Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1901-03-30
"Not hit. We mean to get married.

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II doh know. oh, 'ohn' wha' no
you want TO talk that way Tor Old tne
road to meeting. and IN broad dayhght'
lou ought to he ashamed. v
I'D be ashamed of myself IL ! didn't
take any opportunity that offered.
How much practice you must nave
had taking to girls, to be so bo'd ABOUT
II.
Practice! NO. III take my oatn
that ] never before. IN all my IRE saiu
TO any girl or woman. except my mother'
the words; i love YOU And when l say
them to you, Hetty, they are as true anu
come as straight from my heart as they
ever did wheh 1 spoke them TO her.
simply don't see why man should he
shanefaccd, or beat about the bush, IN
barring his heart to the girl he loves well
enough to make his wife; and that brings
me back to the question l asked you he.
fore-we mean to get married. don't weF
John. your riding up closer ana
closer alongside OF me, until you are
scrouging my mare OF the road. ana !
just Know. IL I'D say Yes, you'd grab
me round the waist AMI Kiss me, and peo'
pie would be sure to see us, ana I'm not
going to get myself talked about. Ii you
want my answer. you can come over to-
night and get it,.
why. you darling. that's good enough
answer for the present! Oh, how l do
loved you. Hctty. Come back into the
road; you needn't be afraid Of my cutting
up right out here before folks. ! won't
say but what want to. The man
wouldn't be human who could love
girl as love you. and see her bright eyes
and pou,ing lips so close to him, without
wanting to There! Hold on! Don't
start off that way! ! won't do anything
Thunder We're almost there, and at
that gait we wouldn't have five minutes
more to talk"
Come along. We can do our talking
tonight. without setting other folks talk
ing to-day. There's whole lot of people
coming down the ridge road. ana on the
rise Of the hill behind us are two men,
and ! do believe one of them is Rufus
Goldie.'
Hctty's keen sight had correctly idcnti.
fed the distant horseman as Rufus Col.
die. and IL she had taken a second look,
she would have known equally well his
companion. who was none other than
Simeon Mulvcil. Rufus lived ut the con.
stables house most Of the time. instead
of staying where he properly belonged,
among his nearer relatives. over In Fay
cite County, near Cniontown. The two
men not only hnrmonizcd well In char
actcr, but had business relations which
brought them into close association. Null
veil. who was widower, owned n good
farm and sawmill-the latter an inner
itance from his wife, to whom 1t had
been left by FORMER husband. Knfu'
ran the mill. on shares. and also did some
work on the farm when the head of water
was too slack for sawing 9. or lumber not
IN demand. Hence ne ana simeon
thrown mnch togctner III thcir hours OF
labor, had got into the habit OF each 9th
ers society," gener"iis went aoroau IL
company ana were as nearly friends M
1t was possible Tor such natures to fee
friendship. There was secretly between
them at this time. however. a good dca
OF jealousy, Tor cach knew thnt the oth
or was a rival suitor Tor hetty MniveiT'
hand. That feeling would probably have
separated th"ii' nad they not been INK
cd by the bond OF common hate Tor Johi
Cameron. whom they instinctivcly recog
nlzed as the one destined 10 carry ava!
the prize from both OF them.
Following ana spying on TINS ride !.
church. they saw. and CRASHED their teetl
NJ seeing now closely the piacR hors
ana the bay mare moved along togcthe
aud how slowly they went.
ia Ike 10 put bullet through MN.
$50 would |: hut ] wouldn't like &
be hanged Tor II. snarlcd the constable
you're always afraid of the law"
"Thc laws something TO he afraid Of
"No; not the law. but getting caught.
"rhc law has Il tarnaiion long reach.
ut don't 20 as far rs II gun, though
between man and man"
"ltll 20 far enough in John Cameron
case TO suit me-
"Do you feel like speaking any PLANE
to-day than you did yesterday abou
that?"
II don't mind telling you, but you mus
keep II mighty close, for II he got wore
of II before ! am ready to jump on him
lie might not he there when landed
I'm not likely to do anything tina
would be much good to him."
well, it's just this. ! saw In the pa
per, about two months back, that Their
was a robbery OF silver spoons from
house over by Canonsburg somewhere
! ] read all such things because us m,
official duty, but my memory isn't goo,
and can't recollcct names well. That
nothing, though. can 20 over 10 WASH
ington tomorrow or next das ana see IN
paper. And I'm Just as sure us that IN
alive the spoons we saw yesterday ar
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