Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1901-10-30
Don and Dan.

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q HE loved them botll-only differ
~ ently-Don for his quiet devotion;
Dan for his brainy achievements,
She had tried hard to decide between
them. but her heart had failed her com.
pletely.
They had both proposed, but SO DIFF
ferently. Yet neither failed in his eff
Forts to show himself the true lover,
Don was decidedly clever us an artist,
Wniie one could see Mt glance that
Dan would not be long in making his
mark In the world. So there was re-
ally no apparent choice for the poor
girl, She had weighed them carefully
10 atrimonial scale but they both
baf mt love, and she was at her
wits ends.
Don had called several times Of late,
only to find Dan comfortably seated on
the sofa beside Sue. After stammer-
Ing different excuses on the various oc-
casions, he made hasty exits, often
nearing Dan break forth into peals Of
laughter. Sue was silent through it ALL
S.,.,t,, IN " sa'i w
snent oll III. s,o,o r,a-,s.,.. LIZ, .,' Gu
II n waro +h,,s s,,naI., rs 80 ', NC
ravorlte CO nan ro,,a.oa pa ~. was s,,, .ne
heart by devotIng all his spare mo-
ments to painting beautiful canvas Of
Sues head-for old times sake. So
nor fa,t aa,s,,s... iess equei.' anu
dov so,na.,,,,s - . o',ue' un.'i, one
tho, o,,,.,a se nappeneu' as
,T,os 800. ana,s.
and Gu. an,a,., 10y ,n". ,ou,u Dun
oiona ~. ns aoiseoaeA rue
,ar,, ,o,, - s"e iooheu .hc
r,a,no ra,s,. s" - "nu i,o.se ~ ue,
ao,r,. AZ ,s', ~ an eooiu n.y. etoMu
whan ho t,,ar,.,'. . 1T 'use ~ ms breast
awor fr,na ~, ,,' no" ne n.u won nef
Than no ra,,a, ",s, .spe..aly ION.
thana -. e. e. .. suas ~ n'''iseil 'i'"t
.a.. o VIZ $3.50. soou REASONS ior IT. lie was
80. e iie u'oseu ~ sliiarter
"as 'tiv,s popu'0f. 90 WIN
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III. h.t.eu -, ns .n". nan mas p,e'urlils
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As ~. Ss "nal ,iau oe-
~. $50, ~. n"u ,ot uecli ~
san. s,,,., =. 49, ,,.s.., !" mesA. NJ hao 'ie
=. ss,e WV " eAeusc' anu sue
a. ~, y. ~ '.uAne'ous soc'ai uu-
~ VIZ mn. she
s~s,aa - -. wv, "pou, cue s'ate ot
a. - -. aa,,as, Mou.u ioe "ui'''.
-, nat see''ieu a''.
~ ~ 'a.so ,,.." ~ yum ~ crown
~, ~. " Ae' Du's ',ie p,ai"'
is Mas suuueil ei,ch Q! steel,
.e" A"h from MS
es,u hi," nis NURSE WIS OH IKE
VIII peasl' eie,.rlhs everything before
Mas p.".eis ciinsihg TO the
s.irrup strap pu. :. was II terrible posi-
uoh' ohis question Oh seconds When
MS s.reiis.h "ouiu iaii nm; then he
wouiu ne ui"sseu 10 oeath. All eiforts
10 stop Tue iioise seemed 10 ehrage him
tue more.
sue sut III Tue s''uaie IKE one petritied
win rear she was powefiess to move.
suddenly almost us soon as the horse
started, csciist whizzed py 1t was
Don. on' on ne new, until abreast of
the maa Morse one hnal burst OF speed
and the wheei crossed the horses track.
Don rose ON ms pedais, grasped the
curb Dit ana threw himself on the
horses neck. Twas an acrobatic feat
tit for circus. AS he did SO Dams hold
on the strap relaxed, he fell backward
ana dragged along the roadway, until
Don brought the nervous steed to
standstill. 1t was brave deed from
start to finish ana Don came out with
out a scratch put minus wheel.
AS Don was peing complimented on
all SIDES sue came INTO view, dismount-
ed and elpowed her way through the
crowd, leaving ier morse IN charge of
an ufchih. one LOOK Dohs hand with
out a WORD ana shook 1t warmly, then
sstoopeu 10 examine Dah. he was I'M
CONSCIOUS anu iieeoeu llea!cai ala.
Handkerchiefs, cold water, few TASKS
anu Va.ious olher 'nlnes We're ireeiy
oaereu ~ tne ~ iipa'uizlhs crowd ana
Ill were intent VII IGNlSlliS DuIl, when