Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1900-03-24
ClIAPTEl, VII.

Tho nest day was wet nnd rainy, and
not at all favorable for farm work.
II think III go hunting" Dick said 10
Mr.. Boone. Perhaps ! can RIM on
covcy Of partrligcs."
~ mess on 'cm wouldn't =" bad. al
low" snid Mr.. Boone. "lf ] wont 81
liable 10 r'cumatiz Id so long, hut l
don't kccr 10 b. laid NJ u week from
slashin' round through the wet. 81
reckon Id better stay To home. You
might ask Mr.. Wayne Ia 20, at you're
hankcrin' alter comply" h. added. with
a sly twinkle of his eye.
mfr. Wayne aud l cant hunt on The
same trnil," answered Dick.
~ see that" said Mr.. Boone. 80 does
everybody. I've wanted to say sutl'ln'
10 yc about matters N things fer quite
"a spell, an dunno but nOw's rs good
4 chance rs I shin In likely TO sit. I
want YOU to unlcrstan' that mother N
I don't uphold Nancy In what she's u
dOins. We've talked to her about II. bur
Lord! II don't do the least mite o good
TO try an argy or reason with q gal
that's got foolish i,lce IN her head. ]
don't reckon she kccrs ~, awful sight fer
Wayne. hut she thinks she's doin' sutliim'
purity smart, an opposin' hcr only makes
her all the more determined Ia hoy her
own way. ] don't want w To blame Ms.
We don't like II, hut, as ! said aforc.
We can't help ourselves. She's eighteen.
an can do as she likes II she sets about
II. but | feel free to say she's maxim
a fool OF herself. an it's my candid opin.
Yum that Waync's maxim n fool Of her
too"
II don't blame you In the least for
what has happened" answered Dick. -
have blamed no one but Mamie and
Wayne from tho FIRST. 81 she really cares
more for him than she ever did for me,
shes doing right In choosing him instead
OF mo. II she doesn't, she's doing wrong,
and I've told her so. But !, doesn't make
much difference with us about that now,
for all Is ended bctwecn us. She told me
no. an,l when n girl tells mo that I'm
not the fellow 10 go coaxing round her,
asking II she hadn't better think II over
and say yes. ! take II for granted that
she knows her own mind and means
what she says"
"Wall, I'm dcsprit sorry anything
happened" said Mr.. Boone. with u sigh
'Mothcr'n and me both felt us ct we'd
like TO hcv n match OF It atwecn you an
the gal, an we s'posed twas the same
us made. But II seems rs ef you couldn't
be surtin % nothin' ill It's done"
Dick shOuldcrcd his gun and set off
As he went around the corner OF the
house he saw Mamie standing In thu
kitchen door. shaking tho crumbs from
tho tnbleclo.a for the chickens to picl
up She gave him one sdelong look, AM
then turned her attention on the poultry
''.Ah. you needn't look ut me II yo'
Gcn't want to-" said Dick. with resentfn
feelings rising In his breast. lyon can
blame mo for anything except tho I'm
Enlistment OF your charming MI
Wayne's face. haven't tried to proven
your intimacy with him. and ! don't IN
tend 10. But I'm not Obliged to Ike hin
: because you 40, Miss Nancy Boomer
II was somewhere near the middle
the afternoon when Dick started towar'
home. suddenly he caught sight OF tn
print Of a mans foot In the soft. rain
moistencd earth. lie bent down and ex
en,inc.' IL very carefully.
"Well." hc said. as b. scrutlnised to