The Jennings daily record., 1902-12-16
.He5 Brfsi Houl.
oi Triumph,
the Hop ras.d,.
said Nolan, in an off,
MGR. whats that fel-
the leggings dOin' up

{: man is picking with lady he givs
he. always the shady side. hut Nolan
"Noth,n'.' came indifferently from Mol
lie. feeling the Angus. rays peleing down
thoughtfulness OF the fellow on the other
side.
ly. after nAlf-hour silence. du: ing
which time seve4 al couples had changed
sides SO that tke girl might have the
leaefit of the shade. what was he hang
in round you all mc1nin' 1or?"
'Nothin'!' ihe black eyes were stub
bornly glued to thei" work. while beads
OF pe:spir;';ioE stood out On the round.
tanned checks.
Thereafter. vine after vine was reached
nnd stripped in oppressive silence Al
course Of INC ody silence, " hich should
break tne haGghty spirit of this g.rl. and
make hec hang upon his slightest word,
n N'5" in tnner nna mss aox,n sa before ne
lie, what was he ,aliSin' to you about.
anyway"
air and her lips snal ped together like the
blades OF jack-knife. The beads of
rerSriration had grown into rivulets that
thc fh9a, os Tho 70 cn na 9
row was picked in silence. The foreman
OF the f.,la rode by seve1ai times. and
and more work being done betwee:. th1
two than usual. aud wi en- at last the
eha"ows grsw so long 1t did not matter
which side of the row she was on, ana the
smoke and dust. the joyful sound of the
cr;;:i.g ,s bsll ,!, rsalsd eyer TIE fields
in the act 2f stripping a branch. fingers
Just crooked to i:ck a last hop. stopped
ard fell empty at 'ne soand OF that first
tap. The unhappy Nclan could not stop
appealing. Say, M,:!le. what's the mat
ter with you, :n;'way?
".Nothin'!" over her shoulder as she was
1oined at the end of the row by Il tall
fellow in lesgings. The black eyes lost
Their, de'iarca, the lrs ripped into smiles
IS she pushed her sun-honnet back and
looked uo into the laughing. face un4er
the sornbrero.
said. half to himself. as he watched the
rickcTs fling by--Ckii:amen. Indians. Jars
an5 whites of every brand, and all sor,s
able element of "hohos," of coGrse. il,
plertitude, hut the majority of the pick
crs were the men who. after harvesting
their wagons. loaded in their famitie.
Enislied to their dogs. and started off for
eds lhree H,,f or four weeks, CAMP in the hop
INSTITUTION, and the one interesting
easinn castor CT the year I-ere new acluaint-
sess arc te n,le fu fsothl goSsp tx
tions ana romtnces spring up flourish.
nnd f t.ia: with tiie hops. AMI most of the
oI. from the Saturday E;gat dances.
Mol!ir stole Il one-s:Ged glance at the
ie,iyT in the ne, lessinss. and took iii every
kh': held her head just a trife hig,oT
than usual when familiar faces looked up
a;.a ,i 81" ,n hsr c:,attins wi,h this stytsh
IN fact. when some OF her Coon Crcek
friends came along she found ite cen
ssiet 1T r. tn lo9 % their way tar she t,lt
world not be considered gcca form
=. "lloE ,s!, l long have you worked here"
stTae to fal in Viii her her ,i;ts ihtp'tan trin' MS
Mol!!e, delighted 10 be called u"on for
I..fo.:nation. gurglea out everything she
fw Nv ,m.1 mn"ns ~ ihe h, h&npsIs & the aayantage
Cay, the amount the average picker could
make day: the weighing il the bas1s is.
the processing in the kiln. the pressing
given every sataraay nigh hight ' Adding hn gafGl for
she could scarcely believe this, dstin-
eo;:';s.on ricksr. ike Mile t,n Nolan 'a and
Pinny Smith, and the rest of them: Are
So9 No H'sitihs ths fa,,dx at Gopt9wp:n ys:s .
For the next few weeks 1'..l SCI, of the
soil soil IN nsaes to fiji up my Golfers fo, the
Gilatins power of the black eyes hl side
Elm. and Mollie: having studied Short
Primer of Chemistry. fit herself on an
- they neared tie camp she was con
sciaIs nf a double row If curious cy..s
Ie- ns at her from under tent hans. bur
walked along. as o5ivious of them. ap-
rarently. as If she ard this new frienl
were alon: J.. 4 r.ldcrn S.
Before Dickir G-time the next morning II
was thoroughly understood by all The
teHters or Moliie's Side of the field that
M"ians bad ne, race vas run !,,, and that Moi!
southern counties ara termed by the in
hahitants of the northern. Nolan, his
NV ar" q! !ni~ fact wn"a he waited at th"
us? t-JstinG plac" by the first row Of
r~las. and saw the tan somorero looming
ra!ns. ana sav th" tan snuhr"ro looming
The rest or the dav he was pursued DC
the ch"c.'iul iiheS OF his friends about be
,ns thrown down for q city guy Poor
Mike. even his dauntieSs good humor
Went down under their clumsy efforts III
cc,!Solaticn.
Fat Mike Nolan was NOT the only one
suddenly ec,tFfaced from the girls iirkle-
and Eis: TER into whose young ana
suscepti'le hearts her black ewes had
burned big nolHs. now rot ever seen
when they passed her On the row.
The eyes under the sombrero lest moth
ing of the situation. This little girl VS.
unln,'htctllv nrctty after sort of wild
in the fell who could help to make th..
long not days "ndurablc tc him. Her
eyes had q way. Of denins wien he
ab to , hn ne ANA we spares MaS Ms
TO produce tsat effect Her checks. too.
had a frank little way OF going pink"
sometimes red--when the allusion was di
rect enough and altog>I .r her open ad-
miratinn put u fine gilt edge on his self
esteem
..Is It possible you have never been to
San FranciSco?" lie asked her Gre day.
NO. I've neavr been mere. she adj
cd to add. in orIer to lispel any idea of
rusticity that admission night hav:
Eiy. H. '.I'Vc hcan twice to Red Bluff, and
we live cnly nine miles from Coon
Creek F"
Have you ever thought you might like
to live thcrcr" he pursued. reaching up to
null down = cut v.nc from the pole. His
glance WIS very direct this time. aud his
tones full OF meaning. 1t was pretty to
see her eyes and cneeks glow With n
GeeDcr hue. SO intent was he on noting