Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-07-28

their seductive horns. and as George Good
win did not believe in wire fences. the two
oXeE used their spare time in finding out
new ways to escape from the fve-acre lot
II. which they Were confined and where the
pdSturage was sweet and the water abund-
ant a .uve for mischief is not generally
ST down among AZ ax's characteristics. but
tn Goodwin oxen We're as mischievOus as
monkeys. Indeed. Sam Moneypenny had
averred that he had heard them Chuckling
with delight when they ate UP the last
stalk Of his prize evergreen corn.
Goodwin had been begged and ordered to
tie the beasts up when his man was through
using them. but Goodwin. although he
owned The farm on which the catt.e
pINtured. himself lived over in Canton. and
a. out "f sight Is out of mind with most
people, he did nothing except ask his man
70 strengthen the fences.
But a. the strength of the oxen kept pace
v.th The fences. a new rail in the morning
simply meant a broken rail at Eight, and
the tTC brothers IN crime would eat up
bed Jt DasturtlUrns OF overthrow a rockery
or Tumble w3odp.le down with all the Zest
" waGt1u SChOOlbuyS-
Irueman Newberry was an old bachelor
Very good looking, fairly equipped in world
y goods and the most fiShed for man in the
South HaDatOrd pond The New berryS had
come from Windsor and were descended
fr'n Gov Bradford, and from the earliest
times there had been one handsome Old
hJehe41r who did not surrender h 5 free
dom until well along in years. and it looked
a. Il Trueman would carry out the tradi-
s-.ili d Lar dS moi marrying young went, II,
indeed. he was ever ensnared.
Trueman had two hobbies a love for old
furniture and a passion for flowers. The
farmers about smiled inwardly they saw
MN wasting valuable time that might have
t.en employed at farming, in making bed
~ 'Du$leS. ana in afterward watering
them like Apollos. but if they had laughed
openly he would not have cared. As long
as ne pleased Trueman Newberry he did
not care whether any one else was pleased
Not that he was selfish, but he was indie
pe1-drlIt-
When Miss Grayson came TO South Hama
ford 10 hold in check the rebeilioIIs you'll
who attended the district school Trueman
was EISibiy impressed with her charms
which. IN the language of the boys Of to-
Gay were of the 'peachy" variety. He saw
L"r hrSt at church. where she supplied
nch c"ntralto to a choir that needed rich
ness Of some kind. but h., did not see her TO
speak to her until the donation party that
vas inflicted upon Mr.. Hardwicke in th..
latter part Of August. and then he found
that she was interested in old furniture
Ike himself In fact. she had a luw-ooy
that had been in her mothers family since
II came over with Sa a hiel Baylu-d ON the
good ship Mary and Ellen in 1853.
His heart had warmed TO her after that
aN""aI. and he had felt that if he ever
married It would b. To one like This. who
could bring with her wagon load of
Antique furniture He was going to ask her
II she adOred flowers and the care Of Them
hut Mrs Curtiss brought her son William
n
other opportunity to talk to her that even
ing But she was distinctly pleasant and
lively. and he found himself thiukins, of her
many lines after that night, and before
many days had passed he discovered that
although the choir had five BASES to two
piping tenors. they stood in great reed of
ms resonant bass, and he Immediately
joined that body Of singers and at Friday
evening rehearsal, as luck would nave it
vas assigned seat next to that occupied
by MISS GFayson- Only she had gone home
70 NewlngtOn to spend Sunday He had
nail 4 mind to resign when he heard this
but after ALL there were other Sabhaths
coming. 50 ne pitched into the tunes with a
ftrE"r that excited the jealousy of the
other BASES TrUeman had A fine voice.
az lAe NewberryS had been singers from
the earliest times.
Trueman sang at morning service and
evening prayer meeting with his eyes on the
notes and his mind on Miss Graysnn lie
vas hard hit There was no doubt of that
AT tweHty-six ne was likely to go The v.av
that had seldom been trod by a Newbcrry
bachelor until twice twenty-six wears faS
been passed in this vale.
After prayer meeting he walked home
alone ana sank into mahogany chair that
had been Newberry possession for 30
years But his thoughts were not of rurni
tufe' nut o! a form and face that would
nave made a kitchen chair look ike a niece
OF Chippendale
lie smoked his pipe out. and then he re-
ti.H' but not I" sleep. His thoughts were
e.
turning from Newington. That much he
hhtw. because he had heard Mrs pibbIe
Ten MIS- Harding. with whom 1he school
teacher boarded that she thought ir VS.
shocking for her to come back on Sunday
instead or making an early start on Mon
day morning
II lacked some minutes of 10 O'clock
when Irueman heard a commotion our
side of his window He sprang from his
bed and looked out The moon was at tina
fuIl. and 'diaptIanous cloud was coduetting
Win H. out his eye did not take in the beau
" OF the scene. All that he saw was The
TWO mischief makers, the Goodwin oxen
walking around in his bed of dahlias They
had already rolled on his asters and had
torn down the beautiful wild cucumber
vines that covered the southern wall of
MS mouse. and had lessened by half the
pile OF pounder" apples that he had pur-
posea shipping 10 his married sister in
New York for old times sake
Cad In his white cotton night shirt and
with the red Carpet slippers on his feet