Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1903-03-26

slaI cel-.e back.
DICK went out
Where had Dick gone?
Straight to, Helen Remington That
IS. as straight as a detour around the
fence would permit. As he marched up
the walk to the house (wherein he had
never been but once in his Efe1 he
swung his unele's lantern and stamped
I his feet to keep up his courage He
Knocked on the door softly. His heart
pounded tiercely u.ss
Who is there?'' asked puzzled.
half-frightened feminine voice through
the door.
Its only Dick RUSSELL" he said.
quietly There's an important matter
must see you about
linen she opened the door-haunht-
lily, fearlessly.
Tome into the sitting-room. Mr..
RUSSELL said the girl, friridlv.
Ihere's to be a big record frost to-
n1sn'' sald he, blushing like a girl
Ho" do you known
We Just had news from the weather
bureau: and I've conle to warn Won"
Have yoU warned the other neigh
hors! she asked, quietly.
Moo. That is. -
why haven't you:'
Because I--welI-bother IL alIt,
he stannered. suddenly oetti,.r
WARM all oVer-"because I thought
OF you nrst. And | only got the
news few minutes ago. And
couldn't, if I wanted to, save all the
orchards around here. But I can
save yours-and my own-and Uncle
| Bill's.'
| "How?'
| With the gas plant I've been
| building, and-and-"
/ lie hesltated, stopped.
| Never mind the details. Mr.. Rus
sell, she said. hurriealy, as she
arose to her feet; 1T is late. and
| there Is your own garden to think of.
Mime must take its chances. as it al
ways has done. [ thank you
But Interrupted Dick, as he
stood up and faced her-"but'' the
! began again-"I-I-"
| Then sudden comprehension
swept through him; he understood
her strange expression. The words
he would have said died upon his
| lips. He marched out.
There must be an unusually hard
frost Tonight" she thought.
She looked at the thermometer.
Eight degrees below zerol
| She began to feel afraid: she had
heard of ha do,
cold only a trifie more intense than
this.
/ Looking out in the direction of
Dick RusselFs farm, she saw that his
orchard was encompassed and
crossed by systematic rows of yell
low hght-iets. blazing and smoking
uncannily in the still air. IL.
Then the truth came home to her.
i He was not insane. He was mere
ly genius. He was right; she was.
wrong. He had come to her in.
manly helpfulness. and she had
The tears came to her eyes. But
not for long. Hurrying to the hall,
she put on her heaviest boots and
warm wraps. and stepped outside
But one thought possessed her-to
find Mr.. Rassell and ask his for
giveness., The rest did not matter.
She found him, as fate would have
it-alone.
/ Hearing footsteps, Dick raised his
head.
"Helenl''
Il They looked into each others ewes
-hesitating, incredulous. mute.
4 Words came at last. IT nisjudged
YOU" she said, simply, hurnbly. That
was all
i That night Dick did things"-
many things, rapid, clever things. He
hurried Aunt William and the two
men,. Uncle William hurried two.
horses. and the two horses hurried
load after load of spare iron piping
to various places on Miss Rening-
, toms farm. But first, with great
joy (and d tile), Dicli cut a wide
opening in the fence. Under his Wig
orous strokes the wires parted with
a vicious. reluctant snap. and the
victorious, besieger passed through
into the, promised land.
MUMMY dti'i INluiS HlSiI DtIIIl
coupling the lengths of pipe to-
geGller; while. Dick, with one hand
almost frozen, went back to find his
lost mitten.. Finding it, the pipe
laying progressed withs greater ra-.
pidiuy., Soon the Remington orchard
was encompassed and crossed with
i lines OF black tubing laid upon the
snow-crust,, each pipe-length pierced
In the center with tiny drilled hole.
Ten degrees below zero!
Wearied and cold the, men stag
gered to the gasheuse and sank ex-
hausted on the floor. After short
rest Dick consulted the thermometer,
again.
II Five below!
1--WE done itI' he gasped, trium-
phantiy.
II As weeks and months went by the
wisdom of Dicks foolish idea'' be-.