The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1904-12-01


When evening came again behold
Brother William nursing a sore heel
before the kitchen fire. and Sarah and
Enos cantering about the pond like
two children given holiday. The No.
10 boots worn by Enos soon made
sliding place. and. Of course. the coy
Sarah-Enos had never seen her SO coy
before-managed to slip down at every
slide and be set on her feet again by
his strong arms. Gradually. as she
grew more coy and artless. and ae
Enos galloped about with more vigor
and began to wonder If he wasn't q
good deal Of feller after all, she 80
managed things as to approach nearer
and nearer the hole cut in the ice that
morning. BY and by she got wars.
ing. and later on another, but she
smiled and said she had hero at hand
to save her. Then came the climax Of
her planning.
There was quick run downhill,
long slide and fall and a scream, and
into the hole she went. 1t was no
matter that her feet could touch the
cold mud and make the bullheads won-
der what was going on or that she
could have pulled herself out as fast
as she got in had she SO minded She
had part to play. and she played it.
At her first scream Enos started for
the house. yelling "Policev' at the top
of his voice At her second he turned
back and grabbed fence rail and
showed it at her SO vigorously that he
came near breaking her ribs with the
end of 1t. 1t was not until scream
the fifth had risen on the night air to
make the stars turn pale and shudder
that Enos flung down his hat. yanked
OF his overcoat and blue yarn mittens
and showed himself the hero that he
was
After trying to push Sarah a foot
farther down into the mud and wat4r
he suddenly realized that the right
way was to pull instead Of push, and
with heave and grunt be Topped
her out on the ice He had heard
that half drowned people ought to be
rolled on barrel. There was no bar.
rel handy, and SO he rolled Sarah over
and over in the snow. When he be-
lieved that he had recalled the flame
Of life he picked her up like bag Of
potatoes and flung her over his Shout
der and started for the house, and there
was no mistaking his feelings when he
said:
''If Sarah dies Of this l hope our
old muley COW will kick my head Off,
In wading through the snowdrifts
and climbing rail fences Sarah was
dropped three or four times. and each
time she family protested that she was
able to walk, but the hero had been
reused to action and nothing could
stop him. Up went Sarah again. her
shoes leaking mud and water and her
wet arms clinging around Enos' neck
and shoulders, and at last he arrived
at the kitchen door and kicked it open
and laid his burden on the floor.
Gee whiz, but what is it?" gasped
Brother William as he got his sore heel
under his chair and faced about.
"Sarah's fell in the pondy'
"Nov'
"And I've fell in love with Sarahr'
"It can't be!'
"Enos. darling. kiss me!'' came from
the soppy bundle on the floor.
burned If I don't. and right off now,
with Bill Iookin' on"
Next morning at breakfast after a
long period of silence, Brother Will
liam queried:
Sarah. who cut that hole in the
ice?'
Il did," she promptly answered.
when are you and Enos to be mar
ried?"
''The first Of May"
"Cm! see. Sarah. you are no old
maidi'