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CHAPTER XVI.

II was about six O'clock that after
noon when the sheriff put Ronald down
at home. Dave had ridden close be-
hind the buggy all the way. Now and
then, when passing some acquaintance
on the road or in q distant field, he
would wave his .louched hat and give
a.yell that would have done credit TO
the lungs of Il savage. When / hey ar
rivfu II z, me he fastened ite i,:.idie
reiLs ~ ! post and spra ysi The
feii't' as he yard. Old Fpi lsaN sat
noiding lialf asleep, on this Iereh ia a
spot where the last rays Of The slant
ing sunlight were falling; he was well
wrapped up in a ragged greatcoat and
wore cap, the flaps of which COW
cred his ears. ~
IRONS come cleerl" Dave shouted to
him, and seeing his sister at the small
paned window. he yelled the same words
to her.
81 know better" grunted Fanshaw.
who, being short-sighted, had not noted
the arrival Of the buggy. Come cleer
the devil!"a fl ia g
"Well; thar he Is out thar with Rat
cliff" Dave assured him. "Ax the sher-
iff, II you think I'm a-lyin'.'
With hand on either side OF his
chair, the old man got to his feet. His
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rs
NANCY 4. WHIT,
Inf.ss,yana n

'
Action brought In the District Court of the
Second Judicial District oi the Territory of Ari
zona in and for the County of Graham.
The Territory Of Arizona sends greeting TO
Nancy I. Whit
You are hereby summoned and required TO
appear In an action brought against You by the
above named plaintiff and answer the com.
plant filed with the Clerk ofthe above entitled
court at Solomonville, In the county of Graham
Territory Of Arizona, within ten days exclusive
of the day of servicel after the service upon you
of this summons ifserved In this county, but II
served out of the county but within this district
then within twenty days, In all other cases
within thirty days.
You are hereby notified that If you fail TO ap.
pear and answer the complaint on fie herein
as required by law, Judgment by default win
be taken against you and for costs and
disbursements In this behalf expended.
Given under my hand and the seal
of the district court affixed hereto
.snALl at Solomonville, this 2ist day of
February, 1900.
FRANK DYsART, Clerk.
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All eolors of chrochet cotton Sc.
a spool st Blake's. If
Shredded wheat IL IL O., a box
at Bake's. tt
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Train No connects with southern pacinc
train No. 10, eastbound, leaving Maricopa at
Train No. 2 connects with southern Pacific
train No. 20, westbound, leaving Maricope A'
b36 q, In. t,tt. sg,g . A,., , =, " /.
y Connections made at Phoenix with $. F.;Ps&
r. r. r. for Prescott and Congress |
Connections at Mesa with stage TOR uoidnelu'
MONDAYS, wednesday ays and Fridays, at i2:SO p,
m for Florence and Globe, Tuesdays, Thurs
DAYS and Saturdays Mt 4 clock q. 10.
. eTrains stop on signal. s..g..
Pullman Palace Sleeping cars on all trains
between Phoenix and Maricopa. -
A. X MASrEN d. II. PORTER,
President. GenlSupt
Va NJ O. BICkNEbL,
Genl Frt. and Pass Agt.
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First publication June !, 1900
Notice for Publication.
Homestead Application
d, . No I2IA

LAND OFFICE AT TUCSON ARIz
'sttj May 25, 1900
Notice is hereby given that the following-na
ed settler has filed notice of his intention to
make final proof in support of his claim, and
that said proof viii be made before the Clerk
OF the District Courts at solomonville Ari-
zona, ON Monday, July 9th, 1900, viz:
Charles f, Nelson, of Bryce, Arizona, for the
5 y, Sc u and s Il SW 4, Sec /, Tp6 S, r "a L,
q and S K b and NJ. ~
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
Of, said land, VIZ:
Alma NJ: Bryce, Geo, 0. Peck and William /.
Porter, Of Bryce, Arizona and Wilford Claridge.
OF Thatcher arizona li'Atl t9s3 : ly
MILTON R. MOORE Register.
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Burt Packard and KendalPs
boots aud shoes al Blake's. 49tf
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Stoves at the olney, Ijams Hard.
ware Store. 3tG
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In the District court of the Second Judicial
District of the Territory of Arizona, In and foI
the County of Graham,
JOHN Il. WHIT,
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Good and cheap, Comet baking
powder, zoe. for pound can, 45c.
for 2 / 2 pound can. s5c. for 5
pound can ut Blake's. If
Graham guardian., 1900-06-22

A first class sawmill with a
capacity of ten thousand feet per
day can be purchased Of Buss &
Birdno. A bargain for active
man.
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TERRITORY or ARIZONA, }
. COUNTY OF GRAHAM }

Before me, R. s. Patterson, a Nortary Pub.
lie in and for the County of Graham, Territory
OF Arizona, ON this day personally appeared
VIM. B, Fonda, David B. Mccall and q. J..
Mccormick, known To me 10 be the per,
sons who signed the above instrument, and
each for himself acknowledged that he signed
the same for the purposes and considerations
therein expressed. 4@
Witness my hand this 9th day of March, A..
ID, 1900
Graham guardian., 1900-06-22

SEAL. r. s. Patterson,
Notary Public u
In and for Graham County
Arizona Territory.
My term expires March %, 1901. ,4e
Graham guardian., 1900-06-22
SUMMONS.

. II. thklEh
Deputy,
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A BOYS BRAVERY

From the Philadelphia Pres.
Thomas Middleton. Of Gloucester. y. J..
is A fourteen-year-old boy who not only
pulled little Ella Sweeney from the wa
tiers OF the Delaware, but he punched her
and pummeled her. and stood her on her
head and worked right valiantly with her
until the effects OF the water were over
come and fun consciousness returned
Then he went home changed his clothes
and straightway fc- got 70 mention Ger
tain incident OF the afternoon. But the
gr0Wn-ups who had Witnessed his valor
spread the news about Gloucester. and
Thomas could own the town now IL he
wanted 70. Thomas. however. like all
true heroes. has much modesty. and SAYS
he doesn't want anything except being
lei alone. He doesn't admire hero worship.
II was on July , that Ella Sweeney.
while playing about the wharf al the FOOT
OF Monmouth street. Gloucester. unex-
pectedly found herself In the water
ThereupOn she screamed for help Her
lungs are little Ike hsr body. bat they
are healthy. and 50 Thomas Middleton Was
attracted 70 the wharf. He saw the glFls
white dress floating on the water, and the
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BY HENRY GALLUP PAINE.

/ was in love with GIoriaua: that is, /
vas much in love with her "a l would let
myself be; for. unfortunately, GlorianA
was another man wife. This vas not
only unfortunate for me. but unfortunate
for Gloriana as well-not necessarily be-
cause she could not have me, but because
she rad him
lie vas terror. He was az bad az they
make them. Doubtless you wonder how
so sweet and lovely girl as Gloriana
could have married such a nend- That
is because you have never seen him. o-
ii you have seen him, you never imagined
he vas married % Gloriana. He never
behaved as if he was married to any
body. Perhaps il would be more strictly
accurate TO say that ne always acted as
If he was married TO everybody. But 1
ever heard Of his marrying anybody but
GIoriana. Perhaps IL wasn't necessary for
,li,a to marry the others. For he was the
handsomest man / ever saw. And GlOTi-
ana was only seventeen years old when
the wedding took place
Now, / an not handsome, but / am
good. At least, | am pretty good At any
rate, / am so good that tried not 10 fall
IN love with Gloriana while she was an
other mans wife. In fact, i loved her
so we'll that 1 did not want 10 love her
better than l ought.
In consequence there were often long
periods when / did not see GlOriana- Out
of sight. out Of mind l philosophical pro-
verbally, only 10 discover by the same
proverbial philosophy that Absence
makes the heart grow fonder." The car
Tying out of my resolutions in this regard
was made easier for me by the fact that
Gloriana vas much OF the time on the
road.
For Gloriana was an actress. He was
on the stage, too. There was some COM
pensation in this; because as they never
by any chance played in the same COM
pany [ knew he saw less Of her than
did As a matter of fact Gioriana had
left him in the middle of what is properly
STYLED the honeymoon, though / never
heard Gloriana so term II, and she had
never gone back TO him. Somehow or
other she was always able to arrange her
engagements so that il was not COnVen-
icnt-and thus avoided anything like
scandal. Never was an actress who had
a lower opinion Of the advertising value
Of scandal than GlOTiana. 1t was for this
reason she shrank from seeking divorce,
although he had afforded her every prov
CCatiOn.
y am working for fame, not posing for
uotOriety." she declared, "and l cannot
afford 10 let the public's mind become con-
fused on this point. If I have committed
an act of folly in my youth '-GlOTlana AT
this time was nearly twenty-One-'l fail
TO see that 1t would De the part of wisdom
70 commit another act of folly now
ooh. I don't know" / urged; two mega
tives make an affirmative"
Not always" replied Gloriard; and
two alternatives never make negative
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Il DEAD MANS SHOES.

so that for you and your proverbs. Mr.
| PrOsy Tupperi' with a gesture OF con-
| tempt. but with damp little tear in the
/ corner of her eve that made me forgive
| Der.
Little things Ike thls-the tear, not the
gesture Of contemplate last forced me
| to the conclusion that il would be better
for me and for Gloriana If / gradually
| crifted out Of her life.
So did not write TO her when the COM
| plny went on the road again Instead,
subscribed for the Dramatic Reflection
and read the reports Of the out-of-tow n
| correspondents as she joUrneyed from
place 10 place. There were many different
| opinions expressed about the play. but
| there was never one opinion about Glori-
ana. They ere a pretty able lot. those
Reflection correspondents. And when
read that the company was coming back
| to the city fer a weeks engagement be-
| fore disbandirg for The season. ] found
/ that the Chicago branch of M business
/ required my immediate personal atten-
| Iion.
| had been In Chicago about a month
and the Ref'ectOTs. forwarded from home
| had been accommodating unopened on my
desk. when IN an idle half hour / thought
/ would see what was going on in the the
atrical world. L glanced through the re-
| ports of the out-of-town correspondents
| in the latest number and found them pref
/ ty dull reading.
/ l was about TO throw the paper down
| in disgust when a familiar name in the
! personal column caught my eye. / read
/ the paragraph. So GlOriana was to have
! the leading role IN Henry Arthur Clyde's
lew drama, "A Dead Mans Shoes" and
/ in the meanwhile was resting near Buff
| falO. y. Y.-at her cousins, of course.
My business in Chicago was practically
accomplished. and | could see no reasons
I for delaying the return beyond the end Of
I the week If / left Chicago Friday after
noon | should be passing through Buffalo
| Saturday morning, due 70 arrive in New
| York late that afternoon and forty hours
/ before the office opened up Monday morn
/ ing. Why not spend those forty hours in
/ Buffalo? 1t is beautiful city, and | had
not been there for a long while. Then. |
might run out and make a little call on
! Gloriana. Really. / had not treated her
| with ordinary pOlteness Of late. 1t is one
| thing to drift gradually out of a persons
| life, as had undertaken to do, another to
steam away at full speed under forced
/ draught as I had figuratively done. 1 had
| been guilty not only of rudeness but OF
| cOwardice I owed it 70 myself as well as
/ to GlOriana to make this effort to see her.
! went to bed early that evening, but
/ spent a rather restless night. Those high
| Chicago winds certainly do work on ones
/ nerves, after a while.
| awoke at early dawn, hours before ris-
! ing time. AS / lay there thinking, Ii &C.
| Cured to me that it would be foolish to
| stop off at Buffalo unless | was sure Of
| seeing Gloriana.
J So | decided to send her a few lines
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will never h right fixed until you have
this bum-closck. for 1t is very fancy
thing to have
20. but, says Jack, says he, II have
no money
No matter for that" says the man.
you have a COW. and that IL as good az
money to re
We'll" SAYS Jack. "I have a poor
mother who II very down-hearted az
home. and she sent me to the fair to aell
this COW and raise some money and HIT
her heart"
20. but Jack" says the wee man, this
bum-clock s the very thing TO hft her
heart. ssr when you put down your harp
and bee and mouse on the floor. and put
the bufn-clock along with them, she vii
laugh that she never laughed IN her lHe
before"
well. that Is surely true" says JACK,
saws hc. and I think ] will make a swap
with you
50 Jack gave the COW to the man ard
took the bum-clock himself and started
for home His mother was glad TO see
Jack. and says she. Jack. / see that you
have sold the cow
Il d.d that. mother" says Jack
Did YOU sell her we'll. jack says tEe
mother
Very well. indeed. mother says Jack.
How much did you get for her. says
the mother.
Il didn't take any money for her. moth
Ct, but value" says Jack. and he taxes
out u his pocket the buEa-cloek and the
mouse and set them on the floor and be-
gan 10 whistle and the bee began TO play
the harp and the mouse and bum-clock
stood up on their hind legs and began
TO dance, and Jacks mother laughed
quite hearty. and everything in the house.
the wheels and the reels, pots and pans.
went jigging and hopping through the
floor and the house itself went jiggiug
and hopping about.
When Jack lifted up the animals anC
put them in his pocket everything stop
ped. and his mother laughed for a good
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you must be up eariy and take this COW
10 the fair and sell her. See TO get some
thing 10 lift my heart up"
II will do that" says Jack. SAWS he
So hc went 30 his bed and early in the
morning he was up and turned out lis
spotty COW and went 10 The fair
When Jack got "a the fair he saw a
crowd gathered In a ring on the street.
Il wonder what are they looking al. any
how" He pushed through the crowd,
and there he saw the same wee man he
saw the TWO days before. with a bum
clock. and when he put the bum-clock on
the floor he Whistled. and the bum-clock
began 10 play, and the mn. women. and
children In the street and Jack and lae
spotty COW began 10 dance and jig also.
and everything on the street and about -.
the wheels and Ieels, pots and pans, be-
gan 10 Jig. and the houses themselves be-
gan 20 dance likewise. And when the
man lifted the bum-cl0ck and put il In
mis- pocket everybody stopped jigging and
dancing and every one laughed loud rhe
wee man turned and saw Jack
Jack. nay brave boy. says he, you
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NY cannot your saws the men.
oh' says Jack. SAYS he. Il have no
money and my poor mother f. very down
hearted. She sent me 20 the fair 20 sell
this COW and bring her some money TO lift
her heart"
oh, says the man. says he, 80 you
want 20 htt your mothers heart will sell
you 'he mouse. and when YOU sit the bee
TO play the harp and the mouse to dance
I" II your mother will laugh a. she never
laughed in her Iife before
But have no money" SAYS Jack. says
ne TO buy your mouse"
i aon mind, rays the man. says he
VIII take the COW for f."
POOR Jack was so taken with the mouse
ana his mind 50 set on II that he thought
u was great bargain entirely. and he
gave the man his COW and took the mouse
and started on Tor home. and when he got
hone his mother welcomed him.
Jack, says she. Il see YOU have sold
the COW"
I Oh that says Jack.
Did you sell II weH?' saws she.
Very well indeed" says Jack. saws he.
How much did you get for herr"
Il didn't get money" says he. but ]
got value"
"oh. Jack. Jack" says she, what DO
you mean"
II will soon show you that. mother. "
says he. taking the mouse out of his
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telling her I was coming and asking II
she would be at home. To pass the time
away, I composed the note / should write
when | got ND. II was quite little mas
terpiece in fits way, bright and friendly.
not too apologize. woof OF sentiment
woven through a warp OF playfulnesS,.
that seemed 90 make the closing sentence
az once truthful. appropriate, and non
committal-'T have not seen you FOR
many moons, but 1 love you just the
same"
Whereupon promptly fell asleep again.
Immediately ! dreamed that i was in
court and on the witness-stand He had
sued me for countless millions FOR alienat-
ing the affections of his wife, | was cor
scious that a letter had been produced
from somewhere and marked for iden,ih-
cation Out Of the corner OF my eye
could see 1t lying on the clerks desk. No
alIuslon had been made TO the nature OF
its contents. but there was something
hauntingly familiar in its appearance.
DO YOU love this mans Wife,?
II was the counsel for the plaintiff VINO
asked the question. Like fash the whole
hiFeous plot was revealed 10 me- IL l
said Yes" | stood convicted out OF my
own mouth. lost the case. ! could see In
the triumphant look on the face OF my In
terrogator. I could sec IL In the anxious
EXPRESSION of my own counsel, In the
Judges sober mien, in the eagerly eXpec-
tent attitude of the jury.
If I said NO" there was that fatal let
ter, I recognized it now. / could read
that discriminating sentence right through
the envelope from where I stood, as II 1t
were written in letters OF fire. love you
just the same!'
The mental shock was so severe that L
woke up.
Now. I am not superstitious man, nor
am 1 a believer in dreams and portent1:
but on thinking the matter over, 1t struck
me with considerable force that TO write
such a letter as 1 had composed 10 Glor-
lana would not be the best way 10 DRIFT
gradually out of her life; and If my love
for her was to be OF the truly self-sacTi-
ficing variety. I had better pass through
Buffalo without stopping. 1t was with
this pious resolve that | went 20 the ONCE
and took up the mornings mall
There. right on the top of the pile OF let
ters was an envelope addressed IN her
dear scratchy. little fist! II had been
sent to me i'm New York. and forwarded.
I opened it hurriedly and single newspa-
per clipping. it's only contents. ftuttered
out. | picked 1t up and glanced at II.
Nothing but a few advertisements or
housekeeping apartments to remit
All, no! The other side of course! !
turned it over and read: e
OBITUARY
Popular Young Actor Passes Away"
Glorianl was free!
Where are you rushing top inquired
our Chicago representative, as 1 threw
my papers together and announced my
determination to leave by the Limited"
that afternoon.
ITO take the leading part in a Dead
Mans ShOesr" / shouted.
Copyright. 1900 Daily Story Publishing Company
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REASONS FOR JiLTING LOVER.

From the Chicago ChFoaiels.
young woman Of Birmingham, Eng
land. became be;rOthed last summer 10 a
young solicitor preliminaries were ar
ranged, and the fond couple only awaited
the arrival home Of the bridegroom
father from lengthy soienrn IN America
% be made one. In due course Ne came.
bat when the bride behsld one who, while
he would have @asily qualified for "ta.
man" al a fair. asserted that IN MS son
ne once again beOsld himself In yoeth
she refused 10 fulfill her promise, and nov
seeks lover % whom the future does
not threaten such ample proportions
Some years since a lady was engaged 10
a gentleman who bore the name and was
a relation OF A certain gallant soldier
who a month previous 20 the jate APP
pointed FOR the ceremony, while on sery-
Ice abroad had the misfortune 20 meet
with a severe reverse. No sooner dh the
news come 20 hand than TIE lady. a Nom
Der Of whose family had been wounded !n
the disastrous action declined. unless lie
should promise % change MA name 90
become his wife TO this CAPRICE the
gentleman refused 10 submit, 50 the
match fell through.
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>i.i Jack fo himself; Il wonder what
..a looking at"
.... '.r crowd he pushed and sees the
... ra.~ day again with mouse and
an.a. and be pat them down in the
." aui whis,led The mouse and the
.-..... lock stood mp on their hind LEGS and
.".a .. each other and began 20 dance
''. and jig, and as they did there was
H..u ur woman IN tie q eet or thlrs
a.an begin 10 jig also. and Jack and
aa COW. and the wheels and the
.. pots and pans all of them were
.'- and dancing all over the town,
. 'a, houses themselves jumping and
iHn- about and such place Jack MOI
O.. .., e. e. rEG- Jaw b fore.
-".a 'hr ma" nft@d The mouse ant
.."."."os lu Li- pocket they al stopped
....a- end settled down and everybody
."a right heartily The man turned
"a. Jack
JaoA said be, 4 am glad 10 see you;
..' would you ike 10 have Them ami
..s..a.
. would Ike well 10 have them" says
'te2. ssys he only I csnEot'
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mouth again and she let the loudest and
hardest and merriesi laugh that WAS ever
heard before and since: and, Thank you,
my lady says JACK. dropping another
courtesy. 4 have al Of you won
Then when Jack stops his menagerie.
the King took himself and the menagerie
within the castle. He was washed and
combed and dressed in a suit OF silk and
satin. with all kinds Of gold and silver
ornaments, and which was laid before the
Kings daughter. And true enough. she
confessed that a handsomer and finer fell
low than Jack she had never seen, and
she was very willing 10 be his wife.
Jack sent for his poor old mother and
brought Ter TO the wedding. which lasted
nine days and nine nights. every night
better than the other All the lords and
ladies' and gentry Of Ireland were at that
wedding ! was at II. too. and they got
oroths and slippers Of bread and came
pgsing home on my head
Copyright 1900, BY seumss NscMauusl
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pocket and the harp and bee and setting
all on the hoor. and when he began to
whistle the bee began TO play and the
mouse got up on her hind legs and began
to dance and Jig, and thu mother got su h
hearty laugh that she never laughed
in her life before. To dancing and jig ng
herself and Jack FELL and the pots and
pans and wheels and reals began to dance
and JIG through the floor. and the house
jigged also. And when they were tired
Of this Jack lifted the harp ard TIE mouse
and the bee and put them into his pccket,
and his mother she laughed for a long
time.
But when she got over that, she got
very doWn-hearted and very angry en-
tirely with Jack. And O. Jack she
says, you are a stupid. gOod-fDr-no,h!ng
fellow. We have neither money nor mclt
in the house, and a-re you have lost two
of my good COWS, and | have only one
left now. Tomorrow morning" she says.
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OMAR kHAYfso.

iatr sts workshop Of ths world there ssa;
A scholar - the weight q ages bat
Ard cried % Nsstsf Maker. lst ne know
The secret q Thy solemn t0iTa intsnt"
No answer waz voachssfes. vith eiaEh 3nd sI4nx
Tue esassleza hammer On The saFllE rang.
Yet though the Notfsrlag sch5l4f snss u nSt.
A mis hty mesninE from their music Eprsag
Tbe scholar .sltsA weary. tin hs died
And dying 70 the Master MAKER cried;
All nov / see lie Nork. not QrEzuOning.
That T. BEFORE ] saisfss. saoua have tried
Albert {. Assrtvs. iE AuGuEl New LSSiaosst-
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nexl Instant he had diYed from the wharf
and struck out for the sinking child.
Th0raE. though young. T. a good swim
mer. and soon he vas lfting Miss Ella out
OF the water She was unconscious.
Seeing this Thomas realized that her
life was stIli in danger. 80 ne brought into
r=duisision what he had read concerning
he proper way Of resusci,2tiOn. And
that j. why Ella was stood on her head
and punched and pummeled and WORK ID
with until Ehs opened her blue eyes and
murmured weakly 20 her rescuer. Il want
% 20 home % mamma
Miss Ella. who has seen something Ike
eight summers. II grateful, and In her
innocent childish way. declares that she
will be '.TOmmie's sweetheart a. long as
he wants ne