The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-16

aDCtuI distinction drawn. The men ex-
.hange their bandana neck 'kerchiefa for
stln cellulOld collars and the girls wash
out n sprigged lawn frock. and src radi-
with m" n reckless M SLASH into her | summer's
! earnings. burst upon the scene. In the
| eventf,ll evening. an animated billow Of
| frlls and fiOunces and furbelowS.
Az the frolic progressed the tall fellow
| with his s0mbrero under his arm watched
| the scene from the doorway with an
ing-rnoln that seated 800 hungry pickers
three times day had been transformed
| in less than an hour into dancing hal!
| ing Ivy stout bale ropes. where they were
| secured to the rafters. while the smell
thai ran the length of the room on both
sides was STUDDED at regular Intervals
with empty hotties. into each of which
| vas stuck y taIlow candle.
After the good cld-fashioned custom.
rroeI. rock led led of or the the grand nd march after
which there were poikas. quadrilles;
schottisches; and dances his townzbresa y,n l,Ias
When his eye caught Mollie's. he crossed
he room to ask her for dance. From
toward tow ard her her at It'll the s same time. She held
her fan-a gauzy. fimsy thing that repre-,
serted the price Of several long days days,
should reach ner first. The fellow in
the leggins was so interested In his s,lr-
roundings he walked slowly. and Spike.
she saw. was gaining. In a second he
would be within speaking range, and all
would be lost. The next instant she rose
crcstfallen s,i!se. and reached her hand
toward the tall fellow. approaching in his
ieisnrsly i.a'ffsrsnt rcrsor manner amer - . ont
found to his SURPRISE this little back.
SoS NOR aean nor
,sfS Win thet pA 1.-The e tres 1 grace grace With via Which Which
bubb.ing; l;ghtso,sle spirits;
Bat. all too soon the music was stopped.
courteT. over which pink lemonade and
however, led the. radiant little girl out
poles into ,' eniiess coionnades. hesard-
less Of her, slippers and fiounces. every
man beside her. she strolled down the
row on the rough bare ground. When
they resained the bathroom pro tem..
swinging r'' strains ., Of 'c creo,e Belies:
Again they c.rc!ed round and round,
never pausing for a breath until the
Happy little Mollie! This was her
brief hour Of triumph. and she carried
it of II. tyths with st high hand Her Coon
by her airs and Sracsa, cama UP as usual
and asked her for dance. but the. next
he c2Eght the first bar Of 1.-THE Honey
suckle and the Bee" but having heard
tovs. he turned and consoled himself with
the HenncSsy girls.
1t seemed a mere trifle at the moment
that TIE rough pine benches caught and
tore her tilmy f1ounces. and that the
walk over the plowed ground under the
hophoies ruined her slippers and that the
tackle accom- li"ho" h"n;se he~
precious fan: Blu. all these things came
with the reckoning in the morning.
Wren at last ti:e dance was over when
the accordin had wheeZ ID out the plaintif
strains OF Home. Sweet Home" and the
home in the moorlight-MolIic wondered,
n her simple little so,l, IL heaven could
be any better than this
Her companion Gid not tell her that he
taat he was going away the next morn
ing until they had reached her own tent
but had not imagined she would care
much. He was sorry the moon not
brighter. fo- ne knew he was missing
much uf the t.ll-taie play of expression
repeated protestations of remembering
her until his DYING day, and promises Of
Sy's dairy ranch the very first chance he
got, he took her hand to say 'good-by"
and bent so low her checks famed UP as
red .cS her lips. But she could not have
bnen so ansty as she nrers ndetl to n.
because. after the lights were ali up ana
down the line. ;hey were stll saying
''good-by.
1t was not Il long walk up 20 Hoptown
station. and next day the tall young fell
low. again in tweeds and Panama hat
tramped up a"d down the platform i'm
pate Mt to be back into the stir and hustle
IF the ,'fe he had left. and recounting
10 himself for. the hundredth time his
chances of getting on the varsity team as
half back.
Hello. old man. he shouted as he
Jumped on the step wondering at this
gathering of the cl; ms,
..Hello! H,llo" a volley Of voices echoed
tsn frcm Snnsta enn of the fniinms eX.
piained: my sister and some friends Of
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