have people dislike her.
They very rarely did. and there was no
reason why they should.
Except in the present instance. There
was a reason. and Emmeline quite acci-
dentally found 1t out.
She was going down to the spring.
house. She wanted drink Of cool milk,
and il was about churning time. and It
was lots OF fun to watch the churning.
Sometimes the freckled boy did the work.
sometimes the old hired man and some
times the young one. Anyway. she went
IL hvIk che afOnnnh
before the door, because she heard the
voice Of Lottie and Cy's mellow CRAWL
Lottie was angry, apparently,
Emn1elfne did not listen, but this much
she heard before she realized what was
going on: III
"Do you think I'd have any trouble in
getting another beau? 2" cried Lottie. "You
can 20 with the girl just as much as you
like. for me. She thinks she's some TOO.
And Cy said reproachfully: See mere.
Lottie, you know that amt SO. and, Tor
the matter of that. you know that there
amt ben girl from the city ever sense
I've worked for ole Stookey but what
has chased me around the very same
way. | believe the ole man pays me
wages fer that 8 much 8 anything. You
know
AT this point Emmeline went AWAY.
When she got to her room. she Looked IN
her glass and found that her cheeks look
ed as il the sun had visited them too ar
IDENTIFY. She said. well. Of all the con-.
ceit!"
And that evening the following passage
occurred In her letter:
"And IL you don't come down by Sun
day, anyway. am just going home. and
when we meet we meet as strangers. L
am tired to death. Dick. dear. 1t is des-
perately dull here. and have too much
time to think of you. You don't deserve
it."-Chicago Record.