The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-10
BARlNzDOOR'S ROMANCE
Bv CARRIE HUNT LA77A.

''Sight or onseen, come in ef your (
nose is clean," chirruped a thin old
voice. " r.. {
Byron Theodore Lonsberry .grinned,
jerked his red handkerchief from. his ]
trousers pocket, blew. his nose vigorI-
ously and entered his grandmother s
cit 8 only me, granny" he said
rather sheepishly, shifting his suspen-
ders into place.
"Ain't any use whatsumeyer telli1,
w anTbn e BsrGn n Thu mS he{ En a
like they was hopin' to break the door :
you are. What a monstrous big fellow
you re gittin' to be. Eff you keep on
you II outgrow all your uncles.
-, IN plum man, ain It |, graan; am w.
legs and large feet clad in heavy. boots.
Law me, yes, in size. You're big
enough to be out in the field dom |
man IS work. What do you want,
honey7 Why ain It you out plowin ~
81 I come in while the folks is out to
have talk With, you, granny y ,oo fa,s
over garden seed in the smokehouse.
1 sent the children down to the crick
SO g we could talk. You see, granny
er-I want to get married.
Grandmother Beck coughed violently
then said with pretended indltferenee:
ts that sens Sc %ans to %e et
married some time in their lives"
"But I want to git married right
"Ner that amt surprisin'. Young
folks is mostly in a hurry to git into
somethin' they don't know nothln
'bout.''
Byron Theodore face flushed.
>tI've been thinkin' bout it for q
long time, an SO g she.'
.="She9 Lily Ann Perkins, I reckon.'
"You know better, granny
"But your ma and pa want you TO
marry Lily Ann, when you do marry. 1
reckon they amt countin' on you mar
ryin' for some time to come. Lily AIMS
a good worker an a good manager, /
reckon they amt girl in this part O.
the country as done as well with chick
ems as she did las year,
"Chickens! Byron Theodore grunted
disdainfully.
eyes, chickens. AM they's money In
'em, too. Folks says they'll be some
proputty fer Lily Ann, an it won't be
SO onhandy for you and her as you
Think
"For me and hers" No, not me an
her. I can't see, granny, how she IL
enT got got Sa a pasgp1s snd s5 theS
seven children now. Hml Propputty!'
-"Well, they'll be enough for piece
bout the size Of town lot for each
child, Byron Theodore. Hit ID make
'nough ground for chicken yard, an
it ID be well enough to own ones chick
en- yard, wouldn't it9'
She leaned over for handful Of car
pet rags and to hide a smile. =.
"Not with Lily Ann throwed in, -
ha ona1uoro1 aavaUalv
ivy, honey, they; ain It a religiouser
girl in this section.' ;,
7"Nor longer-faced one, granny
"Oh, we'll, hit takes some folks that
way Reli gion makes some folks
faces long, an some it makes wide out
The wide-out kind suits me best; but
fer all that Lily Ann Perkins is good
girl, Byron Theodore
| Jaw, what's the use of lookin' like
; you re to funeral all the time,
won't never marry Lily Ann, never:
thought you'd help me, granny. Dra1
it, anyhow
He thrust his hands deep in his peck
e sard Saq h irgH thoughtfn I "n0o'n''
~ amt said I wouldn't help, you
honey. Lemme tell you something n
Las Sunday when we come out Of thu
: meetin' house Lily Ann was walk ]ees
:. ahead, her an another girl, an '-
Was it LIB libby Ste Steele, bgg ra1ny ihbv
I amt they, Byron fheodores, As wa
8 a-sayin,' when you bothered me, Liz,
l Ann an another girl was waikiki jes
' ahead Of me, an when Lily Ann cam
,, to the door an looked out she says, 81
t doleful it almost moved me % tears
"0h, ! Jest know hit IL S cloud d up q and b b
Q dancin' and her lips a-smilin -
= 0Then it was Libby, granny; I know
Q it was,' Byron Theodore said eagerly
J. "An' what if it was7 Amt the:
3 other girls with smilin, faces peso I
l. eyes a-dancin' an her lips a-smilin
; she says, Jaw, what if it does, Liz
$ Anna we can't expect to have all sun
e shine. sides, thing'd make a pore on
+ at CROWN eff we didn't have som
: clouds an rain. wy, this is as purt
l. WHAT if it does rain tomorrow7' Blu
Lizv's face was all clouded up, ies
r ready for a rainstorm, an T says to my
r self, my landl I wouldn't have o.: gu
: Byron Theodore marry girl as live
d Eon the north side Of life like Lily An1
d VII ent endurin' time, not # she had
7, hundred acres o. land comm to her
j. Tho. Byron Theodore, to teach you goo
j. business Judgment, T will say that
q hundred acres would ease up maCCeI
q some, even with Lily Ann
( She rocked fast and furiously for,
It time, winding carpet rags as Sd
10 rocked.
10 II knowed you'd take my part 'bou
b Lizy Ann, granny. An you know we
is an good that it's Libby. I want. 70
% know Levi Stringer's folks is goln'
70 move up to Five Points right ava,
u an Libby she don't want to live
\ town. Says they's too much style al
q goin' an comm to suit her; Beside
20 Lem Stringer is a-makin' fool OF nj
70 self If ever a fellow did. He seems
" think Jest because Libby's lived the1
a, ever since her ma died thet him al
70 Libby's jest as good as Engaged. +
~. 40 ain It spoke to me for two MONTHS
~ "Hm! He ain IT. Had quarrel,
~ reckon. I r'member when you trade
60 dogs T thought you got the worst OF
40 but seems to me you ID be the one
~ be mad, Byron Theodore
eve amt never said nothin!' 'bo7
them dogs, granny. You know 1t ain
that Anyhow, the other mornin. lie
: went to the milkhouse, p.ertendln'
was thirsty; he ID took a jug Of wat
to the field with him an didn't me-
no drink. But he says: Libby, gil
me a good cold drink @ milk, An, 8
SAYS, 'They's some in tibet pitcher, Le1
help yerseIf.' An he says, Hit ID be
much better if you ID pour hit out,
me- She didn't pay no ''tention whs
&c. l,,,A 15iEh her vUof