Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1904-11-10

bel he unused as he walked slowly along
the road.
Then they turned from the main road
and went along rough, uneven wagon
track through pasture toward the
woods.
In the woods something might hap
pen Woods sweet with pine and pink
with arbutus offered many opportuni-
ties for the adjustment of complicated
love affairs.
Once under the pines, before Dick
could fasten the Major to tree In q
cleared space the Girl was out of the
carriage and away through the green
glooms.
Dick followed more slowly. Major
stood quietly. Things seemed to go
well at first Then there came u silence,
then another longer one; then there was
no conversation ut all.
After awhile the Girl came out from
under the trees. Her face was sober.
Dick came behind her. She ran up to
him-the Major-and gave him some
grass She slipped her arm around his
neck and said in II very low voice: Ma
jor, 1 wouldn't be so stupid as your
master is-not for worlds. Would you:"
Then she ran away again through
the soft gold green shadows. Dick fol-
lowed. There was look on his face
which Major remembered to have seen
there once before when he, the Major,
M ont a
Major munched the grass and lis
tened. He could hear Dicks voice
speaking earnestly. Then came the
Girls. cooly defiant tantalizing; then
Dicks again. If only they could walt
long enough. matters would be decided.
Then it was that the Major took .
matters into his own care. He pulled
gently at the halter; twas quite loose.
He pulled again and again, each time
harder. Dick had been thinking Of
other knots than the one he was tying
when he fastened the Major, evidently.
1t slipped, loosened, the halter fell.
Major was free to do us he liked.
With great care he measured his
space. There was just room to turn
around. Very carefully he did it, back
ing the carriage quietly. Then, pick
ing his way over the rough road and
broken bridge, he went slowly away.
He did not trot. He walked swiftly
and surely as for a settled purpose.
Any one seeing him would have said
that he was driven.
He reached the main road and start
ed for home.
Surely somewhere in the pine woods
or on that long walk home the two,
Dick and the Girl, would come to an
understanding.
He went ON leisurely, trotting easily
up the little hill then walking slowly
again, coming nearer and nearer to
the first dwelling this side Of the pine
woods, a little farmhouse nestled
among the naples.
A woman pulling weeds from a flow
er bed looked up at the sound of Ma
jor's steps. She pushed back her hat.
She glanced at the empty carriage.
Then she sprang to her feet and called
"Whoa-'
But the Major didn't stop The
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the gate and caught his bride You're
Dick Churchalls horse she said with
soft touch on his head. where is
your master?'
The Major didn't wish to talk. And
he did wish to be on his way But the
woman didn't understand. How could
she? She was only q woman. She
LODI him thpnl, trb oil q
driveway to big barn. He went
readily enough, The Major was al
ways polite to womankind out of re-
spect to the Girl and her apples and
Jumps of sugar.
In the barn the woman fastened him
securely and gave him Il drink of wa
ter and handful of hay. Your mas
ter II be along soon enough lookin'
of you up she said as she went back
to her wedding.
Almost an hour later Dick walked
hurriedly along the road and up to the
farmhouse Major heard his step and
his voice. Can | borrow a horse and
carriage neref' he was saying. MY
horse has gone off without me-
said the woman. HE went walkin'
along by here quite a spell ago. Any
thing wrong?
There was nothing wrong In fact
to the Majors way of thinking, every
thing was right, for Dicks face look
ed Just as 1t did after he Major had
won That race many years ago.
Whom Dial-
the woods there was the Girl sitting
On the pine needles. And her cheeks
were as pink as the arbutus itself. And
her eyes-well the Major just wished
she'd look at him as she did at Dick.
"Oh, Dick!' was all she said. But
Major knew