Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1904-03-14

done. Little the young man rocked OF
what he ate at Judge Briscoes good
noon dinner-chicken wing and young
roas'n ear. hot rolls as light as the fluff
of summer cloudlet, and honey and
milk and apple butter favored like
spices of Arabia and fragrant, fiaky
cherry pie and cool, rich, yellow cream.
Lige Willetts was lover, yet he said
he asked no better than to just go on
eating that cherry pie till sweet
death overlook him; but railroad sand
witches and restaurant chops might
have been set before HAIRLESS for all
the difference it would have made to
him.
AT no other time is mans feeling of
companionship with a woman so strong
as when he sits at table with her. not
at decorated and becatered and be-
waitered table. but at a homely, appe-
tizing. wholesome, home table like old
Judge Briscoe's. The very essence OF
the thing is domesticity, and the i'm
plication is utter confidence and liking.
There are few greater dangers for q
bachelor. An insinuating imp perches
on his shoulder and, softly tickling the
bachelors ear with the feathers of an
arrow shaft, whispers: pretty gay,
isn't 1t, eh? Rather pleasant to have
that girl sitting there, don't you think ?
Enjoy having her notice your butter
plate was empty? Think 1t exhilarat-
Ing to hand her those rolls? Looks nice,
doesn't she? Says Thank you rather
prettily? Makes your lonely breakfast
seem mighty dull, doesn't it? How
would you like to have her pour your
coffee for you tomorrow, my boy? How
would 1t seem to have such pleasant
company all the rest Of your life?
Pretty cheerful, eh? It's my conviction
that your one need in life is to pick her
up in your arms and run away with
her, not anywhere in particular, but
just run and run and run awayw
After dinner they went out to the
veranda, and the gentlemen smoked
The judge set his chair down on the
ground, tilted back in it with his feet
on the steps and blew wavery. DOM
ed city up in the air He called it
solid comfort He liked to sit out from
under the porch roof, he said. He
wanted to see more Of the sky. The
others moved their chairs down to
join in the celestial vision. A feath-
cry thin cloud or two had been famed
nothing but glorious and tender bril-
liant blue. 1t seemed so clear and
close one marveled the little church
spire in the distance did not pierce it.
Yet at the same time the eye assembled
miles and miles into warm, simmer
ing ether. Far away two buzzards
swung slowly at anchor halfway to the
sun.
20 bright, translucent. cerulean hue,
Let my wide wings drift on in you"
Harkless quoted, pointing them out to
Helen.
You seem to get good deal OF fun
out of this kind of weather." observed
Lige as he wiped his brow and shifted
his chair into the shade.
II expect you don't get such skies
as this up in Rouen," said the judge,
looking at the girl from between his
lazily half closed eyelids.
Its the same Indiana sky, think"
she answered
81 guess maybe in the city you don't
see as much Of 1t or think as much
about 1t, then. Yes, they're the In
diana Skies" the old man went on.
''Skiee as blue
AS the eyes OF children when they smile
at you.
"There aren't any others anywhere
that ever seemed much like them to
me. They've been company for me all
my life. I don't think there are any
others half as beautiful, and l know
there aren't any as sociable. They
were always So He sighed gently,
and Miss Sherwood fancied his wife
must have found the Indiana skies as
lovely as he had in the days Of long