The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1905-08-17
At the Old
Horse Sale
BY Sara
Beaumont Kennedy
Copyright, 1905, BY Sara Beaumont Kennel


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'''0 O0n'illailu' WHICH, PERHAPS was tie
ie"So" why she walked directly under
inc auctoncer's red flag into the eX-
press office, already thronged with idle,
curious buyers.
Il never was at ANYTHING more ex-
citing than dry goods bargain sale
This will bo nosftt,.aI,. NJ ,Ian+a
Carlo"
"Orr rro,o nil, ,,.......,
Cu' U''''' " III olSaI'ProFe
VI 'ou' ~ M VIII lie diSapproVes
OF most thlhEs do since you took up
the role of social mentor for the fam
lily That year abroad spoiled YOU,
Adophus. You have never been en-.
durohlo since Won tool. - ,oto,+ M
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worn oI relIonStranee anu tent me
every penny out OF his pocket II /
needed 1t to bid with-lent me even his
car fare and walked home uneom-
plainlnglv and carried nv parcels
"If ne had not bonpened Ia SEQ an
old woman ar lame emf to holm over
the crossing in which case very Hkelv
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Wow ne tho whole crowd
"Soven+v.fva conts~ soroomed n
feminine voice ocross tbe hill
cone dollar" flashed hack Nellie her
consin's voice came I'm 10 her in moi.
+otnl vbiennrs
conc fftv" come from her onno1fnnt
"Two dollars" cried Nellie nushinq
Adolphus' hand from her sleeve.
"'Thrcp dollars" shrieked the other
woman. nervouslv counting the change
i'm her nurse No one else WIS bid.
ding. the entire crowd having conferred
its attention on the nervous woman
and the swell" girl. and there were
cheers and counter cheers as the bids
rose dollar by dollar until Mt last the
coveted box was knocked down to Mel.
lie.
She was still laughing and flushed
with her triumph when they emerged
from the door over which flew the red
flag, but Adolphus felt miserable and
COMPROMISED. and this feeling was not
abated when he saw the establishment
in the eyes of Miss Curtis whose Ian
dau happened at that moment to pass
for Miss Curtis was the personifica
ton of rigid conventionality. He count
ed the meeting as one more misfortune
In an unlucky day.
Nellie's excitement vaned as they
walked. and by the time they entered
her uncle's gate she was strangely 81
lent. Adolphus evidently took this for
a hopeful sign. for presently he cleared
his throat, adjusted his monocle and
began:
"Nellie, we must talk seriously. The
time has come
"No. it hasn't come" she said in
terruptlng him good naturally. so stop
right there. | don't know whether
this is a lecture or n PROPOSAL of mar