Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-04-02


upon as nothing" from a religious
point of view.
The black horse found himself much
surprised and annoyed by the eonstraint
his rider put upon his pace. He was not
accustomed to being required or even per-
mtted to go at walk with John on his
back, yet here they were a good two miles
from church and a tight rein still kept OIL
him. Horses think and know more, how
ever. than people are prone to give them
credit for, and it is not impossible that
he may have fully understood the situa-
ton when he discovered that he had been
made to arrive at a certain cross road
just as a very charming bay mare-car-
rying a young woman, whose attractions
were doubtless more apparent to his mas
ter than to himself-emerged from that
cross road.
Good morning Miss Mulveil" said
John, speaking with deferential diftidence,
for the young man must be much more
hardened in the ways of gallantry than
he was, who can, without some bashful-
ness, attempt love making in the open
air. in broad daylight, on the highway.
Good morning, Mr.. Cameron" she re-
sponded demurely.
Going to meeting, | suppose"
Family has to be represented, and
none of the others will venture out"
why? I'm sure it's a lovely day for
anybody to be abroad, who is not sick
folks"
well, mother thinks she may have
rheumatism, from the change of weather;
the snow hurts Miss Elders eyes; and, as
for Danny, he just wouldn't come
IF Danny prefers one place more than
another, it is most probably because of
some better prospect for deviltry that his
genius for michief has discovered"
You mustn't be too hard on Danny"
laughed Hetty. You don't know how
good boy he was last Sunday night"
HE a good boy! How SOP
She told him the story of Rufus dis
comfture, narrating it so graphically
that it seemed to John he could see his
| rival sprawling on the floor.
Danny is a good boy" he affirmed en-
phatically, land nobody shall ever again
hear me say otherwise. | mean to buy
a gun for him the next time l go to
town"
You have made an ally of him al
ready. l never knew him to take up SO
for anybody else as he does for you. I'm
afraid such magnificent present as a
gun would spoil him altogether"
Nothing is too good for a boy who has
his genius for running off trespassers."
''Trespassers."
Yes. Anybody else than me, who
comes to see you, is trespasser."
hA 1npI-AI of hin, with
smile, blushed and dropped her eyes
without reply in words, but words were
not necessary for him to understand her
Don't you think it natural for a man
to feel that way about the girl he loves q
What do | know about how a man
feels when he is in love?"
We'll, you'll learn before long from
my telling you"
"Oh. Then you are in love?"
you know l am-and with you, Het-
ty."
why, how should l know that? You
never mentioned it to me before"
DO you mean to say that you have not
known it ever since the day we met up
on the 'Backbone|
We'll, perhaps l might have suspi,
cioned something. if l had known as
much as most girls do about such things
| 1T hasn't been SO very long since
/ found it out myself. And that seems
/ mighty queer thing, too, that | should
/ have seen you grow up right under my
/ nose, all these years, and never have tax
! en- any notice that you were the lowell
/ est and most lovabe girl in the worlC
/ and the only one | could ever care for
| until | found it out by shooting you.
/ tell you it was a mighty big surprise
/ when it came to me solid, Hetty. And i
/ has made the whole world different t
me. I never knew before how happy &
| person could feel. Why, I'm seeing al
there is in the world worth caring for, IL
me. when look into your eyes, darling
The girls eyes sparkled with happiness
but her cheeks were red as flame, and she
glanced anxiously up and down the road
Il didn't see you AZ spelling schoo
Thursday night" she said hastily, as il
interpOSing 4 new topic to block john
too rapid public progress.
NO. l had to so over to Nobestown
about a span of horses and didn't gel
/ back in time"
You didn't object to going away ant
/ leaving Rufus Goldie with me?"
/ No. When you told me to do so, saw
1 was perfectly safe"
/ You talk as if you were sure of me
/ already"
"Of course l am. How could be 9th
erwise? love you, and you know it
And You love me, and know it"
Laws! John Cameron. you DOM
know any such thing"
Every kiss you gave ME last Sunday
night was IN affidavit to it. I've got toC
good an opinion of you, Hetty, to thinE
your kisses could go where your hear
didn't. Yes. is just solid love between
US, and why should we waste time pre-
tending anything else, making believ,
what we know in our hearts isn't tru,
and what we wouldn't, either of us. hav,
the other think SO for all the worldE"
i John, amt YOU a little afraid, some
times. that you are 4 very sudden youn.
man?'
Maybe I am. hut life is short. L,
rather be sudden about getting what
want than sorry for losing il through
slowness. Which do you yourself thinl
/ is best. Hetty!'
"Well-it isn't good to be too slow
! John"
spoken like sensible girl. my darl
ing. And now, when shall we get mar
ried?"
"Oh, Its too soon to talk about that
Not bit. We mean 10 sgt married
don't we?"
IL don't know. oh. John. what d
you want 10 talk that way for on tn
road TO meeting. and in broad daylight
You ought to be ashamed"
I'D be ashamed OF myself il 7 didn'
take any opportunity that offered.
How much practice you must hav
had talking TO girls, to be SO bold a'Ou
it"
Practice? No. I'll take my oatl
that | never before, in all my life.
10 any girl or woman, except my mother
the words: I love you And when l sa.
them 10 you. Hetty. they are as true an'
/ come as straight from my heart as the.
ever did when | spoke them 70 her.
simply don't see why a man should b
shamefaced, or beat about the bush. il
barring his heart to the girl he loves wei
enough TO make his wife: and that bring
me back 50 the question | asked you Be